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chapter six

We sit in silence for the next few minutes and it's Bre who breaks it. "So what's the game plan", she asks awkwardly. "Well we have to go make plans for the going away party, and then we have to go get going away party outfits for the girls", Jenna says rubbing her head tiredly. "How about I take the girls to go get the outfits and you go do the plans", Bre suggests trying to get Leah out of going and me a break. "You have to take care of them bre, you know their story and they are looking for them, do you remember how I trained you", she asks pleadingly. "Of I do mom and I wouldn't let anything happen to them and Scarlett knows what she's doing", she says trying to calm her moms nerves. "Ok but be careful girls you need to get ready and get someone a new stuffed something and get her something she wants or needs", she says gesturing to me and Leah. "They deserve it", she says finally while getting up to go get her gun which is on the kitchen table. "Here", she says handing Bre a spear gun. "The bullet proof vests are in the hall closet, along with the spare bullets, take your car and pull the car to the back so it's less obvious the girls are here get clothes big enough to go over them", Jenna says to Jenna trying to cover all the bases. For the first time in about thirty minutes Leah speaks up and says "what colors are we getting", with a innocent look in her face. "Well what color do you want", Jenna says as cheerily as she can. "Um... Mommy's favorite color was yellow we should wear that to her party right", Leah says looking around for comfirmation. "Yellow it is then sweet pea", Jenna says lightly a cigarette and reaching over to kiss Leah's head. "alright go get ready, can you shower by yourself.", Jenna asks Leah smiling. "Yeah but mommy normally comes and checks in on me", Leah says brushing her Barbie's hair. "Ok run take one leave the door open and I'll come check on you", she says as Leah runs into the bathroom and turns on the shower. "You ok Scar", Jenna asks looking at me intently. "Yeah I'm fine I'm just tired", I say rubbing my eyes. "we should go move the car. "Ok I say picking up my gun and the keys and heading to the door with Jenna following close behind. We look both ways and start out the door trying to look as not obvious as possible with our guns held low. We make it to the car without trouble and pull it into the back yard. We get out and make it back into the house, Jenna stops me in the mud room and just out of the blue hugs me. "You look like you needed it", she says into the hug. "I did but I'll be fine", I say into her chest.
We start to hear squealing come for the bathroom, I Sprint to the bathroom because all I know is that Leah is in there and ain't nothing hurting her. I stop at the door to see bre sitting in the floor with Leah putting on her pants. "What's wrong", I say out of breath. "She keeps tickling me" Leah says giggling. I take a deep breath and walk over to Leah who is currently getting her pants on. "What you doing stinker", I say giggling at her state with one pant leg on and one arm in a shirt. "I'm trying to put them both on at the same time", she says wiggling her arms. "Here", I say reaching over to help her with her shirt. "Ok runt go play and if you ask Mrs. Bre nicely she might play with you", I say ruffling her now short hair. She looks at Bre who nods and Sprint to get her toys and takes Bre into Mom's old room. I go get my spare change of clothes and step back into the bathroom. This is where it happened but I don't think of bad memories. I think of all the good times we shared when Mom was alive. My father wasn't around much but my Mom was always there. She always play with us and tucked us in at night and now that's what I have to do with Leah. I have to be strong for Leah. She can't have just bad memories, the majority of her childhood was spent running and hiding. I don't want that to be all she has to remember about her childhood. I'm gonna make it good for her, with a a new found determination I step into the shower. After I wash off my body and wash my hair I step out with a new lease on life, with a fire I've never had before. Before Mom died I was just going through the motions now I'm gonna make stuff happen. I dig around in the cabinet and find a blow dryer and blow dry my hair. I've decided that I want my hair braided so I set off to find Jenna to help me. "Jenna", I yell across the house. She comes running and has a alarmed look on her face. "Is everything ok, you hurt, you scared the shit out of me", She says says shaking her head and bringing me into a hug. "So what's up", she asks releasing me from the hug. "Can you braid my hair", I ask laughing at her protectiveness. "Of course chica", she says grabbing a chair from the kitchen and pointing at it for me sit down. She starts braiding my hair  into a French braid. "You alright" she says tying another strand into the braid. "Yeah I'll be fine, I have to for Leah", I say simply. "You I know its ok not to be ok, if you ever want to talk you know I'm here right Scarlett", she says finishing off the braid. "Yeah I know but I know you can't do it alone so I have to keep my shit together for Leah and I can't stop being your sidekick because life gave me brusied lemons I still have to make lemonade.", I say with a little chuckle. "You're too wise for you age kid it took me years to get that point when my parents died", she says lighting a cigarette. "How old where you", I ask out of curiosity. "Seventeen", she says looking down. "I'm sorry", I say looking into her eyes. "It's fine that means I know where you coming from", she say placing her hand on my shoulder. "I guess we're the brusied lemon club, huh", I say giving a sad laugh. "Yeah but we're gonna make the best lemonade", she says taking a puff on her cigarette and pulling me in for another hug.
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Well guys this is chapter six, we hope you like it. Sometimes life gives you the shit end of the stick but you still gotta make lemonade. Don't give up bc life works out in the end . We love you guys and know you'll be ok.
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