- 4 hours later -

My eyes started slowly fluttering open.

I wasn't in my room. Or the kitchen. 

I was in...the living room?

"Oh, look she's awake." Daniel said. 

"Hey, baby sis. Are you okay?" Max asked. 

Huh? What's happening? Is this a dream or is this real? I'm so confused. 

"Yeah, what happened?" Noah asked. 

I didn't reply. 

"Guys! I found this in Ellie's room...it was in a drawer in her desk." Jack said while showing my other brothers the pills, cigarettes and lighter.

They all gasped. 

"What is that?" Noah asked. He took everything out of Jack's hands and turned his attention back to me. "Ellie, why would you have this crap in your room?" He asked. 

"And don't lie. Tell us the truth we just want to know." Max said, in a calm voice. 

"Yeah, just tell us." Daniel said. 

"What I want to know, is why Jack was going through my room. Jack, do you want to answer that?" I said. 

I looked at Jack. He was smirking. 

"Because I wanted to know if you were hiding anything from us, or if you had any secrets, and obviously you do," he said. 

"What for? So, you can go and tell everybody, and embarrass me?" I asked. 

"Exactly." He said. "I made it my mission to embarrass my little sister," He said.

"We're the same age, Jack!" 

"Whatever. I'm still nine months older!" He shouted. 

I rolled my eyes...again. 

"Don't change the subject! Why the hell do you have this crap in your room?" Noah shouted. 

I looked from Noah, to Jack, to Max, to Daniel. 

I tried to get up to run, but before I had the chance, Max pushed me back down on the couch. 

I winced in pain. Ow! Why did that hurt so much! 

"Whats wrong?" Daniel asked. 

"Nothing..." I said. 

"Ellie, cut all the bull crap!" Noah shouted. "Just tell us!" 

"Yeah, stop lying, you little dork!" Max said. 

My eyes started watering again. 

I felt sick. 

"I...I'm gonna..." I said. "I don't feel so—"

I ran to the bathroom. "Blahhhh." I threw up. 

"Ewww," my brothers said. 

I flushed the toilet and wiped my mouth off with a towel. 

I regained my balance. 

I ran over to Noah and quickly grabbed the pills out of his hands and ran up to my bedroom. 

"Hey! Ellie, what are you going to do with those?!" He yelled, chasing after me. 

I slammed the door in his face and locked my bedroom door. 

I grabbed my cup of water that was on my desk, opened the container and pulled out a pill. 

Don't overthink it. 

Okay, here we go, again, 3, 2, 1! 

I took it. Then, I took another one. And then another one. 

Then, things that people have said to me went through my head. You're useless. You don't belong here. Your existence is a mistake! You're pathetic. Why are you so fat? Weirdo! Loser. You're so ugly! Just go kill yourself! Yourself. Yourself. 

Then, I fainted.