Isabella's POV:
"Hey Ruby?"
"Yeah Izzy?" Ruby walked over to where I was sitting on my bed and sat down.
"I can't wait until tomorrow!"
"I can't believe we're turning 12. It's all going by so fast!"
"What's your opinion on mum and dad leaving?" I asked Ruby frowning.
"They do what they have to do. They're a part of a band." More or less, Ruby was right. It's not our choice what they do. "Don't worry Izzy, we still have them for another month! How about we watch Despicable Me?"
"YES!" I jumped up from my bed and put in Despicable Me. Me and Ruby sat on the bed watching the movie until we were called downstairs.
"Isabella! Ruby! Auntie Jade and uncle Niall are taking you out for the afternoon!"
"Yay!" We both ran downstairs and stopped when we saw auntie Jade, uncle Niall and another girl. She looked a little bit younger than me and Ruby and had light blonde hair, icy blue eyes and tan skin.
"Girls, this is Allana. Our daughter." Auntie Jade placed her hand on Allana's shoulder and she must've noticed my uneasiness because she pulled me aside. "What's wrong Izzy?"
"I don't want you to forget about me. You're the only one I really get along with and I can't lose you." Auntie Jade's eyes started welling up with tears.
"I will never forget about you Izzy." Auntie Jade pulled me into a hug and I hugged back. "C'mon let's go introduce you to Allana." We walked back to the others and I stood next to Ruby.
"Allana, this is Isabella and Ruby."
"Hi!" She said excitedly. I shifted my weight onto my other foot and put my hands in my jean pockets.
"Are you girls ready to go?" Auntie Jade asked breaking the awkward silence.
"Uh yeah!" Ruby said nudging my side and grabbing her jacket.
"Yup! Ready to go!" I said fast while returning the elbow in the side to Ruby and putting on my jacket.
"Have fun! I will see you later!" Mum said giving me and Ruby hugs.
"Bye mum!" We said in unison before following auntie Jade and uncle Niall to the truck. Me, Ruby and Allana got into the backseat and buckled up.
"So how does a movie sound?" Uncle Niall asked looking back at us through the rearview mirror.
"Yeah!" We all said in unison, which was kind of weird. I really have to stop doing that. We started our way to the movie theatre and I pulled out my phone and started texting Ruby. Since Allana was in between us.
{I- Isabella R- Ruby}
I- Heey Rubes! What do you think of her?
R- Hey Izzy! Idk she seems nice. It will take awhile to get use to having her around. But at least we'll have someone else to hang out with!
I- Yeah, I guess so. I wish we could see the twins again! I miss them a lot!
R- Me too! We have to ask uncle Louis if he can take us to see them!
I- Sounds like a plan! Let's start talking out loud, Allana is getting suspicious.
I put my phone away quickly as Allana fiddled with her hands and pretended not to be watching me.
"So Allana, what do you like to do?" Ruby asked getting Allana's attention.
"I like to play football and well, basically anything my friends like to do." Me and Ruby nodded our heads slowly.
"So how old are you?"
"10 turning 11 tomorrow." My mouth dropped open and Ruby looked at me. "What's wrong? Was it something I said?"
"Isabella's birthday is tomorrow." Auntie Jade said from the front seat.
"Ohhhh." Allana said awkwardly.
"We're here!" Uncle Niall announced from the front seat.
"Thank god." I said under my breath. Ruby heard and started giggling. We got out of the truck and headed inside. We decided to watch Mockingjay (the third movie of The Hunger Games).
-after the movie-
"That was amazing! Almost as good as the first and the second!" I said happily.
"I agree!" Ruby said walking beside me.
"How about we take a walk around the mall?"
"Sure!" We all said in unison. We started to walk around the mall and a came across an indoor community centre. I peered inside and saw a bunch of guys my age, a few coaches and a bunch of parents. I assumed they were playing basketball.
"Can we go watch?" I asked uncle Niall.
"Sure." We walked into the centre and took a seat on the bleachers. We watched as one of the teams talked to the coach, about a missing player and not being able to play.
"Is there anyone willing to play this game with my team? Anyone at all?" The coach stood in front of the bleachers and I raised my hand. He looked at me before nodding. I took off my jacket and handed it to auntie Jade. I walked over to the coach and he gave me a jersey. "You know how to play kid?"
"Yup." I said slipping the jersey over my shirt.
"Okay head on over to the boys." I nodded and walked over to the group of boys.
"Hey, I'm Joshua."
"I'm Isabella." I said looking around at the others.
"Ready to play?" Joshua asked me. I nodded and they gathered into a circle.
"1, 2, 3 go team!" We walked over to the opposing team and started the game.
-15 minutes later-
"Alright Isabella, you're amazing! We need 2 more points before we win." Everyone nodded and we started playing again. Joshua passed me the ball and I began dribbling it down the court. A guy from the other team came in front of me and I passed the ball to Stephan (one of my teammates). I ran around the guy and Stephan passed the ball back to me. I came up to the hoop and did a lay up, scoring perfectly. I heard uncle Niall, auntie Jade, Ruby and Allana cheering for me. I smiled and went to get the ball from the other team. Joshua snatched it from one of them and I ran beside him.
"Ready Isabella? I'm leaving this one to you."
"Yup!" Joshua passed the ball to me and I swerved around one of the other team's players. I came up to the hoop and threw it up and towards the hoop. It bounced back around the rim of the hoop and just when I thought it wasn't going to go in, it went the opposite way and into the hoop. Everyone jumped from the bleachers and started cheering. All of the other guys came and engulfed me in a huge hug.
