Chapter Three
As the week came to a close, Jessica still hadn't felt any labor pains. So the doctor had arranged for her to come in so they could induce the labor. The new mother hadn't been very thrilled about the idea, but feeling so uncomfortable carrying her baby, she knew it'd be best to do as the doctor said.
Arriving at the hospital, the doctor had them follow him back to the maternity ward. "Good morning, Ms. Buchanan." He said, after they entered the room she'd be staying in. "Now, I know, I'm not the doctor who you have been seeing during your pregnancy but I assure you that everything will go smoothly."
The woman nodded, she'd rather have a doctor she didn't know deliver her baby than give birth to it on her own as her mother had when she'd been pregnant with her. After speaking with the doctor, the mother called her niece to tell her that the baby was going to be born today so the four of them could head over.
Once everyone arrived, the doctor broke Jessica's water to begin the long, painful process of labor. He told them it may take a while for the contractions to start so they might have to give her some medication to hurry it along.
As the day went on, the pregnant woman continued to not have any contractions which made the doctor very confused. He decided to do an ultra-sound to see if anything had been causing this to happen.
While the doctor prepared the ultra-sound equipment, Jessica and her mother were worried beyond belief. Especially Jessica, since she could tell for the last four months of her pregnancy that something had been wrong with her daughter. Yet not even her own doctor believed that. So whatever would be wrong with her baby, she blamed it on her doctor for not doing anything.
"Well, it seems to me that the placenta is blocking the baby from getting out, so if we don't deliver her now she will most certainly die." Her doctor announced in a serious tone, looking at the baby on the screen. Not only had he noticed that but the doctor also noticed that Lillian had not been the normal size of a forty-two week old baby. Though they would deal with that once she was born.
Jessica looked at him with fear in her eyes, she could easily see that he knew something hadn't been quite right with the baby inside of her and now she'd finally figure out what it is.
As the doctor rolled the bed down to the operating room, he told her that she could allow one person into the room with her. Surprisingly, she'd chosen Hannah to come in with her. She had felt that the baby's new mother, whom she'd be going home with after this, should be the one to see the child be born. Though, the girl hadn't been thrilled about having to give Lillian up, she still tried to make an effort towards her daughter's new parents.
Hannah, on the other hand, felt very grateful towards the woman whom had been giving her and her husband such a beautiful gift. She knew that Lillian would never, ever take the place of Miley but she would finally replace the hole in her heart from losing her baby. And the mother had known that this baby would make their family complete.
Once they arrived in the operating room, Jessica's doctor prepared everything that he'd need to deliver the baby. He also called down a few other nurses and some doctors from the NICU in case of something going wrong with the delivery.
Seeing all the doctors and equipment surrounding her, Jessica began to cry. She never thought she'd be doing this so soon. The girl hadn't even gone to college yet, and now she had been about to give birth to her first child, one whom she would never see grow up or go to her first day of school. It sadden her that she agreed to giving up such a beautiful gift, but she knew this was meant to be. She'd also known that Lillian's new family would love her more than anything and that's all she wanted her little girl, love and happiness.
The other woman realized that Jessica had begun to cry so, being the kind person she is, grabbed one of her hands and held it close. "Everything's going to be fine, sweetheart." She spoke softly, stroking the hand she'd been holding. "I promise, Jessica."
While Hannah tried to keep the distraught woman calm, the doctor began to numb her stomach, rubbing cream onto it. When he had finished with that, he cut open the stomach to reveal a very tiny baby lying inside of the uterus. The doctor reached in to grab the baby, placing her on the table to clean her.
Lillian, the baby, had been very small for a full-term baby and hadn't cried the entire time she'd been out. The mother, who'd just gave birth to her, hadn't even known she was outside of her. Until the baby girl finally let out a huge cry that made everyone's hear stop. Jessica had been so relieved to hear her daughter's cry, that she almost thought that maybe nothing had been wrong with her this whole time. Unfortunately she'd been wrong.
