Precious; Ethan Dolan

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Edited on July 8, 2018

As soon as we heard the knocks on the door, we ran down the ran the hall almost almost falling over each other. When we got to the bottom we went over to the door and greeted the family. I shook hands with the adults and the young girl along with Camila but I noticed two faces looked familiar. They had small smirks on their faces and then it clicked!
"Hey Ethan! Hey Grayson!" I said joyfully making Camila look up.
"Hey ladies." Grayson chuckled.
"Hi precious." Ethan spoke softly to Camila making her blush profusely and Grabbed and I smirk at the two.

As we were waiting for the food to be done, we gave Grayson, Ethan a tour of the house while their parents and their sister, Cameron talked with our mother about works and college. We showed them our room which included my side of the room and Jess's side of the room.

We walked into our room and the boys softly smiled. My side of the room was painted a deep purple color. It had a normal sized bed with black and white silk sheets and white and purple pillows and a small sparky silver 'J' pillow for decor. Above my bed was drapes that hung from a hook above my bed. I had a couple pictures of my friends from Oregon here and there and then a picture of Camila and I from when we were younger on my nightstand.
There was a piece of tap that started from between My sisters and I's beds to to end of other side of the room to separate our spaces.

Camilas side was very different. Her wall was painted a dark red, almost black with white silk covers and a couple wine colored pillows. She had black drapes that hung over her bed her small pink silk blanket she uses to fall asleep. She had hung up fairy lights all over our room and she had the switch to turn them off and then she had some pictures of her friends along with lots of pictures of me and her.

Her had a plain white rug on the end of both of our beds and then our dressers for each of our clothes with vanity's across from the ends of our beds. Camila had put a record player on a wooden table between the vanity's and she always played the same song on repeat before she went to bed. The song was called My Girl by The Temptations and our mom and dad met while this song played. She plays it as a memory of our dad, who passed away four years ago from a plane crash in his way to see us from his job in Italy.

Camila became depressed. Never went out, never talked, barely ate. She looked like the life got sucked out of her. She was such a daddy's girl so it hit her the most when we received the news from the hospital. She became better if the years with help from a therapist but she always plays the record to remind her of dad.

We heard a knock at the door and turned to see Cameron. "Dinners ready." She smiled softly and left. I skipped gently across the room and left it, with the other three trailing behind me chattering about something.

We all sat into our chairs around the dining room table. My mother sat at the head dead at the table as Mrs and Mr Dolan day at the other end next to each other.I sat next to Grayson on one side of the table and Ethan and Camila across from us. Small 'thank you's were muttered around the table as my mom put the food she had cooked on everyone's plates which consisted of steaks and a salad. We all dug in and Mrs. Dolan spoke up.
"So, Camila isn't it?" She said staring at Cam intensely making her gulp.
"Yes, it is." She managed a smile.
"How are you liking school so far?" Lisa asked drinking her water, taking in every last drop she could get.
"It's very good. I've met many kind people today and the teachers are a little cranky but that's ok. My favorite class is Art because if all the passionate things people draw." She said smiling gently at the thought.
"That's great! I bet your father must be proud of you!" Mrs. Dolan said making me drop my food that was on the fork and my mom go silent. We all looked at Camila as she started to tap her finger on the table, a habit she whenever she got nervous.
"My Dad actually-um he died four years ago in a crash." She sputtered our in the verge of tears. I kicked Ethans leg because her finger was getting faster and her chest started rising. Ethan caught on and I could tell he put his hand on her thigh.
"Oh my! I'm so sorry for bringing him up." Lisa said looking down awkwardly.

Ethan looked at his mother and made a low noise, almost like a growl. His mother looked up quickly, locking eyes with him as she made the same sound back but lower. They looked into each other's  eyes like they were talking through looks. I got nervous for Camila because she started she shiver which caught my moms attention. My mother and I both knew what was happening as we got up quickly and rushed to her.

