Midnight's p.o.v

'NO!' My youngest brother Ryan yelled in his sleep. I knew what he was dreaming about, our stepdad beating him. I crept out of my bed and crawled into Ryan's tiny bed.

'Ssshhh, Ryan I'm here,' I whispered to him, while hugging him.

'Midnight?' He asked.

'Yeah it me little bro,' I said to him hugging him. He cried quietly into my chest.

'He was bashing me again.' Ryan whispered to me.

'It's okay Ryan. I will never let Stepdick hurt you.' I whispered while hugging him.

'Can you sing me a song Midnight?' Ryan asks. I smiled at him and flicked some of my dark brown hair out of my face. I knew that Ryan loved Hotel California, so I quietly sang it to. Ryan joined in at the chores.

'You know the rest of the words don't you?' I ask him. Ryan nodded and I kissed him on the forehead, before climbing out of his bed.

'Where are you going?' Ryan asked while quickly got changed into a set jeans and shirt.

'I'm going to make some cash from the bikers. But I will be back soon.' I say while looking over at my other younger brother Trevor, who was still sleeping.

'If you get scared, just curl up with T.' I say to Ryan. Ryan nodded and I crept out through the bedroom window. The sounds of dead grass crunched as I landed on the ground. My name is Midnight Philips and I'm 14 years old. My younger brother Trevor is 13 while Ryan is 8 years old. I have dark brown hair, which comes down to my waist when it's untied. My eyes are a dark blue, like the midnight sky. That's one of the reasons on my I got my name, also the fact that I was born at midnight on the 12th of May 1964. I jogged down to the local bar, where the bikers were hanging out.

'Hey, there is our young Midnight.' Roy the leader says.

'Hey Roy. You know why I'm here?' I ask him.

'Yeah I do. I got some drugs that need to go to a guy that about half an hour from here.' Roy says before throwing a duffle bag at me. I caught it. Time to make some cash, since Ma and Stepdick can't be bothered with help their own kids.

Trevor's p.o.v

Midnight must have gone to the local bike gang to make some cash. Looking over into her into her bed, I could see Ryan in it. I know what will happen when Midnight returns Ma and Chris or Stepdick, as Midnight like to call him, will take all of Midnight's money from her. I have no idea what Ryan and I would do without our older sister. She has always been there for us. She puts us through school, takes on the kids that bullies us and she even takes on Stepdick when he beat me or Ryan. While Ryan and I beg from him to stop, Midnight fights back. She has always been the brave one, Ryan even called her Ma once.

'Hey T. Are you awake?' Midnight whispered from the window. I crept over to the window.

'How did you go?' I ask her.

'Didn't quite make the amount that I normally would. Stepdick is not going to be happy.' Midnight whispers before handing me some of the cash.

'You know where to hide it?' Midnight asks. I nodded.

'I will see you in a few ticks.' Midnight says before disappearing from the window. I opened her wardrobe and pulled out a tiny box. In the box is money that she keeps aside so that she can pay for our bills, clothes and food. I heard the trailer door open quietly and Midnight came back into the room, untying her hair, from the high ponytail.

'How do you do it Midnight?' I ask her.

'What grow my hair this long? You want to see who can grow the longest hair?' Midnight says. I gave a small laugh. Midnight never fails to make Ryan and I laugh.

'You know what I mean.' I say to her.

'T we have talked about this. I'm the oldest, it my job to look out for my younger brothers.' She says to me while curling back up into her bed.

'Ma?' Ryan asks in his sleep.

'You only meant to look out for us, not raise us. That's meant to be Ma's job.' I say while pulling my blankets over me.

'Trevor if it wasn't for me, you and Ryan would possible be dead. Hell Ma and Stepdick wouldn't care if any of us died.' Midnight says.

'They would if you did.' I say.

'Yeah because there would no longer any money.' Midnight says trying to keep her eyes open.

'Get some sleep M. You look like you could us it.' I say to her. Midnight nodded before closing her eyes and falling asleep.