"Everything changes"L.Brooks <3

chapter 4

Saturday in the afternoon..

“Jessica!”Karie shouts from downstairs.I climb down and into the living room.”Yes?”I question.
“Your uncle just called.He said that he’ll be picking you up in a bit.Is your stuff ready to go?”She sais.

I nod yes.I sit beside her on the couch.

She leans over to me and hugs me.I didn't hug her instantly but I did after a few seconds.

”Im sorry for being rough on you yesterday.But I was really mad at both of you”She sais.

“Its ok”I tell her.

“And I'm really going to miss you.Perhaps its a good thing that you're leaving with your uncle.”She tells me.

I really didn't have a response.I didn't even know the guy and i'm going to wherever he lives and only god knows who he lives with.

“Im going to miss you too..”I say trying to smile.

“Your a great girl and a great daughter”She sais tucking the front piece of my hair behind my ear away from my face.

I smile and just hug her.I feel bad for her.Having a daughter like Nancy.I know its mean but thats my opinion.

She then looks down at her phone.

“Hes almost here..you want to say your goodbyes to the rest”She sais gesturing to the hallway.

I sighed and stood up walking towards the hall.I went into Alex and Tonys room.I opened it and I wanted to say that they were playing a boardgame or something but Tony was playing xbox and Alex was playing on his Ipad.

Alex looks up at me noticing that im there and he leaves the ipad on his bed and comes over to me giving me a hug and not letting go.

I was really close to him.We were both adopted and I knew how he felt.And I could tell he did as well.

When he barely moved in with us he would cry at night.I would come every night into his room to check up on him and he stopped crying after a while when he got used to it but still had some rough nights here and there.I remember I used to cry at night sometimes as well.

“Are you leaving?”He sais still hugging me.

He lets go and we walk to the bed and sit.Tony comes over and sits on the other side of me.

Then I see a tear roll down his cheek.

“Hey guys its ok”I say trying to hold back tears.

I put an arm around each of their shoulders.

“We’ll miss you Jessi”Tony sais.

“Im going to need you here Jessi.What if i get sad again and you're not here?”Alex sais now crying.

A tear rolls down my cheek but I quickly rub it away.

“You have Karie.i’ll make sure that she'll be here for you.i’ll tell her myself.Shes always been here.you know that.”I say faking a smile.

I look up and see Karie in the hallway looking at us.She probably heard everything.She smiles and walks off.

I stand up and Alex comes over to me and hugs me.”No,please Jessi”He sais crying.

“Hey,im not leaving yet.Make sure to find me outside before I leave ok?”I say kneeling down to his level.I walk out of the room.

I tried not to cry but another tear escaped my eye.

I look across from the door and notice the door to sam’s room is open.I notice him sitting down looking at his hand.

I wipe away my tear as I walk towards it.I open the door just a bit and it squeaked slightly.He looked up and covered his hand with his sleeve more further.

“..sorry..just wanted to say bye”I say softly.I was waiting for him to say anything but he just sat there.

“look I don't know what I did for you to hate me..but whatever I did i'm sorry..”I tell him taking a step into his room.

He didn't respond..he just looked down at his phone.

I didnt want to keep trying to get a word out of him so I just decided to leave him alone.”ok..”I Say whispering walking off.

I turn around and open the door more so I can exit.

“Jessi”I hear Sam say quietly.