From Rags To Riches

Chapter 14

"What HAPPENED in here?!" Andrea and I said in unison.

"Well, um you see we um.. we were playing some videogames and got hungry. And, we messed up. We messed up bad," Logan said, laughing as he licked some batter off his face.

"Well, good look cleaning that up," I laughed as I surveyed the damage. Hopefully no one would be that upset about a little mess in the kitchen.

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After almost an hour worth of scrubbing, mopping, washing and drying the kitchen was almost spotless. Except for a few spots on the ceiling.

"Uh oh there's a little spot right over here." Jake said attempting to reach it but coming up short. He then attempted to make Andrea sit on his shoulders, someone he's done with many of our siblings, by grabbing her waist gently before she stiffened and let out a scream. Instantly Jake set her down, backing away, his eyes filled with guilt.

Carter, Mai, Claire and Matt were in their rooms, leaving the moment we had finished getting the larger part of the mess cleaned up. It was just Jake, Andrea, Logan and I left.

"Woah, Andrea you okay?" Logan asked her.

"I- I'm fine, just wasn't expecting that," she answered him, her facing stating the opposite as the ghostly paleness refused to leave.

"Andrea I'm sorry I didn't know it'd-" Jake apologized, being cut off mid sentence.

"I said I'm fine!" She raised her voice before realizing that those who were in the living room had gone quiet. "I just overreacted, I need some time alone."

Andrea walked towards the assigned room, closing the door before I heard a scream and muted sobs coming from behind it. They were so quiet I almost missed it.

Jake and Logan were talking in hushed tones so I decided to talk to Andrea on my own.

Slowly opening the door I quietly walked in and sat down on Andrea's bed, directly next to her.

She was hidden under the blankets, sitting on the bed against the wall, legs curled and sobbing. She was whimpering, giving inhuman sounds before sobbing into her knees. Her blonde hair was tangled, as wild as the jungle. She raised her head to look at me and I realized how upset she was. Her dark makeup was smeared and running, her bloodshot eyes seemed to hold a brokenness that I had never seen before.

"Hey, what's wrong? What happened?" I asked her quietly, wondering what could have happened to put her in such a state of distress.

She took a deep breath before looking me in the eyes, stray tears falling down her face. Her eyes seemed a darker shade of blue, the seriousness radiating off her expression.

"I've been raped repeatedly since I was 10. Your brother saved me from ending it all last year on January 12th, 2013."

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Author's Note:

Chapter 14 !!

So we learn a bit about Andrea's past huh? What do you think?

I don't really have much to say tonight hmm...

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What do you miss the most about childhood?

I would have to say.. Innocence? No.. More like, the fact that whenever you got mad at someone the anger wouldn't last and how you could get practically anything you wanted with some puppy dog eyes.

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P.S. If you look at the picture you will see Logan who is played by Dylan O'Brien *swoon*