Sisterhood

Change

"Monika come downstairs, we have company!" Lili yelled upstairs, she turned to Julia, "you sure this will work I feel like it's too soon."

"The best thing for Monika is to move on and this is the best way to do it," Julia said.

"Yeah," Monika mumbled as she stood at the bottom of the stairs, she looked over to the couch to see two people sitting there. There was a older girl about Julia's age with long blonde hair tied into two braids, and a short boy not much younger than Monika with short scruffy dirty blonde hair.

"Monika you remember Heidi and Noah right?" Lili asked, Monika stayed silent. Monika attention was quickly drawn away from the two people to the puppy on a chain next to the couch.

"What's going on?" Monika asked.

"Company," Julia responded.

"And they brought their pet?" Monika stated.

"It's for you!" The boy Noah exclaimed.

"I'm good," Monika said heading back upstairs.

Lili sighed, "told you she wouldn't."

"I'm not done yet grandma," Julia exclaimed.

"I'm sure that all Monika needs is a little push to help her move forward," Noah insisted in a voice so sweet it could give you cavities.

"We've been pushing all week," Lili sighed.

"So then we shove!" Julia exclaimed, the ambition in Julia's eyes scared the other three for what Julia had planned.

Monika became even more resistant to coming out of her room. She didn't know why she hated it so much maybe it was because there was people she wasn't comfortable around. She wasn't in the mood to deal with people trying to invade her business. Then again, maybe it was because Monika didn't want to face the small, big eyed animal that made her chest ache just thinking about it.

However her bedroom was no place to live in forever, Monika was forced to leave eventually. Monika slowly reached the bottom of the stairs in hopes to not be seen. She failed quickly when she saw the sandy blonde hair of Noah on the couch. Before Monika could dash back upstairs Noah looked over, holding that animal in his hands.

"Hey Monika!" Noah said so sweetly that Monika wondered if he has ever been upset.

"Mm, hello Noah," Monika mumbled.

Noah patted the couch, "sit down and talk to me!" Monika didn't move any closer, for some reason that small blamed animal in Noah's arms scared Monika. Noah quickly caught on, looking down at the puppy. "Oh here just let me," Noah said getting up and walking off. Monika stood there waiting until Noah came back without an animal in his arms. "There I put him outside," Noah said sitting on the couch, "now come on." Monika slowly walked over sitting next to Noah. Noah smiled, well more then he already was. "You don't realize how disconnected you get from you other family because you live on a farm, until you go visit." Monika nodded glancing over Noah to the kitchen where Julia and Heidi were. Noah looked behind himself, "they're talking about somebody named Sofia, sister complains about her a lot."

"They seem to have a common ground," Monika agreed, "most of the time they don't really get along."

"Sister doesn't get along with a lot of people," Noah added.

"Mine either, especially family," Monika agreed.

"She gets along with you from what I seen and heard."

"Well, we bicker a lot, especially when about the small stupid things. Then again that's really just Julia who complains about the small stupid things." Monika explained.