Once the doctor finished cleaning the tiny newborn, her brought it over for the two woman to finally meet. "Here's your new baby. She's so beautiful, but very tiny. We'll have to keep her in NICU for the night, so we can figure out what's caused this. But before we take her, would either of you like to hold her?"
Both woman looked at each other and over at the beautiful little baby girl. Jessica had more than anything wanted to hold her daughter but she knew if she'd done so she wouldn't let her go, so looked towards Hannah letting her know that she may hold the baby.
Hannah gave her a grateful smile, patting her hand before the doctor carefully handed her the frail newborn. It felt so right having the little angel in her arms, she gave a soft smile to the baby, so thrilled that she'd be the one to raise her. Though she felt bad that she'd be taking the other's baby from her. She knew how hard this would be for the young girl and she wanted to make this as easy as possible for her.
The woman, holding Lillian in her arms, looked over at the other with a warm smile. "You can hold her too, Jess. She is your baby." She said softly, trying to get her to agree. She had wanted the baby to know whom her real mother was as well, so she could understand that Jessica had done this for her and not because she hadn't wanted her because Hannah knew with all of her heart how much this sweet little baby meant to the other woman.
Jessica stared at her baby with sadness, she wanted so desperately to hold her but she knew that she couldn't or else things would go wrong so she shook her head tearfully as she hid her face into a pillow crying.
Once the doctor took the baby, Hannah quickly wrapped her arms around the other, letting her cry onto her shoulder. It was the least she could do for the girl, since after all she'd been giving their family her child.
"Oh, Jessica..." The woman said sadly, stroking her hair as she hugged her close. "Sweetie, I know how hard this is for you. I really do but you're still welcome to be apart of Lillian's life. Really, Jess, my husband and I would love for her to get to know her real mother as well. Please don't be upset, sweetheart."
Hannah had just hated to see the girl cry so much, she knew this would be hard for her, but she didn't want her to have to deprive herself from seeing her baby. And thinking of how she'd act after the baby left had been even worse for her. She could see Jessica becoming so depressed she'd end doing something that she'd regret. The loving mother couldn't bear to watch that, it would be very heartbreaking, especially when Lillian would be older and ask about her real mother.
Though, no matter what Hannah had said to her, Jessica couldn't accept it. What kind of life would it be for her daughter to have two mothers and one father? It would be awful for her and she just could not do that to her no matter how much she loved the little girl.
A few days after Lillian's birth, the parents learn that she had stopped growing after the sixth month of Jessica's pregnancy due to the lack of blood flow. The baby had only been about fourteen inches long, while weighing only two pounds. Fortunately all of her organs worked properly and besides how small she'd been, she was a healthy baby.
Though for poor Jessica, she hadn't spoken to anyone since the birth of her child. She wouldn't even take any medicine when the doctor brought it in for her. Her mother became very worried with her behavior that she asked the doctor if he could have her stay a few extra days in case she got worse.
The doctor told the new parents of Lillian that she would have to stay here for a while so she could continue to grow into the normal size of a newborn baby. They would have to monitor her blood flow for the next few months to make sure everything had been all right.
It had been late afternoon as Hannah walked into Jessica's room, she hated to see her so upset. She sensed that this would happen and she hadn't liked it one bit.
As she approached the woman's bed, she noticed she'd been asleep so she took a seat next to her, while soothingly stroking her hand. She held the hand tightly in hers while the other slept restlessly in her bed. This had to be the hardest thing for a mother to grow, excluding what happened with her baby.
When Jessica finally awoke from her sleep, she looked over at the other who sat by her side. "How's Lillian?" She asked in a hoarse, quiet tone. The girl still hadn't want to speak to anyone though she did want to know how her baby girl had been.
Hannah gave her a warm smile while pulling her into a loving embrace. "Lillian is perfect. The doctor said she's very small but all of her organs are working just fine. How are you, sweetie?" She stroked the young girl's hair softly as she hugged her close. The blonde haired woman had been so ecstatic about the baby she had almost forgotten how upset her poor cousin had been.
The other woman, lying in the bed, shook her head. She didn't want to be asked that, wasn't it obvious how she felt? Could she not see how distraught she'd been? Giving up her baby had been the hardest thing she'd ever have to do and people wondered why she cried herself to sleep every night. "I feel empty. Very empty." Was her quiet reply.
