Short Stories

Depression

I wake up and go to school like any other person, but when its my time to go home, I get laughed at, bullied really. It doesn't bother me that much though, because nothing is more important than my sister. Here, let me fill you in.

I'm Jordan, and I am 16 years old who lives in a nice sized house with my sister, Jamie, and our grandmother. Well, our grandmother is never home. Shes always on a trip with her boyfriend Tim. Anyways, about a year ago our parents, well, had gotten into a car crash and passed.  It was a tough year but I had learned to accept that it happened and I had to move on. Yes some night I cry so much because I want them back but that's because I miss them. On the other hand. My 15 year old sister Jamie still isn't taking it so well. The time that our parents died Jamie fell into a deep depression and never came out of it. She only eats a slice of bread every day and a small glass of water. She hides in her room and doesn't go to school. She has gotten very white and skinny. A few days ago I saw the cuts on her wrist... I cried so hard because I couldn't lose her too. I know she isn't going to stop and she refuses the help that we tried to get her before it got worse. I just need something to cheer her up. But I don't know what. I run home every day after school to make sure she... she... hasn't killed herself. I get so scared and I am restless in school. Well that brings us up to speed, here I am running home.

I get to my house and open the door and bolt up the stairs. "JAMIE!" I scream. "JAMIE I'M HOME!". I knock lightly on her door letting her know i'm coming in. I see her curled up into a ball on her bed with her purple covers over her face. I can see her dried up tears on her cheek. A tear slips from my eye and I walk to her bed and sat down. "Jamie don't cry, I'm here. I know it still hurts but I'll always be here for you." I give her a kiss on the cheek as i quietly exit her room.

I need to do something! Anything. God dammit think! 

A trip.

A trip to disneyland.

Yes! That's it! She can see how nice it is to be happy and she can have fun and hopefully get out of her slump and get the motive to get better! Tomorrow after school instead of running home I can go to the library and purchase two one way tickets to Florida. I don't know how long it will take for her to loosen up so we will stay there as long as we need. 

I run down stairs and grab my bank card off the counter. Mum and dad put money on it for me every week and said to use it in emergencies. As far as i'm concerned, this is a major emergency. I stick the card in my coat pocket and run up stairs to my room. This is going to be a great surprise! I think as I lay in my bed and drift off to sleep.

BEEP BEEP BEEP. I hear my alarm clock go off. I jump out of bed and get changed quickly. I grab my coat and dash out the door to the bus stop. When I arrive at the bus stop I see, Mel, Mel Jones. She is the most beautiful girl in my school if you ask me. I really like her. "Are you getting on Jordan?" The bus driver, Tony, asks me interrupting my thoughts. "Oh, yeah" I say as I slide onto the bus. 

The day passes rather quick and soon it's time to go home. When I get off the bus I dash to the library a block away. I get on a computer and get the tickets. I couldn't figure it out at first but a half hour later and boom! Tickets bought and printed. I exit the library and dash home with the plane tickets in my hand and a smile on my face.

I open the door and fly to the stairs. "JAMIE JAMIE JAMIE GUESS WH--" I am cut short. My face falls. Tears spring in my eyes. I drop the tickets. And I fall to my knees. "no" I say barely above a whisper. I sat staring at my sister. Hanging from the ceiling fan. "no.. No.. NO... NOOO!" I scream and cry. It feels like all the air has been knocked out of my lungs and I can feel my heart breaking in two. Then nothing. Numbness. I stand up and walk to the bathroom.

-=Mel's POV=-

After school one day Jordan didn't run home like he usual does. No, he ran a block away from it. To the library I suppose. He was cute and got bullied for always running home after school. I never approved of it but it never seemed to bother him either. I always wondered why he ran home but no one knew why. 

The next day Jordan never showed up at the bus stop nor school, and it went like this for a week. Then he showed up at the bus stop with a very solemn looking face. Tears threatening to spill from his eyes.

Then after school he didn't run home. He walked. He walked like he dreaded going back there. And the next day, and the next day.

Then the news paper came out. Then it all clicked. "Girl commits suicide in home a year after parents death". Jordan ran home because he was making sure his sister didn't kill herself. But one day she did. Jordan had no parents, no sister, and his grandmother was never around. He had no one. No. He has me. I swear I will help him until the day I die because I liked him for a very long time, and I don't want to see him hurt.

The next day when we got off the bus I walked with Jordan to his house. "Hey Jordan! Wait up!" I said as I caught up to him. He stopped in his tracks and when I saw his face he was shocked. Then we continued walking. "Hey I know what happened and I'm really sorry" I say quietly. "Why do you care." He says stiffly. I stop talking for a minute before stopping him. I grab him and give him a big hug. He goes rigid for a few seconds before he hugs back. We stand there hugging for a few mins before I release him. "Thank you." He says with a hint of emotion. And that's when I see the cuts on his wrist. He speaks interrupting my shocked state. "Hey uhm, do you wanna come over for a bit? I mean if you don't want to it's fine I-" "Sure" I say cutting off his rambling. We walk to his house side by side.

When we arrive to his house he shows me the living room and I take a seat on a chair while he goes and gets a drink of water for us. I sit there looking around when something catches my eye. Two plane tickets to Florida. They run out tomorrow. He was going to take his sister to Florida to cheer her up! That was a great idea! Okay, yes, my family isn't home for the next month or two so maybe I can get him to go to Florida. "Hey Mel, here's your drink" "Thanks" I say taking it from him. He sits on the couch and flips on the tv. I look at him for a few minutes and get up and go sit next to him. I sit out glasses down on the table and look directly in his eyes. "Jordan. I know." I say as I take his arm and lift up his sleeve carefully. He looks at me with tears forming in his eyes as do mine. "It will be okay. I'm here now. You aren't alone anymore" I speak to him with emotion that I've never felt before. A deep caring. "I use to say that to my sister... before she.. she.. you know." He tells me. I give him a hug and he instantly hugs back. "I know this is a long shot but. Will you go to disneyland with me? I saw your tickets and I think it would cheer you up. I didn't want you to waste your money." He shuts me up with a kiss. A sweet kiss. I swear I felt fireworks exploding around us. "Yes I will go to disneyland with you" He says as he pulls away. 

One year later...

We came back from disneyland about a month after we went. He gave ownership of the house to his grandmother and she sold it. Me and Jordan are both 17 and a half now and our birthdays are only two days apart from each others. We bought an apartment close to our school and we are living together. When we got our apartment about a half a year ago Jordan asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes. Today is our 6 month anniversary. We are best friends and Jordan pulling through his depression and is one year clean. I really love him, and he really loves me too. Sometimes things get tough but things always get bad before it gets better! 

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And that was my first short story. If you liked it please leave a like down below and comment names and a plot or something for me to write about or include in my story and I will write it when I get the time. I love you all <3

-Rae