Leilani Mitchell, is a sweet girl from Grenada Mississippi. She's nice to everyone and everyone loves her. Leilani has been homeschooled for five years. She has missed 3rd-7th grade. Now she has a chance to go to eighth grade. She's super nervous bu...
"Come take a picture." Leilani says to me. I roll my eyes and she laughs. I scoot over to her and take a picture.
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"How did you want ice cream, but I got way more than you?" Leilani asked looking at the picture.
"Because you kept putting more on your cone." I tell her. She laughs and nods her head.
"Because I kept on thinking." She says as she gets up. She walks over to the freezer and puts the ice cream back.
"About?" I ask. I'm curious.
"Stupid stuff. It's nothing really." She says as she sits back by me. I raised an eyebrow at her.
"About Chris." She says. Chris? Who is that?
"Who's that?" I ask her. She sighs.
"My brother. He got killed in a car accident." She says lowly. Damn.
"I'm sorry." I tell her.
"Thanks. I was just thinking about how he was here one minute and gone the next. Just like your mom. I was thinking about ways we are alike, and then that one came to mind. We both lose people we loved." She says.
I guess she's right. I was heartbroken when my dad kicked my mom out, and when I found her, I was the happiest boy on earth. Then my dad killed her. So yeah, we do connect.
Just thinking about what happened made me get in my feelings. I sniffed away the tears and I saw Leilani wiping her eyes.
"I hate crying." I say to her. She chuckles and faced me.
"When I said that I talked to my brother about how I was feeling, I was talking about Chris. Then when he died, Alex became the brother I told everything too. I only talked about how much I missed Chris with him. Nobody else." She tells me.
"Well I guess I need a sister I can talk to." I tell her. She laughs.
"I'll call James Charles for you." She said with a smirk. I'm so confused.
"Never mind. I'll be the sister you talk to." She says happily. I nod my head and smile.
"K lil sis." I say messing with her. She rolls her eyes.
"Never mind." She says getting off he stool and walking into the living room.
"Umm sister?" I yell after her. I hear her laugh from the living room. I get up from the stool and walk in to see her cross cross on the couch watching something on tv.
