Ellie and I

Ellie and I Part 13 (re-upload)

... After school...

I sit at my desk and complete my last bits of homework.

My sister is at work and my parents are celebrating their anniversary at a fancy restaurant.

So Im just home alone, I've never been completely afraid of the fact that I was alone but I always think of the worst case scenarios.

Like what if I catch the house on fire somehow or what If a creepy old dude came knocking at my door and wanted to rape me?

Yeah, I know, I have the craziest mind...

Suddenly I hear,

*knock-knock-knock*

It came from my front door.

I lift my head up and begin to panic.

Who would want to see me or my family at this time of night?

Its around 9pm.

I slowly get out of my chair, walk out of my room and go down stairs.

I go into my kitchen and grab the first thing I see, a pan.

I walk back to the door.

*knock-knock-knock*

Again.

I take a deep breath and slowly reach for the door knob.

I get my pan ready.

I slowly twist the knob,

And finally open the door.

I cant believe my eyes.

"Ellie?" I ask.

I stare blankly at Ellie,

Her cheeks are red, as if shes been crying.

I put my pan to the side.

"What are you doing here?" I ask.

"I- just- I needed someone to talk to" Ellie says, her voice sounded so fragile, as if she was about to cry.

"Here come in" I say opening the door farther allowing her to come in.

"Thanks" Ellie says walking in.

Jessica said I wasn't allowed to talk to Ellie, but she'll never know if Ellie's at my house, right?

We both sit on the living room couch.

"So, whats up?" I ask.

Now that I realize, this has been the first time Ive talked to Ellie in a while.

"Its just that, Im having some family trouble and I couldn't stay home any longer" Ellie says lowering her voce after every word.

Ellie? she has family trouble? I thought she had a great family.

"I thought you and your family were close?" I ask.

"You've only seen my mom, not my dad" Ellie says.

Shes right, Ive only seen Ellie's mom, all I know about Ellie's dad is that he owns a company and that he's really rich.

"You're right... So your having problems with your dad?" I ask.

Ellie sighs.

"My dad drinks a lot when he's stressed with work. Then, he gets violent. Today was one of those days where he was really stressed out" Ellie says, there were tears forming in her eyes.

My heart ached for her.

"Are you okay? did he hurt you?" I ask frantically.

Even though we haven't talked in a while doesn't mean that I didn't care for Ellie.