Bad Habits | E.D

The Story Shall Go On

It was raining heavily and everyone stood in the cemetery around Zacks grave.
It was slowly put on the ground and we all put soil to cover it up.

My mom and I both laid down flowers on the grave.
A prayer was said one last time before the grave was completely covered with soil.

Goodbye brother, we didn't know each other very long but you were the best brother anyone could ever be even though he did argue at times.

Allison put her hand on my shoulder and nodded at me.
"It'll slowly get better." She pursed her lips and tried not to cry.

Next to Zacks grave was my other mom Alice. I looked at it for a second and so did Vanessa. I promised myself that I wouldn't cry so I bit the inside of my right cheek to prevent me from doing so.

"Is that her?" Vanessa asked and I nodded.
"Yeah."

"Must've been so hard, losing someone you love. He was to young to leave us." She said as her eyes started tearing up.

I turned away and walked over to the bench to sit down.
I sat on my own until Ethan came and sat down with me.

"You alright?" He asked me as he put his hand on mine.
I nodded.

"I'm so sorry about what happened Yaz, I just hope they catch Josh."
I sighed "I saw him pull that knife out of his stomach."

"I watched him die-"
"Don't say that." He interrupted me and pulled me into a tight hug.

I buried my head into his shoulder and tears started to roll down my cheeks.
There was silence for a few minutes until I heard someone clear their throat.

"Erm Yaz, there's someone here." Ethan tapped my shoulder and I turned around to face whoever it was.
Oh my gosh!

"Marie?" My jaw dropped.

She crossed her arms and gave me a serious look.
"Your father was supposed to schedule our visit."

"Oh Yeah he'll get around to it later." I lied.
She chuckled "How is he supposed to be doing that if he's not here?! You're living on your own aren't you?"
Oh shit

"Yaz whose this?" Ethan asked me.
I sighed.
No point in lying now.

"She's my social worker."

Everyone else noticed that something was going on and they all came to us.
"Excuse me but who are you?" My Mom said to Marie.
Marie scoffed "So you're her biological mother? Damn what else aren't you telling me?"

"How did you find out?" I rolled my eyes at her.

"Honey it's my job to deal with teenagers like you, it wasn't difficult. The cops called me saying that you were a witness at your brothers murder. Whenever your name is mentioned like that, they call me right away."

I massaged my temples and took a deep breath.
Who would've knew that she would actually show up?

"And you think it's respectful to show up at her brothers funeral?" Allison raised her voice at Marie.
"And you think it's respectful to lie to your social worker?" Marie answered back.

"Bitch." I mumbled.

"You do know that I could lose my job because of you?! You're supposed to come to me whenever you have a problem-"
"How am I supposed to come to you if I have a problem when all you do is yell at me?!" I answered back.

"Okay fine pack your things, I'm sending you back to the girls home."
Wait what?!

"No Marie you can't do that, please." I begged and she shook her head.
"I'm almost eighteen so you can't send me back!" I yelled.