Not knowing what else to say to make the young girl feel better, Hannah only hugged her tighter. She hated that she had been the one making the poor girl feel so alone. So badly, she wished she could make all the pain go away. Though the mother no matter what she tried to for her, it would never make up for having to lose her baby and she knew it. "I love you so much, Jessica. You've given my husband and I such a wonderful gift, sweetheart, and we will always love you for that." The woman said softly as she held the girl close in her arms, pressing a loving kiss to her forehead.
As Hannah and Robbie prepared the house for the girls' birthday party, Ruthie came over to watch Jackson for them. The babies were sitting in their cribs wondering what in the world was going on today, they'd seen so many people coming over to see them that they just didn't understand.
Lillian, whom they now called Lilly for short, had been still quite small for a one year old but she still was an amazing little girl. She loved to play with the other baby and never wanted to sleep which caused her parents to not get any sleep as well. Destiny, on the other hand had been the most happiest girl in the world. She'd smile and giggle every time she'd seen her sister, it made her laugh when the other baby would bite her thumb. Not only had she been a very happy baby, she also loved the sound of music, especially her father's.
Hannah went in their room to take them out from their cribs when she'd seen Destiny lying on the floor cooing. She quickly grabbed her and cradled in her arms, unable to believe she got out of her crib. "Oh my, Destiny, you're growing up so fast... Please stop that sweetie." She smiled softly at her beautiful baby girl, who in return smiled back at her while chewing on her hair. "Ma-ma."
The mother smiled, she had been so happy to hear her daughter say that, she only wished Lilly would do the same. Sadly, she knew that the other baby wouldn't be able to since she still had no teeth, the girl couldn't even walk yet. She tried to stand up on her own but each time she'd fall right on her butt which made Destiny giggle. While Lilly still hadn't been able to walk, Destiny had been walking since she'd only been ten months old. And that really amazed her parents. Now at a little over thirteen months, she had been able to walk all over the place without any help at all.
After she took both girls from their cribs, she happily brought them into the living room to play with Jackson as they waited for everyone to arrive. Though since Lilly had been quite small, she hadn't want her to be on the floor with her son in there, so she held her on her lap, watching the other two play happily on the floor.
Lilly, on the other hand was not too thrilled about the idea, so she began to sob, making sure everybody could hear her. Her mother felt bad for having to hold her but she didn't want her to get hurt. She rocked her softly, trying to soothe her but the baby still cried, angry with her mother.
Her sister stopped playing, looking over towards her with sad eyes, she didn't like hearing her cry. So she carefully walked over to them and jumped onto the couch next to her mother. Destiny grabbed the other baby's hand, looking into her eyes with sadness. "No cwy." She spoke in her cute little baby voice, placing a slobbery kiss onto Lilly's hand.
Hannah only watched in amazement at how her daughter's little actions made the baby she'd been holding stop crying within seconds and smiling as she looked at her big sister. She sensed that the two girls would be closer than ever when they were older, smiling at the thought.
Once all the people who had been invited to the girls' first birthday party arrived, the parents brought the babies outside where everyone couldn't wait to fuss over them. They all loved the babies, wanting to hold them and take pictures of them. Destiny really enjoyed all the attention she'd been receiving but Lilly had definitely not. She began to cry as all these people she hadn't known fought over who would be holding her next.
The poor little baby couldn't take all this so she started to squirm around, crying her little eyes out. Robbie hated to see his daughter crying so hard, which he could definitely notice she got it from her real mother, so he pulled her away from all the people and rocked her until she fell asleep. There were so many things about Lilly, that he just couldn't seem to understand. For one he didn't understand why she'd been so afraid of all these people, its not as if they'd hurt her. He began to wonder if something more serious had been wrong with his baby girl but decided to worry about it later after the party.
