New Chapter:
-The next morning-
For some strange reason, Taylor's room was freezing cold, ice cold, like under 3 degrees… She curled contentedly in her bed, enveloped by her black silk blanket. Her breathing was imperceptible.. But all peace was lost when a ray of sunlight, peeping through the window, found a crack in the curtains and splashed across the bed.
But all peace was disturbed when Warren came into the room "Taylor! wake up!"
He said opening the curtains and allowing all the sun to enter he room….
Taylor groaned as she buried her head under her pillow….
Warren left and got made an effort attempted Courtney dressed giving her about ten minutes, because Courtney refused to listen to him….
"Taylor!" Warren came into the room a second time, and attempted to pull Taylor by the legs out of the bed, but she just held unto the bed head's handlers and groaned a second time… "Get up!" Warren was frustrated and left a second time…
He gave Taylor another 5 minutes as he made breakfast before he would resolve to his way of waking her up, when he heard the sound of a blow horn before he heard Taylor screaming, after the door slammed shut…
15 minutes later, she was downstairs all upset and angered… Courtney was right behind her giggling, holding the blow horn….
"Courtney, I think she's awake…"
"You should've seen her face." Courtney said still giggling..
"Who are we going to leave Courtney with?" Taylor pushed herself to talk to Warren after all..
"I don't know." He said stubbornly as he gave Courtney a bowl of cereal..
"Well I can't take her to school."
"No duh, Sherlock?"
Taylor rolled her eyes as she went to the fridge to get some orange juice, she poured it into a glass and sat down drinking it. "There's a friend off mine who can take care of her, at least until we can find a school for her."
"We? What do you mean by we?"
"You have to help…"
"Why should I?"
"Because I can't do it alone…"
"Well you might have to.."
"What? You can't be serious." She said stopping him as he headed for the door.
"Yes, I am…. Because in case you haven't noticed I had nothing to do with this…" with that he left….
Taylor looked back at Courtney. "I guess I'll have to stay with you today…"
During the morning Taylor searched for a school for Courtney in the listings and arrived at a great school , which was near where they lives and at a reasonable fee….
-Later in the day- 4:00pm-
"So, what do you want to do now?"
"I'm hungry."
"What do you want?"
"Pizza."
Taylor searched through her pockets to find five dollars, she needed another five, so she looked in her jacket.
"What topping?"
"Pepperoni with extra cheeses please." Courtney told her innocently.
Taylor smiled to herself at Courtney's vocabulary, but she thought it was adorable..
She ordered the pizza, and watched movies for the rest of the night….
Courtney got up and took up Lady and the Tramp and placed it in the DVD player, Then pressed play
"Lady and the Tramp is the best movie ever." Courtney told her "It's one of my favorites."
"I'll go get more popcorn."
"Alright."
Taylor shortly came back with a bowl filled with kernels and when she sat down Courtney questioned her. "They're just kernels in here."
"I know." She then ignited her hand under the bowl and the popcorn started popping all over the place…
"Awesome!" Courtney was very amused and excited by her power, she smiled brightly.
Later on into the third movie, Courtney asked about her mother…
Taylor knew a day like this would come, she knew just what to say.. "Well, she's not here, right now…"
"Then where is she?" she asked innocently, her eyes glistening with curiousity..
"She was taken from us when I was 10, that was before you where born."
"Who took here?"
"God did, he wanted her back to be in his kingdom."
"So she's dead?"
"Yes." It brought tears to Taylor's eyes for admitting it, everytime she seemed to remember, she always cried.
"Taylor, can I ask you a question?"
"Anything."
"Was mom, nice?"
"Oh yes, she was caring, kind and loving, and I'm sure she'd love you as much as she loved me." She saw a small smile appear on her face, until she was startled by the movie's sounds, she hid under her pillow. I hate this part." Courtney said a bit frightened.
"Its alright, I'm here." She said as she moved into Taylor's arms.
-At about 9 in the night-
The door opened and Warren entered quietly, trying hard not to wake Courtney and Taylor who were both asleep on the couch. He went over to them and turned off the TV and threw a blanket over them, then went upstairs.
After getting ready for bed, and all freshened up, he climbed into bed.
"I didn't here you come in." Taylor said in the doorway, he turned his head to look at her.
"I didn't think I needed to be heard." He said looking back up at the ceiling.
"I found a school for Courtney, so that means I'll have to work extra hours at the Lantern."
"Good for you.."
"Why does the care of our baby sister mean nothing to you?"
"Because I don't think that I need to be included in it."
"That's true all right, cause you don't think at all." She said leaving, but she stopped and turned back and sighed…. She went over to him and sat on the bed beside him… That made him sit up and face her.
"Listen, I don't want to be your sister anymore."
Warren rolled his eyes….
"No, just let me finish….. I don't want to be you're sister because we argue too much, and I keep thinking that we'll never get along with each other." "I just want to be your friend, in fact, your best friend, and maybe we'll get along with each other a lot better…. So what do you say?"
"Alright."
"Really?"
"Yea, I'm going to give it a try, and if it doesn't work out, we'll go back to sibling rivalry…"
"Deal." She said hugging him, he hugged her back without a complaint, and she smiled because maybe this would be a great improvement and a big step up for the both of them…..
