Chapter 11:

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There was a knock at the door, Demi "it's them babe", she opened the door. Avery "hi mama, hi mommy. I had so much fun with aunt Tori, her dogs Dobby and Frodo are so cute, we played with them at the park. And uncle André is so funny, we made lots of TikTok videos together. Mommy, mama are you okay? I just explained how fun my day was with titi and the two of you look so sad and out of it. Where did my parents go"? Demi pulled Tori aside, Tori "what's going on, why are you and Joanna so damn quiet. That baby just explained a whole bunch of fun she experienced today and the two of you have not one comment to add", Demi "can we just talk very quietly, I kind of don't want her to hear even though we have to break the horrible news to her. Her best friend Demi, we were notified by her mom that she took her own life due to be severely bullied and traumatized", Tori "are you serious", Demi "unfortunately yes", Tori "that's so horrible, I don't know what to say to that. Do you want me to stay, I know it's gonna be hard enough breaking the news to her but I feel the more people she has around her, the more comfort she has", Demi "sure, Joanna is terrified. She doesn't even wanna tell her", Tori "do you have something I could change into", Demi "sure you could borrow some of our clothes while you stay", Tori "okay", Demi took Tori to their room, Tori changed, then the two of them headed back downstairs to the living room. JoJo "Avery I need you to please go upstairs to your room and go shower. I ask that you please comb your hair out today by yourself, get dressed in some pjs and then come back down. Me and mama have something very serious to talk about", Avery "but why can't you or mama do my hair. You always do it", JoJo "baby I am already under a lot of stress at the moment, which is why I am kindly asking you to rinse the products out of your hair and gently comb it", Avery "okay", JoJo "and please sweetheart put your clothes in the hamper not on the floor, I know sometimes you like to rush to get in the shower since it's soothing and all that but the dirty clothes go in the hamper", Avery "okay mommy", Avery went upstairs and did what she told to. Demi "are you OK"? JoJo "no I'm not, we have to explain to a child why she's no longer gonna have her best friend to grow up with, this is most difficult thing I have ever had to do and I don't even know how I'm supposed to just let it out and tell her", Demi "we're in this together babe, and Tori said she'll stay a few days for extra support for Avery", JoJo "okay", Demi "wait a minute, doesn't she take her phone in the shower with her", JoJo "yeah, oh fuck. She might find out before we even tell her what's going on", Demi "dammit we forgot to tell her no phone in the shower", the three of them had been sitting on the couch, patiently waiting for Avery to come down. It was then that they could hear the loudest scream from their daughter, followed by her cries, they automatically knew that she had found out about her best friend's death. JoJo uttered both Tori and Demi to remain downstairs as she went upstairs to the bathroom, Avery was in shock, JoJo became witness as her daughter's arms and hands became to continuously shake, the rest of her body was frozen like a statue. JoJo picked her up, when it finally registered in her head what was actually going on, she slammed her into JoJo's chest and began to cry. The only thing JoJo could do was hold her baby, just hold her, her cries turned into hiccups, lack of breath caused her to tightly grip the strap of her mom's tank top. Her cries started back up once again, JoJo's heart broke for their daughter, she was way too young to be experiencing something so terrible and heartbreaking. Demi and Tori disliked hearing Avery cry as well, JoJo carried Avery to her room, she sat on the bed with her, rocking her, consoling her, JoJo tried her very best to get Avery to fall asleep, it took quite a while but after a while she was finally fast asleep, to which JoJo laid her down in her bed, covering her with a blanket, the nightlight she had on her nightstand was Demi's favorite, so JoJo turned it on, and then she left the room to clean the mess up in the bathroom, and then went back to Demi and Tori. Demi gave JoJo a blank look, JoJo was at a loss for words, she was in no mood to talk, especially since their daughter just broke down, she was in no mood at all. Tori "do you maybe wanna watch a movie or binge watch a show", as much as JoJo did overall agree with Tori's idea, she couldn't get the image of their daughter crying out of her head. Demi "we could go to bed if that's something you rather do", JoJo "I don't know what I want to do, what I actually want is for Avery to no longer feel the pain she feels but unfortunately since she lost her best friend that's not gonna happen, and it sucks. Her crying, her sad, it all breaks my heart and there's nothing that we can do to make her feel better and I honestly don't like that. I just want her to know that we are all here for her, that we can't quite understand the pain that she's going through but we can help her get through it. This is honestly something I'd never thought our family would have to experience, and Avery is so young, she didn't deserve to lose Demi, and I don't know why those girls bullied her so bad", Demi "I have a question, do you think by any chance that every would know the kids that bullied Demi, do you think she would know the names of the girls", JoJo "honestly I am not even sure. I can't even give you an answer for that, because I don't even know. But there could be a slight possibility that Avery does know each name of the kids that bullied Demi, I'm sure if they have some class together that she would recognize them", Avery "mommy", JoJo "I'm coming baby", Avery "mommy", JoJo "mommy's coming, I'm coming baby girl", JoJo went upstairs to her daughter's room. JoJo "what's up baby", Avery "can we watch a movie", JoJo "of course we can watch a movie. What movie do you wanna watch", Avery "can we watch camp rock", JoJo "yeah, come on love", she said holding her hand out, Avery took her hand, the two of them went back downstairs to the living room, Demi "is she okay", JoJo "she wants to watch a movie, and that's good thing", Demi "yeah", the four of them sat on the couch and Avery put on Disney plus, clicking on camp rock once seeing the movie. The movie began to play, Demi started to notice the habit their daughter was picking up, Avery would hold onto the strap of JoJo's tank top, and it would go from holding the strap, to having her hand in between JoJo's cleavage, to resting her head on JoJo's cleavage. It wasn't something she was necessarily mad about, she by all means found it adorable and cute. After the movie finished, Avery started watch Disney song music videos on YouTube, JoJo was in the kitchen cooking dinner, Demi and Tori was just chatting. It all went silent after Avery started to sing one of Tori's songs, the three of them knew Avery could sing but Avery was becoming better and better, her voice was out of this world for a child her age. Demi "you've got pipes baby girl. You're getting baby my love", Avery "thank you mama", Demi "you're welcome baby".

