The Last Straw

The new house

     Ellie a 16 year old girl  had a good life when she lived on her parents farm located in the outskirts of Kansas until she moved to the large city of Atlanta. It was a large change to Ellie from a little farm house to a large house, at least it was large to her. When she walked in to the unfurnished house she noticed there were three bedrooms and as a surprise she knew why... She could finally have a room to herself and she didn't have to worry about sharing a room with her 10 year old sister Sarah. Ellie was happy when she found it was true and she started decorating and putting her room together. She said over and over,"nothing could go wrong , nothing could go wrong" until she put her hand in a box that said fragile, she couldn't feel anything inside and as she pulled her hand out she saw why, her hand had been cut by something and she didn't feel it happen. She wrapped her hand in a cloth and continued unpacking as she looked through the same box she saw what cut her. It was her favorite picture of her and her old friend Carson and her standing in the courtyard of her old school. She looked down at the broken picture although it was covered in blood she could still see Carson's smiling face, and in that moment a tear ran down her cheek and hit the clean hard floor. She pulled herself off the floor and got her dad to help clean the glass so she wouldn't cut herself again and as he looked down he saw the single tear next to the blood soaked towel. Her dad a tall slender man turned his narrow face to her and said,"I know it is different but this is the best trust me, the children and school is nice and plus there is a park right down the street that you can study and play at after school." She stopped and said with a croaked voice,"ok dad I will trust you but remember I am not a little girl anymore." Her dad looked at her with a depressed look and wrapped her in his arms and said,"you will always be my little girl" as he kissed her forehead Ellie's mom yelled dinner time and everyone came speeding to the kitchen except Ellie who was still trying to learn the house. She grabbed a plate and took her food to the little round table in the middle of the room and sat down in the empty seat next to her sister and mom. Ellie's mom had prepared some chicken and rice with some steamed broccoli,her mom knew it was Ellie's favorite and waited for her to take a bit, but instead of eating Ellie looked at her sister who was flinging rice all over. Ellie's dad cleared his throat and spoke,"Ellie, Sarah listen you both have school tomorrow and must be ready tonight" he paused and spoke again,"Ellie I understand you like your privacy but you and your sister will be bunking together for a few days until your sister feels ok in this house." " that's fine"Ellie said peering through the corner of her eyes trying not to have an attitude. Her sister was talking to her mom saying how she was going to wear her pink cowgirl boots, jeans, and a pink My Little Pony shirt to school tomorrow but her mom interrupted and said that she couldn't because she had to wear uniforms but Ellie on the other hand had the choice. After dinner Ellie cleaned up and went back to decorating her room and by the time it was 7:00 p.m. she was done. Ellie slid the door of her closet open to pick out her outfit for tomorrow and as she did that she thought if she should wear a uniform for one day so Sarah wouldn't feel left but she then thought what would happen off other students didn't have uniform on. She made a decision to wear her favorite jeans, the crop-top she got from Carson, and her favorite pair of black boots. So Ellie put her outfit on her dresser and slipped into bed with her sister and tried get a good night sleep for tomorrow.