-Wednesday March 22-
*Amelia's POV*
I'm so tired and miss playing soccer. I woke up at 5 in the morning. I quietly snuck to the backyard and started practicing my soccer skills. Next week dad's family is coming. And on Sunday, Alex sadly leaves because he has school. I know the doctor said to wait on soccer but I couldn't wait.
"You're not supposed to be playing." I heard Alex.
"What do you expect?" I told him.
"Why do you wake up so early?" He asked me.
"Nightmares." I told him. I can't keep secrets from him. "I've been getting bullied and on top of that, my mom's death just repeats on my head." I explained. He reached into his pockets and pulled a cigarette box out.
"Come on. Scarlett is probably sleeping." He told me. I took one out and he did the same. He lit mine and then his. Man does this help. We sat down and smoked. This feels wrong. The sun started rising so we put the cigarettes out and placed them in a plastic bag.
"Thanks." I told Alex.
"No problem." He told me. "Can I beat your bullies up?" He asked.
"Sadly no. I got it." I told him. I pondered looking back at my past. "I miss Mexico." I said out loud.
"Who doesn't?" He responded.
"I started looking into the people who took me." I admitted. And Alex turned to me. "I started researching and I feel like I'm getting somewhere." I started saying.
"Ia, stop adding stress to yourself." He warned me. Just then the sliding door opened.
"Morning you two." Mom said.
"Morning." Me and Alex said to her. She came and gave me a kiss on my head.
"Why are you two always up before me?" She asked and we shrugged our shoulders. We got inside and spent our day as a family.
-Friday March 24-
It was currently 3pm and I was hanging out with Jacob.
"What are you thinking?" He asked me.
"I just want to know who was the one that separated me from my parents." I told him.
"Lia, we already talked about this. It's in the past. There's nothing you can't do." He told me.
"What if I don't want to. What if it happened to other people huh?" I responded.
"You're overreacting on this situation." He said back to me.
"The fuck is wrong with you." I said frustrated.
"Why the fuck are you screaming at me. It's not my fault you don't want to accept the truth." He told me. I stood up.
"No, you don't know what this means to me." I told him.
"What it means to you? You're just adding more problems to yourself. And you know I'm right." He said standing up.
"You are not..." I started speaking but he cut me off.
"Think what you're going to say. Because you don't always say the smartest thing." He added.
"Fuck you Jacob." I told him and left his house slamming the door. I called Alex to pick me up.
*Jacob's POV*
I think me and Amelia were stressed but I might've gone overboard. I'll give her some space. I probably messed up. I went to my backyard to clear my head. I let out a scream. I was frustrated but I had to put myself in Amelia's shoes.
*Scarlett's POV*
I was preparing dinner with Chris when Alex and Amelia walked in. Weird, she said she was going to be with Jacob all afternoon.
"Hey princess, do you think Jacob wants to come over for dinner?" Chris asked her.
"No." She said angrily. "I don't care about him." She said and ran upstairs.
"They probably had an argument." I told Chris who turned serious. "Oh no. You're not going to jump to conclusions mister." I told him. He went back to chopping the vegetables. Rose soon came down to play with Dodger. Around 5 I called the kids down. Amelia ate quickly and went upstairs. Rose soon finished and went to play with Amelia. Alex was zoned out. Just then the doorbell ranged.
"I'll get it." Chris said.
*Jacob's POV*
At 5 I decided to try and apologize to Amelia. I walked to Scarlett's house and ranged the bell. Chris was the one to open.
"Jacob? Here to apologize." He said. Oh shit.
"Yeah, I realized I'm in the wrong and wanted to ask forgiveness to Amelia." I told him.
"You ain't fucking seeing her." I heard Alex.
"Why?" I asked him.
"You think you can fucking walk back in after you caused Amelia to get more stressed and upset." He said angrily. Chris went to hold him to avoid him getting closer to me.
"Alex calm down." I told him.
"You're lucky Chris is holding me or I swear you're pretty rich boy face is going to get messed up." He threatened me.
"Okay Alex calm down and go upstairs." Chris told him. Alex glared at me before running upstairs.
"Come in. I'll call Amelia." Scar said. I walked in and greeted Scarlett. I sat on the couch and waited. Scarlett went upstairs and came down.
"Sorry Jacob." She told me. I let out a sigh. I stood up and heard some steps. I turned and saw Alex coming down. Chris went and blocked Alex.
"Chris I'm not going to do anything to him." Alex said. Chris looked at me.
"Let him." I said and Chris slowly stepped aside. Scarlett got next to Chris who was standing on guard. Alex came down and approached me.
"I'm sorry for threatening you." He said extending his hand. I shook it to make amends. "I overreacted. Amelia is like a little sister to me." He told me.
"I get it. I'm sorry for hurting her." I told him.
"Sit down, I'll get Amelia." He told me and I sat down on the couch again.
*Amelia's POV*
I was playing with Rose which definitely helped. Suddenly Alex came in.
