A young girl battling mental health problems with a younger sister to take care of and a certain freckled scammer comes into the mix
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We were all fans of Tracy beaker returns and the dumping ground growing up, so I hope you all enjoy <3
•Riley's POV The day is over and I can honestly say it was the best birthday in the history of birthdays. I would have been happy with just sleeping all day and texting Lydia and hanging out with Liam and Nina,but of course my boyfriend and my friends couldn't let that happen. I'm so grateful for everything they did for me today. Right now I'm texting Lydia about how I spent my birthday and everything a certain someone did for me;
Lydia: OH MY GOSH THIS GUY IS HEAD OVER HEALS FOR YOU. GIRL YOU BETTER KEEP HIM ESPECIALLY SEEING AS YOU'RE THE FIRST GIRL IN HISTORY HE'S LET DOWN HIS WALL FOR AND HE'S SHOWN INTEREST IN.
Riley: I know honestly I didn't believe in miracles until I met him.
Lydia: such a sap
Riley: stfu
Lydia: I mean it's true. Remember how you used to puke at the mention of any boy and say that if any male being ever dares try and make a romantic move on me I'll "rip his intestines out and shove them down his throat" and now look at you. You've really softened up and started being more relaxed since you met him and you've also been a soppy sap. Seriously I'm really happy that you've found your soulmate but you make me pity myself.
Riley: uh what? Soulmate? Isn't it a bit too soon for that? I just turned 15 Lyd and he turned 15 last month. Or have you forgotten
Lydia: how can I forget you literally went ALL out to surprise him for his birthday. And sure 15 is young and I understand the word soulmate scares you a bit but I can honestly picture you two lasting a lifetime.
Riley: I hope you're right
Lydia: im always right ;)
We said goodbye and I went downstairs to make my usual cup of hot chocolate. As I was waiting for the milk to heat up,I looked out the kitchen window and saw the bushes moving. That's odd. I frown and pull the kitchen blinds down and go back to making my drink when Gina calls me in a worried tone "Hey babes could you come here for a moment" I follow her back upstairs into my room and find Nina in bed looking as white as a sheet and coughing with tears streaming down her face. I feel my heart drop as I run forward and touch her forehead and see that she's literally burning. "What's wrong baby" I whisper "I feel horrible" she sniffs "We've just called a doctor he's on his way" Gina says sympathetically I don't say anything and just look at my little sister feeling my heart break at the state she's in. 10 minutes pass and the doctor finally arrives. I'm sat by her bed holding her hand while the others are looking standing by our doorway.
"Nothing to worry about,she's just caught a cold." The doctor finally announces as he gets up. I sigh in relief as I flop onto the bed next to her and softly kiss her forehead. "So it's nothing serious?" Mike asks "No thankfully. However I do admit her symptoms are a bit intense for just a common flu but there aren't any harmful bugs or bacteria. Here's some medicine she should have once every 9 hours. Some rest,warm milk and some extra cheeky daytime tv should help her feel better" he smiles at her before saying goodbye and leaving. Liam comes and sits by me presumably cause he knows how overprotective I get over Nina and sees right through me that I blame myself. If I had looked after her better she wouldn't be like this in the first place. "Hey Nina watch this" he says He does one of those magic tricks where you pull a random coin about from behind someone's ear that you get showed when you're a little kid and it made Nina giggle and say "do it again!" They play together for a while before Mike comes in and smiles gently "bedtime kiddos" before leaving to go tell Johnny and Toby to be quiet. Liam gets up and ruffles Ninas hair before planting a soft kiss on my forehead "Try to get some sleep yeah?" "Alright" "Night" he smiles before closing the door. I give Nina her medicine and make some warm milk for her and she thankfully falls asleep. I sit down by her bed and rest my head on a pillow not daring to fall asleep or take my eyes off her for one second just in case she'll need something. She tosses and turns in her sleep for a bit which causes me to panic for a bit before I realize I literally flip about like a dolphin in my sleep so why am I being so paranoid over her. I sigh as the clock hits 4am. I'm exhausted and my eyes are screaming for sleep but there's no way I'm falling asleep. I have to get up for school in a few hours anyway. 4:30am 4:45am 5:00am
Maybe resting my eyes for a bit won't hurt.
