Hero

Chapter 28

"Do you walk everywhere you go Sairah? This is hard." Jesy said as she and Leigh walked behind the older girl, down her street.

"No. I usually get my guy to come pick me up and bring me where I wanna go. I got lots of friends you know." Sairah said looking back at the girls who were way behind her. "You wouldn't know what that feels like." She stuck her tongue out at them then faced forward again. "We're heading to the spot where he picks me up about now."

"Is that far? I can't walk far Sairah. I'll get sick." Leigh-Anne said as Jesy helped her to walk by holding her hand and pulling her. "I already feel a bit wheezy." She complained.

Jesy stopped walking. "Uh-oh. You wanna take your medicine?"

Leigh-Anne took her medication then put it back in her pocket. "I can't walk Sairah." She said. "If I do I could get really ill."

Sairah stopped walking then ran at the two girls. "Permission to carry you then?" She sounded excited.

Leigh-Anne wasn't sure about this. "M-maybe me and Jesy should just go . . . I don't want us to be in danger and I don't want to get sick again. Will you cry if we go back?" She said looking up at her sister.

Sairah put a hand on her head. "I don't cry. If I do then there's something wrong with me." She looked at Jesy with a smirk. "You're curious about the shit I get up to aren't you?"

Jesy tried to keep her expression steady. "Well you seem fun so . . ." She shrugged. "But if Leigh-Anne doesn't feel up to it then I won't go."

Sairah looked down at Leigh. "Your lameness is affecting us all." She said kicking on a stone.

Leigh blanched. That was her worst nightmare. If Jesy wanted to go then she would suck it up for her friend.

"Don't be rude you coocoo clock." Jesy said rudely. "Come on Leigh. Let's go."

"But I actually want to go." Leigh-Anne said. "We shouldn't have to go back because of my asthma Jes." She dusted herself off. Besides wanting to make her friend who did so much for her happy, she also felt like it was her duty to her mother to find out what her older sister was up to. Her mum seemed worried. She raised her arms to let Sairah carry her.

Sairah smirked before licking her lips. "That's my girl." She lifted her sister into her arms then kissed the child's nose. "Onward."

Jesy felt excited now. She couldn't wait to tell her lame friends about the heist she went on. "Just be sure to keep your halies on you okay Leigh? The last thing I want is for you to get sick again." She bit her lip feeling very afraid of that happening. "Did you hear me?"

Leigh-Anne looked behind at Jesy. "Yes Jesy. I heard. I've got them on me and I won't let them slip out."

Jesy breathed out. "Okay." I'll be sure to keep an eye on Leigh. I don't want her to get hurt.

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All of the girls were now standing under a tree at the park in wait of Sairah's guy.

"Is your guy nice Sairah?" Leigh-Anne asked curiously as she watched the grass. There were a few ants there that scared her. She stepped back not wanting them to end up crawling on her as she was afraid of ants.

"As nice as a guy can be I guess." Sairah said using a stick to scrape ants off a tree. Jesy was staring at what she was doing with intrigued eyes.

"I like to find the ones on the ground and step on 'em." Jesy said giggling at the ants falling off the tree.

Leigh gasped. "Wouldn't that make them all crawl out and bite you?" She asked stepping away from the tree and all the scary ants.

"If they crawl on you then slap 'em. If they bite you, bite them back. That's what I did as a kid." Sairah said as some ants began to crawl on her skin. She smacked at them then threw their crushed bodies to the ground.