The picture at the top is Alexa, played by Vanessa Marano :)
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"Alexa..."

My mum staggered forward while tears streamed down her face, she came closer and grasped my cheeks with both hands.

"Darling..."

All I could do was look at my mum in shock, never before have I ever seen her like this. It was terrifying. She couldn't even finish her sentence as more sobs came out of her plum lips. She wiped her eyes, and took a few breaths in.

"Sweetie your dad was in an accident-" Another pool of tears came crashing down, her whole body trembling in agony.

"Mum what's going on, please try and finish your sentence. What happened to dad? Is he alright?"

"H-h- he's gone"

"What do you mean gone?"
Mum sat down on the table pooling me down with her, I hesitated for a moment but finally sat down. Mum's hands were shaking as she grasped mine.

"Your father is dead, it was an accident he was driving a-and there was oil on the road, his car flipped 5 times no one could do anything it was too late... it went up in flames. And now he's gone." She tried to steady herself looking me in the eye, her tears still flowing.

My eyes widened in shock, my mouth suddenly felt dry. Seeing my reaction my mum extended her arms pulling me closer to her, enclosing me with a hug.

For some reason the tears wouldn't come, and all I could feel was the shaking body of my mum.

2 Weeks Later....

It's been 2 weeks since the death of my father, I didn't go for the funeral, mum said she didn't want to traumatize me further.
My phone buzzed with text messages from random people offering their condolences, I switched off my phone and dropped it on my bedside table. I stood up from my king sized bed and walked over to my mirror, the reflection staring back at me felt different, like something was broken deep down, but wouldn't come up to the surface. 

"Dinners ready !!" My mum's voice echoed around the empty house, taking me away from my thoughts.

I ran down the stairs, eager to eat. I could see mum's long blond hair cascading down her back. The smell of mum's famous noodles filling the room. She gave me a heartwarming smile which I returned, I took my place at the dinner table waiting for mum to join.

After some time she pulled out her chair, sitting right beside me. The atmosphere was awkward, dad would always be the one to break the ice.
As I was about to dig in to my food, mum stopped me.

"Lex I would like to talk to you about something, do you mind?" She gave me one of her famous looks, saying that even though I minded we would still be having this conversation.

"Nope go on"

"Well then I would like to get this off my chest, we are moving to  Australia in 3 days time. I've decided that it would be a good start for the both of us plus this house is too big. We have enough money to start at fresh, but our money spending lifestyle will have to end. Your father was quite careless with the money, and didn't leave nearly enough for us. What do you think?"

I didn't say anything that would hurt her feelings, instead I told her what she wanted to hear.

"That's fantastic mum, thanks!"

She looked at me in disbelief but quickly covered it up with a smile.

"Oh that's wonderful then! We better start packing! I'm so happy."

If she only knew I didn't feel the same way, I don't want go, I don't want to change. And the thought of not having any money or being able to buy expensive brands made me cringe. This is going to be a nightmare, how did average people survive!

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I was back in my room now, on my Instagram account gazing at all the pictures Sasha and the girls took. They look so happy at Liam's house party, I was invited but declined, right now the last place I wanted to be was at a party surrounded by drunk teenagers.
I snuggled deeper into my covers, trying to get comfortable unfortunately I couldn't. Every time I'd try and shut my eyes I would picture my dad, like he was haunting me, oh and now the thought of moving. It all made me sick.
I jumped out of bed walking over to my bag, deep inside hidden by tons of books were a packet of sleeping pills that were given to me by Lucy. I took one out of the sachet, popping it into my mouth. I swallowed it feeling the after taste of powder, I went to my bathroom and rinsed my mouth thoroughly. Already feeling tired I walked over to my bed, and plopped myself on it. My eyes fluttering close, I felt at peace.
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