Tessa was literally sickened by the thought of spending another day with Lindsay and her friends. But that's what the life of a caseworker was all about; doing things you don't want to do. To be honest she was scared, she was sickened and she sat down and prayed before school. Also; she sat down and noted in her mind to not make friends with someone that she met in detention.

Zoe was getting on her nerves, why couldn't she just be nice? Tessa took great relief in realizing that all this would only last for a few days at the most. It all depended on not only how fast she worked on this case, but when the baby decided to come. And she hoped very much that it would all happen very soon and very quickly.

Tessa checked herself over in the mirror once more. She thought she looked great. She was dressed in black, head to toe with an accent of pink and a thin string of pearls. Her hair was perfectly straight for once thanks to her ever-helpful hair iron. But what was even the point of that, after all this was San Francisco. Her hair would certainly be a mess again by the end of the day. Suddenly a knock on the door brought Tessa's mind back to the world around her.

As soon as she opened the door Zoe threw her arms around her. It took her a moment, but Tessa did the same. Yesterday at dinner and last night in their room had not been pleasent as they had been experiencing a period of cold relations.

"I'm sorry Tessa."

"I'm sorry too."

"You forgive me?"

"Yeah, of course."

"We're sisters. Best friends nothing should ever come between us."

"That's right, not even my assignment."

"Or mine, once I have one that is." They laughed.

"I'll spend all tomarrow night with you, I promise."

"I promise too!"

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"Have a great day you too." Tess said, hugging each of the girls and handing them their lunches as they left for school.

"Bye!" They called, in much higher spirits than the previous few days.

"Oh Father give her strength!" Tess glanced heavenward.

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Tessa was unprepared for the lunch hour and she dreaded its arrival. But alas it came, and hopefully it would also go quickly, but it didn't. Instead the lunch hour seemed to drag on forever.

"I can't believe you pack your lunch!" Sabrina laughed.

"I stopped doing that like years ago." Diana smirked.

"Well, if I remember correctly, which I am pretty sure that I do, you never ate." Sarah reminded her.

"Oh, yeah, that's right. Any way you don't need that anymore, not if you wanna stay with us anyway." Tyren told Tessa, snatching her lunch from her before Tessa even had a chance to react.

Tessa glanced at Lindsay who was scilent, staring at her school-bought lunch. Then she looked at her own lunch as she watched it being tossed into the nearest trash can.

"Sure," she finally answered.

"Your going to wanna try the pizza." Sarah informed her.

"Actually, I think I'm just not going to eat anything."

"Good choice!" Diana laughed, Tessa laughed along with her.

'What have I gotten myself into!' Her mind screamed.