For My Sister

Chapter Seven

***Georgianna's POV***

I woke up and it was 4am. I assumed everyone else would be awake, because who was going to sleep when someone we all loved was just killed.

I walked into the living room. Dani and Morgan were on the couch, Jace sat in a chair, and Jade and Wren were in front of the fire place. When Dani saw me, she stood up.

"Hey, you good?" She asks. I sniffle and nod. I sat down next to her. Morgan got up and went and got ne a glass of water from the kitchen.

"Uh, Georgia. I have something you might want" Jace says. He slowly raises his hand up in my direction. He clutched the cover up I had sent Sawyer out to look for in his hands. I take it from his hands and bring it to my chest.

"It smells just like him" I say burying my face in the clothing. I couldn't hold back tears anymore. I fell into the empty space between Dani and I. I felt her hand on my back. I heard Morgan set the cup on water in the coffe table. She made me raise up from the couch and sat down. My head rested in her lap. It was silent, but I coukd tell people were moving. Then, it occured to me that everyone was leaving the living room.

***Morgan's POV***

I was always the sister that Georgianna confided in, so I knew I could help her through this.

"G, talk to me" I say.

"Don't call me that" She says. She sits up and faces me, still clutching the cover up. "Sawyer used to call me that".

"I know this hurts you, it's hurting everyone, but you of all people have got to stay the strongest" I say.

"I-I don't think I can" She sobs.

"Hey, yes you can!" I say sternly. "Do you want to know why?".

"Why?".

"Because the baby" I say. "You're never fully going to lose Sawyer because of that little baby you created with him. Nobody can take that away".

"You know, he was so excited to be a father. He loved the baby more than anything already. Now, it has to be raised with no father" She says. She has stopped crying, but I could tell she was absolutely heartbroken.

"You're not going to raise the baby alone. You're never going to be alone" I say. She smiles softly at me. I pulled her into me and hug her tightly. Georgianna was the last person in the world who deserved to go through all this. She had so many plans and dreams with Sawyer, then just like that they were all taken away. No one deserved that.

***Dani's POV***

Jace and I sat in bed staring up at the ceiling. Both of us were wide awake, but stayed silent. Anytime I closed my eyes, I saw Sawyer's body on the dock and I heard the way Georgianna sobbed when she saw him. I tried not to cry, but tears still rolled down my cheeks.

"Babe, please don't cry" Jace says looking over at me. The pad of his thumb grazed over my cheek.

"How could this have happened? We come here the past four years and nothing like this had ever happened. Not anything bad. What's going on now?" I ask. I knew he didn't have an answer, but would they to figure one out anyway.

"Bad timing, I guess" He says.

"I don't I don't even want to know who would do soemthing like this" I say. I knew that was the real question hers. Who and Why?

"Sawyer never did anything to anyone to get him killed. He was going to be a father. He was starting a family with Georgia. And, one day be was going to marry her. He didn't deserve this just like Georgia doesn't. We're probably never going to know Why or Who, and babe, that's probably for the best" He says.

"What are we going to tell his family?" I ask.

"Dani, I don't know. We'll deal with that when we have too. Right now, we just need... I don't know what we need to do" He says. I could tell be was getting frustrated because he called me my name instead of 'Babe'.

"I think we all just need sleep" I say. He smiles. I nuzzle my head into his neck. I had never felt more safe, yet unsafe at the same time ever. I wanted to know who did that to Sawyer, and why they did it.

***
I don't think anyone slept properly last night at all. Everyone was up and wide awake by 7am. Everything was so different. Jade and Wren weren't laughing. Georgianna wasnt smiling and bubbly. Morgan stared out the window with a blank expression in her face. Jace was quieter that normal. I stayed silent as well.

"W-Wren, I could use your help today" Jace says. He sat down on the couch across from the couch Jade and Wren sat on. Georgia was in the chair.

"Okay, with what?" He asks.

"Uh, We..."He looks down and the black liquid in the cup he held. "We have to get the blood off the dock". Georgianna let out a heavy sigh when he said that.

"Okay" He says. He turns to Jade. "I'll be back soon, babe". She nods. Jace and Wren walk outside and to the dock. Morgan and I both sit down on the couch. You could sense that everyone was scared to speak because they didn't want to say the wrong thing.

"Georgia, are...are you okay?" Jade asks. Jade was never one to ask Georgianna or Morgan how they felt. She wished they would talk to her more, but they didn't.

"He's gone, but I still feel like he's right here" She says. I smile.

"He is" I say. "He's always right here with you".

"Yeah, I guess" She says and stands up. "I need to be alone". She walk out the back door. The three girls and I shoot up and watch her walk to the dock. A few minutes later, Wren and Jace start to walk away.

***Georgianna's POV***

I wanted to be alone. I asked the boys to go inside while I sat in the dock with my feet on the edge.

"Hey, babe. It's me. I wish you were sitting here with me, but the girls say you're always here no matter what" I say. A bird in the street next to the dock peeped. I looked up snd saw a robin sitting on the branch. It brought tears to my eyes. Robins were Sawyer's favorite animal. The first song that he ever learned to sing was 'Rockin Robin'. It was the first song he ever sang to me. I half laughed. "You are here, aren't you? I'm always going to have part of you with me. I love you, babe, and I love the baby. I promise to be a good mother for you. Everything I do from now on is for you". I stood up and looked out at the lake. The Robin peeped again. I looked up at it and smiled. I turned around to walk back inside. I hummed a tune in my head. 

"He rocks in the treetops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song
All the little birds on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet-tweet-tweet
Rockin' robin,
Rock-rock-rockin' robin'
Go rockin' robin 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight". I sang those words over and over again in my head. It was the first song he sang to me, so it was going to be the last song I sang to him.