I could feel her neck start to sweat and her chest was rising at a rapid pace. 'Get your sister to the room and shit the door.' My mother said quickly getting Camila up from the seat causing Ethan to snap his head towards her.

I walked quickly down the hall to our shared room and closed to door behind me as I let Cam fall on her bed. She wasn't breathing properly. I brought her head to my chest as
I sat on her bed.
"Camila you need to calm down and breathe." I whispered soothingly.
"I-I can't b-breathe." She stuttered out.
"Listen to my heartbeat. Breathe like I'm breathing." I said and started taking deep breathes in. I pulled her face to look into my eyes and I watched her intently. I took a deep breathe in and she copied. Then another breathe. Another. Then finally another until she calmed down. I wiped the sweat from her head with my hand and lied her down on her bed.
"Take a nap and I'll be checking on you ok?" I said getting up from her bed until she grabbed my arm.
"The record player." She whispered and I smiled softly and walked over to the record. I placed the stick into the outside of the record and let it play. I look back softly at her and saw she was peacefully sleeping.

Anna (mother)
"I'm so sorry for bringing up the father-" Mrs. Dolan started before I cut her off.
"It's fine. You didn't know." I spoke gently.

Jasmine came back out with her head down and sat in her seat and began eating the small salad I made. She gave me a look which I understood as she had calmed Camila down. Everyone ate my food in silence and I occasionally caught their son Ethan, arguing lowly with Sean.

Finally we had all finished and it was time for the Dolans to go.
"We have a marvelous dinner, Ms. Lee. Thank you for having us." Lisa said as her family was getting in their large black truck, which I assumed was Sean's.
"It was a pleasure having you, Lisa." I said smiling softly before she stepped off the stairs and made her way to her car. I shut the door and turned around looking at the dinner table I had to clean up.

I was picking up plates as the house phone rang startling me. I ran over and picked it up immediately seeing it was my job calling.
"Hello-"
"Good evening Anna, we need you in California for an operation immediately." My boss spoke quickly.
"I have no flight! I have no clothes packed! How do you-" I said getting angry.
"We have everything booked and we have clothes here for you to use. You will be here about a couple weeks and our driver should be picking you up at your house in approximately five minutes." He said then ended the call. I groaned softly before heading to my daughters room.
"Hey Ma." Jasmine said picking out her pajamas.
"I got called in for an operation in California and I need to leave now. I'm sorry." I said walking over and hugging her tightly.
"What? What am I supposed to tell Cami?@ she asked glancing at her sister worriedly.
"That I'm at work doing an operation. I have to be there for about a couple weeks." I said shitting her up.
"Ok. I will and be safe, please." She whispered as I hugged her tightly and went to place a kiss on Camilas temple.
"Watch after your sister too, please." I said before I left the room.

Jasmine
I heard the front door as I sighed softly. Work is work I guess. I pulled on my black Tim's and grabbed my phone but stopped when I heard a 'Where are you going' from Cam. I looked back at her.
"I'm going to check on the twins. They didn't leave on the road. Thy went to the back woods and I'm worried." I said looking down.
"I'm coming she said getting up and sliding her bolts on which were beside her bed.
"No. You need to stay here." I said with dominance.
"I care too now let's go." She said getting up from her shoes quickly and leaving the room.

We left the house, walking towards the deep forest which were only filled with mysterious sounds of wolves and owls. I nodded my head towards Camila and we began walking into the pitch Black Forest where the only light came from the luminous moon.

Hearing talking ahead, we inched closer seeing the familiar family. They all went quite as they heard a twig break, which came from Camila tripping as she ducked behind a tree, a couple feet away from me too scared to move.

"Turn." Sean spoke harshly.
"We don't know-" Ethan started before Sean gave him a look which meant 'you better do it'. The forest grew silent as I heard the painful growls of a beast, no. Beasts. I peered over the hedge I was behind and let out a scream of bloody murder..