Cole's POV-
Right now I'm wondering how it's going with Allia and Lilith. Number 1 is hopefully they are ok. Number 2 is hopefully they know what happened. It better not be bad... is it?! I don't know. I'm going to make myself a sandwich. Without mayo.
Lilith's POV-
How the crap am I going to tell everyone. It would be like telling them that they had to take summer school for life. Except 5 million times worse in this case. The bigger problem is, how am I going to take care of everyone? I mean our dad died in the Navy, Erica's dad left them, and Madison's dad died of stage 5 lung Cancer. Our grandparents live on the other side of the US, so that's unfortunate. I will just take over and be the adult. Even though I'm 16... oh help me.
Allia has a running whimper all the way home and I have very silent tears down my face. I definitely need to hide it. So, my big plan on how to tell them is - Step 1. take them out for a really fun day at Downtown Disney. Step 2. Soften the blow with milkshakes and such. Step 3. Tell them and comfort some or maybe run for my life. Either works.
When we walk through the door everyone is just waiting. " Well?" Says Madison. I start, "Well, we are going to Downtown Disney for a really fun day! It will help get our minds off of things so let's go!" Everyone kinda shouts and says " yeah!" But overall, we are all worn out from worrying.
The girls and I pick out what we are wearing. We pick cute casual dresses. I'm wearing a light purple dress, Erica is wearing an orange and white polka dot dress, Madison is wearing a navy blue, white, and yellow striped dress, and Allia is wearing a light blue dress. We all do hair and makeup. I'm wearing my hair flat down, and we pick out shoes. The boys are already done. Show-offs.
I drive us to Downtown Disney with my credit card in my wallet, and we go shopping, eat an early dinner at a Splitsville, and lastly... the milkshakes. Oh boy here we go. We walk into Gharidelli and order ice cream and/ or milkshakes whatever anyone wanted, and we go outside to eat it.
" Okay, so um... here's what happened," I say, but then Allia cuts me off. " Our moms main engine caught fire. We don't know if they are alive," "We found out at the police station, and we brought you here to help.... get your mind off do things for awhile, " I say. I swear at that moment everyone started crying. Even the boys. Madison came close to me and hugged me, I'm guessing she was as scared as I was. Maybe less because I was taking care of 6 teenagers. Alone.
The ride home was quiet until Erica started singing. Then Allia and Madison joined in, and I as well. The boys joined in except for Leo. He just sat there. 6 singing against 1 person not singing makes that one person want to sing. When we got home, we all took showers and I turned on Sherlock Holmes. The boys fell asleep on the couch watching it but the girls and I finished it and went up to bed. And tonight, I had a nightmare. Maybe one of the worst.
In the nightmare:
"No, mom. Don't let go! I want you to stay there." She was stuck floating around in space with only 14% oxygen left. "Come on mom, do it for me. For Cole and for Leo. They need you. I need you too, mom. Stay. " " I'm sorry, Lilith but you don't have a choice. Cut the rope, please. If I keep running out of oxygen, but do it in front of you, you will cry for ages. Just cut the rope!" I do as she says. " No! Mom!" I scream.
After the nightmare:
" No!" I wake up sweaty and with tears down my face. Allia is staring down at my face. " Hey, you okay?" She says sweetly. " Yeah, I just think I'm going to take a shower and change into different pajamas. Thanks though. You can go back to bed. "
I take a long, hot shower and change into my 2nd pair of pajamas. I get a glass of warm milk, and down that. Then I go back to bed, and a dreamless sleep follows me. Thank goodness.
I am the last one awake, but that is ok considering what happened last night / this morning. For the next few days I'm skipping school, the others as well. Considering the horrible situation. Let's hope it can get better.
Will it get better for Lilith and the others?! Keep reading to find out!
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