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When we arrived I got out of the car, Connie hugged before we knocked on the door.

'Hello, you must be Jac. I'm Lisa, the senior care worker. Please come through.' She said kindly.

'Thanks for making time to see us. This is my friend Connie.' I told her.

'Nice to meet you.' She said politely. 'They don't have school today, so they should be in the lounge. The girls really wanted to meet you; it's been very difficult for the last few weeks. We had no idea she was in hospital, but it came as a real shock when we heard. I know that Jess always wanted to meet you and I'm so glad that she finally did.' We walked into the sitting room where three teenage girls were sat. 'Girls, this is Jess's mum Jac and her friend Connie. Jac, Connie this is Emily, Amy and Tia.'

'Hi girls, I wanted to apologise for not coming sooner, I've been in hospital and was discharged yesterday. I wanted to know a bit about Jess, I only got to know her for a few hours. I also wanted to know a little about you guys, I was in care myself. I had no idea that this place had changed so much.' I said doing my best not to cry.

Emily was the first to speak 'Five years ago my mum left me, she chose drugs over me. The first person I got to know here was Jess; she cared for me and let me cry. She was the most wonderful person I've ever met and we've been the best of friends since.'

'But, she did have a stubborn streak.' Said Tia jokingly. 'She always had to be on top, very competitive and the brightest person I've ever met. Despite being competitive she used that to help others instead of showing off. She tutored me for the last four and has helped me to gain the basic knowledge that I needed to know. My mum died when I was four and I never went to school. My dad kept me at home to do the house work until the social found out and took me into care. I've lived here for Six years and the four of us have always been the best of friends.'

'They used to call us the four musketeers. I've known her my whole life, when I was born I was also put into care. I didn't have a dad and my mum was seventeen when I was born. The two of us were fostered out together once, but the man was turned out to not be who he said he was. Since then we've not been fostered, as long as we were together we would be fine. But we're not together anymore.' Amy said, bursting into tears.

'Hey, it's alright. I know you miss her. I do too.' I said as I put my arm around her.

'She was always so popular at school, always ready to have a laugh. She was top of the class, despite always being the one to answer back or mess around.' Said Emily.

'She sounds a lot like you Jac, she really was her mother's daughter.' Connie said smiling at me.

'She looked like you as well. She had your beautiful ginger hair, your emerald green eyes and your kind heart.' Said Amy.

'I don't have a kind heart. I'm not sure if I have one at all. If I had a heart, then I wouldn't have put her into care. I wouldn't have lost my family. And I wouldn't have become known as the ice queen. So I know that I don't have a heart, everyone knows it, even Jess.' I said truthfully.

'But you do. I can see in your eyes that you care. If you didn't have a heart, then you wouldn't have come here, you wouldn't have needed to bring Connie so that it didn't break anymore and you wouldn't be bothering to make things right.' She said honestly putting her arms around me as I cried.

'Thank you.' I said after a while. 'I don't know if you'd want to, but would the three of you like to say something. I know it would mean a lot to both me and Jess.'

They nodded. To my surprise all three of them gave both me and Connie a hug before we left. We had four days until the funeral and going there had really changed my view on everything. We drove home and carried on arranging things. I spent time playing with young Grace who was now five years old. I helped Connie cook and we sat on the sofa watching the little mermaid before I read Alice in wonderland to Grace. I knew that I was giving Connie a well-deserved break, but I couldn't help thinking that she was getting me to do this for a reason.

I came back down stairs and Connie handed we a glass of orange juice. 'Connie, why are you trying to get me to spend so much time with Grace?' I asked.

'Jac, honestly, this is going to be what you'll be doing for the next seven or eight years of your life. And you're the least maternal person I've ever met.' She said laughing.

'Thanks for that. But remember, you weren't so maternal yourself before you had Grace.' I said.

'Well, I want you to have more experience than I did and the best first-hand knowledge too.'

'You know what, I've missed this. I've missed you telling me what to do, I've missed our incessant squabbling and most of all I've missed the friend I'd found in you.' I said crying.

'God, you really are hormonal aren't you.' She said making us both laugh.

'Yeah and I also forgot your incredible rudeness and bluntness.' I said laughing.