"What about you?" Rain asked Bookworm. "Me?" "Yeah. Why did you yell at the kid?" "Oh. She was ignoring me." She said. "That's it?" I asked. Bookworm nodded. "Yeah. Her name is Jenny." That's Jules' twin. Boy, their parents are gonna get an earful.
"My family ignore me. Always. Never talk to me, it's always about my sister. 'No, no, forget Heather, just look at Dottie.'" She huffed. "This is how they introduce us. 'This is our beautiful, intelligent, amazing daughter, Dottie,'" She said in a sweet toned voice. This time she used an uninterested, bland voice. "'And this is our other daughter, Dottie's sister.'" It sounded bad. Always being cast aside like an old toothbrush. Heather's eyed were glistening with tears. "Dottie always tries to be there for me, though. She pays attention, she see's me. But I can't help but be so... So... Mad! At her! She's why I'm like this. It's her fault! But I can't push her away. I need her...." She broke down, hugging herself.
Rain and I looked at each other. She spoke. "We'll be here for you." Heather sniffled and turned to her, then to me. "Yeah?" She sniffled. I nodded. "Yeah." She smiled a bit. "T-thank you..." "No problem, Heart."
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Girls In Distress
Teen FictionThree girls are going through tough times. Since they were seven, Arrow, Rain, and Heart have been standing through thick and thin, and facing the struggles of real life.
