"...So, I'll sing Hallelujah,
You were an angel in the shape of my mum
When I fell down you'd be there holding me up
Spread your wings as you go, when God takes you back
He'll say, "Hallelujah, you're home...."

-Ed Sheeran, "Supermarket Flowers"

***

Dan

"Dan! Wake up! We're gonna be late for school!"

I groaned. "Phil, I'm tired."

"I'm not missing school, and I can't leave you here alone. Now get up!" Phil yanked the covers off of me.

"What the fuck, Phil?" I snapped.

Phil snickered. "Whoops."

I sat up. "What time is it?"

"It's 7:55," Phil said, dragging me out of bed. "We don't have much time. Go on, get dressed. I'll leave."

"Alright," I muttered, slowly walking over to my closet.

***

I heard the phone ring.

"Don't worry Dan. I've got it," said Dad, running into the kitchen before picking up the phone. When he picked up the phone, he froze.

"What is it Dad?"

Dad took his ear off of the phone and let the sound play through the room.

"Hey...I was just calling to let you know that...I don't think we're going to L.A...." I heard a sniff and some faint screams from the background. "An air stewardess was stabbed, everyone's saying that there's a bomb, and the plane is making some very strange movements...I think...I think we may be getting hijacked...I think that they're intending to send the plane to someplace and crash it into a building, but I don't know for sure...If it does happen...well, it'll be really fast." I heard my mum begin to cry. "Just...just know that...Dan, Emily, Scott...I love you so much...I don't know how to let you know how glad I am to have you in my life and I am so blessed to have you...OH GOD! OH MY GOD!"

The line cut off.

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A/N-Hey, sorry this is such a short chapter...I just felt that this needed to be short, so that's what I did. I've also been putting this off, because as you all know, this story is based off of the September 11 attacks and as of the day this is being uploaded, the twin towers fell to the ground exactly 16 years ago.

Feel free to scream at me because I know that this was sad as all hell and I know what it's like to read a sad fanfic and wanting to murder the author. Sorry about that.

Anyways, the next update will hopefully be soon. I've had loads of shit to do and I don't know when I can get a good chapter out, but I'll try my best. Thank you all.