"Alright, go talk with Jacob." He told me.
"I don't want to." I told him. I looked at Rose who looked worried. I sighed and stood up.
"I already talked to him, I'll play with Rose." He told me. I slowly went downstairs and I saw Jacob on the couch. My parents on the other couch.
"Jacob." I told him. "Let's go outside." I told him. I opened the sliding door and he followed me.
"Amelia I'm sorry. I was stressed and I know that's not an excuse. I would support you in whatever you want." He apologized.
"Jacob I should be apologizing. You were just trying to help. I'm sorry." I told him. He pulled me into a hug.
"I think working as a team is going to be better in finding the missing piece for your situation." He told me.
"Later." I said. We then went back inside.
"All good?" My mom asked.
"Yeah." Me and Jacob said. Jacob soon left.
"Alex is very protective. I thought he was going to hurt Jacob." Mom told me.
"That's how he is." I told her. Dad came and ruffled my hair.
"He's strong too." Dad told me. Dodger barked and I went to pet him.
"You're also a strong boy, aren't you?" I said to Dodger. He barked in response making me laugh.
"Amelia, are you coming to play?" Rose asked me.
"Of course Rose." I told her and ran upstairs. I got to Rose's room and sat down. Alex giving me a nudge. It was soon time for Rose to head to bed. Me and Alex decided to watch terrifier 2. My parents were most likely going to asleep. Terrifier 2 is such a gorry movie. We then decided to watch Annabelle 2. By the end, it was close to 12.
"Sleepover?" Alex asked me.
"You're too scared." I told him. He threw me a pillow. I was heading to sleep when I thought I heard something.
"Did you hear it?" Alex asked me.
"Yeah, it's just our mind playing tricks." I told him. I closed my eyes and the image of Annabelle popped up. I jumped up and Alex did too. We ran to my mom's room.
*Scarlett's POV*
For the first time I was getting a good night sleep. Chris wasn't snoring so it was a miracle. Suddenly I felt something in my bed.
"What the..." I said turning the lights. I saw Alex and Amelia laying down in my bed.
"You awake?" Amelia asked me.
"I am now. Why do I have two teenagers almost adults in my bed?" I asked.
"Nightmares. That Annabelle doll is scary." Alex said. Amelia went and cuddled with me while Alex was sleeping at the end of the bed.
"I can't believe this." I said while holding Amelia. I missed this feeling. I went and turned off the lights. I felt Amelia snuggling more into me. I felt happy seeing how much Amelia is getting comfortable to me.
-Saturday March 25-
*Chris's POV*
I woke up at like 6 and saw Amelia with her head on my chest and her legs on top of Scar. And Alex was hanging on the edge of the bed. I reached for my phone and took a picture.
"Dad?" I heard Amelia.
"Morning princess. You sleep well?" I asked her. She nodded yes and stretched herself. She saw Alex hanging and pushed his legs making him fall.
"Oww." I heard Alex say. I chuckled at their relationship.
"Amelia." I told her. Alex left and came back with Dodger. Amelia moved away so Dodger could wake up Scar. Scar slowly waking up.
"Dodger." She said.
"Morning." Me and Amelia told her.
"Morning you two. Where's Alex?" She asked.
"On the ground. Amelia pushed me off." Alex told her.
"Tattletale." Amelia told him sticking her tongue out at him. Scar gave her a nudge.
"Don't be mean." I told her.
"Alright, you know I want to hear stories of you two as kids." I told them. Alex climbed the bed and sat on the end.
"Well, I'm more surprised that Amelia hasn't taught Rose any fight moves." Alex said.
"No because I don't want her getting kicked out of school." She responded making me laugh. "Tell my parents what you did." Amelia added.
"Well, in Mexico I was in like recess during preschool and this kid and I started poking each other with sporks. And basically I hit him hard enough in the forehead and the next day, his dad had him under his arm. And he had four little spork dots on his forehead and I was getting kicked out of preschool. They asked me, like if I did it and I said yeah. And my dad replied to the teacher and principal saying why weren't you watching him." He said and me and Amelia laughed. Scar had a face of disbelief.
"And for me, my classroom had an area to play checkers in preschool too. And I was winning because I don't lose in checkers. And if you win you stay on. Because that's how it works." Amelia said chuckling.
"And you got kicked out because of that?" I asked.
"Maybe because she never moved her back row." Alex said frustrated making Amelia laugh.
"And so I kept winning and winning and the teacher came up to me. And was like, Amelia you have to share. And obviously that's not how it works. My dad taught me if you win you stay on. And my teacher said no, you have to share it. I said no I don't and I threw her the chair that I was sitting on." Amelia finished saying.
Scar had a shocked face.
"What?" I said.
"Hold on, you both been kicked out of preschool?" Scar asked them.
"Yeah so good luck." Alex told her.
"Amelia seriously." Scar told her. "A chair at a teacher." She repeated and Alex laughed. The day was chill and nothing exciting happened.