Bella

I woke up eyes swollen and throat hurting, I cried so much last night, my brother didn't leave my side I turned around on my side and saw him laying in my bed.

I poked him and tried to say wake up, but nothing came out, I tried again and still nothing came out.

I started shaking him and he opened his eyes in surprise, "What? What's wrong?"

I put my hand on my throat and tried to say his name.

"Ella what's wrong?" He asked concerned holding my arms gently.

I grabbed my phone and went into notes , I can't talk I'm trying really hard right now to talk.

He read it and looked up at me, "Open you mouth." I did and he took his flashlight looking into my throat, "It's not red, let's get you to the doctor, I'll get Eliza ready, okay?" He said softly, I nodded and jumped off my bed, I brushed my hair and put it in a braid, I pulled on a pair of jeans, a long sleeve black with the words 'I DON'T CARE' across it and my brown boots.

"Let's go, I'll buy you guys breakfast on our way back." Randy said, walking out of the house.

In the doctors office they checked my throat, nothing was wrong, "She should be able to talk, her throat and voice box are not red."

"Then what can we do?" Randy asked while holding Eliza who was watching Mickey Mouse on his phone.

"Well, she might not be able to talk because of your fathers death, it has happened a lot of times, she will have to go to therapy." The doctor told me, he gave me a card, Mr.Evan Kent, I nodded and got off the table, Randy wrapped an arm around me.

"How about we go to Cindy's?" I smiled, the owner Cindy is a family friend and her daughter and I go to the same school.

We drove to Cindy's and I walked in, I breathed in and smelled fresh cooked bread.

"Ella!!!" I heard Cindy's southern accent, I smiled and tried to say Cindy, she didn't seem to notice and quickly ran up to hug me.

"El!!!" I heard Andrea, Cindy's daughter, she hugged me right after Cindy let me go.

"How ya feeling?" Andrea asked me, my eyebrows frowned when I tried to tell her, I showed her the note I gave to Randy this morning.

"Oh El, it's okay, I know I'll teach you sign language!! It will be fun and it will help past the time!!" She always cheered me up besides dad and my family, I smiled and nodded.

Ray

My mom hasn't come home, I guess she isn't going to for sometime, I got a text from a girl I go to school with, I always turn her down.

Elena- How's your summer?

Me-Great now that your texting me ;)

Elena-Want to met up?

Me-Sure give me a place

I got the address and drove to it, I lost a lot of things that day and one of them being me.