Chapter Two

Grace! Grace!." Mom calls from the other room, I am reading.

"Coming mother." I say. I

"Grace!"

"Coming in a bit." I read taking my pen between my teeth. Something I always do while concentrating..

"Grace what are you! Gosh you're reading? Again!?" She comes and stands beside me.

"Yeah.." I say.

"Should'nt you be studying?" She folds her arms.

"I.. I was...but then I decided too take an hour break and read.." I say.

"No...you study in breaks actually. You're always reading and reading."

"Mom... she just started." Christina speaks for me.

"She was doing math before." Christina lies. I was doing History.

"You have to stop this! You read too much and it's.. it's of no use. You can never be a writer." She says and walks out. This hurts me.

"Hey..it's okay." Christina rubs my shoulders.

"Yeah.." I say and close the novel.

"Grace, read.. it's okay.." She says but I shake my head in a no.

She always does this, the whole house does this.. I have no one by my side..noone would support what I like, or what I want... except Christina..

Someone is ringing our door bell since about 2 minutes.

"Coming!" Maddy yells to whoever is at the door.

"Yes sir? How may I help you?" She talks. I go to see who it is.

It's the neighbour who moved in today. He is tall, very tall. Maddy looks like a midget infront of him. She was even shorter than me..

He looked like a british handsome. He is all suited up like he's going on a date. He would probably be not more than thirty..and less than twenty five.

"Greetings.. I just moved in to the other house..." He says.

"Okay.. nice to meet you.. this is the Gibson family, our parents and four sisters." Maddys says. Maddy has always been very talkative and kind of an attention seeker.

"Nice, I am Darcy, Darcy Maslow and I come from Luton." He says in his british accent.

"I was wondering if you could make me meet you're dad... I actually need some one to fix my flowing water.. it wont stop coming." He rubs the back of his hair.

"Well... our dad is sick and can't get up.. but my sister Christina.. she does all this stuff." Maddy says. Christina would never go to fix something in someone else's house.

"No then it's fine.. I could manage something alone.. maybe you know some man who could? I don't think girls should be doing this men stuff." He says. Wow. I kind of like Darcy Maslow. That's what his name was.. hopefully. I suck at remembering names.

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Two days prior to when my acceptance at UA came:

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"Christie...Checking the new neighbour out?" I teased and her cheeks flushed.

"He is good looking." Christina said and I nodded.

"He would like you." I told her and she playfully hit my face.

"What are you doing?" She asked me.

"Writting." I told her. I write on wattpadd, but that's a secrect. I wish to publish my own novel someday...But that's never happening.. because of my unsupportive family. If mom or dad got to know that I actually write on wattpadd, that would be my last day I believe.

But I love writting... it's like oxygen to me... I love poetry and I really really wish to write... I did write a few but they are'nt well... I guess to write poetry you need an actual expirience. Well that is'nt always necessary..

However... I love to write poetry but still, writing stories is my everything.

"The same one?" She asked

I nodded. "Obviously."

Christina is the only person I could trust.. I love her and we both trusted each other.

"I can't wait to read it." She told me.

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Grace what will we do for Christmas?" Rosie asked me while I was brushing her long hair.

"What would Rosie like to do?" I asked her.

"Aaammm..." she placed her tiny finger on her chin and shuted her eyes pretending to think.

"Gracie.." My dad called from the other room.

"I'll be back Rose." I told her. And went to dad's room. Mom is at work with Christina. Maddy is out to get the newspaper.

"Yes daddy?" I come to my dad.

"Sit with me... I think I won't last." He said and it felt like my heart would come out.

"Daddy... you will.. you will be fine.." I bit the inside of my cheek trying not to cry.

"Gracie..promise me that you will take care of you're mom, and all you're sisters... you're the only one I can count on." He said.. It was like he was breathing his last breaths.

"Daddy...I.."

"Promise me Grace.. So I can die and rest in peace.." He said and I could not stop my tears from falling.

"I.. I promise." I bit my bottom lip and cried.

I held his hand tightly and he held it tighter... it was as if he was going to break my bones. His grip was tight.... it felt like he was telling me to not let him go... to stop him..

"Dad.." I whispered and he did'nt answer me... soon his grip on my hand loosened and he was gone. My dad was gone..

"Daddy.." I said loudly... very loudly.. I screamed his name... maybe he could come back... I cried.. and cried....

I sat next to him crying and Rosie rushed over me and hugged me.. she was not sure of what was going on...I hugged my innocent and poor Rosie tighter.

"Excuse me? Everything okay?" Someone banged the door. Probably after hearing my scream. It sounded like Mr. Darcy.

Rosie ran to open the door.

"What happened Rosie?" I heard him say. I cried more.. more and more now... my dad was gone and I was sitting beside his dead body. I held my knees tight to my chest and Mr. Darcy comes in.

"Grace... what.." He stood shook.

"Daddy.." I sobbed.

"I....I'm sorry Grace.." He said. "Rosie where is you mother and you're sisters?"

"They went out.." Rosie said... I noticed her eyes watering up. She knew what was going on.

"I'll get them.. any idea Grace?" He asked me and I nodded.

"Mom and Christina....are...at work and.. Maddy... went to get newspapers.." I tried to speak propely but I kept on crying.

Mr. Darcy rushed outside. I could not even look at my father's dead body... I sat there and cried...

"Daddy is gone?" Rosie came up to me and I nodded. She sat next to me looking at dad. "He won't come back?" She asked tears falling from her eyes.

I shaked my head, no.

"What happened Mr Darcy said..." Maddy rushed in and saw Rosie and me crying. She understood. The newpapers in her hands dropped on the floor and tears flew out of her eyes. Without uttering a word she ran to our room and shut the door behind her. Maddy would never cry infront of anyone. She did'nt want people to think she was weak.

Soon Mr. Darcy came with crying Christina and our mom. I stood up and went to mom and took her in my arms. I could hear Christina crying but Mr. Darcy was with her.