Shattered - |d.s|

T w e n t y - F i v e

"Elles, come downstairs." Kyle's voice booms around the house.

"Yeah give me a minute." I shout back, quickly finishing off the last details of the painting.

It's been over a month since the incident with Harry and Charlie. Dan hasn't left my side ever since. Charlie never visits anymore, he doesn't even call or text. Harry's in jail for 4 years however, the police officers are trying to extend his jail time.

Me and Dan are closer than ever. Finally my life is getting back together. I still go to therapy but, I don't mind it anymore. Dan always tags along and we always end up going to Mc Donald's after. I've stopped working in Starbucks. Too many memories still haunt me there.

Dan and Kyle are slowly getting along. There's still a sense of awkwardness between them however, they are finally bonding together. Kyle and Katie broke up for some time but, they are back together. They were meant to be. Everything's slowly drifting back into its place.

The voices, from time to time, come and haunt me however, when Dan's around it's not to bad. Knowing someone who loves you more than anything really does help with your mental state.

I'm glad I found him.

I skip along to the sofas where everyone is currently sat. I sit on Dans lap and give him a small kiss. He wraps his arms, protectively around my waist while, his other arm rests on top of my thighs.

"Yeah Ky." I nod at him. He nervously looks around. Will gives him a small nod as if he's reassuring him. Kyle then fixes his eyes on Woody.

"Is there something I should know about? I'm getting impatient." I say annoyed, crossing my arms.

"Well um whatwouldliketomovetoengland." He mutters really fast. I look at him confused.

"What the fuck are you trying to say? Speak English."

"He's saying, if you would like to move to England with us." Dan speaks for him. I open my mouth shocked.

If I do go England I will leave everything behind in America. I guess in a way that's a good thing; I'll be free from Harry's memories. But can I just go and forget everything? I've learned to love America but, honestly my heart has always been in England.

"I- I can't. I don't think I can leave everything behind." I stammer.

"You won't. You will have us. We will help you. I'm your brother, it's my duty to care and protect you." Kyle softly says.

"Plus Katie has agreed." Will points out causing Kyle to grin.

"Really?" I ask in amusement. She told me she never liked England.

"Had to do a bit of persuading but it worked." Kyle shrugs.

"I need some time to think. I would have to build my life in England and I'm not sure I can handle that. I want to work and stuff. I don't want to rely on you guys for everything."

"Love, I thought of something already. You could help us make our album covers. You could sketch them and they can be published. You could use your talent of art." Dan speaks. His eyes light up from the idea.

"I could try, but I don't want to let you guys down."

"You won't let us down. We're family Ellie. And family always sticks together." Woody chips in, causing everyone to nod.

"I'll still think about it." I mutter, gently lifting Dan's hand from my thighs and intertwining them.

"Whatever you choice, remember I'll always support you." Dan whispers in my ear, I squeeze his hand in return.

We sit around for hours, talking and watching some boring movie that Will had decided to put on. No one could be asked to make dinner so we ordered pizza instead. The boys are helping Dan with lyrics while me and Katie are sitting and staring at them. Usually when me and Katie are free, we sit around in our pjs and have face masks on. We also like to nibble on chocolate.

"Do you think I should move? Also why have you suddenly agreed to move? I thought you hated England."I ask Katie, propping a piece of chocolate in my mouth.

She smirks, putting her phone down and facing me.

"First of all I think you should. You could start all over again and you wont be alone. You'll have Kyle and me if anything goes wrong. Plus, I'm moving too. Who will you stay with if I'm gone as well? Dan isn't going to let you be anywhere near Charlie and you know that. I think its for the best if you move." She points out.

"Also I want to move because I know that long distance relationship doesn't work well. It's not that I don't trust him or anything. It's just that it's hard, I love him so much and I don't want to end it just because he's from a different country." She whispers, looking over my shoulder to Kyle.

I turn around as well so we both are staring at them. I glance to Dan and see that he's laughing, his eyes bright blue. I know what Katie's on about. Sometimes I see the tiredness in his eyes, obviously from jet lag. He has a family too in England. It must kill him not to see them so often.

As if he knows I'm talking about him, he shifts his eyes on me. Just like he used to do when we first met, he mouths 'are you okay?'. I nod and mouth back 'I'm moving'. He smiles even brighter, winking at me. He turns back to the boys and engages with them.

I deeply sigh, accepting the fact that I will move and start fresh.

How would I have know than moving would be the best and worst decision?

A/N
When you find out that many years ago like 40 years a girl committed suicide in school

Favourite season?

Mines Autumn