Chapter Two
Jessica groaned as her alarm went off. She turned over to shut it off and groaned again. "It can't be time to get up already." She signed. "Casey and Dean will be here soon so I better get up." She thought. As she stepped out of bed she heard her little sister in the hall crying. She opened the door and saw Karen sitting in the middle of the hall crying her eyes out.
"Why are you crying like a five year old?" She said with a smirk. Karen was eleven now and acted like a total baby at times.
"Why you care." Karen shot back. Jessica shrugged and walked past her and into the bathroom. But Karen was still crying and Jessica felt she needed to find out why.
"I care because I'm your big sister Kaz. Come on tell me." Karen shrugged and stood up.
"I ... I think I'm dying." She cried. Jessica felt she could laugh but held it in because she didn't want to upset her sister even more.
"Why do you think that?" Jessica asked putting her arm around Karen and sitting down with her on her bed.
"Well, there was blood when I went to the bathroom." Karen said sobbing.
"Honey, that's you're period. You are not dying and nor will you. At least not for a while yet." Jessica said explaining what a period was to her younger sister.
After Jessica was done being mom to her sister she went back to her room to get dressed. Since her mom was working mornings it was up to Jessica to make sure the kids were up, dressed and ready for school. She was ready in a record of fifteen minutes. It usually took her thirty but today she needed to take care of the little ones. She went along the hall knocking on Lucy's door. Lucy called that she's be ready in five. Jessica nodded to herself and knocked on Bradley's door. He groaned at her and she laughed. Her brother was so moody sometimes. Next she knocked at Katie's door. Katie opened it and smiled. "I'm ready." Jessica nodded. Katie was always ready on time. As she walked passed her mothers room and stopped at the familiar bedroom door. It was ajar so she could see inside the room. Everything looked the same as it did when she was seven. She could feel tears burning the back of her eyes as her mind flashed back.
"Davie, I had a nightmare. Can I sleep in here?" A scared shaking seven year old Jessica said one stormy night. Dave smiled at his little sister and nodded lifting up his covers as she slipped in. Her hands were cold so Dave held her close to keep her warm.
"What did you dream about?" He asked her. She sighed.
"I dreamt that I was sleeping. I woke up and went downstairs, because I heard a sound. When I got there, you were on the floor and there was blood. Someone had shot you Davie." Jessica sobbed. Dave held her tight and kissed her cheek.
"Don't cry princess, I'm alright. Nothing's going to happen to me. I promise I'll always be here to look after you." Jessica nodded and closed her eyes.
The door bell rang bringing Jessica back to the present day. She brushed away the stray tears that had slipped from her eyes and made her way downstairs and to the front door. Casey and Dean were standing there when she opened it. Big smiles on their faces. Only Dean knew something was wrong with his friend.
"Jess, what happened?" Jessica shrugged.
"Nothing. Come in, I'll just get the others sorted and we'll leave." She said with a fake smile.
Casey looked at her brother and frowned. Something was up with their friend, but she wasn't letting up. They didn't know anything about her family or her past and she often had flash backs that would make her shut off and then suddenly start shaking or crying. Casey had questioned her but Jessica said it was nothing. Casey shrugged and thought it would be better to wait until later, when they were alone to talk to her friend.