can't change what you don't know

Don't go in my office

The next day was a little corrupt, Tatum woke up to her mother walking into her room, "you're schools cancelled today, the electricity's out but get up anyways you need to stay downstairs while we're gone" she opened up her blinds. It was around 7:30am so Tatum was still half asleep when the light shone into her pillow, she groaned but rolled out of bed and threw some casual sports clothes on before wandering downstairs and sitting on the couch, still half asleep while her siblings Aran around trying to get ready for school.

Her step dad ran downstairs with a brief case in his hand, "don't go in my office" he pointed a finger at her, Tatum looked away from the TV and nodded. She didn't even wanna know why, but she knew it wouldn't end well if she did so she just followed his orders. About half an about later she was fully awake with nothing to do, she decided to call her friend and see if she wanted to come over so she grabbed her phone from the coffee table and rang Riley's number.
Riley: "hey, you heard about school didn't you?"
Tatum: "yeah, wanna come over? Play guitar or something random like that?"
Riley: "I'll be over in 5"
Tatum: "okie"

She put the phone down and ran up to her room where she grabbed her guitar bag with her guitar in, yes she can play and yes she sings...She just assumed everything she needed was in there since she hadn't touched it in a while. She ran back downstairs and made herself a drink before sitting in the couch and tuning her instrument. Now she just needed to wait for Riley to appear at her door.

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The unit was back to watching the footage again, they weren't really planning on watching it during the day since usually no one would be home but since tatums school was cancelled they had a reason to stay busy. Hailey and jay had volunteered to do the cam watching since it was easy and required little energy, "woah look" hailey smiled and pointed to the screen as Tatum sat with her guitar on the couch. Jay looked up and smiled, "cool kid" he nodded. They could hear her guitar strings making satisfying noises since the cameras picked up sound too, she was good, her fingers moved at the speed of light.

Suddenly they watched her put the instrument down and get up to walk towards the door, but they knew she was just letting her friend in so they didn't bother to follow her on the kitchen cams. Eventually the two kids reappeared on the couch, Riley had a guitar too which was cool, "maybe they sing too" jay smiled. Hailey laughed a little bit nodded, "that'd be impressive" she nodded. They smiled as the kids laughed and joked around, they were watching the camera from the bookshelf view so they could see them perfectly.

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Tatum got up, "imma go get drinks, can you get my pick out from my bag?" She smiled. Riley nodded and reached over for tatums guitar bag as Tatum walked into the kitchen. Riley looked in the bag twice but there was no pick there at all, "hey Tate, I hate to break it to you but your pick isn't in here!" She called into the kitchen. Tatum reappeared in the living room holding two glasses of juice, "it's not?" She furrowed her brows. Riley shook her head and put her bag down on the floor again. Tatum stood there in thought for a second, "never mind, I know where it is" she gasped and ran off upstairs. Riley laughed as her friends slid around the corner and up the stairs.

It wasn't long before Tatum reappeared with her guitar pick in her hands, "it was in my step dads office, he took it off me last week so I couldn't play anymore. Said I was being the annoyance of his life" she laughed and sat down. Riley widened her eyes, "I thought you weren't allowed in his office?" She tilted her head. Tatum shook her head, "I'm not, if he finds out he will literally kill me, but what he doesn't know won't harm him" she laughed, Riley laughed too, at least they can have fun about their home situations.