Thursday, January 14, 2016 / After School
Today's Horoscope (Virgo): Someone close to you is depressed. Keep a close eye on this person.

Trixie is buzzing with excitement at Music Club. She's running around asking everybody if they'll be there for her concert Saturday...

Thursday, January 14, 2016 / Evening

Sonata isn't with us at dinner. She had a late appointment with her doctor...

After I finish my homework, I take a bathroom break. Coming out of the bathroom, I hear music from Sonata's room. Her door is open. I peek in and find Sonata sitting on her bed, with her computer in her lap. She's staring at the screen and crying.

I knock on the door. "Are you okay?"

Sonata looks up, wipes her eyes, and shakes her head. She beckons me to enter.

I miss my sisters.

"Of course you do," I say.

I miss my voice. I miss singing...

I sit down next to her. She looks down at the video again.

I'm scared.

She leans against me and cries. I don't think I can say anything that'll help, so I just let her cry.

After a few minutes, she sits up, sniffling, and wipes her nose and eyes. She looks up at me.

I don't feel like I have a purpose in life anymore.

"Sonata..."

It's like I'm a ghost, except I'm not dead.

She looks down at her computer again, then closes it.

Sonata Dusk is gone...I don't know what I am.

Her shoulders shake as she buries her face in her hands. I gently take her computer and tablet and set them aside, then hold her until she cries herself to sleep.

As soon as she's asleep, I pick up her tablet, cross out what she just wrote, and write two words:

Stay strong.

I head back to my room to read until time for bed.

Author's Notes:

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