The Elites

Dynasty

"And all I gave you is gone
Tumbled like it was stone
Thought we built a dynasty that heaven couldn't shake
Thought we built a dynasty like nothing ever made
Thought we built a dynasty forever couldn't break up"

"Dynasty" - MIIA

"Hey" I say, walking back into my house. I don't stop to talk to William or Melissa, figuring they're still fighting over everything. I'm also not in the mood to deal with Melissa right now, not after breaking up with Hope.

"Juliet" William calls, I roll my eyes and head into the living room. "Have you been crying?" he asks, looking intensely at me.

"I broke up with Hope" I explain, glaring at Melissa. "You've fucked up people's lives!" I don't want William to stay with her, a part of me still loves Melissa but I can't look at her every day and act like she's done nothing wrong.

"Juliet" William says sharply, I roll my eyes again and flop down onto the couch. "Do not roll your eyes at me."

"Please tell me you aren't going to defend her" I say, I don't want to find out my uncle has no morals as well. He seemed disgusted by everything before I left, but Melissa could have spun everything around.

"We're not staying together" Melissa tells me emotionlessly, does she care about William? I wish I could figure out what is going on in her head. "You'll be staying with William."

"I don't want to see you ever again" I say, a tear rolling down my face. It's been an emotional day, but this isn't a rash decision. Melissa might not be as much to blame as Andrew or Susan but she still played a major part in this and let everything happen.

Melissa gets up and walks out without a word. Another tear falls down my face. How are we going to move on? I've lost Hope and Melissa and I have no idea what I'm going to do without them.

"It's okay" William says softly, placing his arm around me. I bury my face in his chest and let the tears fall down, I know he's hurting as well but I can't keep my emotions in, I have too many feelings within me.

"I don't want her to go" I say through my tears, not sure which person I'm talking about. I want to go back to before I knew about Melissa's involvement, Hope wouldn't be moving away so I'd have both of them.

"I know, sweetheart, but Hope's family have spent years and years searching for her, it's their time to have her and to build the relationship they should have had all along" William says softly, more tears escape from my eyes.

"What are we going to do?" I sob, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. How can I walk back into school and pretend this all never happened? How can I sit in class and take notes when Susan will be getting jailtime? Well, I hope she will but she has money so she might walk away with a slap on the wrist.

"People overcome things and mend at the broken parts" William says, sounding like he believes his words. "You have me and your friends, we'll all support you." I don't want them, I just want Hope.

"Are we moving?" I ask William, sitting back up. I don't want to move but he might feel like we have to because of Melissa, we don't know if her involvement will come out during the investigation.

"Only if you want to, I highly doubt your aunt will be charged with anything but she is going to move to a different city" William informs me. Her moving to Mars wouldn't be far enough for my liking, but at least I won't have to worry about seeing her in the grocery store.

"I want to stay but maybe we could get a different house?" I suggest, I can't stay in this house. I think about all the times we came to visit Melissa and William, did Melissa care when her brother came over? I'm not going to ask Melissa any questions, so I'll have to figure out how to move on without any answers.

"That sounds like a good idea" William says in agreement. I hope he is able to find a new partner who is deserving of him, he's a good person and a wonderful uncle, it's not his fault he married Melissa.

"Hope's leaving at the end of week" I say, I don't think I can handle saying goodbye to her, not again. It felt impossible to walk out of that room, I have no idea how I got my legs to move.

"This doesn't have to be the end" William points out to me. "I'm okay if want to spend the occasional weekend up there, and you can spend winter or spring break up there." It's not enough, I can't give Hope the support she needs from all the way over here.

"It is the end" I say quietly, more tears threatening to fall. I'm sick of crying, I'm tired of feeling like I'm dying and feeling like I can't breathe. Everything came crashing down and we still haven't dealt with it all, it all happened so suddenly.

"Do you want to call Ashton or Hunter?" William suggests, I can't talk about my breakup with Ashton, he's Hope's best friend, but I could visit Hunter. I should check on her anyway, Andrew could have killed her.

"I might go on a run over to Hunter's house, we need to talk" I decide as I stand up. I could use a run to help clear my head and make all my thoughts stop spinning.

"If you don't sleep over, call me to pick you up" William says standing up. He walks out of the living room without a word, I should call Hunter since it's late at night but I don't want to risk her telling me to come over in the morning.

William doesn't have to worry about me being attacked, all the monsters have been exposed.

I wonder if Reed's involvement will come out. I know we made a deal, buthe walked out so casually, I don't think he would have even blinked if we hadbeen shot in front of him.