Forever In Your Shadows

Chapter 12

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*Two Months later* 

Pippa's POV

I came home late, the house was a mess, dishes in the sink, almost every pan was used on the stove and I just wanted to relax... Not come home to all this junk.. I threw my bag on the couch and saw papers waiting for me to sign on the coffee table. I groaned and looked through the papers. Of course it would be a failure noticed from Amelie. Field trips and permission slips for Alejandro and costume contracts for Scarlett. 

"Mom?" I looked up and saw Amelie standing in the hall. 

"What is it?" I asked. "Why are you failing English and History?" I asked while holding up the forms. "And why didn't your father do anything today? Where was he?" I frowned. 

"I don't know..." She sniffed. I looked at her and noticed everything was oddly quiet. "He just told Scarlett she was in charge and then left." She whispered. 

"Come here." I sighed. She walked over to the couch and sat next to me. I still had to wash off the green from some of my body parts. 

"I'm sorry... It's just hard you know? I don't know grammar stuff." She sighed. "I'm too stupid for school." She frowned. 

"You're not stupid. You just need to focus on school. No more trying to be the person you're not." I frowned. She nodded and looked at the papers. "I'll sign them, so that way you won't get in trouble. But not a word to your father. You're going to work on those grades until they're a B. Do you understand?" She nodded and looked at her hands. 

"I'm sorry.." She whispered. 

"It's alright. Just don't let this happen again." I sighed. I got up and walked through to Scarlett's room. Her light was on so I knocked and opened the door. 

"Dad left to hang out with some friends." She said when I opened the door. 

"When?" I asked. 

"I don't know. Six?" She shrugged while brushing Simba's fur. 

"He's been gone for over four hours?!" I yelled. Simba put his ears back and looked at Scarlett. 

"Yup. Put me in charge. I made dinner but it didn't cook the way we expected... So we ordered take out." She sighed. "I'll clean it in the morning. When I took Simba for a walk he decided to run through a few bushes. So I need to make sure he doesn't have anything on him." She explained. 

"Alright... Just make sure you get some sleep. I'll start soaking some of those pans." I said while shutting her door. Amelie walked through the hall to her room and shut her door. I went into the kitchen and pulled out my phone and dialed Lin's number. "Of fucking course it goes to voicemail." I mumbled. The message ended and I was pissed. "Lin hurry up and get your ass home." I said before hanging up. I checked social media and saw nothing on there. Stupid but smart sometimes. 

I threw the dishes in the dishwasher and put the pans in hot water to soak. This was insane. Leaving your kids at home to meet up with friends. How cute. Wish I could do that. Wish I could do a whole lot of things. The door lock clicked and opened slowly. I watched as Lin walked in quietly and shut the door behind him. 

"You have ten seconds to fucking explain yourself." I growled. 

"Pip! Amazing news!" He smiled. I turned around and kept cleaning the kitchen. Instead of sleeping and resting my voice and getting green out from behind my ears, I was busy cleaning the mess he made. "Why are you mad?" He asked. 

"No reason." I grumbled. He frowned and grabbed my wrist. "Lin, I'm way too angry to even look at you right now. I need to shower." I walked passed him and straight into the bathroom. I needed to relax before I completely went off on Lin. 

After I showered I decided to just go straight to bed. All of my exhaustion was catching up to me and I couldn't even stay mad. I was barely able to keep my eyes open now. I wandered into the bedroom and changed into pjs. 

"Pip, Scarlett told me you were mad that I went out unannounced." Lin said while folding his hands together. 

"Lin, I don't have enough energy to deal with this right now. I'm exhausted. Can we please just talk about this tomorrow." I sighed. 

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done it." He continued. 

"Are you even listening right now?" I asked. 

"Yes, Pip, I'm trying to apologize!" He yelled. 

"And I'm too tired to hear it! I just spent over six hours performing and making more money for this family. Just please let me sleep Lin." I pleaded. His mouth shut and he raised his arms up in defense. "I swear sometimes you don't listen to me." I sighed. I brushed my hair and climbed into bed. Lin sat next to me and looked at his phone. "What amazing news did you have?" I asked. 

"Are you sure you aren't too mad to hear it?" He scoffed. 

"Don't push it." I glared. 

"Sorry. Sorry. But Disney wants to work with me again. I'm going to be helping with a couple of shows that are on Disney channel now and maybe work on some more movies." He smiled. I nodded got under the covers. "That's it?" He asked. 

"Congratulations." I said while rolling to face away from him.