"ALWAYS THE GLASS BALLERINA NEVER THE PLAYER"
A story about Hailey hawthorne, the fifth hawthorn grandchild. always left out by her brothers she became the favorite for the old man.. and while he never showed it in front of his other grandsons. Tobi...
I walk into my study, With a big shigh. That's weird. I thought the light were off, just them. I looked up and what I saw. Shook me to my fucking core. All four of my brothers, Avery, her sister, and her bff were in my secret study. *I had forgotten to close my secret study.* I couldn't find the words it's like I had forgotten to speak, I had no words. My heart was pounding like a funeral drum. *this isn't happening* It's not real, Jameson isn't holding my files on the games, grasyons not holding my note pad, filled with clues averys not looking at the list om hits I had called on her from eli. *it's not happening* "Hailey," Nash spoke just my name, so quiet and so cruel. "I-" I couldn't breathe. My heart couldn't handle this. "What is this?" Jameson spoke. "You've been making the game for him?" Xans voice so sharp. It's never been so sharp "You called eli to work for Avery, you arranged the shooting, you planned and executed averys kidnapping," grasyon spoke, "he yelled* I took a step back. "My father died! Hailey" his scream was so angry and in pain. "That wasn't the plan, shelifeled wasn't supposed to be involved, he showed up." I try to explain tears flowing down, my voice caught in my throath. "Fuck... this isn't happening" I exhaled hyperventilating, dragging a hand through my hair. This is such a mess "I can explain." I say.. but they don't even look at me. They never botherd looking at me. "Please, just." I beg.. when they look up from the ground. All I see in their eyes is digust. They start to move past me and walk away, with anger resentment and disappointment, i turn. Suddenly, all my sadness, all this guilt turns into rage, blood boiling, nerve-racking.
RAGE.
As they walk away, I cause down the stairs after them, finally landing in the living room they don't stop. I pick up a bottle of wine. As smash it on the ground. Finally, getting their attention. "YOU DONT GET TO WALK AWAY YOU SELFISH ASSHOLES!" I scream Jameson, let's out a scoff. "REALLY? WERE THE SELFISH ONES, YOUVE BEEN PLAYING US LIKE PUPPETS, EVER SINCE THE OLD MAN DIED. FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT!" He counters. "WHAT THE FUCK WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO JAMESON, MY WHOLE LIFE IVE ALWAYS BEEN THE TOOL, THE HINT, IVE NECER BEEN THE PLAYER IVE NEVER BEEN ONE OF YOU. YOU SHUNNED ME IGNORED ME AND EVERY TIME I TOOK IT, IM THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH IVE FUCKING PRAYED JUST ONCE TO BE INCLUDED TO BE LOVED! BUT I NEVER AM" I yell in between sobs.
"That's not true, I told you that day too. That's your one of us. You always have been," Grayson says. "Name one thing we have done together, in fact name one time, you have told me you loved me!" I say my tones quieter now, They don't respond. "You know what infact when my birthday?" I aks. I'm begging. I'm hoping they prove me qorng just one answer, just one There isn't one. Tears stream down faster than I can stop them. At some point, I don't try To. I'm a sobbing mess
"My whole life, you've made me feel like I was a fucking toy, you picked me up when you wanted and threw me away when you were done, the first game.. you all made teams but no one wanted me on thiers, and whne I asked to play solo you said no. When the old man told you to include me, you refused to play. You wanted to play the game, just not with me." I sob.
"After a while, I stopped even asking to be included, I became invisible. I started watching from the sidelines, and I watched you, learn, and lose, and in between all that, I learned how to win!" I speak. In a silent tone. Soft and quote like I'm whispering, but this is the loudest my voice can go without it breaking down. "Our grandfather thought that I deserved somthing of my own, so he gave me answers about avery and after that I made up the game, just to see maybe now things will be different you woukd treat me different, *sob* but you didn't" my voice cracks. "All you had do was come to talk to us," Nash explains "No, you never listened, I tried for so long I tried as much as I could, but how much hurt how much rejection could I take. Don't you think I wanted to be loved. You never showed your love. You never even let me believe I was one of you"
"You are a hawthorne, its your name" Grayson says his voice cracking. "But I needed to hear it Grayson, I needed to hear it from my brothers." I cry. "Ofcourse we loved you, yes we didn't show it but deep down Hailey you must have known?" Jameson says. That when the waterworks really flow I let out small silent sobs as I shake me head no. *truthfully to* Everyone let's out a shigh. "You didn't have to do this Hailey you didn't have to take it this far?" Garsyon says. "Are you fucking serious" I ask. "After everything you're still finding me to blame!" I yelled rage burning again. My tears stop. "Drop the game" jamesons says
"This game is all I fucking had, it was my lifeline my purpose! Why can't you see that this your doing you pushed my to fuckung do this, because this is the only way I would feel wanted." I say. I don't even for a reply.. and anger boils through me I get out ny phone, if my team has been helping Toby for all this time. They can quickly dystroy him and eve.
"You know somthing boys, I've always always been the glass ballerina never the player. But what you don't realize is that glass cuts" I say dialing a no. "Hailey whatever your thinking of starting dont" Nash speaks he's being gentle like I'm a ticking bomb. "No, Nash you don't get to tell me, shit! I control things now, I'm Incharge" I say. "Hailey dint do this whatever your doing don't" Avery begs I ignore her. I ring the no, put it on speaker they fall silent, "Hello" my men answer "Do it" I say "The full hit?" They ask. "Yeah, don't hold back" I say "With or without the daughter" the voice aks. I watch as averys face goes point blank, and then into terror. She tries to move towards me and speak, but I place a finger on my lips showing her stay silent Jameson hold her back. "Take Toby, leave the daughter to fend for herslef, well see how she handels" I say hanging up. All thier faces turn into fear and terror as they try to find the words, I let out a chuckle.. and the break out into laughter. Full utter laughter. I hold my stomach. As I bend over in utter laughter. "Oh you've done it you've made me actually go insane" I giggle before laughing again. Everytime my cheeks would hurt and I would stop the after shighs would just set me of again. "Glass cuts so fucking deep, so deep!" I say flip in them off. "Just know this hit, these lives there you're fault, not mine" I say turning around and walking away ______________________________
Hailey is finally I'm her lady Macbeth arc!!! 🔥♤
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"Glass cuts so deep" Hailey hawthorne ♤
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