Gone

When she left, they hardly noticed her. She was fifteen, invisible. Everyone at school went about their business and no one suspected anything amiss until the police showed up and asked about Ellen. They wanted to know who her friends were, but she had none. No one knew where she went to after school. No one had ever seen her parents, not even during teacher conferences. They found her body two weeks later. They held a moment of silence at the school and then everyone forgot her again.