The Soulmate Song ✔

Part 4

Twenty minutes later the four of us were sitting in a small fast-food restaurant not far from the school.

"You don't have to do this," Asa said from next to me. Lizzie and Ellie were buzzing with excitement and I felt joy watching them.

"But I want to," I said. Soon our names were called and we went and got our food, bringing it back to the table. I heard all three of the siblings' stomachs rumble, and I smiled at them. Lizzie and Ellie looked at me as if they were asking permission and I nodded my head, granting it to them. They tore into their food hungrily, and I leaned over to ask Asa,

"When was the last time you had a proper meal?" He looked at me and shrugged.

"Not since our parents died."

"And when was that?"

"Three years ago." I looked at him sadly.

"Do you go to school?" I asked him. He shook his head.

"We find odd jobs to do throughout the day and try our best to earn money so that we can eat," he said. "But not many people want dirty children cleaning their houses."

"I can help with that," I said.

"What, with cleaning houses?" he asked.

"No, with you guys being dirty. My parents are out of town for the weekend, so tomorrow, I'll come get you from the school and you can take showers at my house," I said.

"No, I wouldn't want to impose," Asa protested.

"It wouldn't be an imposition," I said. "You're coming to my house tomorrow and that's final." He sighed but didn't protest.

"If the doors are locked tomorrow there's a window on the south side of the building where you can get in." I nodded and kept that in mind. Soon we all were done eating, and we walked back to the school.

"Thank you," Asa said once we were back in the gym.

"You're welcome," I responded. "I have a question for you." He nodded, allowing me to go on. "So, my best friend is awesome with clothes and stuff and her parents are extremely rich, so can I enlist her to help you guys?"

"Is she trustworthy?" Asa asked.

"Yes. I've known her since I was three and I trust her very much," I said.

"Okay then. But don't let her spend too much money on us."

I only smiled.

The next morning I woke up to sunlight streaming through my window; I had forgotten to close my curtains last night. I saw that it was 9:00 already, and I picked up my phone to call Lucy.

"Hey, what's up?" Lucy asked when she picked up.

"I need you to come over today," I said.

"I was planning on it anyway," she said.

"Good. Get here ASAP," I said, then hung up. Lucy was here in ten minutes, pulling up in the fancy car her parents had bought for her when she turned 17.

"What do you need?" she asked, walking into my room.

"Okay, so this may seem really weird, but yesterday I went back to school to get a textbook I forgot that I needed to study this weekend, and I had a panic attack because the lights shut off while I was inside. But a guy found me on the floor and he talked me through it, helping calm me. I found out that he was the one to take me to the hospital the other day, and I asked why he had been in the school. He lives there, Luce. Lives there! Anyway, I asked to see what part of the building he lives in, and he led me to the gym, and he has these adorable six-year-old identical twin sisters who live there with him. They have lived there for three years since their parents died, and they do odd jobs all-day every-day to try to get money for a real meal. So I took them out to eat last night and Asa - that's his name - said that most people don't want dirty kids cleaning their houses so I told him that they could shower here since my step-parents are gone. And I want to help them with new clothes and stuff, the clothes they were wearing were old and tattered," I explained.