Hannah sat, holding Jackson close to her while she had a conversation with Viki, whom she had invited so she could see how her granddaughter had been doing. She would have invited Jessica as well, but a few months after Lillian had gone home with the Stewart family, she died of extreme depression and it broke Hannah's heart to hear that. She knew something as that would end up happening and she wished so badly that it hadn't.
Viki couldn't take it losing her daughter, it had been extremely hard for her but with her two sons helping her out, she finally came to peace with it and tried as much as possible to visit her only grandchild. She felt horrible that this poor baby would never get to know who her real mother had been, but she'd been so glad that she had a wonderful mother as Hannah to look after her.
The other woman tried her hardest to keep Lilly healthy and happy, she knew how easy it'd been for the baby to become stressed out. Fortunately though, with having Destiny around her, it really helped for the other baby to do more things. She kept her very content most of the time and could always cheer her up when she had been sad.
As the party came to an end, everyone began to leave wishing the babies a happy birthday for the millionth time before walking out the door. The only two people whom were left had been, Ruthie and Viki. Both of them had been staying for the night since they lived farther away then all the other relatives had.
Lilly had been sitting on Hannah's lap as the two sat on the couch watching Jackson play with his truck. The baby smiled as she watched the truck move from one area to the other, she thought it to be the best thing in the world. "Aah." She cooed, burying her face into her mother's chest happily. The mother smiled at her, realizing she'd been tired and held her close.
Destiny sat on her father's lap as he told her a story about a princess named Miley who lived in the sky. She smiled at the name, knowing exactly who her father had been talking about. "Baby." She grinned, pleased with herself as she snuggled into her father's loving arms. Robbie smiled at her, knowing she was tired and held her close to him. "Goodnight, Destiny."
Another birthday came, the girl's had been turning two this year. Finally, Lilly had begun walking. It was still a very wobbly walk but her parents couldn't be prouder. She also had a few teeth coming in, which put her in a fussy mood, though her sister always came to the rescue when she heard her crying.
Destiny, on the other hand, had been able to talk using full sentences now, and walking had come very easy to her. She still continued to smile all the time which led to her parents calling her 'Miss Smiley' making them think of Miley whom they wished were here with them to celebrate her second birthday but sighed, knowing that wouldn't happen.
Hannah took her energetic toddlers into the playroom with her, so they could play for a while before their relatives arrived for the party. She was definitely going to keep a close on Lilly to make sure she didn't hurt herself as she had been in the past few weeks. She could see it in her baby's eyes that something had been hurting her but she couldn't figure out what it could be.
The blonde haired toddler giggled as her older sister tickled her with a feather she saw in the toy box. She loved her older sister so much and hated being away from her, it'd been the hardest thing in the world for Lilly to be separated from Destiny for any reason at all. It sometimes worried her parents that she was becoming too attached to her own sister.
The brunette haired toddler didn't mind at all that her sister had been attached to her, she thought it was funny. Though if she ever heard her sister crying she would stop playing and run to wherever she had been, which her parents though was weird as well but thought maybe the two only had a special bond with each other.
Lilly began to feel tired from playing so she crawled over to her mother and snuggled onto her lap. "Muhhmy." She said tiredly, as she nuzzled her head into the crook of Hannah's neck. The loving mother smiled warmly at her little angel, she loved having her in her arms. "Go to sleep, if you're tired sweetie." She soothed into her ear as she rocked her back and forth.
As the guests finally arrived, Hannah brought the twins out to the backyard so they could say hi to everybody. Just as their first birthday party, all the adults made a fuss over the two toddlers, fighting over gets to hold who first. Lilly still hadn't liked all the attention but with her older sister right beside her, holding her hand, she didn't become scared. Just having her sister near her always made her feel better.
While all the adults sat around the table, talking, the toddlers played in the sandbox with Jackson who had been building a castle. As the three of them continued to play in the sand, a little girl about the little boy's age came walking over with a younger brother. They ran over, into the sandbox and began to build things as the other boy did.
The young boy, Tyler, looked at Lilly and glared. He didn't like her, which no one knew why, so he wanted to do something that would make her cry. As the precious little girl continued to play with her big sister, Tyler decided he'd put sand in her pants. He quickly grabbed a handful of sand and sneakily put it down her pants, snickering.
