Madison layed on the couch with her feet up. She was waiting for her family to get there. She was at her father's house on a Friday. Her parents, Sam and Sonny, constantly fought over her custody arrangements and she was hardly able to see her father.
"Come on, guys!" she heard her sister yell. Katie came in the room with Mitchell, Morgan, and Kristina. "Hey Maddie. Where's dad?"
"At work again."
"Oh. Aren't you supposed to be with your mom tonight?" Katie questioned.
"It will be crazy tonight. I'm aloud to stay over here."
"But Mads, there are custody arrangements." said Kristina.
"Mom and Dad both agreed."
"You're mom agreed, just like that?" Mitchell asked.
"Yeah, she and Lucky have been fighting a lot lately. I'm just glad that I get to get out of there. My mom is insane."
"Don't say that, Madison." Kristina said calmly. "I would rather have an insane mother than no mother at all." Kristina's mom, Alexis, had died a few years ago, so Sonny had sole custody of her.
"I'm sorry, Krissy."
"It's okay." Kristina smiled at her sister. "Let's do something."
"Like what?" Morgan asked, becoming interested.
"We could go get something to eat?" Mitchell suggested.
"You guys can. I have to study." Katie said. She ran upstairs. Katie was very serious about her college school work.
"I'll drive us. Go get some of the emergency money." Kristina said. Madison went to the jar that Sonny kept in the kitchen and they all headed out to the car.
"Have you noticed Katie's been acting kind of strange?" Madison whispered to Morgan as they walked down the driveway.
"Yeah. Maybe she's just under a lot of stress from her work." He shrugged. "Come on."
Madison climbed in the passenger's seat and the boys got in the back. She turned up the radio and Kristina turned it right back down.
"Seatbelts. Now." She started the car and waited for everyone to put on their seatbelts. She backed down the driveway.