Rubber Bands (open)

[igloogirl]

"Anytime, I promise," Gabriella replied with a sad smile at her sister. Gabriella started slowly walking down the street again, glancing behind her to check on Emily. Gabriella was sincerely worried about her, she had heard that the therapy sessions weren't doing much.

[weaslebee2]

Emily lengthened her stride to keep up with Gabriella, so she needn't take anxious backward glances at her. Why was it that everyone thought if they weren't looking at her for two seconds that she would kill herself? That wasn't what Emily wanted, sure, she might cut herself, but she didn't want to die. The idea of death scared her.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella kept walking, a slight breeze was picking up, blowing her long brown hair behind her. Gabriella's eyes changed green for a moment, but she caught it and they changed back to their normal chocolate color. That hadn't happened in a while.

[weaslebee2]

Emily bent her head down, allowing her dyed black hair to fall into her face, somewhat hiding her makeup tear tracks. It didn't work so well, so instead she donned her hood, concealing her face in shadow. Emily sighed, wishing that she knew something to say.

[igloogirl]

"Is there anywhere you would like to go while we're out?" Gabriella asked her younger sister. She could always borrow the car from her parents and take Emily somewhere. Gabriella supposed that their parents weren't too keen on letting Emily out by herself, she had probably been shut inside a lot.

[weaslebee2]

"Maybe to get a coffee," Emily said after a moment of thought. "Mum doesn't keep any in the house anymore. She's probably afraid that I'll try to use the tin to cut myself. I don't do that anymore, though." She fingered the rubber band on her wrist, it was the only thing that kept her sane these days.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella slightly felt like Emily was still keeping something from her. "Is there anything you've been doing to make yourself stop cutting?" Gabriella asked, more curious than anything else. "And coffee sounds good to me." She paused in her tracks to wait for Emily's response.