The brunette haired toddler noticed it and looked over towards the boy madly. She didn't like when someone picked on her little sister so she grabbed some sand, herself, then put it down his pants with a smirk. But the boy had not liked that so he sneaked behind Lilly and pushed her face forward so she landed in the sand face first.
Destiny really grew angry as she spit on the boy who hurt her sister before helping the sobbing girl up from the sand and hugging her tight. "No sad, Lilly." She said softly in her cute toddler voice, holding her sister's hand as she took them to find their mommy.
As they approached Hannah, she wrapped them both in her arms while stroking their hair. "Don't cry, my precious Lilly. Momma's here." She spoke softly, in her thick southern accent. While continuing to stroke her hair, she knew her daughter must have hurt herself again. She hated thinking that, but sadly Lilly's been doing that so much lately. "Lilly, baby, have you hurt yourself again? Tell momma the truth, sweetheart."
Destiny looked at her mother with confusion. Why would her sister hurt herself? That would be dumb, she thought. "No, momma. Lilly no hurted herself. Tywer did." She said, holding her sister's hand.
The mother sighed in relief, she had been glad to hear that at least it hadn't been Lilly who'd done it but could not believe that Tyler would do something as that her precious little girl. She disliked anyone who hurt her three babies, most certainly Lilly because of how small she'd been compared to everyone else. Besides who would ever have the heart to hurt such a sweet child as she? Obviously there were cruel people in the world who could careless about other people and she would do anything to keep her babies safe from them.
Another birthday came along, this year the girls' were turning ten and couldn't wait. Both had been planning it for months, there parents laughed at how excited the two were. Lilly had still been quite small for her age but that didn't stop her from doing what she wanted which made her parents proud. She enjoyed more sporty things as skateboarding and basketball which her mother sometimes wish she wouldn't do because of weak her bones were, though her daughter hadn't listened.
Destiny, on the other hand, whom they now called Miley since she smiled so much, had been more girly but still enjoyed watching her sister do all the sports she'd done. Though what she enjoyed to do was sing and play every instrument she could think of. Her mother and father were very impressed with all the instruments she knew how to play. Sometimes it made Lilly feel as if her sports meant nothing to them, though Jackson always told her how good she'd been at them.
While they waited for friends to come over Miley hung out in her room while Lilly watched a basketball game on TV. She didn't like the friends her sister invited over, since they all made fun of her height, which her older sister hadn't known but the blonde couldn't make her sad so she just decided to deal with as her brother would.
The only friend that Lilly had invited had been a boy named, Thomas, who enjoyed to go skateboarding with her. The two were close, though not as close as she and her big sister had been. Miley had always watched her as hawk when they went places, and she never let anyone hurt unless she didn't know about it. Had she known about her friends picking on Lilly, she'd throw em' to the curb.
Before everyone got there, Miley decided to go talk with Lilly for a bit. She slowly made her way down the stairs, smiling when she saw how cute her sister looked when she squinted at the television. "Hey Lils." The girl said softly, in her southern accent that sounded as her mother's. She took a seat beside her sister as she wrapped an arm around her shoulder, hugging her tight.
The smaller girl looked at her with a huge grin as she snuggled into the warm embrace she'd been sharing with her sister. "Hi Miley. Are you excited?" She asked, she didn't really have an accent as the rest of her family did, it kind of made her feel weird. No matter what though, her family loved her more than anything.
Her elder sister nodded her head while stroking the younger one's chin. She had been more than thrilled about having this party but felt bad that her poor sister only had one friend when she had ten.
In school, Lilly had been more of a quiet girl who studied more than she spoke, whereas Miley had been very talkative and couldn't pay attention for more than five minutes on one subject which is why so many people enjoyed her presence. And another reason everyone disliked the blonde's. So whenever her sister wasn't with her, they'd give her a very hard time, making sure she knew she'd been worthless.
No one in her family knew about this, she'd been to ashamed to tell anyone so she kept it to herself, bottling up all her emotions she held inside of her. Though one day, if she continued to do this, her emotions would overwhelm her and the outcome wouldn't be good.
