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I was surprised that Rei didn't cry at all during the night. She must have been as tired as I was. I checked my phone to see the time. It was 3:16pm.

I walked to the living room to hopefully see Kip but he was gone. There was a note on the table though.

Bayley,

I went out and probably won't be back until late tonight. There's food in the fridge if you're hungry. Don't drink my beer. I think you should go enroll at Tracy High School because dropping out isn't an option. You know how to forge mom and dads signatures right?

Anyways, once you enroll there, come straight home. I'll try my best to be back before you go to bed. No promises though.

Kip

P.S, sorry about last night.

I took a shower and got dressed. I had Rei in one of those baby strap things that you put on your back. I looked up on my phone where this school was located. It actually wasn't that far from where Kip lived.

The school was actually pretty big. Bigger than my old school. I walked into the office to pick up forms to enroll. The lady in the front office gave me a weird look when she noticed Rei on my back.

"Is that your little sister?"

"Uhhh, yeah." I lied. "She is. My parents are both at work and there's nobody to watch her."

"She's adorable. And looks just like you."

"Thanks." I laughed nervously. "I get that a lot."

After I left the school I went back to Kip's apartment like he told me to. I set Rei down on the couch so I can get her diaper bag. I went to the bedroom and saw some girl going through my bags. "Excuse me who are you?"

She turned and charged at me, pinning me to the wall. I'm telling you, this girl was strong. "You hooking up with my man?" She asked in a hostile tone.

"No, he's my-"

"You someones *Ol' Lady?" She looked me over, "You look pretty young for anyone of the guys to be interested."

"If you would just listen to me-"

She shoved me up against the wall again, "Don't cut me off! Who do you think you are?" She yelled.

"I'll tell you if you-"

Rei must have heard the screaming which made her start crying. The girl's eyes widened. "So you're Prospect's baby mama?" She assumed with an Irish accent.

I managed to push her away from me so I can speak. I didn't push her very far but there was enough separation for me to say what I was trying to say. "I've been trying to tell you that Kip is my older brother." I informed breathlessly. "I'm living with him now."

The girl tucked her orange hair behind her ear. "Oh. Prospect never mentioned that he had a sister. Does The Club know about you?"

"Club? What are you talking about?"

The girl shook her head and walked out the room, "Uh, nothing. If he didn't want you to know then it's not my place to say anything."

She opened the door but before she left I called her back. "Who are you?"

"Becky. Becky Lynch."

"I'm Bayley. Can you not tell anybody about me? For some reason my brother doesn't want anybody to know that I'm here."

Becky just nodded and left. Wow that was weird. What did she mean by Club? And why did she keep calling Kip 'Prospect'? It must be a nickname since it was printed on his cut.
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-2am-

I woke up in the middle of the night to tend to Rei. Kip still wasn't home which worried me. What could he possibly be doing at this time?

The front door opened and Kip came stumbling in. He had a black eye and busted lip. His knuckles were also bleeding.

I held Rei in my arms and ran up to him. "Are you okay? What happened?" I asked in a panic, touching his face with my left hand.

He pulled away from me. "Don't worry about it. I'm fine." Kip went into his pocket, pulling out a wod of cash and handed it to me. "This is for you to... I don't know. Buy whatever for the kid."

I slowly reached for the money. "Thank you. Where did you get this from?"

"It doesn't matter." he went to lie down on the couch. He groaned in pain as he did so.

"You need some ice?"

"Yeah thanks." I filled up a bag of ice and handed it to him so he can put it on his cuts. "You enroll like I told you to?"

"Yeah I did."

"You come straight back?"

"Mhm. When I came back some girl named Becky was here. She thought that I was your girlfriend or something like that."

Kip shot up off the couch, "What did you tell her?"

"I told her that I was your sister."

The ice pack Kip was holding slipped out of his hand. He was frozen in place. "I thought I told you to not tell people who you are."

"I couldn't let her think you were my boyfriend. Gross."

Kip pulled his phone out and opened the front door. I followed behind him. "No. You stay in here." he retorted.

I wondered why he was acting so strange. I don't remember him being this paranoid.

I looked out the window and saw him on the phone. He looked so stressed and worried sick. Maybe moving here was a bad idea after all. But it's too late to go back home now. I start school on Monday.
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A/N: *Old Lady: Wife or steady girlfriend of a club member. She's monogamous and has the respect of the other women.

What do you think Bayley's first day is going to be like?