Please Don't Leave Me

Chapter 9

"Joseph!" I yelled. Well that woke me up. Alana, I think you forgot your brother is dying.

I cried myself to sleep last night. I need to see a picture of him. Oh yeah his bedroom.

I went to the door. Do I dare go in? Will I lose it? Who knows.

I opened the doorknob and looked on the floor to see Iggy asleep. why she's in Joseph's room I don't know.

I walked into the room. My body shaking with fear and sadness.

I need him.

I walked over to his shelf and grabbed a scrapbook.

As I flipped through the pages all the memories of taking those pictures came to my head, filling my eyes with tears.

There was a picture of us together in the ocean. I was like 5 and he was 7.

( FLASHBACK)

"Don't let her drown Joseph!" my mom yelled.

"I won't mom gosh!" he yelled back.

He took me out past the waves.

"Now be careful Alana, I don't want any pink jellyfish to get you! that would hurt really bad"

(FLASHBACK OVER)

"Now who's gonna save me from the pink jellyfish" I whispered.

As I got up to put the scrapbook away I stepped on something. I looked down.... A picture.

Do I dare look at it?

I slowly picked it up. I couldn't believe what I saw.

It was Joseph giving Iggy a kiss.

I looked down at a make up running crying Iggy who has been awake this whole time.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you" she cried.

I was speechless. I through the picture on the bed. "Alana" Iggy started. But I had already left the room.

Everything started making since now!

(FLASHBACK)

"Hey- hi Alana" Joseph said innocently. "Why are you out here?" I asked Joseph. "Um Iggy is taking me to football practice" he smiled. "I could have taken you.... Wait you have your own car." I smirked. "I wanted to save my gas, plus you were asleep." He fought back.

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I heard a car pull up so I looked out the window. Joseph. Well he's here late. I watched him as he walked inside. Is that lipstick on his cheek! Oh my word. Joseph has a girlfriend. I bet it's that really good volleyball player named Emily.

I heard the front door slam. "Joseph!" I yelled. "What" he yelled back. "Come here!" I screamed so he could hear me.

"What?" He asked as he came in my room. I smiled brightly. "What?" He asked concerned. "You got a little somethin" I said pointing to his cheek.

He wiped his cheek and got lipstick all over his hand. "Was that Emily?" I gave a cheesy smile. "No" he said.

"So who is she?" I stood up and smiled. "She's nobody Alana! Goodness" he yelled. I laughed so hard. "You act like it's a crime for your sister to ask who got lipstick on your face" I said dying laughing.

"It is" he laughed. "Well your smiling for once." I joked. "I will find out who this mystery girl is" I said as I patted him on the back and left my bedroom smiling.

(FLASHBACK OVER)

I heard a car pull up so I looked out the window. Joseph. Well he's here late. I watched him as he walked inside. Is that lipstick on his cheek! Oh my word. Joseph has a girlfriend. I bet it's that really good volleyball player named Emily.

I heard the front door slam. "Joseph!" I yelled. "What" he yelled back. "Come here!" I screamed so he could hear me.

"What?" He asked as he came in my room. I smiled brightly. "What?" He asked concerned. "You got a little somethin" I said pointing to his cheek.

He wiped his cheek and got lipstick all over his hand. "Was that Emily?" I gave a cheesy smile. "No" he said.

"So who is she?" I stood up and smiled. "She's nobody Alana! Goodness" he yelled. I laughed so hard. "You act like it's a crime for your sister to ask who got lipstick on your face" I said dying laughing.

"It is" he laughed. "Well your smiling for once." I joked. "I will find out who this mystery girl is" I said as I patted him on the back and left my bedroom smiling.

(FLASHBACK OVER)

" Alana, I wanted to tell you but Joseph said-" Iggy started.

I turned around. "don't you dare blame anything on my brother Iggy! Don't you dare!" I yelled and picked up the remote to my tv and threw it braking it.

I ran past her and downs the stares.

I saw Jared sitting on the couch apparently he stayed the night.

"Alana!" Iggy yelled in an angry tone coming down the stairs . "I'm not blaming anything on anyone. Your the one going crazy. Your the baby that can't live without your brother. Your the one that thinks that you can do anything and everything will be better. Your the one that-" she tried to finish.

I grabbed a knife off the table and ran at her with it.

"Alana!" Jared yelled as he got up and grabbed me from behind pulling me back.

"Duck!" he yelled at Iggy as I through the knife at her.

She ran upstairs to Joseph's room this is just great.

I just cried and cried.

"Alana, baby stop okay shhhhh" Jared tried calming me down.

I fell to the ground, Jared still holding me.

"Why am I alive" I cried.

Jared's POV

"Why am I alive" she cried.

"Hey" I said turning her around kissing her forehead. "Let's get you to bed."

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After I put her to bed I went back downstairs and sat by Liberty.

"This is bad" she said.

My face filled with shock. Liberty hasn't talked or moved from this spot for 3 to almost 4 days.

" Joseph needs to get better. It's tearing Alana apart. And it's killing Iggy. Yeah I know about them." she said.

"I need him too" she spit out.

"Why do you need him?" I asked politely.

"He's the only one who knows who killed my mother"