this next chapter follows the sisters spreading the word to their friends and all that from their point of view whether it be in 1st or 2nd and the little things that they go throughout the day (or night) and have internal struggles. Enjoy!

Sage

(age: 18)

You put the last of your clothes and essentials in your backpack that you plan on taking with you to Disneyland and seeing that you're done you immediately plop on your bed and stretch your arms out and you think to yourself, 'Dang what a day! First, you were packing things that would be banished to the storage or taking with you to college til now packing things to go to the happiest place on Earth!'

You look at your dresser and force yourself up as you walk over to your dresser and examine the ticket to Disneyland and look at the cartoon characters of Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, Daisy, and Goofy standing in front of a realistic picture of the Disneyland Castle in the background with fireworks going off and on the bottom of these characters were big cursive words that read:

'Disneyland: The happiest place on Earth'.

You chuckle as you then pull out your phone and sit back on your bed and place the ticket beside you and begin texting to your two best friends on your friends group chat.

Sage:

Hey

Natasha:

What's up girlfriend?

Robert:

Yeah?

Sage:

My mom got my sisters and me tickets to go to Disneyland for two days with our uncle!

Robert:

Holy crap that is so awesome

Natasha:

Lucky!!!

when are you guys leaving?

Sage:

Not sure but if I had to guess it would be soon.

Natasha:

I'm really happy for you Sage. You have fun with your sisters and tell me all about it ok?

Sage:

Thanks

Robert:

Do you think you can get me a souvenir from there if you can?

Sage:

Sure can

Robert:

Thanks and congrats!

Sage:

Text you guys later ok? love you both. Bye!

Robert/Natasha:

Bye!

You place your phone on the left side of your bed and let out a big sigh and close your eyes and let your mind drift away to serenity only to come crashing back to reality upon hearing a muffled voice of Quinn arguing with mom once again, but you don't want to get involved, for you're already stressed enough about everything.

Quinn

(age: 14)

"It's not fair! I didn't do anything wrong! if there's anyone to blame it's Emily, she always steals my stuff and I get trouble for it!" I exclaimed angrily. Sage explained to mom about me going to Brenda's house to party instead of studying and also about me yelling at Emily for stealing my stuff. Mom talked to Emily but wasn't even hard on her like she is with me now, as she also agrees with Sage that I'm not going to any party tonight...Or any other night!

"Emily isn't to blame here," mom said sternly. "You told me that you were going to study at Brenda's house tonight but you lied to me yet again. Why are you lying?"

I was so flabbergasted with it all that I looked away, arms crossed, sulking and breathing heavily as I heard mom sigh.

"As soon as you start showing responsibility and being honest, maybe I will let you go and hang out with your friends," mom said. I briefly looked at her from the corner of my eye and saw she had an exhausted look on her face. "Until then, I can't trust you enough to do that."

All I could do was watch as she stood there for a moment then slowly shook her head and walked away but not before stopping and looking back at me sadly.

"What happened to you Quinn?" mom asked me. "You were never like this."

She sounded sad but I didn't care as I closed my bedroom door and climbed on the top bunk bed and pulled away the pillow to find my phone, my headphones, and the ticket to Disneyland. I picked up the ticket and looked at it and I saw an image of two kids, a boy and a girl, hugging a Mickey Mouse mascot with a statue of Walt Disney and Mickey in the background and big words on the bottom saying:

'Disneyland: where magic is real!'

I scoff at the words. Man, there was a time when I was at a certain age and I believed magic was real but that was until... I stopped myself right there and huffed as I placed the ticket down and put my pillow back in place and rested my head on it as I went to Facebook to make a post but was suddenly indecisive on what to post! Do I post about how unfair my life is going, how unreasonable my mom has become, or how each of my sisters drive me up the freakin' wall?!

As I laid there contemplating, I suddenly thought of the Nostalgia of seeing and holding that Disney ticket for the first time and as I immediately sat up and pulled out the ticket from under my pillow, I examined it again but I took a deeper look at the statue of Walt Disney and Mickey mouse and I felt calm but, suddenly, sad.

'Dad promised us that he would take all of us', I thought to myself as a tear rolled down my cheek. I was both angry and sad for alot of reasons but I wiped away the tear and pressed the camera icon as I took a picture of the ticket, went back to Facebook and made my post with the photo and a hashtag saying: #GoingtoDisneyland!!!!!

"Now all I gotta do is wait," I told myself as I placed my phone back under my bed and laid there staring at the ceiling. Even though I should feel relieved for making a post that I know everyone on Facebook is going to be flooding with comments from "congratulations" to "enjoy your trip!", I wasn't feeling satisfied. Was it because I wasn't allowed to go to Brenda's house? Dad not taking us? or just sick and tired of being in this family? I slowly breathed in and out as I got back on my phone to block out these irritating thoughts, pulled out my headphones, and decided to go on YouTube to watch random videos or listen to music.

