Nicki&thePips

Chapter 56

The bedroom the boys occupied had two large beds and a wide dresser. There was a door that lead to a closet and a bare bookshelf.

"And I expect you to not mess this up!" Ray Ray was threatening the two younger boys. "If you so much as think about telling them about all of our problems, you will face the death penalty!"

"But Ray if you kill us then that'll worry Mom." Prodigy whimpered.

Ray Ray thought for a moment and suddenly appeared calm. "You're right, your right." He took a deep breath and the crazy look in his eyes returned. "I'll TORTURE you instead!"

"Yes sir Ray sir." Roc Royal said, both him and Prodigy saluting.

Ray Ray exhaled. "Okay goodnight boys." He was suddenly relaxed. He started changing his clothes and was ready to settle into one of the freshly made beds. He didn't have to specify that he'd be taking one and the two younger boys would share the other. The beds were large anyway.

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Perrie was sucking her thumb steadily as she silently observed Jesy putting on pajamas. Leigh-Anne was already dressed and sitting next to the little blond. Leigh-Anne was also observing Jesy, a sense of desperation wavering off of her.

"Jesy?" She said softly in a voice that was more a moan than anything else.

Jesy now in black and red skull themed pajamas, raised her eyebrows at Leigh-Anne. She didn't speak.

"Uh . . . Are you excited about your birthday tomorrow?" Leigh-Anne asked. It had been two whole days of Jesy barely speaking to her. She was slowly crumbling because of it. She'd apologized more times than she could count for punching Jesy in the face. The bad thing was that Jesy wasn't angry. Leigh-Anne could tell that she wasn't angry at all. And a Jesy without anger is never good. It meant that she was hurt. "It's not everyday you turn nine . . . one more year till you hit double digits."

Jesy only nodded. She took a seat on the other bed in the room even though Leigh had specifically said earlier that all three of them would sleep in the same bed –the one she and Perrie were currently sitting on.

Leigh-Anne could have cried. She stood from the bed and got on her knees. If Jesy wanted her to beg she would. She knee-walked over to the other side of the room so that she was kneeling in front of her best friend. "Jesyyyyy! Please please please just talk to me! Please I can't take it any more Jes I need you!" She wept.

Jesy's eyes widened. Leigh-Anne was crying really loudly. She cut her eyes in different directions as if expecting someone to appear from one of the walls to tell them to be quiet. "Leigh shut up, you're gonna wake the entire house!" She hissed.

"Jesy you talked to me!" Leigh-Anne squeled. She turned to Perrie. "Perrie she talked to me!" She yelled.

Perrie gave her a thumbs up with her free thumb.

"Jesy talked to me Jesy talked to me Jesy talked to me . . ." Leigh-Anne continued to squeal getting to her feet.

"Oh my gosh what part of shut up don't you understand woman!" Jesy hissed again. "You're gonna have Ray Ray breathing down our necks."

"I don't care about Ray Ray Jesy!" Leigh-Anne squealed climbing to sit next Jesy on the bed. "I care about you and now you're talking to me again." She hugged Jesy and planted a sloppy kiss on her forehead.

Jesy's face heated. "It was only to shut you up, now be quiet."

"Nu-uh Jes you can't stop talking to me now." Leigh-Anne nuzzled Jesy's neck with her nose.