1 day later

Demi "baby I gotta go, I've got a hair appointment", JoJo "ok, I love you so much", Demi "I love you too, baby girl behave for mommy and your aunt Tori", Avery "I will mama. I love you", Demi "I love you too baby", Demi left for her hair appointment. JoJo "Avery honey I need you to go clean your room, I keep telling you the clothes that you take off go in the hamper and you keep forgetting. I don't know how many times I have to tell you", Avery "but mom I didn't forget mama told me to leave then since they had to get cleaned anyways", JoJo "Avery I'm not arguing with you, do what I ask you to do or you're gonna be punished. Get moving, I'm not arguing with you, get your ass upstairs before you get me even more upset", Avery "oh my gosh, you're so freaking annoying", JoJo "don't push it. Avery Noëlle Levesque, do not test me. Go to your room", Tori "are you okay", JoJo "I'm fine, I just don't wanna get too mad", Tori "I mean I can understand where you are coming from, it could be a bit aggravating when you tell them to do something and they don't listen. I know how you feel", JoJo "you do, do you have kids. You've never told me that", Tori "i have one kid, she's eleven", JoJo "what's her name", Tori "we call her RoeRoe", JoJo "that's a sweet name", Avery called Demi. Demi "what's up baby", Avery "mommy's upset with me", Demi "and why is she upset with you", Avery " because my room is a mess and because I keep forgetting to put the clothes in my hamper", Demi "were you disrespecting her", Avery "kind of, I told her that she was freaking annoying", Demi "why would you say that? That's not nice, does that sound nice, when you hear it come out of your mouth", Avery "no. I just got mad", Demi "sweetie you have to think before you say certain things, I know mommy telling you the same thing over and over again must be annoying but she means well Avery. I need you to clean up your room like she asked you to and you need to apologize to your mommy", Avery "okay", Demi "remember if mommy asks you to do something you need to do it, same thing with me", Avery "okay mama", Demi "I will see you all when I get back. I love you princess", Avery "I love you too mama", Avery started to clean her room, and she put all of her clothes in the hamper and took it to the laundry room. JoJo "I see that you decided to do what I told you to do", Avery "I'm sorry for calling you annoying", JoJo "it's okay just don't do it again", Avery "I won't mommy. I'm really sorry and it won't happen again", JoJo "okay baby". JoJo cooked dinner, Demi came home. Demi "close your eyes", JoJo "what baby, what happened", Demi "I changed my hair and I want you to close your eyes before you see it", JoJo "um okay", Demi stood behind JoJo.

Demi "you can open your eyes baby", JoJo "okay

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Demi "you can open your eyes baby", JoJo "okay. Oh my gosh, you look so beautiful. Oh my goodness, I love it so much. Avery come look at mama's new hair", Avery "oh my gosh mommy. You look so pretty", Demi "thank you baby", Tori "you look really pretty", Demi "thank you", the four of them had dinner. Demi "baby practically sleeping in her plate", JoJo "oh my gosh lol", JoJo lifted her up and carried her upstairs, she cleaned her face and then put her to sleep. Demi "goodnight Tori", Tori "goodnight Demi, goodnight JoJo", JoJo "goodnight", the three of them headed to bed.

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