“Happy Birthday Alice! Happy Birthday Alice! Happy Birthday Happy Birthday Happy Birthday Alice!” I was clapping my hands in the air and singing so loud inside the car
“Our little girl is so happy!” My mom was smiling at me
“Why did you stop singing baby? Why don’t you sing Alice’s favorite song this time since it’s her birthday?” Dad asked me while he was so focused on the road.
“Okay. I will sing your favorite song this time Alice!” she nodded
“Wait! Let’s sing it line by line! You go first” she added
“We were both young when I first saw you”
“I closed my eyes and the flashbacks started I’m standing there on the balcony in summer air” she was smiling at me
“Let’s go to the chorus Alice”
“You’re impatient as always Cassie! Okay let’s do it together.” My mom was looking at us and clapping her hands up.
“And I said. Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone. I’ll be waiting all there’s left to do is run. You’ll be the prince and I’ll---“
“NOOOO!” My mom was screaming so hard
“Ahhhhhh!” My sister Alice covered me as we bumped to a very shallow tree.
I was crying so hard. My face was filled with blood. A lot of blood. I’m still in my sister’s arms.
“Alice? Alice? Alice! Wake up! Alice! Please!” I was so scared. Alice was not responding to me. I tried to shake her body but still she didn’t respond. There were blood all over her head.
“Mommy? Daddy? Mommy! Daddy! Please!” None of them responded to my call.
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“Cassie! Cassie honey! Wake up!”
I woke up sweating. I realized I was lying on my bed. My Aunt Sheryl looks scared, worried with me. I hugged her and cried.
“I’m…I’m having a nightmare again Aunt Sheryl. My mom..she was..my dad..he..Alice….They were”
“Shhhhh. It’s alright honey. I’m here”
“They…They’re..They’re dead Aunt.” My tears keep on falling
“Shhhhh. It’s alright. Honey, they’re in heaven now. They’re happy. You don’t have to worry about them anymore. They’re happy”
“Buuuut”
“They’re happy sweetie. Shhh” Finally I stopped crying. I let go of my Aunt’s embrace.
“I’m I’m so sorry Aunt”
“You don’t have to”
“I’m sorry”
“Shhh. It’s been years Cassie. Its’ time for you to let go of them”
“I-I can’t”
“You think your parents will be happy if they see you like this?” I shook my head
“See? They would be sad if they see you hurt. You have to let them go Cassie. You need to forget and move on. You can’t be like this forever. You have to learn to let go. You’re so young sweetie. You shouldn’t be crying like this everyday. You have to understand that life has its end. No one lives forever. Sooner or later I might also die-“
“Don’t say that Aunt”
“Cassie you have to face the reality of life. I know you’re too afraid to mingle with other people because you think that they will leave you anytime they want. You don’t want to have friends because you’re afraid that they will never understand you. That they cannot accept who you are. That they might leave you. You’ re too afraid of rejection Cassie. But sometimes you have to try. You have to take a risk because that’s the only way for you to find who you really are, who really loves you. You cannot close yourself to the world forever. If you will continue living like this, you will never see how good it is to live. Losing someone is part of life honey. I also lost my sister when your mother died. But I have moved on. I have accepted the fact that she’s gone. But it doesn’t mean that I totally lost her. She’s still here.” She put her right hand on her chest.
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Bound To Love His Brother
Teen FictionCassie Harris is a typical seventeen years old with a very pessimistic perspective in life. After her whole family died in a car accident when she was seven, the happy and very adorable Cassie became a very dull and dead one. She managed to live wit...
