Second Chances: Stargirl

Chapter 2

"Well girls, welcome home." Barbara said to Courtney and Yolanda as they drove past the welcome to Blue Valley sign.

"Welcome to hell." Yolanda said, not looking forward to returning to her family, since the past summer she'd spent in Midvale had been one of the best in her life, since even before her life had been ruined, she had felt constant pressure to be this good girl that her parents wanted her to be and it was exhausting. Honestly, she wasn't sure which was worse. The way her parents treated her now or the way she had to act before.

Honestly, it had been exhausting having to be the perfect straight A good girl they wanted her to be. She'd spent her whole life trying to get their approval and yet, at the first slip up, the first mistake she made, they tossed her out on her ass.

"I'm not sure you'll feel that way for much longer Yolanda, since there's actually a reason why Pat and I gave you two extra few days at Eliza's." Barb said.

"Really, why?" Courtney asked, since wasn't aware that they'd gotten to stay longer than planned.

"Because even after Pat and I got back from our honeymoon, we started working on a new project. One that requires lawyers." Barbara said.

"What did you do?" Courtney asked her mother.

"As of a few days ago, Pat and I are now Yolanda's legal guardians. We've already moved all her stuff from her parents house to one of our spare bedrooms, though we decided to leave decorating up to her." Barbara said.

"Wait, I don't have to go back to my parent's house?" Yolanda asked, thinking it was too good to be true.

"That's one of the reasons why we let Courtney invite you to come with her to my sister's over the summer. So you'd be gone while we set up your room." Barbara said and Yolanda beamed at her and she would've hugged Barbara if she wasn't currently driving, since now she no longer wanted to get hurt in a traffic accident.

"Are you sure I wouldn't be imposing?" Yolanda asked, wanting to be sure that this was real and Courtney had to resist the urge to scoff.

"You've seen my house Yolanda, you know we have plenty of spare bedrooms. Heck, literally only two bedrooms have been taken in the place, since I have the attic all to myself." Courtney said.

"Tell me again how you pulled that off?" Yolanda asked, wondering how Courtney had managed to get permission to turn the attic of her huge house into her own loft bedroom.

"A way to make up for not having a dad in my life. Plus I used my future inheritance to pay for it." Courtney explained and Barbara nodded.

"And as we agreed, you'll also be able to use that inheritance to buy yourself a car after you turn 16 and get your license. But you won't be able to use the rest of it until after you graduate. From college." Barbara said and Courtney rolled her eyes and nodded.

"Anyways, all your stuff is waiting in your new room at our house, but we decided to let you decorate however you want to." Barbara said and she could tell that Yolanda felt immensely relieved by this.

"Maybe things won't be as bad as I thought they would be, since I can already feel a bit more relieved since now I just have to worry about the jerks at school, not the ones at home, since now I live with people who actually care about me." Yolanda said as Barbara pulled up on the huge house she, Courtney and now Yolanda called home.

"I still can't believe you live here." Yolanda said as she looked up at the mansion she could now call home.

"Yeah, too bad I never had enough friends to throw a party here." Courtney said.

"Like you'd ever be allowed to." Barbara said as she punched in the security code to the gate, which slid open and allowed them to pull up to the entrance, where to Yolanda's surprise, there were valets waiting for them. Then she once again remembered that even though she didn't act like it, Courtney was rich.