---One Week Later---
"Leah, I no your worried about what your parents are going to say, but it will be okay," Maggie said as she looked into the eyes of her best friend.
"No, my parents are going to freak don't be surprised if you don't see me until I'm 21. Is this bus going fast or what? I bet I'm the only person, who doesn't want to go home," Leah rambled nervously.
"Your wrong. Ivy doesn't want to go home either." Maggie grinned.
With this Leah shoved Maggie with force, but not too hard. The bus pulled into the Southeast High School parking lot.
"Well good-bye Margaret I'll miss you," Leah hugged her friend.
"See you at school." Maggie waved and went to find her parents.
"Are you ready?" a voice came from behind.
"Ivy, I'm afraid." Leah was about to cry.
"Don't worry about. You'll be fine. Come on there's Dad." Ivy put on a smile to help reassure her sister.
"How was camp?" Peter asked, as he loaded the trunks into the SUV.
"Some as always, fun until Mr. King says stop." Ivy answered.
Leah was just standing there clutching her pillow.
"Are you feeling okay Leah?" Peter asked taking notice to her silence.
Leah didn't answer. She just stood there.
"Dad, she's really tired," Ivy said.
"Well, the three of us can take naps this afternoon." Peter closed the hatch got into the car.
"Leah, seriously I'll tell them tonight it was all me." Ivy said before she opened the back door. Leah climbed in, then Ivy.
The ride home was silent. Leah was curled up in a ball, she had her face presses against the window. Tears dripped down her checks. When Peter parked the car in front of the house. Leah grabbed her pillow and ran to her room. Ivy helped her father bring the luggage inside.
"What is wrong with Leah?" Peter demanded, as he set a trunk on entryway floor.
"She's afraid of you," Ivy mumbled.
"Why did I ever hurt her? Have I even ever threaten to hurt her?" Peter yelling.
"No, but just drop the subject."
" I won't just…"
"Dad please just leave her alone. I'm begging, just leave Leah alone," Ivy pleaded.
"Fine, but tonight we all are going to talk even Leah." With that Peter left Ivy to unpack alone.
Ivy did six loads of laundry before dinner. She returned the empty trunks to their home in the dusty attic. Ivy was folding clothes when Sophie came home. The clock on the wall read 10:43. Ivy just through the rest of the clothes in the basket and ran upstairs. Leah was asleep on her bed.
"Leah, Mom is home, you know what that means," Ivy shook her sister awake.
"Oh joy," Leah pushed herself off the bed and onto the floor, where Ivy joined her.
"Ivy I won't let you take the blame for everything. It's not fair to you to be punished for two things."
"Are you sure? It's no big deal for me to be in trouble I'm use to it," Ivy told her sister.
"For missing curfew. Drugs are big, and the boy in the woods thing, I'm not sure what they will have to say about that," Leah said.
"Only if you're sure Leah."
"I have never been more sure about anything except for maybe about how hot Ethan is," Leah smiled.
Both girls stopped laughing when they heard a tap on the door. Peter and Sophie appeared from behind the door.
"Ivy go wait downstairs we want to talk with Leah first," Sophie ordered.
Ivy got up of the floor and walked out of the room closing the door behind her.
"Leah please sit on the bed or at least off the floor," Peter said in a soft voice.
Leah sat with her legs crossed on her bed. Sophie sat across the room on Ivy's bed, while Peter just leaned against the desk.
"You know our family policy on drugs, but you brought them into the house anyway," Sophie said making a statement rather than asking a question.
"I have a question. Did you think you were going to keep getting away with this? We see kids on drugs all the time. But you thought you could get this past us?" Peter was looking at Leah. He his hands to his face then asked "How many times have brought drugs into this house?"
"Once," Leah whispered.
"Just what we found? How many times have you done any type of drug?" Sophie was now asking the questions.
"Never, I have never smoked a cigarette let alone done anything else," Leah was looking up now.
"Leah I'm not sure if I believe you," Sophie said.
"Will you take a drug test to prove to us that you don't use?" Peter asked.
"Yes."
"Tomorrow, I want you take it tomorrow," Peter told her.
"That's fine," Leah said.
"Well that is true because you won't have any plans for the next two months. You're grounded until the end of October. No phone, no friends, just school and whatever fun things your mom and I come up with," Peter said. He walked over to Leah. "Leah we love you, we want you to be safe." He gave her a hug.
Sophie proceeded with a kiss, and they left the room. Ivy was sitting on the couch looking straight ahead.
"Ivy, I'm tired so we're going to make this quick," Sophie said. "You are grounded for two weeks, and we never want to hear about you fooling around with some boy at the school again. Understood?"
"Yes, I understand," Ivy groaned
"Good, goodnight," Peter said. The clock now read 1:27.
