England to America

13-Texting

Kind of how I imagine Evie to look - quirkyapplepie

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A loud crash erupted in my ears, I screamed. I saw blood run down my Dad's neck. A fire started to crackle on the other side of the car. I saw Sam looking at me. I wanted to scream at him, stop staring! Do something. 

But I knew it was no use.

He was gone.

I willed my body to move, to do anything. All I could feel was tears, flowing, steady, like a waterfall. 

I looked down. I saw a dark red patch growing bigger. I couldn't feel the pain. I quickly looked at my Dad. His eyes looked at mine, his head was at a funny angle. A bone could be visible breaking the surface of his skin at the back of his neck. Tears slowly rolled down his cheek.

"I love you" He whispered.

I could see he put so much effort into those words. I sobbed. He slowly blinked. 

"I love you too" I managed to croak out

Red and Blue lit up the car. 

I saw his eyes close. 

Sirens filled my ears. 

His tears stopped flowing. 

I felt myself being picked up, and everything went dark.

I woke up screaming. I immediately stop. I see Alex run into my room, I can't see his face as it's dark. I feel tears flow freely down my face. I accidentally let out a sob. Alex stops standing there and climbs into bed with me. He holds me and strokes my hair until I calm down. He gets up to leave but I pull him back.

"Can you stay?" I mumble

I see him smile and puts the cover over us. I relax and he says "You aren't a bitch. I'm so sorry, I love you Eves."

"I love you too" I sigh

Next time he won't be let off so quickly. I want to say that out loud but decide that it would just ruin the moment. I glance at my phone, squinting at the bright light and see that it's 3:00. I put my phone back on my bedside table and shut my eyes.

I hear my alarm beeping and awake with a jump. Alex beside me groans, I almost fall out of my bed from fright. I suddenly remember that today is a weekend, I smile a little. I stop my alarm and lay back into bed. 

I sigh, I can't get back to sleep. I decide to get out of bed and get up. After taking a shower, I put on a dark grey cable knit sweater and some black ripped leggings as it is actually starting to get colder. I put my hair up in a messy bun and see Alex still asleep on my bed. I grab my phone and go downstairs into the living room. I'm the first awake. 

I start texting my best friend back from England; Ellie. 

HEY GURRRRL I start

OMG HIIII She replies almost instantly

I miss uuuu

I miss u 2 :_(

How r u

Alright its boring without u

IKR! have u made any new friends

Yh a few. but none as great as u

Too bad, cos im alredy over it I tease her

HOW DARE U

Kidding kidding!

U BETTER B

Wanna face time?

YASSSSS She replies enthusiastically,  whilst I am almost jumping up and down with happiness.

She calls me only moments later and I realise I am starving. I talk to her whilst making some pancakes, but european ones, not american ones. 

"So how's life?" I ask smirking

"Great" She sighs dreamily, I know that sigh, she has a crush!

"YOU HAVE A CRUSH!" I say excitedly 

"W-what? No I don't!" She blushes 

"Ellie has a cru-ush, Ellie has a cru-ush!" I start singing teasingly as I watch her go bright red

"W-well...Yeah okay I do have a crush..." She gives in

"So?" I say sitting down with my pancakes and syrup, and nutella, and sugar, and strawberries, and...yum! 

She starts gushing about her crush while I eat. Alex stumbles into the kitchen, groggily rubbing his eyes. He smiles at me, and I nod my head towards the oven, where I am keeping the other pancakes warm. Ellie ends the call, saying that she had to do homework and Alex starts a conversation.

"Do you want to talk about last night?" He asks, concern written all over his face

"Not particularly" I say

"Okay, don't worry. You'll break through, just like you always do" He smiles at me, and I smile back.

"I see you were talking to Ellie" He says

"Yeah, I really miss her. Have you talked to Josh and Chace?" I ask

"Not yet, I might do that today" 

"Cool" I say, finishing the conversation as Mum walks in.

"Morning" She smiles, she has always been a happy morning person. I know right she's one of those...

"Morning" I say

"Where's my breakfast" She says with a huff, teasing me

"Guess!" I say teasing her back, she sighs and then smirks. She heads straight to the oven and laughs when she realises that she was right. She grabs her food then sits down next to Alex. She doesn't mention the fact that I wasn't at dinner, I think she knew I was upset. 

"What are you planning on doing today, my munchkins" She says, addressing us both

"I'm going to call Josh and Chace, but I don't know about Evie" Alex says

"I might see what Tanya, Melissa and Christina are up to..." I say

"Okay, but I want to watch a movie together in the evening" She smiles

"Yeah, that's cool" Me and Alex both say, I don't know how we do it, but we do.

My Mum laughs and collects all of our plates and starts to wash them up. Alex goes upstairs and I text Tanya, Melissa and Christina on the "gurlz" group chat

Hey guys, what you up to today? I text

Not much, I might go shopping later today, wanna come with? Christina replies almost instantly

YES PLEASE! Tanya texts, I see that Melissa is "typing..."

Yeah, that would be fun! Melissa texts

Meet you guys there at 12:00? I text

They all text back, agreeing. I smile. I didn't really plan on buying much, but it would be nice to hang out with them. I get ready and tell Mum where I am going. I hug her goodbye and head out the door.