A/N:Not much to say here except enjoy, also thanks for the nice comments

Ronnie Anne's point of view :

Ronnie Anne and Bobby entered the apartment, the sound of the door opening instantly attracting the Casagrandes who were waiting impatiently for them to comeback, as Ronnie Anne couldn't step one foot inside before she felt her aunt Frida rushed to her and lifted her in a bone-crushing hug with tears in her eyes

' OH RONALDA I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE OK! ' Frida said in a cracked voice due to her happy tears making Ronnie Anne blush from embarrassment, she wasn't against any form of affection but sometimes her aunt over-does it with hers, she often worried how she'd react at big occasions and celebrations like birthdays, graduations and god help them in weddings, though Ronnie Anne can't deny she liked how affectionate Frida was most the time, if anything she loved feeling so loved like that

Ronnie Anne then realises she could barely breath as her face got red and patted on her aunt's arm to grab her attention who eventually noticed 'Oh, sorry deary' Frida said before letting go of Ronnie Anne who tried to take her breathe afterwards, but her family(except Maria who was at work) didn't help whatsoever, as they bombarded Ronnie Anne with questions loudly most of which she couldn't understand as Bobby tried to hold them back to give his sister some space.

Seeing the mess going on Rosa decided to take action and use her authority like the mother she is, ' STOP' Rosa screamed at everyone, 'I'll talk to her first' she said before approaching Ronnie Anne to talk to her as the rest of the family stood back 'Oh mijá we were so worried about you, you shouldn't sneak out in the late night like that, we feared the worst' Rosa said to Ronnie Anne in a calm worried tone

'Yeah Ronnie Anne, Abuela almost considered the secret prison boyfriend theory again, which we should probably scrap and name it the secret neighbour girlfriend instead' Carl said with the mocking grin on his face

Ronnie Anne rolled her eyes before answering 'I'm sorry Abuela, we didn't mean to stay out that long, we were just gonna take a nap and get back home' Ronnie Anne responded

'But why did you do this in the first place?' Rosa asked

'Well, Sergio was...sleep-confessing, he kept apologising about things in his sleep' Ronnie Anne explained

'Still sweetie it couldn't have been that bad' Rosa answered before Ronnie Anne whispered something into her ear, making her eyes widen before she looked at Frida and Carlos 'Ok Mijá I get what you're saying but I don't think your mother will be any less insisting about your punishment' Rosa told her granddaughter

'It's ok Abuela, I'm not worried, I mean what's the worst she could do?' Ronnie Anne said confidentially

Few hours later

A figure came into the house as Ronnie Anne and the Casagrandes, 'Ronalda, can you come here real quick?' said the figure to Ronnie Anne who came to the door and instantly recognised the voice and slowly looked at it only for her eyes to confirm, but she really wished they hadn't, it was her mother looking more intimidating and tired than ever, as she had obvious bags under her eyes with her hair being messy even with the hairbun style she had, Her eyes looked devoid of any life or emotion and her frown could only remind Ronnie Anne of those anime villains who had enough of the hero's crap, Ronnie Anne who was just confident some time ago started hoping her mother wouldn't throw the next thing she looks at at her, and to top it all, the sweet caring tone in her voice seemed almost nonexistent when she spoke

'Come on Ronalda, we'll talk in my room' Maria said in a cold dry tone before she went calmly to her room with Ronnie Anne following her as the Casagrandes watched in silence as Ronnie Anne closed the room door behind them.

'Wow, I've never seen Tiá Maria so scary' Carlota commented

'Oh she gets it from someone' Hector said

'What is that supposed to mean?' Rosa in a venomous tone as she gave Hector a death glare

'Uhhh nothing, nothing at all, oh look at the time I gotta watch the mercado now see ya' Hector said panicking with sweat on his forehead as he rushed out of the apartment to the mercado

'Hmm,how did I raise kids with him?' Rosa said jokingly 'Anyways don't worry Carlota Maria's just tired, I don't think Ronalda will be in big trouble, though I am worried about Maria...she looks exhausted' Rosa said worrying about her daughter's well being

