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Serena knelt before her sister. "Care to tell me what is it this time?"

She expected an explanation from her sister, but she only received a

ashamed glare off her sister.

Serena tiled Mina's head up "What is it?" Serena sked her gently.

Mina looked down, she was too ashamed to look up, she had embarrassed

herself today - and it didn't feel that good.

Serena looked up at her sisters blue eyes "This is the fifth time this

month, Mina what do you have to say for yourself."

Mina looked up for a brief second, her face a mixture of emabrrsement

and tears.

Serena sighed mentally, this wasn't ever going to be easy and to top it

off she didn't have that much experience at playing parent - but it was

forced upon her even since their parents died.

"I can't help you if you continue doing so, Min." She told her sister

sincerely.

Mina looked up, her voice trembling with all the emotions she was

feeling "But Beryl wanted to bash me up."

Serena reached out and gave her younger sister a hug. "There, there..."

She soothed her gently.

Mina looked up at Serena "I miss mummy and daddy" She told her sadly.

Serena sighed and patted mina gently on the back. "So do I, Min."

Serena said to her.

Mina pulled away, "It's so hard..." She told Serena as she looked up

into Serena's chest-nut eyes.

"I know, I know" Serena soothed as she tucked some of Mina's blonde

hair behind her ear.

*rriinngg*

The doorbell rang, Serena rose and took her arms away form Mina's

embrace "I'll be back in a sec" She told Mina, gently.

Mina giggled at Serena's seriously expression "Okay." She said she

brushed her fringe lightly off her forehead.

Serena walked over to the door, wiping a silent tear off her left cheek

with her sleeve. "Why is life so hard." She said under her breath as

she walked toward the front door.

She approached the front door and reached over and unhooked the lock.

As the door opened, Serena hardly believed her eyes. There stood right

in front of her were...

Trista, Amara and Michelle?

Trista walked towards Serena and gave her a bear hug "We can't let you

handle the problem by yourself now, can we?" She told Serena with a

giant smile on her face.

Amara and Michelle walked up so they ended up beside Trista, Michelle

walked closer to Serena and crushed her a great big hug.

"Missed us?" Michelle asked her gently, michelle looked towards Amara

and Amara stepped up and gave her a big smile and a slightly award bear

hug - Amara wasn't ever really good when it came to her expressing her

emotions or feelings.

Amara, Michelle and Trista walked closer to Serena, and behind them

Serena distinctly saw four little girls who looked about Mina's age.

"Hello." She said giving them a giant smile.

They looked towards her nervously "Are you Mina's sister?" They asked

Serena with a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

Serena gave a slight nod.

"I'm Raye," The one with raven haired pouted, crossing her arms and

looking impatiently. Her eyes told serena that 'Can I come in now?',

which made her crouched her stomach, concealing her giggling.

"My name is Amy." The shortest girl said slyly. Her blue hair made

Serena think: 'Is that for real or she had her hair dyed?' Of course,

Serena always was a polite girl wouldn't ask such a rude question.

"Lita." Woah! That's short, Serena thought, just like me when i was

small. The brunette girl had a high pony-tailed, making her looked much more mature.

"I'm Hotaru," Said the last four. This girl, just like Raye, had raven

hair but much more shorter. "I just live across there, with my brother.

"

With those thought, Serena knew she would like the four instantly.

"It's nice to meet you" Serena said a she looked at the girls. They

smiled back at her. "Nice to meet you too." They replied .

Serena smiled at them and she moved forward to led them into the house.

"You wanna meet my sister?" Serena asked them, with a gentle smile of

her face.

Amy smiled at her "Sure" She answered.

Serena motioned to the living room. "Come this way." She told them as

she led the girls to her living room.

Trista, Amara and Michelle stood behind the girls, silently smiling to

themselves.

Serena turned toward Amara, Michelle and Trista "You're come?" She

asked them, as a bright smile appeared on her face.

Trista looked at her watch then regretfully looked at Serena. "We can't

." Trista said giving Serena an apologetic smile. "We have to meet our

landlord."

"Again?" Amara whined.

"Yes." Trista said sterntly before dragging Amara with a little help of

Michelle, and then off they went.