A whole weeks gone by and top knot girl is still here. I hope she leaves soon because I can't avoid them forever. Daddys been making up lame excuses that the girls sister died 5 years ago and that she's a spirit medium or something but I can tell he's lying from a mile off. For the past week I've had to eat take outs because I resfuse to sit at the table with a lier and a girl who smoched Daddy. And to make matters worse according to my friend I'm jealous that Daddy is spending more time with Little Miss Top Knot than me! Seriously that's insane. I sit up in bed realising I've overslept and I'm late for school but I'm to tired to move so I'll just deal with it tomorrow. I turn back over and put my head under the covers hoping that it will somehow make HER go away, unfortunately that doesn't happen and insted of top knot girl going home I get a lying Daddy on my bed. I wriggle further under hoping he would get the message but as always it's to much to ask.

"Truce you can't ignore me forever" he says with a sigh "I didn't know that was going to happen and I would have told you, I promise." He pulls the covers of my head and covers my eyes with my hat.

"Promise?" I manage to choke out

"Promise" he says with a sincere smile. I sit up in bed and dad tells me that he'll tell school I'm ill today, I nod happily and jump up noticing I went to sleep with my clothes on. Running up to and opening my bedroom door I turn and smile at dad,

"I still don't want her here though" I say, fighting back a laugh athow funny Daddy's sad face looks. In my rush toget out of dads way I trip over the wire from the table light and scratch all of my knee. Top knot girl; who was pigging out on my food; rushes over to me and helps me to the couch.

"Are you ok?"she asks me in a sincere tone, picking up a plaster out of the cupboard and putting it on my grazed knee. I nod, fighting back the tears which would have been pouring down my face hsd it been Daddy.

"It's ok to cry you know, I won't judge" the truthfulness of her voice made me feel safe so I lean against her chest and let the tears pour out. She rubs my back until I choke out the last sob. I sit up to find them both smiling at me and I'm not quite sure how to react. Was I wrong about her? I asked myself and I find myself unable to not smile back. They both seem happy so Daddy and top kn.. no Daddy and Maya kiss again and I realise she's not so bad. I feel so happy that I even show her my new magic trick were I pull unpoped popcorn out of my magic panties and use an apple to pop it. After a few hours of me trying to teach Maya a magic trick she finally gets the hang of it.

"Do you want to grab a burger?" she asks me

"I prefer noodles" I say

"Well then we'll have to have noodle burgers" she says with a smile

"Maya, please don't corrupt my daughter" Daddy shouts from another room which makes us both laugh

"I will Nick don't worry" Maya laughs. At that moment I suddenly realise mabye having a Mummy won't be so bad.