'Ok Ronalda let me get this straight...you couldn't sleep and you decided to sneak out scaring us to bits and making me skip my morning coffee to not get late to work and gave me the heart attack of a lifetime when we saw your phone wasn't with you...because Sergio was apologising in his sleep' Maria said almost sounding more done with life every word she's speaking

'Well...yeah' Ronnie Anne said rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment 'b-but that's not it only'

'Then please do tell me why I was forced to get a cheap coffee on my way to work which by the way tasted more like tea just so that I can stay awake' Maria said wearing the same dead expression on her face 'and why did you drag Sid along for that matter?'

'I'm sorry I just wanted to show her something in the park-' Ronnie Anne then covered her mouth when she realised what she said and panicked, hoping the state of her mom would make her unable to process the words, and she was almost correct, as Maria spent a solid minute staring into nothingness with narrow eyes while rubbing her chin before basic logic hit her and she widened her eyes

'Ronalda...have you done this before?' Maria asked now with wide eyes

'Y-yes mom I did.' Ronnie Anne admitted 'But I really had to show her the stars in the night, she never saw them before and I-'

'And you thought it was a good idea to sneak out of the house for the whole night?!' Maria exclaimed sounding a bit more emotional but ultimately tired

'That wasn't the plan, we wanted to come back after just looking at stars together' Ronnie blushed slightly at the last part before continuing 'But we ended up sleeping together' Ronnie Anne said in an embarrassed tone

'And who's brilliant idea was it?' Maria asked her daughter

'It was-' Ronnie Anne wanted to complete her sentence before looking at her mother, she looked terrifying and stressed beyond belief, she feared she'd do something to Sid if she told her it was her idea 'It-it was my idea' Ronnie Anne said hesitantly

In her normal state, Maria could have seen right through the lie, however she was too tired to even remember the punishment correctly, so she bought it and sighed 'Ronnie Anne listen, I could have had blood on my hands both figuratively and literally today, I barely ate anything in order to work the time I missed so I skipped breakfast, especially because I felt eating would make me sleepy, in order to avoid sleeping on someone's organs while operating, all because you and Sid slept under the stars together?' Maria asked in a slightly angry tone

'Yeees?' Ronnie Anne answered embarrassingly

'You know what? Just decide your punishment on your own, I'm too tired to even think' Maria said trying her best not to shut her eyes

Ronnie Anne started to feel pity for her mother, she started to see how tired she truly was, she was even scared to blink or she'll sleep, it made her feel terrible about last night, even if she loved it 'Ok mom, how about a week without skateboarding or videogames?' she offered her mother in pity

'Yeah I guess that's good, now can you please be a sweetheart and cover me Ronalda? I'm seriously exhausted' Maria told her daughter

'But mom, you haven't even eaten yet' Ronnie Anne said in a worried tone with a motherly concerned frown

Maria despite how drained she was couldn't help but smile at her daughter's concern, as much as she could be a pain to deal with many times she's still the light of her life, and she's glad her daughter cares that much about her, 'Come here Ronalda' Maria said as she motioned her daughter to lay on the bed besides her 'Thank you for your concern dear but I really just want to sleep right now, I'll eat straight after waking up ok?' Maria assured her daughter

'You promise? ' Ronnie Anne asked worryingly

'Hehe, I promise sweetheart' Maria said as she giggled and kissed Ronnie's forehead 'Now please cover me with the blanket, I can barely even move my body' Maria requested her daughter as Ronnie Anne obliged and covered her mother in a blanket

'Sleep well mom, you deserve it, and sorry about last night again' Ronnie Anne said with a bit of a guilty tone

'It's alright just follow your punishment ok? ' She said as she yawned as she was about to close her eyes

'Wait! How did you know I was gone?' Ronnie Anne asked quickly

Maria smiled warmly before answering 'I always go to your room to check on you before going to work, you just look so adorable when you sleep, that's how I saw you were gone, we told the Changs to see if Sid knows anything and that's how we found out she was gone' Maria said before finally going to sleep