"Leah, I no your worried about what your parents are going to say, but it will be okay," Maggie said as she looked into the eyes of her best friend.
"No, my parents are going to freak don't be surprised if you don't see me until I'm 21. Is this bus going fast or what? I bet I'm the only person, who doesn't want to go home," Leah rambled nervously.
"Your wrong. Ivy doesn't want to go home either." Maggie grinned.
With this Leah shoved Maggie with force, but not too hard. The bus pulled into the Southeast High School parking lot.
"Well good-bye Margaret I'll miss you," Leah hugged her friend.
"See you at school." Maggie waved and went to find her parents.
"Are you ready?" a voice came from behind.
"Ivy, I'm afraid." Leah was about to cry.
"Don't worry about. You'll be fine. Come on there's Dad." Ivy put on a smile to help reassure her sister.
"How was camp?" Peter asked, as he loaded the trunks into the SUV.
"Some as always, fun until Mr. King says stop." Ivy answered.
Leah was just standing there clutching her pillow.
"Are you feeling okay Leah?" Peter asked taking notice to her silence.
Leah didn't answer. She just stood there.
"Dad, she's really tired," Ivy said.
"Well, the three of us can take naps this afternoon." Peter closed the hatch got into the car.
"Leah, seriously I'll tell them tonight it was all me." Ivy said before she opened the back door. Leah climbed in, then Ivy.
The ride home was silent. Leah was curled up in a ball, she had her face presses against the window. Tears dripped down her checks. When Peter parked the car in front of the house. Leah grabbed her pillow and ran to her room. Ivy helped her father bring the luggage inside.
"What is wrong with Leah?" Peter demanded, as he set a trunk on entryway floor.
"She's afraid of you," Ivy mumbled.
"Why did I ever hurt her? Have I even ever threaten to hurt her?" Peter yelling.
"No, but just drop the subject."
" I won't just…"
"Dad please just leave her alone. I'm begging, just leave Leah alone," Ivy pleaded.
"Fine, but tonight we all are going to talk even Leah." With that Peter left Ivy to unpack alone.
Ivy did six loads of laundry before dinner. She returned the empty trunks to their home in the dusty attic. Ivy was folding clothes when Sophie came home. The clock on the wall read 10:43. Ivy just through the rest of the clothes in the basket and ran upstairs. Leah was asleep on her bed.
"Leah, Mom is home, you know what that means," Ivy shook her sister awake.
"Oh joy," Leah pushed herself off the bed and onto the floor, where Ivy joined her.
"Ivy I won't let you take the blame for everything. It's not fair to you to be punished for two things."
"Are you sure? It's no big deal for me to be in trouble I'm use to it," Ivy told her sister.
"For missing curfew. Drugs are big, and the boy in the woods thing, I'm not sure what they will have to say about that," Leah said.
"Only if you're sure Leah."
"I have never been more sure about anything except for maybe about how hot Ethan is," Leah smiled.
Both girls stopped laughing when they heard a tap on the door. Peter and Sophie appeared from behind the door.
"Ivy go wait downstairs we want to talk with Leah first," Sophie ordered.
Ivy got up of the floor and walked out of the room closing the door behind her.
"Leah please sit on the bed or at least off the floor," Peter said in a soft voice.
Leah sat with her legs crossed on her bed. Sophie sat across the room on Ivy's bed, while Peter just leaned against the desk.
"You know our family policy on drugs, but you brought them into the house anyway," Sophie said making a statement rather than asking a question.
"I have a question. Did you think you were going to keep getting away with this? We see kids on drugs all the time. But you thought you could get this past us?" Peter was looking at Leah. He his hands to his face then asked "How many times have brought drugs into this house?"
"Once," Leah whispered.
"Just what we found? How many times have you done any type of drug?" Sophie was now asking the questions.
"Never, I have never smoked a cigarette let alone done anything else," Leah was looking up now.
"Leah I'm not sure if I believe you," Sophie said.
"Will you take a drug test to prove to us that you don't use?" Peter asked.
"Yes."
"Tomorrow, I want you take it tomorrow," Peter told her.
"That's fine," Leah said.
"Well that is true because you won't have any plans for the next two months. You're grounded until the end of October. No phone, no friends, just school and whatever fun things your mom and I come up with," Peter said. He walked over to Leah. "Leah we love you, we want you to be safe." He gave her a hug.
Sophie proceeded with a kiss, and they left the room. Ivy was sitting on the couch looking straight ahead.
"Ivy, I'm tired so we're going to make this quick," Sophie said. "You are grounded for two weeks, and we never want to hear about you fooling around with some boy at the school again. Understood?"
"Yes, I understand," Ivy groaned
"Good, goodnight," Peter said. The clock now read 1:27.