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Chapter 6

Lily's POV:
Elizabeth and I were in the car. I had taken a nap for a little while before her voice awoke me from my dream. It was a weird dream actually. In my dream, I was outside, alone, at night. All I had was my phone and a flashlight. I was walking towards Julia's house, we had planned a sleep over. I turned and corner and fell into a hole. A long hole. Kind of like the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland. I was falling and falling and I didn't think I would ever see the bottom. I fell for what felt like an eternity more, and then everything went black. I opened my eyes and I was at the front of my house. I opened the front door and stepped in. I didn't want to go in but my mind was telling me to. The first thing a noticed was all these photos on the walls., and they weren't bad photos where I was putting on a fake smile like the ones at my real house. I actually looked happy. So did mom and dad. I heard something coming from their bedroom, so I went to investigate. I walked in and their dresser didn't have cigarettes or alcohol on it like it normally does. Then I spotted them. "Lily! Where have you been? We've been worried sick!" My mom ran up to me and hugged me tight. This was the most confusing scenario I've been in. I panicked and just said something. "I was at Julia's." My dad walked over and joined the conversation. "For that long with no heads-up?" I was getting really uncomfortable and I wanted to leave. "Yeah." I tried to think of something to do, then i thought of it. "Oh look! Julia just texted me. Oh silly me! I left my water bottle there! Im going to go get it, I'll be back very soon!" I tried to walk away but my mom grabbed me. "You are not going anywhere." She hugged me again, but this time I couldn't breathe. "We are going to keep you here forever!" Their bedroom changed right in front of my eyes. The cigarettes and alcohol came back. My dad walked over and grabbed a bottle. My mom held me tight making sure I didn't move. My dad came over and raised it up high like he was going to hit me with it. I froze. He was about to hit me but I ducked and got out of my mom's arms. I ran through the house straight to the front door. All the pictures had changed back to the original version. I threw the door open and took off. I ran all the way to Elizabeths apartment. I knocked on her door. I was very relieved to be there. The door open and I was frozen. Elizabeth didn't answer the door, my dad did. He raised the bottle up and I screamed. I covered my head as the bottle came crashing down and then everything went black. That's where the dream ended.

I was taken from my thoughts when the car stopped. Neither of us moved. There was silence. Not that awkward silence where one of you is trying to figure out what to say. Peaceful silence. It was also sad silence. The show had been cancelled for a little while because of the incident. I thought about today, and all the shit I've been through. I would be devastated if my parents killed themselves. I don't think I would last 10 minutes before I killed myself too. Everything was very overwhelming and I couldn't push any of it out of my head. Everything was swirling around and it felt like I might burst, like a balloon with to much air in it. I tried to hold the tears back but they came out anyways. I tried to hide it but i must have done a bad job because next thing I know, I'm wrapped in Elizabeth's arms. We sat like that for a while, then Elizabeth let go and we got out of the car.

We walked inside and I saw Henry sitting on the couch. I sat down next to him and he must have sensed I was sad because he got up and sat on my lap. I stroked his fur and Elizabeth walked over to us. "Are you hungry?" She didn't sound like her normal cheerful, happy self. She had sadness in her voice. It was weird. I wasn't really in the mood to eat anything. "Not really." She looked at Henry and sighed. "Yeah me neither." She sat down and looked at the floor. I did the same and we went into silence again. After a while I took my hand off of Henry and he just stared at me. He had wonder in his eyes. He pawed at my hand, as a signal to pay attention to him again. I gave him a sad smile and put my hand on him again. He seemed satisfied and laid back down. After a while Elizabeth got up and told me she was going to bed. "Night." I called after her as she walked down the hall towards her bedroom. I heard a door shut and a flick of a light switch. I didn't want to get up. I got lost in my thoughts thinking about my life and how something so perfect could end up being so tragic. After a while I got a few texts and decided to finally reply.

Julia: I'm so sorry for getting mad at you earlier. It was definitely not the time. Im planning on ruining the painting that you didn't like. If you want you can come over some time soon and burn it if you really want to. I'm really sorry. If I was in your situation, I would be traumatized. I'm really sorry again and I hope you can forgive me.

Her message was sweet, and I did forgive her. I forgave her a while ago. I just didn't tell her I did. I sent her a text telling her that I forgave her and that I didn't want to burn the painting. She didn't respond, but it was 4:37 am so I didn't expect her to be awake. I looked at the other message I got and it was from my dad. I should have blocked his number by now, but I have hope that he can still change.

Dad: I heard what happened, and you deserved to be there. You should have been the one holding the gun. You're a mistake and I wish you had never been in my life. I don't even care if you come back. Stay with your little broadway friend until she kicks you out. I bet she will. You don't deserve to be where you are right now. I hope you die soon. I'm going to smile when I see that on the news someday.

Never mind, my hope is gone. I know he is a terrible person but I didn't expect him to go this far! I started to cry as I put my phone down and ran to my room. I was shutting the door but Henry scampered in. I locked it and flopped on my bed and cried for what seemed like forever. I didn't agree with him most of the time, but we did agree with something. I hope I die soon too.

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