A/NSorry if the formatting is weird guys. I wrote this on my phone.

August 19th 1996

Chloe Beale was nervous. She wanted to run back to Daddys car and hide. This was strange, because Chloe was never nervous. No, that was Aubrey and when Aubrey got nervous usually the smell of puke came to follow. But Aubrey wasn't nervous today. She was excited to be going to kindergarten. She wanted to show everyone how much she knew already. Chloe knew alot too, but Aubrey would get out of bed at night and read books and usually Mommy or Daddy brought her back to bed. Aubrey liked showing off how much she knew.

But today Chloe wasn't the outgoing one who didn't know boundaries or couldn't make a friend easily. Today Chloe was terrified and she clung onto Aubrey's hand for dear life.

Aubrey looked at her sister

"Chlo, it's gonna be okay. Remember what Mommy and Daddy said? It's only morning kindergarten. We're gonna go in and play and learn stuff and mommy is gonna pick us up and take us to the park."

"What if they don't like me Bree?" She whispered.

Aubrey turned to look her sister in the eye and grabbed her other hand.

"They're gonna love you Chloe and if they don't I'll deck them."

Chloe smiled at her sister, "Okay. Let's go."

The two girls walked hand in hand into their classroom.

Aubrey looked at her little sister, well, technically she was her little sister. She was only a couple months younger than her. The normally firey redhead was practically shaking in the chair across from her. She remembered the conversation she had with her Daddy the night before.

She had gotten up after mommy and Daddy had gone to bed so she could read. She was nervous but not as nervous as Chloe was. She didn't hear Daddy get up to go to the bathroom and come out into the living room.

"Aubrey, you're supposed to be in bed. It's 10pm."

"I just wanted to read for a little while Daddy. I found a new book."

She showed him the new book she'd found, it was a law book she'd found in mommy and Daddys room earlier.

"Honey that's a law book. Do you understand anything in that?" He asked, sitting down next to her on the couch.

"It's beginning law, Daddy. I wanna be a lawyer when I'm big."

Her Daddy smiled "You need to go to bed Pumpkin." He took the book and lifted the blanket off her. Aubrey lifted her arms up for him to carry her to bed.

"Chloe's scared Daddy." She told him.

"I know pumpkin. You're going to have to take care of her. She's your little sister, promise me you will always watch out for her." He whispered as he carried her back to bed.

"I promise Daddy." She whispered back.

Once he had left the room and she heard his door close, Aubrey crawled out of bed and tiptoed through the bathroom that she and Chloe shared and into her sisters room. Chloe was sprawled out on her bed. The pink blanket Mommy had gotten her was clutched in her hand and her comforter was bunched up on the floor. Aubrey crossed the room and picked up the blanket and draped it over her sister.

"I'll always be there for you Chloe. I promise I'll protect you forever and ever." She kissed her forehead and tiptoed back to her room and fell asleep.