Broken

Cemetery

Elena POV

After school I walked to the cemetery where my parents were buried, I had been coming here every day since they died. I found their tombstones and leant against the back of the tombstone that faced them. I pulled my diary out of my bag and began to write.

Dear diary, I made it through the day. I must have said, "I'm fine, thanks," at least thirty-seven times. And I didn't mean it once. But no one noticed. When someone asks, "How are you?" They really don't want an answer.

A crow appeared on my mother's tombstone and began to caw at me, "Okay. Hi, bird. That's not creepy or anything. Shoo!" I made it fly away. "That's what I thought." I muttered but it returned and then loud punk rock music began to play, I'd heard about the drug users that hung out in the cemetery but I'd never seen any until today. The music grew closer and I decided it'd probably be best I leave so I grabbed my bag and walked off, I noticed someone watching me and walked faster but I tripped and fell down a hill. "Ahh!" I screamed.

I got up and brushed myself off. I jumped when I realised that I wasn't alone.

"You okay?" The obnoxious new guy from school asked.

"Were you following me?" I asked, creeped out about everything that had just happened.

"No, I-a, uh, I-a just — I saw you fall." He replied, seemingly uncomfortable but I wasn't convinced.

"Uh-huh, and you just happened to be hanging out in a cemetery." I challenged.

"My parents told me that I have ancestors buried here."

"Oh. Wow. Tactless. I'm sorry...I'm Elena." I rushed to apologise.

"I'm Kol." He replied, his English accent thick.

"I know. We have History together and we've run into each other a few times."

"And English and French. And I am sorry about that, I can be a real dick sometimes."

"Right." I replied not convinced that he was sincere at all.

He then reached forward and pulled a leaf out of my hair.

"Thanks...Nice ring." I said shyly, unsure of what to say next.

"Oh. Um, it's a family ring, yeah. I'm kinda stuck with it." He played with the ring.

"I mean, there are rings and then there's that." We both laughed.

"Kol, are you coming man?!" A voice shouted and my face turned glum, he'd lied and made me feel guilty.

Wait I know that voice. "Jeremy?!" I turned to the source of the voice and I was correct, his face turned confused and then guilty, but not for what he did but for being caught. I turned back to look at Kol, his face was confused looking between the two of us, "You're here with my brother?!" I then realised just how bloodshot his eyes were, "Doing drugs. Of course. Jeremy we're going home. And you," I pointed at Kol and he looked at me fearful, "Stay away from my brother. And me." I finished before walking over to my brother and dragging him along by his ear, not caring that his 'friend' was watching.

Kol stared after us in shock but I didn't bother myself to look back at him much, too busy giving my brother another lecture...