'Oh, thanks, sleep well mom' Ronnie Anne said softly before hesitantly but eventually reaching her mother's face to kiss her cheeks as she was sleeping deeply, she then walked slowly to make sure she doesn't wake up her mother before closing the door calmly and exiting the room sighing sadly to herself

'Hey Nie Nie how did it go?' Bobby asked Ronnie Anne from behind her

'A week without skateboarding or videogames' Ronnie Anne said in a sad tone

'That doesn't sound so bad though' Bobby said curious about his sister's tone

'It's not, the bad thing is I'm the one who suggested it, she was that exhausted, I feel terrible for for her' Ronnie Anne said sadly

Bobby leaned to his sister's level and put a comforting hand on her shoulder 'Hey I know it's bad alright, but don't beat yourself up ok? Mom usually gets tired, it's just slightly worse this time' Bobby said trying to comfort his sister

'But that's the thing Bobby! it's just unfair! She tried her best to make sure we're not alone because SHE felt bad for leaving us by ourselves like that...yet she barely gets to have any rest whatsoever...life is harsh on her' Ronnie Anne said angrily

'I'm sorry about that Ronnie' Bobby answered sadly

'Whatever I'll just go and see what's up with Sid' Ronnie Anne said in an irritated tone before sighing and going to her room 'Hopefully she's not in big trouble either' Ronnie Anne said as she closed the door behind her and entered in annoyance, opening her phone to notice the picture Bobby sent her, and as much as she regretted seeing how tired her mother was because of their sleep, she couldn't help but smile at the picture, she knew Sid had no bad intentions, and there's something about that picture that made her smile warmly, (It's funny) she thought to herself (even when she's not around, Sid's smile still manages to cheer me up, I just hope she's doing good)

Sid was watching TV in the living room waiting for her father to come back, she started getting bored finding barely anything to watch so she opened her phone real quick to take a look at that picture again, she couldn't tell why but it never ceased to make her heart beat quickly and happily, seeing them together sleeping while Ronnie Anne hugged her shoulders like that to keep her warm, it felt really nice, she kept staring at the picture with a smile not noticing Adelaide joining her on the couch with a smirk on her face

'So how was the date with your not girlfriend last night?' Adelaide asked teasingly but Sid didn't answer or notice, completely hyperfixated on the picture, Adelaide saw this and tried to grab her attention 'Helloooo! Is anyone there?' Adelaide asked her sister before noticing she was focused on something on her phone 'Wait, what are you looking at?' Adelaide asked as she tried to see what Sid was looking at before Sid noticed it

'It-it's nothing, nothing at all ! ' Sid said quickly with a small blush as she moved her phone away from Adelaide

'Sid, as a sister I'm respecting your privacy by asking for looking at the picture politely, but asserting my annoyance also as a sister by looking at it anyways' Adelaide said before snatching the phone out of Sid's grasp and running to her room, Sid desperately tried to catch her before Adelaide closed the door behind her as Sid crashed into it, (oh no) she thought to herself, she knew what was gonna happen in three, two, one

Adelaide opened the door with a huge mocking smirk on her face, looking down on her sister, Sid knew full well what was gonna happen next, being the sass bucket that she is

'Not your girlfriend right? Ronnie Anne is just your best friend right? Yeah Sid I also sleep under the stars hugging my best friend's arm like a teddy bear AND stare at a picture of it like it's the most beautiful thing that embraced the earth' Adelaide said teasingly

'Really?' Sid asked genuinely with a curious smile

'NO THAT WAS SARCASM!' Adelaide yelled at her sister 'Come on Sid just admit I'm right, I bet you two even kissed before this' Adelaide said with a grin before noticing Sid sweating nervously and blushing, she quickly realised why and squeeled loudly 'I KNEW IT! YOU TWO ARE DATING!' Adelaide exclaimed

'Wait no I can explain' Sid said trying to calm down her sister

'NO SID YOU CAN'T TRICK ME!'