Kayla

(age:11)

you just turned off the shower and sighed with pure relaxation from the hot water as the steam emminated from your skin and water droplets dripping off the ends of your hair and running down your back. You always loved taking showers, it was something about hot running water that always made you feel good after a long day and wish you could stay in it and never come out, but you know that other people would want to use the bathroom, too, so you pull away the curtains, retrieve a towel from a hook rack, and dry yourself off. First your hair, then your body and finally your legs and feet, and as you set out of the tub you walk towards the bathroom counter where you've put your nighty-night clothes and fresh undergarments, and as you hastily put it all on, you also notice the one hundred dollar bill that you found on the ground ( which you are still happy about) and the Disneyland ticket that you pick up and look at and stared longingly at the images of all the classic to modern Disney Princesses and behind them is a beautiful night sky with star constellations of a heart and a tiara, and big words below them that read:

'Disneyland: where dreams come true'

You sigh sadly and sit down on the toilet cover still staring at the images of all the princesses and those words.

'If only dreams do come true', you think to yourself as you look at the princesses.

'You can never compete with them! they're all so flawless and you... you used to be like them but now you're acting dumb! why?' you think to yourself this as always. You never used to be like this but now you always blamed your Autism for your problems but you know that's not true yet you do it anyway. You examine each princess from Ariel, Belle, Merida, to Anna and Elsa and think of a character trait that they had that you lacked or wanted to have more in your life when you hear a tapping on the bathroom window.

"Kayla? it's me Oliver." said a familiar voice. it was your friend, Oliver silvernails. your troublesome look is soon replaced with a smile as you go over to the bathroom window and open it to see him and his Goofy smile and his curly hair and large green eyes.

"How did you know that I was in the bathroom?" you asked Oliver who simply smiled.

"Gut feeling." Oliver simply answered. "My parents were arguing again so I decided to take a little walk. Don't worry, I'll be home before they realize I'm gone, I always do."

" you won't believe what I found today!" you said excitedly as you turned to get the one hundred dollar bill as Oliver examined it and nodded happily.

"Wow, you have really good luck!" Oliver said.

You then showed him your Disneyland ticket as his mouth dropped.

"Now I wish I had your luck!" Oliver said as you giggled. "When are you leaving?"

"No idea but it would be sometime soon." you said with a shrug.

"Enjoy it for me, okay?" Oliver said as you nodded.

"It might be the last time we will all be together as sisters." you said sadly.

"Sage is going away to college for four years, not prison." Oliver reassured you, placing a hand on yours. "She'll be back."

"Try explaining that to Emily. she's gonna miss her the most when she leaves." you said, as Oliver listened closely.

the door suddenly knocked and your mother entered the bathroom.

"Kayla, who are you talking to?" mom asked as you step aside to let both Oliver and your mom see each other.

"Hi Kayla's mom!" Oliver said happily.

"Oh, Oliver it's you." mom said, placing a hand over her heart.

"I should get going, later Kayla." Oliver said as he left and vanished into the night.

"later Ollie." you called back before turning to your mom with a smile still on your face.

"Please be careful around that boy." your mom warned.

"Yes mom." you answer her as you pick up your dirty clothes alongside a brush and a container of conditioner and walk past your mother and to your bedroom.

Emily

(age:7)

I sit on the floor in the living room surrounded by my plush animals, miniature plastic toys of animals and/or people, and Barbie dolls.

"Hello, Emily!" I spoke for one of the toys, a stuffed green elephant with yellow polka dots as I jiggled him around.

"Any good news?" I spoke for a toy swan in a poorly done British voice. Jiggling her as well.

"very good news! so good infact that you might die from excitement!" I said to all of the toys present as they all went "ooooh" and "aaaaahhhh". I then took the ticket out from behind me and showed it to the army of toys who all were jumping up and down with excitement and wonder.

"How wonderful!" said a miniature toy tiger. "How does it feel to be going to Disneyland?"

"It's going to be nice." I said to the tiny tiger with a soft smile, as I showed to the toys the ticket.

"See? theres the image of a ferris wheel with Mickey's head on it complete with a roller coaster ride in the background." I said, pointing to each one.

"Read what it says!" said a toy brown teddy bear.

I turn it around and read aloud the words. "'Disneyland: where imagination never ends.'"

"I like that very much!" said a giant pinkish dog hand puppet with a goofy voice. "let make it a catchphrase!"

All the toys started to laugh along with me.

"I like it, too!" I said through my laughter.

"Emily." said mom who just came to the living room. "it's your turn to take a shower and head to bed. Say goodnight to your toys and put them away."

"okay." I said as I put the ticket down and scooped up all the toys one hand full at a time and putting them in a huge plastic container by the corner, scooped up my ticket, and headed to the room to get my night clothes, but not before making a quick glance into Sage's room and seeing Sage lay on the bed. I was gonna miss not being able to go to Sage's bedroom to vent about my troubles to her when she's gone. I quickly go to the other bedroom and see Quinn on her bed with earphones in her ears listening to something on her phone and Kayla brushing her hair while sitting on the floor reading a book at the same time. I had to admit that on the bright side I will have Quinn and Kayla, but it wouldn't be the same, because, one, Quinn is preoccupied with herself, and two, Kayla is such a random person who's always doing her own things but makes the time for me every so often which is nice, but still wouldn't be the same. These thoughts weighed heavily in my head as I go to my dresser, place my ticket in the top dresser and then proceed to pull out my night clothes and clean undergarments and headed to the bathroom to shower.