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AN – Thanx 2 the ppl who reviewed any of my fics lol I appreciate it. Here is chapter 2. I don't really have much to say about it as I am thinking of it as I type lol so just enjoy and tell me what y'all think at the end. : D

Lizzie leaned back against her chair breathing heavily. She sniffed trying to clear her nose but it was no use. The tears she had shed were taking their toll on her she felt terrible. Her head spun and she felt sick. She began to wish she'd taken her mother up on her offer to stay home.

Miranda handed her another tissue. She took it gratefully and dabbed at her eyes. When she was done she put it with the rest of them. She could barely see the table thanks to its cover of used tissues.

"I feel so selfish" she stuttered through her tears.

Gordo looked at her questioningly

"Well here I am getting out of class to cry in the library when my cousin is off at school with no one to talk to about it. I just feel so bad for her"

Lizzie had tried to concentrate in class. She'd sat for a couple of minutes on the floor outside with her 2 friends trying to compose herself but when she sat down inside all she could see were the words of the letter dancing before her eyes. She couldn't help but break down. She'd been sent to the library with strict instructions not to leave until she felt better. Miranda and Gordo were sent to keep an eye on her.

Yet lunch had been and gone and half of her 4th lesson to and she felt no nearer feeling better. She wanted to give up, go home and hide under her covers. If she woke again maybe she'd find it had all been a dream. She didn't want people to think she'd given up though so she was still sitting in the library.

"Listen Lizzie your upset that's understandable. You shouldn't feel selfish or guilty or whatever over feeling pain over the loss of your Aunt. I'd think you selfish if you didn't" Gordo replied

Lizzie smiled a watery smile he always knew how to make her feel better.

"And Heather has friends. She's probably sitting in her own school library with her own best friends crying about it as we speak" Miranda added

Lizzies' head started to spin. She hadn't eaten anything all day and she was beginning to feel a little dizzy.

"Hey guys" she said getting up and pushing the tissues into the bin beside the table. "Why don't we go get something to eat. I'm starving and I can't stand to sit still for a moment longer"

Gordo and Miranda nodded. They'd been given permission by their homeroom teacher to leave if Lizzie couldn't manage the day so they had no worries about getting in to trouble for ditching. Ms. Clarks was cool like that.

Lizzie opened the door to her house an hour later. After going to the Burger Bar to get something to eat she hadn't felt like going back for her last lesson so she had detoured to the park near her home. Now school was out she had left her friends at the corner and returned home.

"I'm home" she called in to the hall

"Hey" Matt said coming down the stairs eyes glued to the screen of his game boy. "Good day?"

"Umm" Lizzie replied "you?"

"Umm" Lizzie smiled

"Where's mom?"

"In the kitchen talking to some women on the phone. Well when I say talking I mean arguing profoundly" Matt said standing at the bottom of the stairs.

Lizzie was amazed he could hear what she was saying. Not once had he looked up from his game. The concentration in his eyes was clear she was surprised he could keep the conversation going.

"What's she arguing about?" she asked curiosity consuming her

Her mom hardly ever raised her voice even when she used to have to tell Lizzie and Matt to stop fighting. Her voice never went beyond talking loudly. But standing out in the hallway with her brother Lizzie could hear her mothers voice getting louder and louder.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN REPOSSESSING? WHERE IS SHE SUPOSSED TO LIVE?"

Lizzie sent a confused look her brothers' way but with his nose buried in his game he missed it.

"THIS IS DISGRACEFUL DO YOU PEOPLE HAVE NO HEART?"

Lizzie removed her jacket and hung it over the banister. She really needed a drink but didn't fancy her chances in the kitchen with her very angry mother.

"YES WELL I WOULD SAY THE SAME TO YOU BUT I DON'T HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE DAY I HOPE YOU CANT SLEEP KNOWING WHAT YOU'VE DONE"

Lizzie jumped as she heard her mom slam the phone back in to its holder.

Matt moved towards the kitchen. Lizzie followed. Safety in numbers and all that.

"Hey mom" she tried

Her mom turned and Lizzie saw just how angry she was. Her eyes blazed and she looked like she was about to throw something. When she saw her children however her face softened and she smiled.

"Hey guys. Have a good day?"

"Umm" they replied in unison

She nodded understanding.

"What was that all about" Matt asked sitting himself down on one of the counter chairs

Jo was about to say 'no one' but when she looked at her children she knew she couldn't lie to them. Well conceal the truth. It was one in the same. She looked at her beautiful daughter. Long blonde hair shining baby blues. She had really blossomed since she went to high school she was definitely maturer and capable of handling the truth. As for Matt he continued to surprise her. Since starting middle school he had definitely changed for the better.

"It was some one wanting to inform me that your Aunts house is being repossessed" she sighed

Lizzie took a soda from the refrigerator and turned to look at her mother. "What does that mean?" she asked she kinda knew but she hoped she was wrong.

"It means Anne Maries' house will be repossessed by the council and resold to someone else"

She hadn't been.

That snapped Matt out of his video game. "So she won't have a house anymore?" he asked. Jo nodded

"But Heather?" he asked looking from his mom to his sister "Where's she gonna go? She doesn't have any family in England who's she gonna stay with?"

