Gracie's POV (6 Years Old)
"Please Will" I begged my brother "I really don't wanna go today" I said, hoping that my pleading would work,
"Gracie, you have to go to school" he sighed "I'm not arguing with you about this" he said as I frowned,
"Good because neither am I" I argued as I crossed my arms across my chest,
"Go get changed" he instructed causing me to whine, "now Gracie" he raised his voice as I stomped off to my bedroom. This is so unfair. I knew what tomorrow was. Mothers Day. That means that we would be making cards in class today. It will be so embarrassing! All of my friends will have someone to make a card for. They all have Mommys! But I'm just gonna be sat there.
"Come on Gracie" Will shouted "You're gonna be late," I sighed as I grabbed my backpack and solemnly made my way out of the door and in to Wills car.
"Now class, I thought we could finish our work slightly early today and make some Mothers day cards" our teacher announced. My shoulders slumped as the class cheered, everyone discussing what they want to put on their cards. I sat down at the table with a group of my classmates, watching as they all grabbed different crayons and ribbons.
"What are you gonna put on your card Gracie?" Louie asked as Danny laughed,
"My mommy said she doesn't have a Mommy or a daddy" he announced "I bet it's because they got fed up of you!" He laughed.
"SHUT UP!" I screamed with tears running down my face as I got up and ran out of the classroom and in to the toilets, locking myself in one, hearing footsteps follow my direction down the hallway and coming in to the girls bathroom,
"Gracie?" Mrs Patterson asked from outside the locked cubicle door, "come on out hunny and we can talk about this" she urged. I stayed silent in a hope that I would be left alone, and luckily for me, my plan worked. I heard her sigh and then footsteps leave the toilets and head off back down the hallway. I put the seat of the toilet down, sitting on it and pulling my knees to my chest, I sobbed not caring who heard me.
I don't know how long I had been sat there before I heard the door open again and footsteps come to a stop in front of my cubicle and knocking on the door they said,
"Gracie?" Jay? I stayed quiet once again, the only audible noise was the odd sniffle, "open the door sweetheart" he urged,
"No because your gonna tell me off for running out of class" I sobbed,
"No I'm not" he promised "your teacher told me everything that happened and your not in trouble" he explained "come on, open the door" he encouraged. I wiped the tears off my face with my sleeve before opening the cubicle door, but as soon as I saw Jay, a whole new set of tears began to escape my eyes, "come here" he sighed, picking me up and allowing me to cry in to his shoulder. I was sobbing so much that I didn't even react when I felt Jay carry me out of the school building and over to his truck. No wait... Wills car? It was then that I noticed that Will was being shown out of the school by my teacher, shaking her hand before he made his way over to us, giving me a weak smile,
"Your teacher said you can go home for the day" he informed as he reached out, wiping away the dregs of tears that were still falling down my face.
We drove home in silence, Will carried me up to the apartment and lead me over to the sofa. Will and Jay sitting next to me,
"What happened Gracie?" Jay asked gently but I just shrugged my shoulders not wanting them to think I was stupid,
"Why didn't you just tell me the reason you didn't want to go to school this morning?" Will asked, I shrugged once again,
"I didn't want you to think I was stupid" I admitted,
"Hey" Jay said "we'll never think that Gracie, you can alway talk to us if something is worrying you, we don't want you trying to deal with stuff like this by yourself" he explained as Will nodded,
"Jay's right" Will agreed "it doesn't matter how stupid you think something is" he assured. I nodded my head with fresh tears falling down my cheeks,
"Danny said that I don't have a mommy and daddy because they got fed up of me" I cried as Will brushed the hair away from my face,
"Yeah well Danny's a di-" Jay was cut off by Will,
"Dumb" he glared at Jay "Danny's dumb" he repeated.
"Right" Jay confirmed "and you know mom and dad loved you more than anything" he reminded. I nodded,
"And you've always got us" Will added ruffling my hair,
"Absolutely" Jay said "there's no getting rid of us" he smirked. I smiled as I found myself in the middle of a brother sandwich gasping for air,
"Can't. Breath" I gasped jokingly making them laugh. I miss mom and dad, but I'm still the luckiest girl in the world to have these two as my big brothers.