The Overcomer

Chapter 1: 10 Years Together

They had been together for ten years. Oceania and Jay had been hiding from their father for ten years. Oliver was six now and was off to school with Iris and Ivy. Stephen was in pre-school and Ryan, Seraphina, and Malach were in day care until Jay and Oceania pick them up. Oceania and Jay drive Oliver, Iris, and Ivy to school and pick them up. The foster parents drop off and pick up Stephen, Ryan, Seraphina, and Malach.

"Oliver, have a good day and please don't talk to Mom or our grandparents okay? You can talk to them after school, same to you too, Iris and Ivy." They nodded in agreement. "Okay, walk up to the school, okay? We can go home after that." They nodded again. They all got out of the car, it was the first day of school and Oceania is given the first few periods free if she wanted because of taking care of her siblings, Jay too. "Okay, come on." Oliver took Oceania's hand and so did Ivy, Iris took Jay's hand and they walked in the school.

"Hello, I'm Principal Michaels, nice to meet you." He looked to Oceania and Jay then to Oliver, Iris, and Ivy. "You are?" He asked. "I'm Oceania Wright, this is my brother Jay and your three new students Oliver, Iris, and Ivy Wright. We have different mothers but the same father. Mine and Jay's mother died when we were young, our father married their mother. Our parents abandoned us all one or two at a time." Oliver and Ivy grabbed her pant legs and got closer feeling safer. Oceania put a hand on their heads. Jay bending down to hug Iris, she was crying. "Um, so Jay, Mary, Riley, and I are the ones to call if they are in trouble."

"Oceania and I should be the first ones called though, Mary and Riley wanted us to take care of them because they wanted their family to take care of them." Principal Michaels nodded but was confused, all he got was call the oldest brother and sister first. "Okay, so is Oliver in the first grade or kindergarten?" She looked at the twins looking up and to her, so did Oliver, "Well, Oliver is supposed to be in first grade but if he wants to be with Iris and Ivy then he can go back to kindergarten or the girls could go to first grade, couldn't they?" Principal Michaels looked at them.

"I wouldn't normally do this, but in this is a different situation, I understand so yes, they may chose which grade they are in." Oceania looked at Oliver and the twins. Oliver, Iris, and Ivy moved away to talk, they moved back. "We want to be in first grade." Oliver said. Principal Michaels nodded, "Okay then, today you all will start first grade." Oceania hugged them and then Jay hugged them as well. "Have a good day, we'll pick you up later." They went back to their car and went to school.

Oceania was walking in the halls when she got a call from Principal Michaels, "Oceania, you said to call you first so I did." He paused and she heard another voice on the line. Oceania stopped in the hallway, "Principal Michaels, what's wrong?" She asked worried. "Oceania, Oliver got into a fight today. Some boys started picking on Iris and Ivy for being better at something than they were and Oliver hit them." He explained. "Are the boys okay?" She asked. "Yes, the boys are fine and so is Oliver. Iris and Ivy stopped them, for some reason the boys listened to Ivy and Iris." Oceania smiled. That's my sisters. Then a boy ran into Oceania making her drop her phone and also her books.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." A boy apologized but Oceania couldn't hear him, she had hit her head on the floor. "Oh my gosh!" He grabbed her hand and felt her pulse. "Oh thank god she's okay. This was not how we were supposed to meet." He said, picked her up carried her to the nurse. Her things were on her stomach and were with the nurse.

She woke up and went to her car, she felt fine, and found Jay. "Oceania, your okay!" He cried hugging her. Oliver walked up to them and so did Ivy and Iris. "Oliver, Iris, Ivy, did you have a good day?" Oceania asked. "Yes." They replied with a smile. "We understood everything even though we are a year younger." The twins smiled and Oliver was beaming with pride of his sisters. "Oliver, are you okay?" He looked at Oceania, "Yeah, those boys were suspended for bullying and for fighting Oliver. And Oliver is suspended for two days."

They had sounded so happy that Oceania looked at them with a tilted head. "Oliver is suspended for two days?" He looked down and nodded. Oceania had a feel of pride swell in her, he knew that he was in trouble and that he was sorry for getting suspended. "Oliver, look up." Oceania said looking right at him. "You did the right thing, but you are still in trouble for that." He gave a weak smile and nodded.

Jay looked at Oceania, "Can we give you nick names Oceania, like Ocean or O?" She shrugged, "Sure." And Jay pull his fist to his chest and said, "Yes."

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Meanwhile

"Jada, please? We could try, our children have been gone for 3 years, we could try." Their father said to Jada. "No, dear, I'm thirty now and we-", "But please, Jada. I would like more children and if this one doesn't work then I will talk of this no more." Jada sighed, "Fine."

About a month later Jada was not pregnant and the doctor said she could no longer bare children. When Adam was told he blamed Oceania and Jay. He would always call to his children in heaven but they would never answer him. Did they hate him for his words and cursed him and Jada? Were they angry at Jada for taking their mother's place? Or maybe they hated him for loving someone else in general? But then he thought, Oceania and Jay never had the feeling nor the word in their vocabulary so it couldn't be that. Oh what could it be?