Lizzie looked at her mom hoping she had the answers she couldn't believe anyone could be so heartless. She'd just lost her mother and now they were taking her house from her as well.

"Well ordinarily she would go stay with her legal guardian. Her moms friend Helen Simmons"

"But?" Lizzie asked she knew by the 'ordinarily' in her mothers' sentence that that meant Heather wasn't going to live with Helen.

"But" Jo said "Helen already has 4 sons of her own and although she'd love to have Heather she just doesn't have the room. She's 16 and would need her own room and Helen just doesn't have enough"

"So where's she gonna go?" Matt asked. Lizzie could see he was getting upset about this. She was herself. It wasn't fair.

"Well you father and I were talking this afternoon and we decided that if it came down to it Heather would come stay with us"

Lizzies' face split in to an ecstatic smile. "Really?" she asked not daring believe it.

Jo nodded smiling as well. "Anne Marie made me and Helen Heather's legal guardians so if one of us couldn't take her the other would. So if you don't mind sharing your room with her Lizzie then she'll be moving in with us next week after the funeral"

Lizzie screamed "MIND? DO I MIND? OF COURSE I DON'T MIND" she laughed. Heather come live with them and share her room it would be like a permanent sleepover it would be like having a sister. She couldn't wait.

"Well I'm glad as she was gonna come weather you minded or not. It's already been arranged"

"So why were you so mad about the house if she was already gonna come stay with us?" Matt asked confused

"Well if the house was still in Heather's possession then she could have stayed their in England where her friends are and have people check in on her but that's out of the question now"

Lizzie felt bad for Heather having lost her mother then her house and now her friends, school and everything she knew but at the same time she was extremely happy to have her cousin move in with her.

"Will she be coming to school with me?" she asked her mom

"Well she's been studying for her exams but hasn't actually taken them so she'll be able to slide in to school with you nicely"

Lizzie nodded. "I have to go make a call," she said smiling as she ran out the kitchen to the hall. Grabbing her coat from the banister she ran upstairs to her room.

Jumping on to her bed she grabbed her phone from its stand on her bedside table and dialed the number for a three-way then she dialed the numbers of her 2 best friends.

"Hey guys" she rushed as soon as she heard their voices

"Hey Lizzie how you feeling?" Gordo asked

"Never better" she said smiling to herself

"Really?" Miranda asked she figured her friend was in denial.

"Really I have the best news. Heather is gonna come stay with me"

"Vaca?" Miranda asked

"Yeah a permanent one"

"What do you mean?" Godo asked getting confused

"Heather has no where to stay so she's gonna move in here"

"Wow" Miranda breathed

"Heather's . . . gonna live . . . here?" Gordo asked

Lizzie smiled she could tell he was happy about that prospect. Whenever Heather had come down to stay he'd talked about nothing else weeks before and after. He was well and truly smitten with her lovely cousin.

I don't see why she found herself thinking wait where did that come from? Why do I care who he likes? Heather's really pretty it's not surprising he likes her.

Lizzie shook her head in an effort to get rid of such thoughts she was exhausted that's what she put it down to. Lack of sleep to many tears and then overwhelming good news. Why else would she think them?

She talked with her friends for a few more minutes before ringing off.

She looked around her room. She had a nice big room with her own bathroom. Her double bed sat in the middle against the wall facing the door. Her desk was over by the window and her wardrobe against the other wall near her bathroom door. Then she had a bedside table beside her bed (obviously) and that was her room. Where was she gonna put Heather?

She got off the bed and stood by her door looking round her room she smiled to herself.

Half an hour later she collapsed on her bed sweating from the effort. Matt lay down beside her just as hot and bothered.

"Thanks Matt" she said breathing heavily

"No problem" he replied

They both looked up at the sound of the door opening.

"So this is what you've been busy doing" Sam said

They both smiled at their dad.

"Yep" Lizzie replied smiling "what do you think?"

She got up and stood next to him as he surveyed the room.

"Very nice" he said "Well done"

Matt sat up and grinned. Lizzie gave him the thumbs up

"Who's up for some Pizza?" Sam asked "your mom isn't up for cooking so why don't we order in?"

"Yeah" Matt said jumping up and heading down the stairs after their dad.

"I'll be right there" she called behind her

Taking one last look around her new room she pictured it how it would be when Heather got there. She'd left her wardrobe where it was as there was enough room for Heather's to go on the other side of the bathroom door.

She'd moved her bed further along and moved her table round to the other side. That way there was enough room for Heathers' bed and they could share the table having it between them. Her desk stayed by the windowsill and Heathers' like with the wardrobe would go on the other side of the windowsill. It didn't sound like much effort to move it all but it had been. She'd tried turning the room round a few times before she'd decided to keep it simple.

Closing the door and running down the stairs to join her family in pizza eating she found she couldn't wait for Thursday. When she'd be leaving for England to attend her Aunts funeral. She felt weird that she was looking forward to it but she couldn't help it she was so happy to have Heather move in.

AN – Taa daa chapter 2 is here for your approval lol. Hope y'all like it let me know what y'all think :D. I'm gonna be dividing my time between this Fic my new Charmed one Changes and my fav piece The Voice Within which is Harry Potter. Just so you know I haven't forgotten about any of them and will be updating them all in turn. Feel free to read any of them lol