Ellie knew something was wrong when she entered inside her brother's room and saw him studying on the bed with an earphone on his ears. She had been knocking for a while and decided to enter when he didn't give her any answer.
When he saw her, he pulled off the earphone, "Hey! Do you need something?"
Instead of answering, she hopped on his bed and sat down beside him before looking at all the books sprawled on his bed. Her brother didn't like to study, so whenever he did like this, she knew it was because he wanted to get his mind off something.
"You aren't going to work today too?" She asked, taking his hand with two of hers to massage it gently.
"No."
"Something happened right?" She asked, looking worried.
"Nothing happened." He gave her his best convincing smile. "Finals is coming up soon and I really need to do well. You know... I need to have good grades so I can get a good job and—"
