Confessions of a Fake Princess

Chapter 5- Drunk Texts and Who Says

I awoke abruptly to the sound of Topher wailing at the top of his tiny lungs. I wished that his pacifier was around, but of course, no such luck. That's just my natural charm. I reluctantly rolled out of bed and padded as quietly as I could to the mini kitchen area in our hotel room and started mixing the baby formula. It was pretty nasty smelling and I always wondered how Christopher drank it. It looked disgusting. Drawing myself away from my thoughts, I stuck it in the microwave and shoved my fingers in my ears to drown out my baby brother's crying. When the microwave beeped I had never been more relieved. I gently removed the lukewarm bottle from the microwave and started feeding it to my screaming brother. He took it eagerly in his mouth and sucked quickly devouring the "milk" mixture. I finally had a chance to look at the clock. It was 3:00 in the frickin morning! Couldn't Topher have chosen a different time to scream his lungs out? I surveyed the room and saw that everyone was safely in the hotel bedroom and asleep. How they could sleep through that, I didn't have a clue, but maybe it was just my maternal instincts disturbing my sleep. 

I heaved an exasperated sigh and decided to bother Mystery Boy a little. I texted him: hey!! Sure I could have thought of something cooler to say but I couldn't think through my bored stupor. He texted back: are you drunk kara? I almost lost my shit right there in my family's hotel room at this ungodly hour. My shoulders silently shook with laughter but I turned off my phone as Mystery Boy had exited the conversation. I glanced down at Topher and saw him sleeping peacefully yet again, nestled in my arms. I sighed to myself in content while setting him back down in his crib and going right back to bed. It was at that moment when I made yet another vow never to text anyone in the middle of the night. Funny how I hadn't even been in California for a day and I was already changing.

In the morning, I woke up a second time, the events of last nights scene was on replay in my head. I chided myself on my childish and embarrassing antics. Who the hell would text a poor boy in the middle of the night saying hi with exclamation marks? No wonder he thought I was drunk, I thought. I would have too. I got dressed and brushed my teeth, tying my hair into a high ponytail as usual. Time to wake the bears...

First, I shook Cassidy awake, the sister that was the least likely to kill me for waking them up early. I gently shook my youngest sister's shoulder and she woke up almost immediately, being the light sleeper that she was. I was thankful for that, as the others were more difficult to deal with and would take a whole lot of more effort. I moved on to Claire, who had already woken up. I was concerned when I saw the sheen of cold sweat that engulfed her body, caused probably from night terrors. I felt the overwhelming urge to hug Claire, to show her that there was someone there for her. So that's exactly what I did. My younger sister wrapped her arms around me like I was the only tie that bound her to the world. I knew that the grief and pain would be in all of our hearts forever, but her pain was still raw.

I gently pulled away and looked into Claire's beautiful eyes which were now glistening with tears. "You are the most beautiful, powerful young woman I have ever seen," I said gently yet forcefully as to make her believe it, " I know it still hurts, I feel it too, but we can get through it together. Right?" She nodded her dark chocolate brown head and whispered very carefully as if scared, "Kara, what if you got taken away from me too? Where would I be then? In an asylum?" I cupped Claire's smooth creamy fair skin in my still ripped up hands. "You are not crazy Claire-Bear. You are going to be just fine. We will always stay together because we are a family, and that's what families do, no matter how dysfunctional." She still looked doubtful but still spoke up," Pinky promise?" With this she held up her pinkie finger. I twined my finger with my sister's, shaking it vigorously, like I was closing a deal. "Forever, Claire. I give you forever."

After waking the rest (which took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears on my part...literally), we headed down to the lobby to have breakfast. We finished eating quickly and Kris and I headed to our new high school to take a tour. The principal insisted after we enrolled that we must come in before and that some of the school's greatest students would show us around. After the quick drive there, I gazed up at the huge intimidating brick building that loomed before us. I felt my hand be squeezed and saw that it was Krissy. Of course. She always knew when I needed courage. "Let's go in," she said, sounding ready to let go of the past. I nodded, ready too. "Let's go." We walked hand in hand into the building, not looking back.

A/N: I finished this chapter with the help of @WiseGirl1812 Thank you so very much for your help! Thanks. I linked the song Who Says to this particular chapter because I wanted the people that read this to know that it doesn't matter what anyone else says. Whether it's that your insane, not beautiful, or dumb, don't let those people get to you. They are probably jealous of how awesome you are! If you ever feel sad or worthless, please come to me because I've been there and I can help. Love you all

<3,

Sophie