Gracie Rose | tracy beaker returns {on hiatus}

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A few hours later, the Watson's had arrived with Hannah to collect Tee. My heart was broken. I was losing my best friend. It was like Carmen losing Lily all over again. I hated it. I went outside to see her off with Mike, Gina, Tracy and Johnny. When she first saw Hannah, she seemed so happy, but when she turned around, her whole life flashed before her eyes, and all of it was right in front of her, about to become a memory. She ran back and gave me and Johnny a big hug, and I could see Tracy in the corner of my eye looking at Mike with a sad look on her face.

"Go on, Tee. You've gotta go." Johnny said, breaking up the hug.

"I'll see you soon." I said. "I love you."

"I love you, Gracie. Keep smiling." Tee said, before hopping into the Watson's big, posh car. I ran over to Tracy and she hugged me tight until we went back inside. We waved Tee off then went inside to process it all.

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TRACY'S POV

I took Gracie into the living room to help me tidy up, to try and take her mind off Tee leaving. Johnny had gone straight upstairs when we went inside.

"Are you okay?" I asked Gracie while she was tidying up by the TV.

"I will be. It'll just take a bit of getting used to, I guess." Gracie replied.

"You'll be okay." I said, giving her a warming smile to make her feel better.

Just then, Johnny's phone rang. I shouted for him and within seconds, he arrived to answer it. Johnny mentioned moving schools to Tee, which didn't seem good at all. She had just arrived at the school we had enrolled everyone else in, so moving her to a new one didn't sound too good. I looked at Gracie, who seemed really upset by what she'd just heard, and I asked her to come and stand with me. I put my arm around her and we sat down on the sofa.

"She can't move. Not now, she's only just started!" Gracie whispered.

"I know. I'll have a word with Mike about it later on." I said.

"Dad?" Johnny suddenly said. 

That didn't go down well with him. I could see how hurt he was. His tone suddenly changed to a more serious tone after that. A few seconds later, he was pushing the balls around the pool table as if something really bad had happened. Gracie and I stood up and slowly went over to him to calm him down.

"Everything okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, fine." Johnny replied, walking away and heading back to his room.

"Oh no." Gracie mumbled.

"Don't worry, he'll be okay." I replied.

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GRACIE'S POV

Johnny had seemed really off towards the end of that phone call, and I hadn't stopped thinking about it. What if Tee had said something? What if the Watson's were rude to him? I felt terrible. Tee was already such a big miss, and it was definitely rubbing off on everyone. Nobody wanted to play, nobody wanted to watch TV, everyone was just being miserable in their own rooms, which really wasn't helpful for anyone, especially Johnny.

I turned to look at a photo I had on my dressing table of Tee and I, from the day we went to the beach with Tracy for the first time. It was such a good day, despite being stuck at the service station for pretty much the whole day. My heart sunk, even though I was smiling, but my emotions finally caught up to me and I found myself crying in a heap on the floor. Tee was always such a light in this place, always smiling and making people happy. I genuinely didn't know how I was going to continue on without her.