Once everyone arrived at the house the blonde sighed sadly as she left the living room, hoping to see her friend walk in but when she hadn't, she ran to her room feeling worse than ever. Her mother noticed this and ran up after her, not wanting her daughter to be alone when she felt that way, she knocked on her door lightly. "Lilly, may I come in sweetie?" She asked softly, feeling so awful that her little girl's friend hadn't showed up.
Lilly sobbed a yes while continuing to clutch her pillow, she couldn't believe her only friend wouldn't show up to her party. As her mother opened the door to her room, she quickly made her way over to her poor girl who'd been bawling her eyes out and pulled her into her arms. "Oh, baby, I'm so sorry your friend didn't come..." She soothed, rocking her daughter back and forth. "It's going to be okay though, my sweetheart, I'm sure Miley will allow you hang out with her and her friends."
The blonde began to cry even harder when her mother suggested that, sure Miley would be more than willing to have Lilly hang out with them but her friends would never agree to that. Hannah sighed, as she continued to soothe her baby girl, she hated seeing her so upset, it almost reminded her of when she'd been with Jessica all those years ago. The mother couldn't stand to lose her baby because of something so simple. She wasn't going to leave the room until she knew for sure her daughter felt better.
As Hannah continued soothing her daughter, Miley ran in with concern written all over her face. "Lilly, are you okay? Momma why is she crying?" The brunette haired girl asked, her tone full of concern for her younger sister. She hated to see her Lilly ever upset, it broke her heart.
Her mother looked from her distraught daughter to her older one with a sad sigh. She continued stroking the smaller one's hair, trying to calm her from crying. "Your poor sister's friend didn't make it and now she's really upset about it." Miley let out a quiet gasp, feeling terrible for her little sister. She didn't like to see the girl in pain, she wanted so badly to take all her pain away.
"Aww, Lilly, I'm so sorry he didn't come! How about you come hang without my friends and I? I don't want you to have to stay in your room crying all night." She said softly, stroking the girl's arm as she pulled her away from her mother and into her arms.
Hannah carefully moved away, getting off the girl's bed as she watched in amazement at how much her daughters' could make each other feel better. She smiled softly at that, she had been so grateful for her daughters being so close. There hadn't been anything better than a close family. The mother quietly left their room, pleased with how well she and Robbie had raised their children.
Finally Lilly's crying turned in to light sniffles as her sister hugged her close while stroking her hair as her mother had done. "Come on, Lils. Let's go downstairs, okay?" Her older sister spoke, in a soft voice, giving her a small smile. The two slowly made their way down the stairs and into the living room where all of Miley's friends sat on the couch waiting for her.
Some of them rolled their eyes as they saw her sister with her but others only sighed so their friend wouldn't become suspicious about it. None of the girls' really liked Lilly, they thought she'd been a pest at school since she just had to know every single answer to every single question. So whenever her sister hadn't been looking, they would push her around and even push her into lockers since she had been so small.
Lilly, on the other hand, had been scared to death to see the girls' who always hurt her so she tried to hide behind her older sister as they sat on the couch beside her friends. Fortunately Miley hadn't noticed her actions while she continued to talk with her friends.
She decided to go get her friends some drinks since they began to feel thirsty, asking Lilly if she wanted to come with her. Of course, the blonde wanted to go with her but the girls' friends smiled evilly as they told her that they wanted her sister to stay.
As the brunette finally left, her friends glared at the smaller girl who had been hiding into the couch. They couldn't wait to make her life miserable. "Hello, Lillian...Ready to be hurt?" A girl with brown pigtails said, smiling evilly at her. The other girl began to tear up, she hated being in the room with these girls. She tried to run out of the room but the girl with brown pigtails tripped her, as everyone laughed.
Fortunately for Lilly, her elder sister came running in to see her sister lying on the floor, in pain, crying. She hurried to her side, wrapping her arms lovingly around her waist. "Lilly, what happened? Are you okay?" She looked over towards her friends who immediately stopped laughing. She glared at them, knowing that one of them must have done something while continuing to hold her sister close, trying to make her pain go away.
