Free Broken (The Siren Series #1) by L.A.Griffiths Page A

Just a few more steps and I would
be coming round the corner. My school was in plain sight. I could
feel my heart skip a beat. Maybe staying home would be good for me.
No I need to do this. School was what I needed right now, something
to distract myself.
    I walked towards the grim building and saw
Lilly and Becky standing by the main gates talking amongst
themselves. Straight away I smiled and nearly ran towards them, but
my injuries filled me with pain.
    “ Ellie?!” It was Becky who saw me
first. Lilly whipped round and I saw how happy she saw.
    Both of them ran towards me. They were about
to hug me but I instantly backed away and they quickly
remembered.
    “ Oh my god Ellie, I’m so sorry about
your aunt.” Becky sobbed.
    “ Yeah Ellie, we’re sorry about Kate she
was a good person.” Lilly had tears in her eyes. “We heard it on
the news the other day.”
    “ We wanted to see you at the hospital
but they wouldn’t let us in.” Lilly said.
    “ Yeah we had flowers, cards and a cute
little teddy bear for you.” Becky said while counting her
fingers.
    “ Ellie.” Lilly paused. “There is a
rumor going around that you caused
the accident.”
    I felt my body go
weak and my head flushed with dizzyness. The tightness inside my
stomach was back, but this time it was hurting. I wanted to scream,
shout, anything to releve this pain I was feeling.
    “ Who?” I said
through gritted teeth.
    “ Me and Lilly have
been trying to find out who started it, but we know it’s utter
bullshit.” she said.
    “ Yeah Ellie, we
know It was just an accident.” said Lilly
    Both of the girls
took turns talking, but I wasn’t really listening, I was ready to
explode on the inside. How could someone do this kind of thing,
what is wrong with people? I had to keep it locked away for now and
keep on going.
    “ Come on, we need
to get to lessons.” said Lilly.
    I followed them without a
word, trailing behind them with my head hanging low.
    “ How you feeling
anyway?” Lilly asked. “Those cuts must hurt?”
    I didn’t realize
that Lilly was talking to me until I looked up. “Um I’m okay, they
don’t sting at much as they used to and I’m still not steady on my
feet yet. Just need time to heal that’s all.” I said.
    “ Do you want to
lean on..” Becky got cut off.
    “ No she’s fine.”
Lilly blurted out.
    I cleared my
throat. “So whats been going on, any news?” I asked.
    “ Well not really,
just the same.” Lilly replied.
    “ Oh.” I replied
sadly. I wished something would happen so it would take some of
the pressure off.
    “ Well I do have
something,” Becky said. “That little shit Matthew stood me
up.”
    “ No way!” I
said.
    “ Yep. She was
totally going mad on the phone.” Lilly said. “Swearing like mad
woman, she was.”
    “ Well I was pissed
off that he stood me up, I was so looking forward to it as
well.”
    “ What was his
excuse for standing you up?” I asked.
    “ He said that his
cat was ill.” Beckys face lit up a bright red.
    I pressed a hand
over my mouth to stop myself from bursting into laughter. Looking
over at Lilly she was doing the same. Lilly was the first to crack
and burst into laughter, I could not keep it in any longer and
laughter came flooding out. Lilly was laughing too hard that some
people were giving us weird looks.
    “ Stop laughing!”
Becky ordered.
    Lilly and I tried
to quell our laughing fits. After a while they died down leaving
our faces red and drenched with tears. Becky stood in front of us
with her arms locked around her waist with an evil stare in her
eyes.
    “ Sorry Becky but
it’s too funny.” I said through little giggles.
    While wiping some
tears off my face, the school buzzer rang loud through the halls,
signaling that it was time for lessons.
    We entered the
school and walked down the corridor to our first lesson. For a
moment we were laughing and everything seemed like it was before,
but It was just an illusion.
    “ Well, see you
later