Gracie Rose | tracy beaker returns {on hiatus}

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This chapter contains parts that some readers may find upsetting.

It was just a normal sunny day. Everything seemed normal. I felt alright, Tracy was still here, everyone was just doing normal things. I was in the living room playing games with the girls when Mike came into the room.

"Guys, can you all listen up for a second please?" he asked.

We all turned to look at him to see what he had to say.

"Seeing as it's sunny outside, we've decided that we're going to go to the park. If you want to go and get ready and meet us at the minibus in ten minutes!"

We all cheered and ran to get our shoes on. I was so glad we were getting out of the house; everyone was so bored just sitting around. I went upstairs and put on my Adidas trainers and jacket, before brushing my long straight hair into a high ponytail. By the time I got outside, we were only waiting on Carmen, Liam, Sapphire and Harry. I went straight over to see Tracy with a smile. She wrapped her arms around me.

"Morning, sunshine! Are you excited for a day out?" she said.

"Yeah! I was bored just sitting around, it's good that we're having some time out together. Hopefully nothing will go wrong," I replied. After the last time we went out (the shopping centre), we all felt like things would go wrong everywhere we went. It was horrible.

"Neither do I. But, we care kids can do anything, we'll be okay." Tracy smiled.

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We arrived at the park and wandered around all the woods, before going to play. The park was big, and it had lots of trees and wildlife. In the summer, flowers would bloom into hundred of beautiful colours, making the areas light up. I loved it.

"Go over by the flowers for me, I want to take a nice photo of you with them," Tracy said. I jumped over the stepping stones and stood in the middle of the area.

"There we go!" Tracy said with a smile. I ran back to her and looked at the photo. It was really nice; I never knew Tracy was such a good photographer. I took her hand and carried on walking to the play area.

By the time we went to play, it was lunchtime, and when we're hungry, it doesn't go down well.

"If they don't get us food in the next ten minutes, I'm diving for burgers." Liam said, nudging Frank.

"Get us all some!" Carmen said.

"No, get your own!" Liam replied.

"We won't be able to do it here!" Frank said sadly.

"Guys, you're not diving for burgers. We're going to get some chips when we get near the play area. There's a place there where we can get some!" Mike said.

"Just chips? That's boring," Johnny moaned.

"Will you all stop complaining man!!" Gina shouted. "We're getting everyone some chips. At least we're buying you something!"

"Sorry, Gina," they said quietly.

When everyone else went to play, Mike and Gina bought all the chips. I stopped for a moment when we arrived, to look at my surroundings and see where I was. The park really was beautiful. Seeing so many people with smiling faces, and kids having all the fun in the world in the play areas. However, as I was looking around, a lady sitting on a bench caught my attention. She was wearing sunglasses, and was very, very skinny. She was smoking, and had a granny trolley with her, which looked full of alcohol. Her hair was a dirty blonde, but she didn't have much of it. Even then, it was all chucked up in a bun, and it didn't look like she'd done anything with it for days, even a week. She looked familiar, but I didn't realise who it was until she lifted her sunglasses for a moment. I gasped in shock and squeezed Tracy's hand when I realised.