Broken Bridge

12

At dinner Rose wasn't at the table. I hadn't seen her since the accident and no one seemed to be talking about her or what she had done. My mom keeps asking if I was okay.

"I'm fine." I kept telling her. "Seriously mom, I'm okay." Soon Autumn told us that Rose was staying with Marc for the rest of the summer (the little that there was left).

"I'll have another talk with her when I get home." Autumn said. "Hopefully she doesn't get Marc on her side."

"Will she do it again?" Carol asked.

"If she does, I'll send her to boarding school in another country." Autumn said.

"Boarding school?" Leo asked. The adults had cultivated a fear of boarding school between the kids at a young age. In this family, boarding school was a severe punishment.

"Yes, you heard me Leo." Autumn said. "Boarding school." Me and the other kids exchanged looks. Autumn wasn't joking around. She was actually going to send Rose to boarding school if she attacked me again. 

Rose pulled me onto the boat.

"What are you doing?" I demanded. "Are you crazy?" Rose didn't respond as she pulled me into the cabin of the boat. These weren't the fishing boats we had on the island. It was a big boat. Rose climbed out of the cabin and before I could hurry up after her she slammed the door closed. I heard her close the lock. I began panicking. What the hell was going on? What was Rose doing? The boat began to move. "ROSE!" I yelled. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LET ME OUT!" No response. The boat just keep going. "ROSE!" The panic was growing bigger. I'm not claustrophobic or anything but I felt like I couldn't breathe. Where was I going? What was Rose going to do to me?

"Good night Luna." My mom said.

"Good night mom." I said. Willow and Aurora were already sleeping and I decided to stay up a bit longer to help my mom with stuff around Broken Bridge. I hurried up the staircase and changed into my pj's. I had already brushed my teeth when I got back from Castle Ivory so I didn't have to do it when I was exhausted. I closed the door to my room and turned off the light. For the first time in a long time, I wished this summer would end.

And it did. Just not as soon as I wanted it to. I waved goodbye to Grandpapa and Grannie as the boat I was in pulled away from the island. I turned to my siblings who were dipping their hands in the water. I looked into the water and could see shadows of fish swimming by.

When we reached the shore my mom's car was waiting. We put our bags into the trunk and piled into the car. We talked all the way home. When I finished unpacking I got a call. It was from Leo.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked.

"Yeah Leo. Is everything okay?" Cassie asked. He must have added everyone to the call.

"I think Rose has gone crazy." Leo said.

"What do you mean?" Olive asked.

"When I got home she was trashing my room." Leo said. "When she saw me she told me it was Marc. Then I saw her ruining pictures of the family."

"Oh jeez." Jack said. "I guess she is going crazy."

"Maybe she's just mad." Aurora said.

"Seriously Aurora?" Willow said. "We've seen her mad. This is crazy."

"Have you told Autumn and Marc?" Olive asked.

"Not yet."

"You have to tell them!" I said. "Autumn Ll have to send her away!"

"Okay." Leo said. "I will."

"Tell us what happens if you can." Cassie said.

"I will." Leo hung up, leaving the rest of us on the call.

"Did Rose really do that?" Aurora asked.

"After what happened this summer, I think she did." I said.

"We should tell our parents about this." Olive said.

"Autumn and Marc have this covered." Jack said. "We'll talk about this later." After mumbling in agreement with the others I hung up. I put my phone down and walked to my desk. There was a notepad sitting under a bunch of stuff that was from four summers ago.

Rose?

What did she do that for?

What will happen to her?

I grabbed a pen. Time to add to this. I told myself.

          2.Rose.

                    1.Definitely crazy.

                    2.Boarding school?

There was a knock on my door.

"Come in." I said, turning over the notepad. It was my mom.

"How are you Luna?" She asked.

"Me? I'm great." I said.

"I got a call from your Aunt Autumn." My mom said.

"What did she say?" I asked, already guessing what Autumn had said. 

"Leo said that Rose had done some bad stuff. They're sending her off to boarding school." My mom said. She flashed me a smile. "I don't think she'll try to hurt you any time soon." I smiled back.

"Good."