When the sun goes down.

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BANG

BANG

BANG

My eyes slightly open. What the actual fuck? I Look at my location and realise that i'm in my own room. Clothes and broken glass shattered all around my room. One item specifically catches my eye. A glass sculpture that Ethan had given me a year ago on my birthday.

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A YEAR AGO

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I Smile at gorge as he jumps up and down.

"GUESS WHAT BITCHES! ITS ASHLEYS 17TH BIRTHDAY!" as he screams a crowd of people lift up their red solo cups. This is amazing. I've never had so many people celebrate my birthday with me. and in exactly eight minutes I will be alive for 17 years. I look over to my right and i'm not surprised as to what I see. Emily and Ethan arguing, they have been arguing non stop for the past two days now. I look down at my black heels as i try and listen as to what Ethans yelling at her about.

"Are you dumb?" Ethan asks music blasting making him sound as if he was whispering. Emily gives him a death glare.

"No, im being serious Emily, it's a no. If you go behind my back i will hurt him." Ethan says viciously. I can see tears forming in her eyes. What are they talking about? Emily says it was because of her grades. Why would she lie to me?

"So you can go behind mine but i can't go behind yours? Don't talk to me Ethan, don't talk to me for a very long time." she spits out. And when a tear slides down her face she walks my way. I look at her and she doesnt look up to meet my eyes.

Six minutes until my birthday.

"Ethan wanted to talk to you." My heart skips a beat when she says that. As long as i've known Ethan talking could go two ways. He could either yell at me or he could be nice. I'm hoping that because it's my birthday he's nice to me. Emily brushes past me and i decide to give her space because when she's sad she won't talk to anyone. I look up through my eyelashes and i see Ethan walking up the stairs staring at me. When he knows he has my attention he moves his index finger in that way telling me to follow.

I move towards the stairs and I don't see Ethan either. I make my way farther upstairs. Up here the music sounds fuzzy. It's also very quiet up here. I turn my head to the left to see if he went to the guest room. But i change directions when i see my door to my room is cracked. Lights on.

5 minutes.

I walk into my room and see Ethans back facing me. He's looking at my private poems.

"Ethan what the fuck!" i yell at him stomping towards him. He looks over his shoulder and takes the notebook in his hand and continues to study one poem. One poem that i stayed up countless nights not being able to come up with the perfect words.

She stood up high standing very tall

Until he came crashing in and ruined it all

Like fire and ice nothing alike

Her true emotions came out at night

She would cry and think to herself

How could onesself be in love with his mental health

However he would ruin her and he would eventually take away her heart of golds wealth

He stared at it for a little longer and ripped out the page. My eyes went wide. Why would he do that? I want to hurt him so bad