Elektra Pov

The next few weeks were alright to be honest. Lily met her dad, and I'd made up with her. Liam got worms down his tee shirts-nice one Carms! Gina got water up her bum. Then we had a water fight with the hose pipe and me and Liam were the worst hit ones; I had to seriously adjust my clothes about after to not look too wrong in front of everybody else. Liam was wet all over and water was dripping from his body. Not that he seemed to mind, he just joined in with the fun!

Then another time Liam got himself into trouble for riding an oldie's scooter! It was hilarious! He had to wear a full suit and tie for the meeting in court. And I simply just couldn't not take a picture of him looking like some Scrooge-in-a-jacket! And then afterwards Gus called us for a meeting only just to say his 'girlfriend' was coming over! Everyone tried not to laugh but then this was Gus and no offence but why on earth would a girl ask him out? Or maybe he asked out a girl? I didn't care much after the shock. But Gus looked petrified when Carmen and Tee fired him with questions. Sapphire was even willing to give tips! I got all moody as usual don't know why probably because all my boyfriends are either too wimpy and hopeless or too violent...that gave me shivers..

Then Liam came back and his wasn't too happy. No scratch that; he was livid. His sentence was to go and work in an elderly people's care home! I had to laugh then! But he was still angry even though Mike said it could have been much worse! Carmen and Tee were helping Gus get ready for his big arrival and help him look good. Then Liam decided to runaway and Tracy got a stitch from getting him back. Some runaway that was; up to the wall where the bins were. Then Gus came down look like Elvis Presley! His usual hair had gone way too mad and his was wearing a suit and tie similar to Liam's one. Then just as Liam and Tracy had come back from the elder's home we found out that Gus's 'girlfriend' was some random nerd with pigtails and glasses who was from the local orchestra and played the flute. And Gus was trying really badly to impress her but she stayed exactly the same.

Liam had somehow enjoyed his trip to the elder's and soon we were all going there for our day out and it was good, better than I thought. They were just like us really! And soon we were all back home with smiling faces! Oh well I have to say though I feel better about myself since I moved in here and I had sort of forgotten about Kali and the Cobras. And my old care home...sort of..

We were in the lounge. Toby and I. Playing chess. Or Toby teaching me it more like. I remember my father teaching me when I was younger in hope of me becoming some random world class geek at chess. Didn't happen. But as Toby said I was getting the hang of it, I actually felt alright about doing it! It was a game when you had to con the other player and I was sure I wouldn't fail doing that! Tracy came in holding a white parcel. I took it from her hands and felt at it quickly, trying not to show my curiosity. I opened it up hiding it away from them. A black box. I peered inside it carefully, making sure I got some privacy. The first thing I recognized was the writing. The next thing I recognized was the earring. With the cobra on it.. Kali was back! She'd finally come to save me from this dump! And to stop me going all soft. I quickly read the message 'Meet me at your local park, You know who xx' and rushed off grabbing my jacket as I went trying to hurry up before anybody asked what I was doing. Yeah..she was back in town!

As I turned the corner I dumped the box in a bin nearby and fastened on my earring. And suddenly I could feel some of me finally returning. I went to the park smiling as I saw Kali coming round the corner. She was the same old Kali, but she looked a little less toned down now; hardly much make-up. But her eyes were still the same and she had that same smile. We greeted each other with a nice big long hug. Kali was like my twin. Without her I was incomplete. And now she was back and I felt something return to me as she hugged me. I took in her smell. She wasn't wearing any perfume. Guess she had to look a bit normal these days out in the public.

"What happened?" she asked still hugging me. I pulled away from her. She looked back at me raising her eyebrows. I knew what she was going on about.

"I've been banged up for six months and you don't even call?!" she said tears in her eyes. God she'd changed. Or maybe she was truly disappointed in me.

"I...didn't think you'd want to hear from me.." I said.

"Not wanna hear from you?" she said smiling now. I smiled back.

"So..when did ya get out?" I asked.

"A couple of weeks ago.." she said. She had come as soon as she could. We both smiled and we hugged each other again.

We sat down on the bench. For some reason I felt like we were not alone and I told Kali this and she told me some one was spying on me that had black hair and black everything really. Tracy.

I groaned and smiled. Kali told me how Jasmine had told her everything how I was depressed (not) and how she'd tracked me down. She said she was sorry about my last break-up with Josh Harolds (Devil) and I just looked down and smiled sadly in which she put her arm around me. Everyone knew he was the violent one, even me. He'd tried to get me to have sex with him and when I refused I was close to getting assaulted when I kicked him in the groin and ran off. What else could I have done?! Kali didn't mind though; no scratch that she flirted with them. She had slept with around 6 of her boyfriends so far and had sex with them. I've only slept with one boy in my entire life that went a bit drunk and I remember being awake half the night sleeping right on the edge of the bed while he stretched and yawned during the night. Worst night ever! I'm more of a tomboy than Kali though. I won't touch skirts,shorts or dresses..anything that reveals the lower part of my body. But sometimes when we used to go shoplifting, Kali forced me to wear one of those and I'd stand there slouching while Kali admired and made comments how I'd get more boyfriends if I dressed up better. That was the whole point.

I asked her about the Cobras

"So you seen any of the others?" I asked curiously.

"No, the old gang's history now!". At least I didn't have to put up with a awkward reunion then!

"That's good to know.." said a voice that wasn't mine. Tracy Beaker you little git!

I groaned. "What are you doing here?"

"Just passing. I'm Tracy..and you are..?" she asked curiously looking Kali up and down.

"None of your business" I told her glaring at her. Trust Tracy out of all people to completely wreck my day! "She works in my care home" I told Kali.

"Yeah so in a way it is my business" Tracy replied.

She leaned towards me. "Oh nice earrings!" she said sarcastically. I raised my eyebrows slightly. "Matching pair...snakes aren't they?". I looked down, man why did she have to spot everything!

Kali nodded thinking before she said, "I'm Kali...friend of Lex!". I smiled, at hearing my nickname again.

"Lex!" Tracy awed, "Ooo I like it..can I call you Lex?".

"No, go away. Or am I going to be sanctioned for having friends?"

"Depends on who they are" Tracy replied, "Didn't you used to be in a gang called the Cobras Lex?"

"Go away!" I replied angrily.

"She only doing her job!" Kali said "We used to be room mates in our old care home. Best mates too!" She looked at me and I smiled.

"That was before the gang stuff..that was my fault..I got Lex into a lot of trouble.."

"You didn't!" I interrupted her.

"I did" she insisted, "I've just done six months in youth detention!" . Tracy didn't look impressed.

"I came to tell Lex that I've changed...she doesn't have to worry about me anymore!" I smiled and she smiled back. There was an awkward silence and the expression on Tracy's face didn't change. "I'm sorry...I'm causing a lot of grief..I shouldn't have come!" she said standing up, "Nice meeting you, Tracy!" and she walked off.

"Kali!" I called after her desperately. I looked at Tracy and I sighed. Shouldn't have kept my hopes up then!

And for some reason Tracy got up and went after Kali and called her back. I raised an eyebrow confused.

"Look Kali, I'm sorry I doubted you but you obviously mean a lot to Elektra... look I'll take you to the care home and ask Mike what he thinks!"

"Thanks Tracy!" I literally screamed. Kali was back, oh yeah!

But I had a bad feeling about this..