Tayja
"Tayja!"
I'm back in that room. My living room. Julie is screaming for me as the gun is pointed at her head. I'm frozen. Julie's and my eyes meet.
"Tayja!"
Her scream is desperate. She knows she's going to die. She knows they are going to kill her.
"Tay-" Her scream is cut short as the gun fires. Her body crumples to the floor.
"No!" I scream. I wake up, sitting bolt upright in Ryan's bed. "Julie!"
I know I'm awake and I know the dream wasn't real. Julie didn't know I was there when she died. She didn't know I could have done something, anything, to save her. She doesn't know that I watched her die and did nothing. I take in a deep breath and scream.
Ryan bursts into the room, but I ignore him as I keep screaming, alternating between my little sister's name and wordless crie
