The Days of August

Chapter 12

     "Do you really think he is serious?" Asked Callie.
     Claire sighed, "I hope he is, I want to live with Grammy."
      "Me too."
      "Good then get your suitcase and start packing."
       Claire and Callie packed up their bags. They went down stairs, ready for Miley to drive them away.
       Claire walked up to Miley, "We're ready to leave, right now." 
       Miley stiffened, she shouted, "They want to leave now!"
       Their father came into the room, he picked up the keys to the car, "Come on, let's go."
      Claire and Callie looked at each other fearfully, they didn't feel comfortable being alone with their father.
     "Maybe we should just take a bus?" Callie insisted.
     "No, your riding with me." Their father declared.
The girls got into the car, scared of what their father would say if they wouldn't had.

    They had been silently riding in the car for about twenty minutes now. Their Grammy lived thirty minutes away from their house.
Their father spoke, "Girls, I have news for you two."
Claire and Callie stayed silent.
"You guys have another sister."
Claire immediately flipped out thinking this was some cruel joke, "You're kidding me, right!"
Their father huffed, "Nope."
Claire's mind became a jungle of thoughts, "Is Miley pregnant?, Is she my step sister?, Did father cheat on mom?"
Callie screamed, "WHAT DID YOU DO!"
Their father shushed them, "Her name is Hayley, she is 13 years old."
        Claire and Callie looked at each other, they were both thinking the same thing, Bella's friend.
        Claire and Callie were silent, their dad pulled out his wallet, "I was given a picture of her if you would like to look."
        Claire grabbed it from his hands, it was indeed Bella's Hayley. Callie saw it soon after, they were both in shock.
        "Why are you just now telling us?" Asked Callie.
         "Her mother just died of a drug overdose, she is now living with a friends family."
         Both Claire and Callie knew, August's house.
         Claire was becoming teary eyed, "Father, I know her."
         Their father's eyes became huge, "How?"
         "She is living with my boyfriend." Claire said as she wiped away her tears.
        Callie made Claire look at her, "Boyfriend?"
        Claire smiled, "Yes."
         Their father looked back at Claire and Callie as they sat in the back seats, "Wait, she's been living with Ian?"
         Claire was becoming irritated, "No, father."
        He was confused, "What do you mean, I gave him permission to marry you?"
        "We are over father." Claire was trying not to cry again.
       Callie changed the conversation, "So you just let the poor girl live with a drug addict her whole life?"
       This question made their father furious, "Stop Callie, I already regret so much!"
       "No you don't even care." Callie muttered back.
        They had made it to their Grammy's house. Finally. Claire and Callie jumped out of the car before their father could even say goodbye.
         They walked up the porch and rang the doorbell. Their father had already pulled out and left.
         Their Grammy answered the door, "Come on in darlings, I've missed you."
        They both hugged their Grammy.
        "And we've missed you." Said Claire.
        "Guys I would like you to met Samantha, she is your cousin for England." Claire and Callie had always wanted to met Samantha, but they just lived so far apart that they couldn't.
         She smiled, "Please, I go by Sammy." Claire thought she sounded funny, but she probably sounded funny to her.
       Their Grammy smiled her warm smile, "Sammy will be staying with us this summer as well."
       Callie smiled, "That's awesome, your so pretty Sammy."
       Claire also thought she was really pretty, she had curly blonde hair, and hazel eyes. She was also really thin.
       She smiled again, which was when Claire noticed she also had perfect teeth, "Thanks, you both are also pretty, but who's who?"
      "I'm Callie, and this is Claire." Callie answered over excitedly.

      Later on that day Claire went outside and wrote a letter for August, she didn't get service where her Grammy lived.

Dear my lovely August,
I'm sorry to say that I'm not going to make our date. My father kicked Callie and I out of the house, so now we're living with our Grammy. Things are going awesome out here though, my cousin from England is also staying here as well. Tell Bella I said hi, I will come and visit you guys soon, my Grammy lives in the woods and we don't get good enough service. I miss you, a lot.
P.S. - Don't you think Hayley looks like me?

  Claire felt satisfied with her letter and gave it to her Grammy to send. All she could think about was the boy who didn't complain when she vomited on his shoes.