Finding Hope

CH. 1

"Hope wake up" Abby said  shaking me. "Its your birthday you cant sleep all day plus im bored and you know if we dont have the house clean and dinner done before Jared gets home he will be furious im afraid of what he will do".

"Im up just give me a minute " my head was pounding and im pretty sure I was running a fevor. I gave Abby a weak smile anyways there was know point in worrying her more. As I laid there looking up at Abby I couldnt help but notice how diffrent we looked from each other , where my hair was as black as the night sky and as straight as a board hers was blonde and curly I couldnt help but be envious of of her fair skin and green eyes the same shade you would find in spring me on the other hand I have tan skin and my eyes are blue almost the color of ice on a winters morning like the seasons we couldnt look more different but I love her more then anything.

" Hello hope are you listening to me?" Said Abby frowning at me with a concerned look on her face.

I imeditley felt bad " Oh yea sorry Abby I must have zoned out ,how about you start cleaning up the living room and ill work on the kitchen . I started with wiping down the kitchen counters i had that down in a matter of minutes all while singing one of my favorite songs  In the end by linkin park . It took us the rest of the day to make the house spotless and in order for when Jared got home I decided now was a good time as any to make dinner I was hungry and by the looks of it so was Abby. It didnt come as a surprise when I opened the fridge to find that it was nearly empty its only contents included beer,milk,lunch meat ,and a loaf of bread deciding that was as good as it was going to get I made three sandwhich's one for me , Abby and jared if he wasnt to drunk to eat . I couldnt help the frown that appeared on my face as I was walking to the table where Abby was waiting for me.

"Whats wrong Hope? Its your birthday or did  you forget . You need to turn that frown upside down I  got you something its not every day your big sister turns sixteen ."  she said handing me a small box with a huge grin on her face.

You didnt have to get me anything Abby having you as my sister is anough I said smiling .

" Well are you going to open it" Abby said.

I nodded my head with a huge grin on my face looking down at the small package in my hand I starting unwrapping  it when I opened the box there was a beautiful cresent moon necklace in it.

Do you like it she asked.

I couldnt keep the tears of joy from streaming down my face

Of course I love it thank you so much, but how could you afford this? I said smiling while clasping the neclace around my neck.

Ive been saving the money i earned from babysitting at the johnsons so are you going to tell me what was bothering you?

Nothing I was just thinking about mom and dad. I dont undersand how they could give us up I mean what could have been so bad that they couldnt keep there on children I coudnt keep the resentment out of my voice.

I honestley dont know Hope but sure they had good reasons and dont worry things will get better one day.

After our converstion we finished or meal in silence and decided to head to bed early before Jared came home . It had taken me awhile to finally fall asleep I wasnt asleep for more then a hour when I woke up to the sound of my sister screaming my name I looked over at my sisters bed to see what was wrong only to find  jared on top of her telling her to shutup I couldnt believe he was trying to molest my little sister. I had yo protect her so I acted purley on instinct  I jumped out of my bed and grabbed the lamp off of the nightstand table in a blink of an eye I was standing behind jared I raised my arms holding the lamp and smashed it down on his head with as much force as I could shattering the lamp in the process . Abby jumped off the bed and into my arms crying .

Im so sorry Abby, I said craddling her in my arms.

Is he dead?

I dont know but were not gonna stay to find out. I ran over to the still form of jared checking his pockets for money I found his wallet in his front pocket  there was no time to check it , I quickly whent to the closet grabbing the few clothes we had in there I stuffed them into our backpack that we had sitting on the floor  when I was done I whent over to my sister grabbing her hand and pulling her out the room . As we made it outside I couldnt help but hope I had killed him.