The Accident

Liam

It's been three years and Maríe-Belle has been struggling with accepting herself for a long time and she has been pushing herself away from all of her friends and family.

Maríe's pov:
I walk to the house with my music blasting in my ears. I open the door and see my mom sitting on the couch with my little brother.

"Momma why doe Maríe no spend times wit mwee? He asks her.

"I don't know baby. She has been through some hard times. I wish she would talk to me about how she is feeling and I wish she would know I care about her, that we all care about her." Small tears falls from her eyes and my brother brushes them away.

I close the door quietly and tears burn my eyes. I can never tell her about what I'm feeling. I hang up my coat and walk upstairs quietly.

"Mawíe!" Yells my brother excitedly.

I sigh and turn around and see him smiling and my mom looking away from me. I walk upstairs having this feeling in the little of my stomach telling me to spend time with my brother. I put my bag away and change my clothes into some riding clothes and put my phone into my pocket.

I walk back downstairs and me brother is hugging my mom. I clear my throat and his head snaps around. For a three year old he is pretty smart.

"Liam, do you want to play with the horses?" I ask him.

My mom's frown turns into a great big smile. He runs up to me and I lift him up. We walk out to the barn and I get out his poney and I help him on after I tack it and he rides around. I put on some good music and I get on my horse. Eva has taught him how to ride his own horse so he's pretty good. I get on my horse and he chases me around.

He falls off and I run over to him. He giggles like crazy.

"Mawíe do you wove me?" He asks me as I lift him out if the dirt.

"Yes I do." I say and smile at him. This is the first time I have smiled honestly in years.

He tags me and runs away. I chase slowly after him and when I catch him I lift him up onto my shoulders and he giggles.

"Mawíe why do you not spend time with us all?" He asks me.

"Haha... well Liam I guess I can tell you..." I say without seeing my mom, dad, Abbi and Eva standing around the corner.

"Well when I was younger, fourteen, I was found after being gone a long time, eight year to be exact, I had this feeling of finally having my family back but when I saw how much changed I though do they really need me. See these scars" I say showing him my wrist. "I didn't like myself and I didn't think I deserved to ruin my family's lives. I still feel that way know... I don't spend alot of time with you because I'm afraid I will ruin everything you all have together. But I do love you all... I care so much about all of you... even my friends but I know they are all better without me." I say tears falling down my face.

Liam hugs me.

"We all love you and wish you would spend more time with us. We all love you and you could never ruin anything we have, you would make things better. You deserve to live you're life knowing you're family loves you." He says like he's in is fifty.

I smile wiping my tears away.

"Thanks Liam... that makes me feel so much better. Especially comming from you." I say hugging him tightly.

"It's my job." He says smiling proudly.

"It's you ever need to talk to anyone about anything go to me... I will give you good information but after three minutes it will go out my other ear." He says and giggle which make me giggle.

I lift him up in my arms and carry him over to the horses. We grab our horses and I turn around to put them away and see my parents and my siblings. They are all smiling with tears in their eyes. Especially my parents.

I pick up my phone and turn off my music and walk away looking shyly down at my feet.

My phone rings and it's Jake. I have been avoiding him these past few years. He still hangs out around me and I can see that he wants me to talk to him but I dont. I haven't talked to him in so long.

Maríe: "Hello?"

Jake: "Mar? You answered?"

Maríe: "Yes."

Jake: "I'm outside of your house. I was wondering if you would come and see me?"

Maríe: I smile. "Okay." I hang up and run to the house past my family.

I run up to my room and take a quick shower and getting changed into my white dress and out a black belt on over it and slip on my black vans and pull my super long hair into a ponytail. I fix my makeup and hear my mom talking with Jake.

I walk downstairs and my mom closes the door quickly and turns around to me.

"Sorry go ahead Maríe." She says smiling at me.

I walk over to the door and take a deep breath and open the door. Jake is standing there with flowers and gifts and all of my friends I have made over the years surround my house holding gift and happy birthday signs. I smile and my hand tightens around my phone to keep it from falling in excitement. I totally forgot it was my birthday. I'm seventeen know.

Jake smiles at me. I hug him tightly and he seems surprised. I tense up and my smile turns into a frown, I back away quickly.

"Mar?" He says my name quietly.

I shake my head and turns around to open the door and walk away but my family is standing there not letting me go. Liam is standing there with his hands on his hips. I giggle and lift him up but don't look at anyone else.

I turn around to everyone and Liam holds onto my neck tightly. I sigh and put Liam down.

"Okay... I know I don't talk much anymore and I know I never smile or laugh and I'm not that much fun anymore but I'm hoping I will change. Everyone to the back." I say and lead them to our huge backyard.

Liam holds into my hand tightly. I open the gate and let everyone walk in.