•Liam's POV It's 8:30am and school starts at 9. I'm waiting for Riley but she still hasn't come down. It's odd she's normally the one awake waiting for me to wake up. I head upstairs to her and Ninas room and gently knock on the door "Ri?" No answer I open the door and see her fast asleep on the floor next to Ninas bed. This girl. I'll bet you my O'Donovan genius scamming skills she didn't sleep at all last night guarding Nina. I gently pick her up and put her back in her own bed,covering her with her duvet and plant a soft kiss on her lips before closing the door. There's no way she can go to school today. I go and tell Mike and he agrees
•Riley's POV I wake up and rub my eyes and yawn. How long have I been asleep? I turn around and check the time SHIT ITS 11AM IM LATE FOR SCHOOL WHY DIDNT SOMEONE WAKE ME UP I leap out of bed and run towards the bathroom and bump into Tracy "What's going on why do you look like you're being chased by a bull" "WHY DIDNT ANYONE WAKE ME UP FOR SCHOOL" "Calm down Liam said you looked exhausted and that you should have a rest day. Mike,Gina and I all agreed so you get a day off" Thank god. Liam's a life saver. I go back into my room and see Nina awake. "Morning sunshine" I smile at her "Morning" she yawns "How are you feeling now" I ask her "Bit better but my thoat weally hurts" I smile at the fact that even though she's growing up, she still says thoat instead of throat and weally instead of really. It's sort of a relief really I thought her full baby language was wiped out. I went downstairs and got her medicine from the fridge and it's honestly so weird having the house all quiet seeing as everyone else is still at school. I give Nina her medicine and bring up some toys for her from the toy cupboard so she won't get bored in bed. As I come back downstairs to shut the toy cupboard close,I notice an envelope on one of the shelves. I open it and some confetti shoots up into my face scaring the living daylight out of me. I turn the envelope around and see "Hah bet you wet your underwear didn't you ;) from Liam and frank october 2009" I laugh at the fact that they had put this silly thing in the cupboard nearly 3 years ago and had probably forgotten about it. I go back up into my room and decide eh why not tidy it up a bit since there's literally nothing else to do. I'm putting some junk back into the drawers when I come across my old sketchbook. I haven't drawn in it at all since we came here. I open it and go through all my old sketches. I smile as I come across a silly one Lydia drew in it a few years ago. My hands itching to get drawing and just then,as if it was meant to be my eye catches a random pencil laying on the floor. I completely abandon trying to tidy the room up and sit down on my bed and get sketching without really having anything in mind.
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I smile at the finished product. My mind was thinking back on a few months ago when I was in the middle of a mental breakdown. Flashback: I was in the garden shaking while tears were streaming from my eyes. I never cry. Not even during a breakdown or panic attack. What's gotten into me? The rain was pouring but I didn't care. I didn't wanna face anyone. Besides the rain could disguise my tears for if anyone saw me. I begin picking at my scars causing a few of them to bleed when a warm hand grabbed mine and stopped me from causing any further harm. It was Liam. He didn't ask me why I was sobbing in the garden while it's pouring. Didn't ask me why I'd pick at my scars which had just began healing. Didn't tell me I was stupid. Instead just spoke beautiful words that calmed me down as though they were a drug. Words that I had never heard anyone share. Didn't even tell me come on we'll talk inside,they just flowed from him not giving a damn how wet he was getting,because making me feel better was his priority." -End of Flashback-
"Woah it looks like someone went back in time and took a picture" I jump as I get startled and turn around and see it's only Liam. I didn't even hear him come back. I smile at his comment towards my sketch and he says "I never knew you could draw like that,literally tell me something you can't do"
