Always// Jacob Sartorius • Mark Thomas • Blake Gray • Hunter Rowland

Chapter 9

Sunday was pretty boring. I just watched Netflix all day and played on my phone. I talked to Jacob some yesterday, but not as much as I talked to Lilia. We talked about random stuff all day. Now it's Monday, and back to hell. I woke up at 6 am and showered. After that, I put on mascara, light eyeshadow, and foundation. I picked out my outfit for the day and changed. (Outfit Pictured Above In Media.) I ate my breakfast and got on the bus beside Lilia.

When we got to Jacob's stop, Lilia moved to another seat and Jacob sat beside of me. "Hey." He said with a smile. "Cuties." Vee mumbled from beside us. I looked at her and motioned my hand across my throat, as if I was going to kill her. I mouthed, "I'm going to kill you!"

We got to school and all of us headed straight to our first class. "So..." He did that thing again. Where he puts his hand on the back of his neck and he looks down. "There's something I need to tell you." He said, trying to avoid eye contact. "You can tell me." I was worried. Why was I worried? "So, in a week I'm going on tour. Meaning I won't get to see you or your friends for 6 months." 6 months!? That's like forever! "Oh." That's all I could manage to say. Wait, I can't leave a conversation like this! "So when are you going to tell Vee, Lilia, Kat?" He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. I wanted to tell you first." I looked down. I was actually upset that he was leaving. Why must it be that I hate someone, they never go away, but whenever I start to like someone, they have to go away? I swear life works against me.

Jacob decided to tell Vee, Lilia, and Kat at lunch. They took it fine, but were sad that he was leaving. I was too sad to say anything during lunch. I hardly said one word. I'm pretty sure Lilia noticed because once school was over she texted me.

Lilia: hey girl u ok?

Me: yea im fine why

Lilia: no, you arent

Me: i dont really want to talk about it

Lilia: omg

Me: ?

Lilia: you actually like jacob

Me: no thats not the reason

Lilia: GIRL YES IT IS

Me: ok fine

Lilia: want me to come over?

Me: yess plsss

Lilia: i have to eat dinner with my fam first but i'll be there in like 1 hr

I finished my homework as I was waiting for dinner to be made. I heard a big boom come from the living room. I ran downstairs to see what was going on. My dad was laying in the floor with blood everywhere and my mom was talking on the phone. My brother was doing CPR on my dad. What was going on!? "Mom what's wrong with dad!?" I shouted, frantically running over to her. "Shh, I'm on the phone with 911. They're on their way sweetie, everything will ok." Everything will be ok? That's like a default answer for adults. It doesn't matter if your house is burning down and you're trapped inside with certain death, everything will be ok. Well, no, it's not ok! I ran upstairs to calm my baby sister down. Why was this happening to me? She finally calmed down and I ran back downstairs. My brother motioned for me to come over there. "Someone shot through the window at dad. We don't know what's going on, but just be aware." Shot at my dad? What the hell was going on! BAM! There was another shot, and my mom was shot! BAM! There was another shot, and my brother was shot! I ran as fast as possible and grabbed my baby sister. I took us down to the basement and hid. There is no way this can be happening. Crap! Lilia! She'll be here any minute! All I could do was pray. I heard the man in our house. All of the lights went out. I could hear the floor boards creaking above me. My sister could tell something was up, as she did not even whimper. I heard the basement door slowly creak open. What am I going to do? I can't see a thing! One by one, the steps creaked as I heard this evil man lurking into the basement. "Emma, I know you're down here." The man whispered. I didn't recognize his voice. All of the sudden, his footsteps stopped. I couldn't hear anything. BAM! My sister was shot. "YOU DON'T MESS WITH MY SI-"

And like that, I was gone.

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Q: Do you have a cat?

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