Raven's POV
"Little bird, your father and I are gonna go to the high school for our batch's reunion." I see my mom fixing her dress in the body-length mirror next to the front door.
"Mom don't go. Please." there I am, sitting on the couch, upset they're leaving when we should be going out to eat at Sean's favorite restaurant.
"Little bird, we can't just cancel." Dad walks out of the kitchen and kisses the top of my head.
"We told them we'd attend this reunion since we didn't attend last time."
"Raven right now is not the time to be arguing with us. You know we work hard to make sure you and your brother have a comfortable life." Mom is annoyed with the attitude I'm giving them.
"If you guys are just gonna keep leaving Sean and me behind, don't bother coming back here. All you guys do is go out, work, and whatever else grown-ups do outside that's considered "fun." I storm out of the living room and head to my room.
"Since you guys keep going out and about, you should've thought of not becoming parents! I hate you and I wish you guys were never my parents!" I yell before slamming the door right behind me.
"Young lady that is not how you talk to your mother. Tell her you're sorry, right now!" I hear my dad shout from the living room area.
Like hell, I'm going to say sorry. The one who should be saying sorry is them, not me. If they care and love this family, they wouldn't go to that stupid reunion.
I hear the front door close and wait for the car to leave. Once I know they've left, I lock my door and plop onto my bed. I reach over for my phone that was laying at the foot of my bed and put Train Wreck by James Arthur on replay.
I guess I fell asleep after a couple of minutes because I wake up from the noise coming from the front door.
Getting up and heading to see what was going on, I hear my brother talking to someone on the phone. Making eye contact with Sean, I saw the pain that was held in his eyes. A tear escaped from his left eye and I knew it had to do something with our parents. He didn't even have to say anything…it was this gut feeling I had the whole day that something bad was going to happen, I just didn't know what.
Everything I said to my parents, to my mom, came rushing back. It's all my fault. If I just sent them off without arguing with them, they would still be here. Oh my God. I killed my parents.
I felt my heartbreak and something disappears from inside me. What have I done?
The moment Sean took a step towards me, I screamed out in pain. The pain of losing my parents. I screamed because I knew it was my fault. I screamed because I killed them. I destroyed my family. All I can do is scream because crying won't help me.
Sean's POV
I immediately wake up from the sound of Raven screaming. Her nightmares are back but aren't as bad as they used to be. I barge into my little sister's room to see her screaming and crying.
"Raven!" I try to wake her up by shaking her.
"Raven! Wake up! It's just a nightmare." Come on little bird, wake up.
Raven's POV
Everything's all dark now and I'm all alone.
"Raven!" I turn around to see who's calling me, but all I see are the cold and wet dead bodies of my parents. I stand there frozen at the sight in front of me.
"MOM?! DAD?!" I break out into a sob and scream at my parents to wake up so I can tell them that I was sorry for what I said and that I didn't mean any of it.
Sean's POV
Raven finally stops screaming but starts whimpering and mumbling something I can't make out.
"Raven!" I shake her one more time to wake her up.
"I'M SORRY!" Raven yells when she wakes up. Her cheeks were wet from all the tears that were shed in her sleep.
"Hey, it's ok now," I tell her as I wipe away the remaining tears that were falling down her face.
Raven looks at me with pain evident on her face, "I'm so sorry, Kuya." (Older brother)
I bring her into my arms and tell her that it was just a nightmare while I cradle her in my arms, rocking back and forth. I may not know what Raven is battling with internally, but it's not her fault. I know it's not her fault.
After a couple of minutes of rocking my little bird to sleep, I gently lay her down on her bed and cover her with her favorite blanket. I get off her bed and kneel right next to her sleeping figure.
"I'm right here, little bird," I whisper to myself as I lightly stroke her face. "I promise," I say as I hold her hand in mine. It's the first time in 2 years since she's called me "Kuya".
Looking around her room, I see something tiny shining in her trash bin next to her desk. I slowly get up and gently let go of my sister's hand. Getting closer to the trash bin, I start to feel disappointed, hurt, scared, and sad at the same time.
"Oh, Raven…." I crouch down next to the bin and put my face in my hands. She promised me she was clean and that she would never do this again.
I lift my head to look at Raven in deep slumber behind me. Turning my attention back to the trash bin, I look at all the bloody tissues and a used razor blade. It's been recently used because the tissue is still damp and I can see a little bit of blood on the razor.
I get up and head back to my room, leaving Raven's door ajar just in case she has another nightmare. If I talk to Raven about what I saw earlier, I know she's going to ignore it and pretend like everything is ok. I've tried talking to her after I caught her in our parent's bathroom, 2 years ago. I scolded her for it but she just brushed it off and said that I wouldn't understand if she told me. I'm her older brother. I have to look after her because she's my responsibility, my little sister, and I'm the only family she has left. I'm going to ask Ronan and Scarlett for some advice on how to handle this properly. I don't want to lose another piece of my little sister. Not again.
I leave my door open before laying back down on my bed.
"We miss you…" I say as I look at the family picture on the nightstand next to my bed. After a couple of minutes, my eyes started to feel heavy. Instead of fighting it, I let my body relax and let sleep take over.