stay strong (completed) *sequel is Keep Holding On*

Chapter 20 lauren?

The next morning

Lauren's pov

I had to go to school today.. I wasn't excited. I got up and showered. I then got ready. Lisa was awake and said would take me.

Ready lo? She asks

I was going to ride my skateboard today I say

Ok do you want me to pick you up after school? She asks

Yeah if you want I say smiling at her

Ok have a good day! Text me if you need anything she says

I will I promise I say

I grab my bag and skateboard. We go down together and I go into the kitchen and grab an apple.

I'm going to school! I say

Wait says Christina running down the stairs

What's up? I ask

You forgot your phone in the bathroom she says

Oh thanks Chrissy I say

I take my phone and slip it in my pocket. I then hug Lisa and Christina

I love you I say

Love you too lo says Lisa

Love you too lo lo bean says Christina

I go to the door and walk outside. I get to the sidewalk and I put my board down and ride to school. I ride into the school until I hit my locker. I then see jake and The rest of the group. We go to our lockers and we sit in the cafe and wait for first period to start.

Lisa's pov

Lauren just left for school and I'm worried already. I sit on the couch and stare at the wall.

You ok Lise? Asks Christina

Yeah I'm fine I say looking at her

You're worried about Lauren? She asks

Yeah I say slowly

She is strong she will get through this. She says

Four out of her five bullies that hurt her got released and could still hurt her. I say

She has jake, Eric, Mike, Blake and Taylor. She will be fine she says

You right I don't know why I'm flipping out about this. I say

Lisa your worried we all are. We all want Lauren to be safe again she says

I know I say

Why did she even go to public school? She asks

She was tired of being bullied around the house.. So she went to public school and it wasn't all she thought it was going to be. I say

Well why doesn't she go homeschool like everyone else now?

She's probably afraid that we will fight again and she will get kicked out again. I say

We talk for a while and then we help make breakfast for everyone. The younger kids do their school work and the older kids clean up the house. Once the kids are done with school we make them lunch and we watch Tangled. The movie is almost over and I realized I need to go get Lauren. I get up and go upstairs. I put on some make up and put shoes on. Christina comes into the room

Can I go with you to pick Lauren up? She asks

Yeah, im leaving now though I say

That's fine she says

She puts shoes on and we go downstairs and get in the car. We drive to Lauren's school and we wait for her. We soon hear the bell ring and kids come out the front of the school. Minutes pass and Lauren still hasn't come out. I pull my phone out and text her

M- hey lo were here where are you?

L- I'm comming!! I had go to my locker be there in two

M- ok see you then

I put my phone down and I tell Christina

Minutes later Lauren walks out and get in the car. She looked so tired. She buckled up and we went home. We pulled into the drive way and we got out.

Want to go to the studio later? Asks Christina

I have homework, you guys can go though she says softly

Ok says Christina

We go inside and Lauren goes straight upstairs and doesn't come down. After 30 minutes of waiting I go and check up on her. I walk into our room and she is asleep on her bed. She looked so peaceful. We decide to go to the studio and record some songs. We stay there and miss dinner. We come home and I go check on Lauren. She wasn't in the house.

Hey mom where's Lauren? I ask

Don't know she says

I pull out my phone and text her. I got no reply so I tried to call her but it went straight to voicemail. I go into the kitchen and Christina and Ames were talking.

Guys Lauren's gone, I can't find her. Mom doesn't know where she is and I texted and called her and her phone went straight to voicemail.

Maybe she went to the beach says Christina

Or Mariah's says any

True I say

Want to go look for her? Asks Amy

Yeah I say

We go and walk to the beach. Lauren's wasn't there so we went to Mariah's. Lauren wasn't there either and then we went to jakes hoping she was there but she wasn't. I tried calling her again but got her voicemail. We decide to go home and wait to see if she comes home.

It's after 8 and she still hasn't come home.

If she's not back in the morning we will call the police says mom

Ok I say

The younger siblings are asleep and the older siblings are watching a movie. The movie ends 2 hours later and everyone but Chris and I go up to bed. We stay up to see if Lauren was going to be home. Lauren's comes though the door minutes later

She goes straight upstairs and we follow minutes later. We get ready for bed and I was going to talk to alien but she was already asleep. I get in bed and fall asleep.

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- Taylor