Delilah.

Chapter 7

We kissed and talked for hours. He told me that after our frozen yogurt date he broke up with Reilley so I had nothing to worry about. He had taken me home around when I usually would've been home normally. Now I'm laying in bed thinking about tomorrow. Tomorrow was when Pride Forever was coming. Sierra Marks and Mia Scar were going to help my sister. I hope.

I walk into Ash's room afterschool the next day to find her pacing.

"Ash, they're gonna help," I say walking over to her bed and sitting down. "I promise."

"I hope you're right," Ash says sitting next to me.

"Come on you can't back out now," I say. "They'll help, so get ready and get there!" Ash laughs and shoves me out so she can get ready. I wait for Ash downstairs, and hope for the best. When Ash finally comes down we get in the car and drive to the AA center. It's really loud when we get in the stadium and Ash covers her ears as we walk to our seats. Mia's mom came onstage and everyone got quiet. She just said that Sierra and Mia would be out in just a few minutes. We talk to some people beside us one of them is a male to female transgender and other is bisexual. Then Sierra and Mia come onstage and the stadium erupts in cheers.

"Hey, guys calm down a bit," Sierra says and Mia laughs.

"Alright, let's get started," Mia says. "Could we have some volunteers from the audience?" Everyone starts jumping up and down, except me. They call up a female to male transgender, a bisexual, another lesbian, and me. I walk awkwardly to the stage.

"Are you lesbian, bisexual, transgender," Sierra says. "You get the point." She hands the mic to me.

"I, I'm straight," I say that gets some gasps, but I ignore it. "I'm here with my lesbian sister."

"Would your sister like to come up here," Mia asks.

"I guess," I say. "Ash?" Ash looks stunned at first, but runs up without hesitation. I hand her the mic once she's up on the stage.

"Um, hi, I'm Ash," She says.

"I don't mean to pry, but do your parents support," Mia asks.

"Yes, though no other parents at my school do," Ash says. "I started getting death threats when we found out that you and Sierra were coming." Ash looks down at her feet. Sierra starts to tear up a little. Mia hands her mic to Sierra.

"This is my fault, it's my fault I wanted to go to every major city in the country," Sierra says looking at me. "I think our times up for tonight" Mia ushers the others off the stage and tells me to meet her and Sierra backstage.

Ash and I meet Sierra and Mia backstage.

"This is my fault Ash," Sierra says. "I didn't think about the uproar it would cause.. I just hope you haven't been cutting." Ash shakes her head to say she hadn't been. We leave after half an hour of talking to them when Ash said she was tired.

The next morning Ash was a lot happier, or so I thought. I go to her room that afternoon after my date with Andrew, and she's not there.

"Ash," I call. I go into her bathroom and there's blood everywhere and Ash is on the ground with a razor in her hand. Ash had been cutting.