The girls stared at Miley, realizing she knew what they had done to her younger sister. They knew she'd be furious with them so all of them looked away. "How could you do this to my Lilly? You know how tiny she is and yet you still hurt her?" Their friend said angrily, holding her sister close. She despised people who hurt the poor girl.
Lilly, being scared to death, only wanted to run upstairs to her room where she knew everything would be okay. Though, having her sister's arms wrapped securely around her, she knew she'd be safe. Miley's arms had been her shield and whenever they'd been wrapped around her no one dare tried to hurt her.
Her elder sister let out a sigh as she stroked the other's hair, then carefully brought her upstairs to her room and placed her gently on the bed. "Get some rest, Lils. I'll speak with my friends and make sure what happened earlier doesn't repeat itself." She pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead while wrapping the blanket around her. "I love you, Lilly-bear."
After making sure her sister felt comfortable, she quietly left the room. As Lilly tried to rest, she could faintly hear a knock on the door. Think it may be one of Miley's friends, she hid under the blankets.
The door creaked open to reveal her elder brother, staring at her with deep concern. He could easily see that something had really been bothering his little sis and he wanted to know what so he could make it go away.
"Lilly, what's wrong?" He asked softly, taking a seat beside her on the bed. Jackson had always sensed when something was wrong with his younger sisters and done whatever he could to help them. He stroked his sister's forehead, knowing that always calmed her down.
The small girl scooted closer to her brother, hoping for some comfort. Her brother noticed and gladly pulled her into his strong arms. "Come on, Lils, we'll go to the skate-park with my friends. That should cheer you up." The teenage boy said hoping she'd agree, he loved hanging with her at the skate-park. It had been something special the two siblings done together, though their parents made it clear to Jackson that he better keep a very close eye on the small girl.
Arriving at the park, Lilly took off with her skateboard. Even though her parents hadn't allowed her to go off on her own, she did it anyway. Her brother kept his eye on her making sure she didn't go off with any strangers.
While the blonde enjoyed skateboarding, Jackson sat and spoke with his friends, who just adored how cute his little sister was. "Your sister is such a cutie pie, Jackson." His friend, Kylie said as she watched the small girl do such amazing tricks. The older brother nodded with a smile. "I know."
Another birthday rolled by, the twins were turning thirteen and couldn't be more thrilled. Both had become much closer over the past three years, so close that Lilly had finally told Miley about her friends bullying her.
Once Miley had heard of this, she never spoke to her friends again and never let her little sister go anywhere at school without her by her side. Nobody ever let Lilly walk anywhere alone, people thought them to be way too overprotective with her but her parents hadn't cared. Lilly was their precious baby girl who needed their protection more than anything.
As the girls sat in Miley's room, they looked through some teen magazines smiling at the cute guys they'd seen in them. "Do you think we'll ever have boyfriends Miles?" The blonde asked as she took a seat beside the taller girl, whom wrapped her arm gently around Lilly's shoulder.
"Aww, of course we will sweetie." The brunette smiled warmly at her while she stroked her hair soothingly. "But until then, all we need is each other, Lilly."
After a while of reading magazines, the two teenager girls decided they'd ask their parents if maybe they could move to another state for the new school year. Both had wanted a fresh start, where they could make some good friends who wouldn't bully Lilly around. Because once Miley told her friends off, they pretty much made both their lives a living hell and the older girl couldn't take it anymore. She wanted to have a fresh start where people appreciated her younger sister.
The girls entered the kitchen where the mother had been preparing their favorite meal for lunch, she looked over at them with a smile. "Hey, there, my angels." She spoke softly, pulling them close to her. "I can't believe my sweet babies are teenagers. God, you two are getting big way too fast."
Lilly looked away at that, she was anything but big. While her sister had been a little over five foot, she only stood at four feet and six inches. She felt so childish for being so short and sometimes wondered if her family had been embarrassed by her.
Hannah stroked her cheek softly, "Sweetheart, be happy." She held her daughters close to her. "I love you girls more than anything in the world."