REVERSED

2 ~ Gaby

'Gaby, could you please come downstairs. Ella is here!' My mom yelled from the stairs
'Coming!' I yelled back
Once I looked at Ella's face I just knew something was wrong.
'Hey what is it? You look scared.' I said
'Is it okay if we go upstairs?' She said in a worried voice.
While walking to my room I was thinking about all the possibilities that could have her being this scared. Did Sasha and Inez do something again? Or did something happen to her mom? I really didn't know the answer. When we were in my room and I closed the door she directly broke down in tears.
'Ella what happened you're scaring me? What can I do?'
'M..my mom....I over..overhe..ard.her...t.t.talking to m....my gr.g..grandparents.' She sobbed.
'What did they talk about that made you this sad?'
Ella took a deep breath.
'She was t.talking about..so...someone she referred to...as....as her sister.'
'But your mom is an only child.'
'EXACTLY, I'm scared my mom had b..been lying about more things now. I'm scared. She was also talk.k.king about messages being left. A...about me be..i..ng in d....da....d..danger.' She said as she broke down in tears again.
My mind took a few seconds to process. Ella was in danger for what, her moms mysterious sister? The more I thought about it, the more things didn't match up. Why would Cindy even try to hide something from Ella, Cindy was the nicest mom I've ever met. By now it even felt like she was my own mom.
'Okay this is what we're going to do Ella, you are going to take some deep breaths and stop crying. Once you've done that you are going to make up your mind so you can start thinking clearly. Lastly, once you've done all that we are going to take a walk in the park and talk over everything you have just said. How does that sound?'
'Okay.. I think I can manage that.'
I gave her a few minutes before I said anything again. She was sitting on the ground with her knees up to her chin. She didn't say anything, she just stood up one moment and walked to the stairs. Once we were almost outside I quickly grabbed our coats out of the hallway. Still she didn't say anything, 'She must be in shock.' I thought to myself. After a couple minutes when we were already almost in the park I said
'Ella we need to talk.'
'Okay.' She mumbled
'First what is up with you these days, you are always zoned out or listening to music and you kept avoiding me up until now.'
She didn't answer. She never did anymore, all the more reason something was up with her. After another few minutes she answered.
'I don't know, I just keep having these weird daydreams of some other dimension or something. I have been getting them for a few months now and they keep giving me new pieces of this other weird world. And I just feel like I would belong more in that world than in this one. And I'm sorry I've been avoiding you, I just thought you would judge me if I told you all this.'
'No you silly of course I'm not going to judge you, I'm your best friend. And we are going to figure out what is happening.'
'Yea I'm sorry, I just felt...'
Before she could finish her sentence she was interrupted by the sight of Sasha and Inez. Before we could walk away they already saw us and were walking in our way.
'And who do we have here?' Sasha said.
'Two bitches that's what I see in front of me.' I said before I thought about the consequences of my statement.
'Ha Gaby is just as funny as little moran Ella is.' She sarcastically said.
'I sprayed water in her face today in biology.' Ella whispered to me.
'Nice one.' I said under my breath.
'You want to see something funny, here I'll show you something funny.' Sasha said.
She stepped forward, with something that looked like the intention to push over Ella. Before I could think of doing something the earth started to shake. What was happening, was this an earthquake? I never felt an earthquake before.
'Ella come, we need to get to a safe place.'
I wanted to grab her hand, but all of a sudden she wasn't there anymore. It was like she disappeared into thin air.
'Ella, Ella, where are you!?'
I couldn't see her anywhere. I ran through the whole park to see if I could find Ella. Nothing. There was an even bigger shake in the earth and I fell down. Ella was gone, she was gone and I don't know where she went. It felt like I just lost my own mother. I couldn't see my surroundings anymore, because my eyes were filled with tears.
'Ella, Ella, where are you!?' I screamed while crying.
The park was as good as empty by now, all of the people had gone to a safer place. I curled up into a ball, not caring that it was very dangerous here right now. It felt like my heart was ripping out of my chest. I was a god forsaken mess by now. There was grass sticking to my clothes and hair, my eyes were burning red and I felt like I was never going to feel normal again. There probably would be so much gossip at school tomorrow about me crying in a park, but right now I couldn't care any less what they thought of me. All I wanted was Ella right now. The earthquake stopped after another 5 minutes. Still I layed on the ground, not screaming anymore. People were beginning to come into the park again, there even was one lady who asked me if I was okay, I didn't answer. After another 10 minutes I stood up and slowly walked to my house. It was only a short walk, which felt like eternity. My mom's car wasn't in the driveway anymore, she was probably getting groceries. Once I was inside I went straight to my room. The door fell shut behind me. My mind was still a blur, but the one thing I knew was that Ella was probably taken by someone who Cindy called her sister. Sadly I didn't know how to get Ella back. I sat there, on my bed. I didn't even realize my mom came home, she called me downstairs for dinner. It had to have been several hours since I came home again. I wouldn't be able to eat, not now. After a couple minutes of me not coming downstairs, my mom came to check why I wasn't coming.
'Gaby are you okay, you look like you're sick.'
I felt sick. After I still didn't answer my mom, Megan, decided she would just leave me alone for now. Just as she was walking out the door she said:
'I'll call you in sick for school tomorrow, you just need to rest and take your time. I'll come up again in an hour to see how you are doing then.'
She quietly closed the door after she left. I didn't know I had fallen asleep up until I woke up again. At first my brain was very foggy and unclear. Then I felt so angry, angry at Ella, angry at her mom's stupid sister and mostly angry at myself for not being able to do anything about this.