Such a fine line

1 . -the brunette girl-

last lesson , history class . The class started and the teacher started asking questions about last lesson content , which no one remembered

" so when did World War II end ? Anyone ? Grace or Charlotte maybe ? " The teacher asked

No one wanted to answer , until finally someone was able to respond to Mr.Jacksons questions not to come as a surprise that he knew ,since he was part German , it was Daniel Smith , The jock , the star student , the teams captain and of course , every girls crush . the class went on . Everything was going as usual , nothing interesting , nothing unexpected .

suddenly a short brunette girl , went out of the classroom , supposedly to the bathroom , then after a long period of time she opened the class door , she looked ill . As she was walking to her chair , Grace asked her if she was okay and offered to accompany her to the nurses office , but the girl kindly declined , being grateful for such kindness .

After a while the schools bell started to ring

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" The class is over " Mr. Jackson shouted through the class , so that everyone would be able to hear .

Students were standing up from their chairs and rapidly picking their stuff up , so they could go as fast as possible to their homes and enjoy the weekend .

People started making noise , while picking up their school stuff from the tables , into their backpacks , also making noise with the chairs , while dragging them . Boys shouting and throwing tennis balls through the class , girls gossiping about the other students , teachers talking about exams , bells ringing . A short brunette girl started to look weird and found it difficult to stand still . The noises were getting louder and louder, every time her heart beated . After a while sitting , the short brunette girl tried to stand up but seemed as she would rather be falling .

From the few people that were still in the classroom , including Gracie started to stare at her , confused at what could be wrong with the poor girl .

she started stumbling and before anyone could realize what was going on with her , she had already unconsciously fallen to the ground .

Some of her classmates ran to see if she was fine , others went to search for help in the nurses office . Grace stood there and stared at the the girl , whom everyone was trying to save , she kept still and observed what was going on . The little girl laid still , she didn't wake up for a long time . The nurse came as fast as she could and when she arrived she quickly checked her eyes , then her breathing and lastly her pulse . Her slow yet still existing pulse .

teachers were taking students out of the classroom , to let the professionals do their work properly .

Everyone was nervous and did not know what to think , nobody was coming out of that room and teachers would refuse to tell the students anything about what was going on .

For a couple of minutes everything was suddenly silent . Staff members started to come out of the room and then , the lead doctor behind them . Then an adult couple arrived at the schools main entrance , they looked rather shocked and nervous and walked rapidly as if they were to meet someone urgently . The doctor walked slowly towards them . They appeared to be the girls parents . The doctor sighed and started telling them the much awaited news .

" Your daughter is dead "

As they heard him finish talking , a hospital bed rolled through the halls ,the bed covered a body similar to a young female , with a quilt . The couple couldn't believe their own eyes . How could her beloved little daughter be gone forever , what about her hopes and dreams , what about her life and future , watching her grow up , graduate , get married , have kids ? all of that would now , never take place . And no one except those three people knew why she ended up dead .

She was gone and she was never coming back .

That was the first time Grace rose Stewart realized how loss and death are a major part of life , and how grateful one must be for every minute we can spend with our loved ones , because once they are gone you are never seeing nor ever be able to touch them , again . That is at least what her grandma , the person she looked up the most once said , before dying herself .

But Gracie couldn't help but ignore the little something that was untold . How did this happen ? Could she have done something to help ? What if she would've done something as well , what if she would have done something instead of just observing , The girl would still be alive ? was it her fault ? Or Why would someone harm and hurt her classmate ? Did she commit suicide ? She could not just have died from dizziness could she ? ...

Gracie couldn't let that thought go away

After a while she decided to make her way home , when she arrived , she went straight to her bedroom and jumped to her bed , she laid and starring at the ceiling she slowly started to close her eyes and before she could notice she had already fell deeply asleep .

( a couple of hours later )

The wooden floor makes noise , its Gracies mom , Mrs.Stewart .

" Honey are you alright ? " her mother asked " I just wanted to check up on you , because I asked your brother if something was going wrong between both of you and then he told be about what happened at school today . I figured it would have affected you terribly and just wanted to comfort you and make sure you were fine . "

" Yes I am fine , it is just that , since grandma died , it seems like everything is going wrong lately , you know ? , I mean you and dad , and now this girl at my school , what's next ? I don't know if I can handle more . " Grace answered

" I know that lately Dad and I have had a rather complicated relationship , but we will figure it out sooner or later , like we always do , Okay ? . " Mrs.Stewart replied

" Yeah , like that's going to happen " Gracie silently said to herself .

" Did you say something , my dear ? " she curiously asked .

But Gracie denied whatever she had just said , she wouldn't want her mom to know she didn't believe that her parents relationship was ever going to end well .

" Oh , I must have heard wrong then , and about that girl at school . Death is part of life , sweetie , you know that , and although it should not have happened that soon , the doctors did all they could to save her . You couldn't have done anything more to possibly save her , you understand ? , the one thing you can do right now , is to comfort her parents and relatives , maybe even friends . And of course , not missing the memorial that is going to take place on Sunday ." her mother said trying to comfort her dear child .

After that Graces mom went downstairs , to leave grace alone , for a while .

But Gracie couldn't bear to keep thinking of that endless quilt she was feeling . Although her mothers words sounded true , there was something in her mind telling her she was guilty for the little girls death .