"i can't go today." i mumble to dad, still laying in bed. it's officially been one month since my best friend....fell into a coma. dad steps to stand next to my bed.
"then you'll have to watch sammie. she'll be happy not to have to go to daycare."
i groan in response.
i can't face everyone at school today. everyone knows what happened, considering him and gray are a couple of the most popular kids in our high school. one month since i talked to him for possibly the last time ever.
"oh my gosh, i remember! yeah, you came up and said 'hi my name is ethan dolan and i think- no wait scratch that i know that i want to be best friends with you' and it was cutest thing." he laughs at my impression of him.
"i better get home. goodnight el, and i love you."
i was such an idiot. i should've known that something was up. the way he said 'i love you' had really pulled a string in my heart and i remember thinking about it the entire night.
when dad left for work, i still didn't get out of bed until the clock hit nine in the morning.
"sissy! i'm hungry!" i heard sammie yell to me. great. she must've just gotten up. i hauled myself out of the blankets, trudged downstairs and into the kitchen.
"what do you want?" i ask, not looking at her as i rummage through the cabinets. i thank dad silently who so graciously stocked the kitchen.
"you're bein' mean." she says grumpily.
"i'm not in the mood today okay!" i bark out of frustration and sadness. when i see her eyes become big with tears, my expression softens.
"i didn't mean that. i'll make you anything you want, okay? i'm sorry, little girl." i kiss her cheek, and then she smiles.
i remember getting a call at four in the morning from his sister, and she was crying, and i had no idea what she was saying.
"e-e-ethan." she cried. i made out that she wanted me to get to the hospital, and i heard sirens in the background. 'ambulance', was the first thing i thought before leaving the house rather loudly.
when i got to the dolan house, he was being loaded onto a gurney, and they had told me, that my best friend, ethan dolan, had tried to commit suicide by overdosing on pain medication.
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don't you just love tragic stories ;)
