the last straw

confrontation

Later that night

i told sierra that i was going to tell mom, and she just said she didn't want to be present for it. she's probably scared of mom's reaction.

mom was watching tv in the living room with Trinity. dad and George took Sierra and Avery out for the rest of day, so it's just the three of us.

"mom, can we talk about something serious?"

"yea, is everything okay?" she says, muting the tv.

"it's about Sierra. earlier today, she showed and told me some stuff."

"what kind of stuff?"

"she... umm... she's been cutting again. her left arm is full of cuts, mom. i'm scared. she was going to kill herself after breakfast, and begged me to not tell y'all. mom she might kill herself."

mom is silent. a tear fell from her eye, but she wipes it quickly.

"i gotta talk to her when she gets back."

i just nod.

time skip an hour

they're back. Sierra is smiling, and seems happy. dad took them shopping, so she got a bunch of clothes. i'm guessing dad is doing anything to make her happy, so he's just saying yes to whatever she says.

we all converse in the living room for a while before mom, dad, and george leave, presumably to talk about sierra.

while they're gone, avery and sierra show me what they got.  sierra got a lot of new clothes, and avery got new stuffed animals. she even got one for me, sierra, and trinity. she's so cute.

after a while, i'm getting sleepy, so i wanna go up to my room. both of them follow me.

"y'all do know that you have your own rooms, right?" i joke.

"yep!" avery says, walking into my room and getting in my bed. sierra follows.

"so y'all are gonna sleep in my bed, and in jeans?"

"oh yea." sierra says and they both go to their rooms to put on pajamas, then come back.

they both feel asleep on my bed. i can't sleep. i need to know what they are saying about sierra, and how they plan on helping her. i can't lose her. i really can't.

angie POV

mike and George took the news pretty hard. sierra was literally going to kill herself a few hours before they took her out, and she didn't even want them to know.

i think an emotional support pet would help both Sierra and Avery. for once, george and mike both agree. we are going to bring up the idea tomorrow to them.

Sierra POV

Ty thinks me and Avery are sleep, but i just have my eyes closed. i just don't wanna talk to him right now because he'll mention earlier.

i'm scared of being alone. i think i might hurt myself. but i can't tell anyone that, or they will worry. i don't need anyone to worry. i just want to be around them.

ty told mom. i know she knows because she kept looking at me when we got back. she knows i was going to kill myself.

after a few minutes, mom knocked on Ty's door. she came and gently shook me, and told me we needed to talk.

she lead me to my room.  dad was already in there.

"sierra, come sit down."

i listen.