'Just listen to me alright'

'SID THOSE ARE NOT THINGS YOU DO WITH FRIENDS! ADMIT IT! YOU HAVE FEELINGS FOR RONNIE ANNE'

'WELL I CAN'T BE SURE BECAUSE SHE'S THE FIRST TRUE FRIEND I EVER HAD OK?!' Sid snapped suddenly at her sister shutting her up as silence followed for seconds...

'Kids! Is everything alright? I'm giving chip the chipmunk a bath over here' Becca asked her daughters from the bathroom

'Y-yes mom it's alright! We're just playing a bit' Sid answered her mother

'OK good!' Becca replied

Sid then looked at Adelaide who was looking down in embarrassment before continuing after leaning to her level 'Listen, Ronnie Anne is the first to ever be my true friend, she likes me as I am and she doesn't use me for her own benefits or thinks I'm weird unlike some...friends...in the past...so maybe this is what it feels like to finally have a true friend, and even if I had feelings for her...I don't want to ruin our friendship, it's just perfect as it is' Sid told her sister who then approached her to give her a hug

'I'm sorry you had to be with those bad people in the past, they don't deserve you, you're not weird, you're the best sister ever' Adelaide said as she hugged her sister tightly who tried to hold back the tears

(keep it together Sid, keep it together) she thought to herself as she hugged Adelaide back as the Two sisters stayed like this for a while, embracing each other in a warm hug

Suddenly, they heard the door open suddenly and slam to the wall

'WHERE'S SID?! WHERE'S MY BABY GIRL?! ' Screamed the figure who was nonother than Stanley Chang as he looked frantically around the room till his eyes landed on Sid

'Hi dad' Sid greeted simply before her father ran to her at speed too fast for the human eye to see and lifted her in a crushing hug

'OH SID I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE OK! YOU SCARED US TO DEATH! I mean...at least me, BUT I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE OK ANYWAYS' Stanley exclaimed as he hugged his daughter

'Stanley' Becca said strictly carrying a wet chipmunk

'Um yeah' Stanley said as he put down his daughter before putting on a serious face 'Now listen here young lady, what you did was reckless, dangerous, and you even made your sister cover for you!' Stanley said scolding Sid

'Nah, I did it on my own' Adelaide corrected her father

'...Well either way you shouldn't have done that, you could have gotten in serious danger! ' Stanley said

'Sorry dad, Ronnie Anne just wanted to show me the stars at night, they were sooo beautiful and I just couldn't resist sleeping under them, we wanted to just nap for some time but I guess we overslept' Sid said explaining herself 'I guess I just...I don't know...felt warm in her hug' Sid said blushing slightly

'Well either way dear you still have to be punished, now it wasn't easy finding something enjoyable to take from you for while since you used two sticks to do a garbage can to throw a drum party with the animals...so we decided on the phone to confiscate all your K-pop belongings for a week, and that was harder than I thought' Becca said before going to her room and pulling out a cart filled with so much stuff it made a tower reaching the ceiling 'Seriously honey where do you even keep this stuff?'

Sid looked down with a frown at her punishment, but ultimately decided to swallow it like a tough gal and pump her chest in confidence 'Alright then, I accept your punishment to prove how sorry I am, I, Sid Chang, will survive the week without any of this stuff!' Sid declared proudly as her sister and father cheered for her while her mother smiled and rolled her eyes as Sid marched proudly to her room for a few seconds before stopping when she saw a poster of twelve midnight in the cart 'Oooh, can I keep this one?' Sid asked

'No' Becca answered simply

'Fine, I do not need these belongings anyways' Sid said with confidence as she marched again to her room as Adelaide and Stanley were cheering for her again

She went to her now empty-looking room and closed the door behind her as she layed on her bed, before a thought hit her (Could Adelaide be right? Do I really have feelings for Ronnie Anne? N-no, I can't feel that way about her she's just my best friend! Besides...she could do much better than me...) that last thought hurt Sid slightly for some reason, she was going to think more about it before she heard her phone receive a notification, it was Ronnie Anne texting her, and she smiled widely at it

A/N:Aaaand I'm leaving it here, thanks for reading the chapter all the way and I hope I can make this to a story all the way