IM SORRY I WASN'T THERE

CHAPTER 1

A/N: Hi everyone, this is my very first story that I have ever written. I really hope that someone reads it and they like it. I am actually really happy with the way this has turned out considering that it is my first time ever doing this. Thank you in advance to the people that actually read it and review. I really appreciate it. I don't own any of the characters except the OC.

Today was meant to be such a great day for her. She was so excited for this day to finally be here. When her alarm went off at 6.00am, she flung herself out of bed and began searching the house for her mother. She had the biggest smile on her face as she ran down the stairs. That smile didn't last long when she reached the half way point on the stairs because what she suddenly saw in front of her would not only change her day but would definitely change her life.

What she saw in front of her was not something that a girl of that age should be seeing. The room was silent for what felt like hours but was more like seconds until a loud scream filled the house. The next thing she knew, she was running down the remaining stairs towards the lifeless body that was her mother. She was laying on cold timber floor of the living room, next to the front door that was left half open.

She was too young to comprehend what was happening, all she could do was kneel down beside her mom and cry and scream at the sight in front of her. The next thing she realised was that she was being joined on the floor by her neighbour. She couldn't look at her neighbour, all she could do was look at her mom hoping that she would wake up.

Silence filled the room once again. After a few minutes, she could hear her neighbour on phone to what sounded like the police. Once she had hung up, she simply put her arm around the girl to reassure her that she was not alone. Ten minutes later there was a knock on the already half open door and the next thing she heard was "Five-0".

Her neighbour got up from her position on the floor beside the girl to go greet the team at the door.

"Morning Ma'am, are you Amelia Moore" said the detective as he stood at the door.

"Yes I am" said Amelia.

"I live next door and I heard screams so I ran over and saw the door half open. I walked in to see her mother on the floor and her kneeling next to her".

"Would you mind telling me her name" the detective asked Amelia.

"Sure, her name is Mae Walker and she is only 7 years old" said Amelia.

The detective nodded his head to say thank you. He then began to walk over to the little girl that was still in the same spot due to refusing to leave her mother's side. He knelt down to her level and began talking to her.

"Hi there, may I join you" he asked the little girl. He waited for her approval. She just gave the detective a small nod never taking her eyes off of her mother, even as she was being taken away by the ME.

"Where are they taking her" she asked

"It's okay, they are going to take really good care of her, I promise" he told her.

After her mother was taken away, she finally started to look up and began to fully take in the presence of the detective. He noticed her looking at him and began to introduce himself to the little girl.

"Hi, I'm Detective Danny Williams and what is your name". Even though he already knew her name, he wanted her to talk to him and this was the only way he could think of to start a conversion with her.

"My name is Mae Walker" she told Danny.

"Are you able to tell me what you know" he asked her. He know that this is going to be really hard for her to talk about it but he really needed her to tell him.

"I woke up at about 6.00am. I was really excited about my day because we were finally getting to go to the zoo after I had been asking for so long. I walked out of my room to find my mom. I came down the stairs and found her on the floor." Danny nodded at her, acknowledging what she is saying.

"Did you see or hear anything" the detective asked her. She shook her head. The whole time that Danny had been with her, she hadn't really shown any emotion. After there was silence between them for a few minutes, Danny started to hear little whimpers. He moved his head to look at Mae to find her crying.

He moved closer to her and let her cry into his shoulder. He tried to calm her down.

"Hey it's okay, you're okay" he told her.

"I should have been with her, I should have helped her" Mae said to him. Danny didn't say anything in response. He knew that she didn't want him to say anything. Sometimes people just want to vent to someone that will listen and that is what Mae wanted to do and Danny happened to be that person at the moment.