Bella's POV The words went right through me. It couldn't be real. "Did you know that Rowan was feeling suicidal?" I was so taken back. "It WASNT a suicide! It was murder." I cried. Rowan is my baby sister and she just started her freshman year. I saw her in her room this morning with a blunt and we both held eye contact, but I let it slide.. she' s a high schooler now. But the reason she died is because she overdosed in class off of the laced bullshit her boyfriend gave her. He would never be forgiven, and this day would never be forgotten. I felt each toe crack when I fell in to Ethan's arms. I began to notice every little thing since the news. I heard my weeps echo through out the halls. I had no mercy, just like no kid in the 9th grade had mercy on my sister. I walked out of that school with zero expression after feeling the cold breeze hit my nose. Ethans POV What happened? I stormed into the guidance office shouting. I was immediately was rushed out by security. I fought and fought my way out of their tight grip and demanded answers. Principal Coleman took me into his office. "Ethan what happened today is private matter. You are not related to Bella in any way.. I assume?" I scoffed "Yes, Yes I am, my relation to her is that I CARE ABOUT HER!" I began to loose track of my breath. I was so angry. I just want to know why Bella was so hurt. I had to take matters into my own hands. I left school and drove all the way to Wildwood, it's where I would go as a kid to have fun, it has always been my happy place. I walked around aimlessly until I got a notification. Bella had posted a photo.
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"Rowan, it is so painful to know that I will never see you again. I wont walk into the door to see your school bag laying on the floor. I wont hear you and your friends giggling in your room. You were such a beautiful girl. The reason you are gone today, is because you were taken advantage of. We will no clue what you could've been but you had so much potential to be successful and I am so sad to see such a humble soul go to waste. I will fight for your justice until the day I die Ro. I am so angry that my last words to you were "here's your lunch money." I wish I could've told you how amazing you are and how thankful I am to have you. I am so upset that they last time I would see you would be in a dirty locker room This is all such a blur to me.. you didn't deserve this. You had so much more to live for. Rowan Katrina Tavern, you will live in our hearts forever. Fly high sister❤️👼🏻"
After reading that, I felt her pain. I began to cry. Her sister didn't deserve this. Neither did Bella. Nothing like this ever happens in our small town in Jersey. I wanted to just give her a hug, but after all of the stuff that has happened this week, I might as well leave Bella be. Bella's POV When I hit the post button I felt relief. Maybe some how she'd read my message. I was sitting alone in my room while my parents were god knows where. My phone had thousands of notifs. I felt the need to nap but I knew there was no way in hell that sleep was an option, not with all the thoughts surrounding my head. I decided to read everyone's condolences messages. I was surprised to not hear from Ethan but it was least of my worries. After thanking everyone I threw my phone on my bed, and just cried. Cried and cried, I thought I was going to run out of tears. I want Rowan back. I want this nightmare to be over. I read the comments on my post, as tear drops hit the screen. I went live on my instagram to vent, nobody joined except Jaylene, and then we ended up on facetime. She was trying to calm me down for hours and I just wasn't giving up, Until at some point I just passed out. I slept soundly until the next morning. 3 months later Ethans POV Winter. Break. It's been a long time coming. I was so excited to be spending it with some friends this year. Me and some of the guys planned a skiing trip. Some of their girls were coming along but I was still wondering about Bella. We kind of lost contact after her sisters death.. but nobody really talks about it anymore. We say our hellos in the hallway but it is best for me if we go our separate ways. After the last bell I waited for Grayson and his girlfriend in the parking lot. Gray and I had to pre-film a lot of videos for the fans so we could easily post while in New York and enjoy our time.
We got home and set up the cameras. Gray and Laney shared their last kiss before she went behind the camera and started recording. I swear they cant keep their lips off each other. Anyways, we filmed a really funny video about types of cliques at school. After filiming Laney was about to leave and I thanked her for helping us out as always and proceeded to take myself to my room. It was Grayson's turn to edit so I just sat on the trampoline and scrolled on instagram. Most of my friends have a following just because I follow them, Bella more than the rest, because I was always tagged in pictures with her and my fans speculated we were dating. I checked my dms and the at the top was Jaylene. "Today, 2:14pm" hey eth i hope you enjoy your break and all but i was just wondering why you and bell dont talk anymore.. What am I gonna reply? I know exactly what happened but maybe I should just use a little white lie. Which is what I did. "Today, 2:14pm" hey eth i hope you enjoy your break and all but i was just wondering why you and bell dont talk anymore.. tbhh idk really but it would be cool if we all started hanging out again. she misses you. really? i didnt know.. she needs you!! you were her best guy friend everyone needs one. she needs me? yes ethan.. talk to her. Bella's POV My winter break is probably going to consist of having the girls sleep over my house, going to the mall, and watching youtube. I didn't really want to go on a trip this year because I always expect the worse. When my phone finally turned on from being dead my groupchat was spamming.
girlsss we got a situation jaylene 2:33pm
wtf is up sis camille 2:34pm
so i talked to ethan since he practically cut bella off and i wanted to see whats up and he was all like "tbh idkk" and i know hes lying and shit so i told him to text her and idk whats gonna happen but ethans kinda a douche now. jaylene 2:38pm
jayy bella doesnt need him karen 2:38pm
karen where did u come in but wtf he knows he just didnt wanna deal w her after rowan died.. camille 2:39pm
that isnt true camille jaylene 2:39pm
you even said it yourself that he's a douche.. sorry but theyre both better off without each other why are you trying to bring something back that isnt meant to be??? camille 2:41pm
a douche in the way that he cares more about being popular than his true friends. jaylene 2:41pm
jaylene why did you text ethan. theres reasons we arent friends anymore. bella 2:50pm
like what you really believe that he just wanted you take time to yourself karen 2:50pm
he's scared. karen 2:50pm
maybe theres things i didnt tell you guys some things, why so quick to assume? bella 2:53pm come over. karen 2:53 pm
