Lily swayed her small feet back and forth while sitting in the yellow chair at her desk. It had been 7 minutes since school was over and she was waiting with her teacher for Beck to come pick her up. As soon as Beck came into the classroom, Lily stood up and walked towards him. "You're late" Lily said. "I know" Beck said before Lily wrapped her arms around his leg. "Your mom's not picking her up today?" Lily's teacher asked. "No, she had to be at work late" Beck said.
"How is she?"
"She's fine. We're just going through a tough time"
"Beck!" Lily whispered as she tugged his jacket impatiently. "Well, thank you for keeping her" Beck said as he picked Lily up. "You two take care" said Lily's teacher.
Beck walked to his car still holding his sister in his arms. "Beck, why do leaves change color?" Lily asked curiously. "Well, there's a pigment that leaves have in them called chlorophyll and once it breaks down, the green color disappears and changes its color".
"Like a chameleon?"
"Not exactly like a chameleon"
"If I were a leaf and change colors, I would be pink because it's my favorite" said Lily, "Beck, what color would you be if you were a leaf?"
"I would say I'd be turquoise"
"What's that?"
"A different shade of blue"
"Hmm..Ok" she said and Beck chuckled.
Later, After Beck looked over the script for the project he was doing with the gang at school, Lily insisted that he read her another story. He sat on his bed and read Where the Wild Things Are to her. "Beck?" Lily looked up at him. "Yeah?" he asked. "I miss Daddy" she said sadly. Beck sighed heavily. "Me too, Boo" Beck said as he bought his little sister close to him and rested his head on hers. He kissed the side of her head and rubbed her arm with his thumb. "Is he going to wake up?" Lily asked. Beck didn't know either if his dad was ever going to wake up from his coma, But he also he wanted to keep his little sister from thinking he would never come back. "I don't know" he told her, "But no matter what happens, I'll always look after you"
"Promise?"
"I promise?"
Lily stuck out her pinky, "Pinky promise?"
"Pinky promise" Beck stuck out his pinky and locked it with Lily's. Then, Beck tickled Lily's stomach. "Lily, why are you laughing so hard?" Beck playfully asked. "I'm not!" she giggled.
"Yeah you are, you're happy is showing"
"Beck!"
