Ashton: Her Fall

Ashton

Our mother had warned us that when Raven fell it would be hard. We thought she had, that day we heard her crying in our mother's arms. She told us we were fools to think that was her falling. Maybe we were as today has thrown us through so many hoops, and she looks lost. We follow them through and I watch as Raven sits, her eyes staying fixed on the floor.

She's going to hide it all, even I can see that.

"Raven, no hiding." She glances at me confused.

"Look, Ashton is right. You lived your life in a way hiding everything. Holding everything in, and not sharing your thoughts and feelings. You lived a life alone, you were surrounded by people but you were alone. All this is happening because so much has changed so quickly." Grayson kneels ahead of her. And I pull her against me.

"Answer this Raven, other than when faced with Gary and him hurting those you loved, when did you ever show real emotion, or cry?" Emmett looks at her and I watch her consider it, and the longer the silen