When you rounded the corner to the living room you were shocked to find Stacy kneeling on the floor sobbing nearly uncontrollably. Those delicate and soft hand were covering a waterlogged face as wracking sobs sent her head back and forth in a rocking motion. The dead phone line buzzed as the hung portable phone lay on the floor. Sudden bewilderment turned immediately to both empathy for your best friend and now uh your sister but also fear over what she truly heard on the phone line. Forgetting your fears you rush to Stacy and drop to your knees in front of her shaking body to immediately throw your arms around her in a tight embrace. Stacy stops shuddering as hard as she realizes its you and removes her hands to show a tear and makeup strew face before you as she also snakes her arms around you and buries her faces into your shoulder.
Knowing what happened isn’t important right now as your main directive is to comfort your obviously distraught friend. The hard sobs into your shoulder continue for awhile as all of Stacy’s emotions poured out of her ducts and onto your nightie. After an additional few minutes Stacy’s shudders grow weaker and she begins to pull away from your shoulder as you loosen your embrace. The girl of your dreams is just as beautiful after a cry as she is when she’s happy you silently swear as your eyes meet and Stacy’s red and puffy face looks towards yours. Still panting and stuttering Stacy begins to speak “I… I’m so so…. so Sor sorry Roy (you didn’t think that it was strange that she wasn’t keeping with the role rules in her time of empathetic upheaval) I didn’t didn’t think anything like this would happen” as she brushed tears from her eyes. Sadness was filling you up too seeing her like this and you couldn’t take it any longer. Brushing some hair out of her face and putting the palm of your hand under her chin you say to her “Stacy whatever happened its ok. Anything wrong isn’t your fault, you are being to hard on yourself, you are a good person and you personally need to believe that.” Stacy looked directly into her eyes as she grabbed your arm cupping her chin and moved your palm up to her mouth kissing it in a long motion before rubbing the back of your hand on her cheek. Having recovered her senses she stated “Thanks Ashley you really are the best friend that I never truly realized I had until now. I’m sorry I have to break this moment but I need to tell you what happened.”
Stacy’s voice quivered as she began the story “There’s been an accident. Seems that your grandfather died and Roy and the family needed to take a road trip through several states to get to the wake and funeral. They left last night and Roy was driving when...” Stacy begins to tear up and sob quietly again as she finishes “there was a heavy rainstorm and the road was very slick, Roy lost control of the car skidded into the breakdown lane and hit the rear of a stopped vehicle.” The mouth you knew as your own involuntarily snapped open in gazing wonder and shock as you heard this news. As Stacy saw you she began to cry again but you calmed her down, told her it was all right, and urged her to continue. “Everyone else was fine in the accident, bruises and cuts but nothing serious Roy on the other hand” Stacy stared off into the distance for a moment before gulping, looking into your eyes then saying “Despite the seat belt with the speed she was driving her head snapped forward and hit the steering wheel in the impact. Roy had to be airlifted from the scene unconscious. Roy is currently in a coma and the hospital staff have no idea if she will ever wake up. I was just talking with your former father who was crying himself” Stacy covered her mouth with her hands and began to tear up as she looked to you in anguish. Kneeling down lower the ever before you didn’t know what to make of the situation you shook your head and looked down towards the floor as a feeling of despair and loss filled your mind. “I may never get my life back” you thought “I’ll always be seen as a girl, always be seen as Stacy’s sister, Never get to be with Stacy the way I want too.”