"Of course, it was a pleasure to meet and talk to you," Julia said warmly with a smile. He began to leave, and she got up from the table and drifted away. She ended up at the rails at the edge of the roof, and began staring out into the horizon. The city was beautiful in its own way, especially from up here, but it held a normality and average-ness about it. It was just the same old place she had been since she was a child. She would love to just grow wings and fly away, or get picked up by the wind and carried to some new land. But she was the head of the family, the only one keeping the three of them together. She was the one that made sure her father went to work on his good days and on his bad days made sure he was taken care of and didn't hurt anyone. She was the one that made sure her little brother, Albert, was safe, happy, healthy, and going to school and getting his homework done. She didn't get to waste her time selfishly on herself. She had to watch over her family like her mother used to do. Her family would always come first.

She gripped the railing. Of course she had thought about jumping, especially in the aftermath of her mother's death, but she couldn't do that anymore than she could run away. Jumping would only hurt their family even more. It would hurt them even more than running away. No, she would remain, and be satisfied with remaining. Besides, she always had to show her strength. She was what held their family together after all.