Chapter 3

"Wh-what do you mean, split us up?" I cried. "Shhh, keep it down. The officers said that since we're all still kids, we have to go to the orphanage." Lori replied.

"But, we can't split our family apart!" I whispered. "Luna, I'm sorry." Lori said quietly. "No, I'm sorry", I say furiously, as I wipe my eyes with the back of my hand, "I'm sorry that I just comforted our younger siblings, and told them we'll all be together, which clearly isn't going to happen."

I ran out of her room, ignoring Leni calling after me. I jumped onto my bed, and cried into my pillow for the rest of the night.

At around 2:00 a.m, I wake up to the sound of a basketball dribbling outside. At first, I thought it was some teenagers fooling around. But when the sound lasted for at least ten minutes, I had enough.

I walked to my window and peered outside. Surprisingly, I could see Lynn dribbling furiously under the shining moon.

I groaned as I grabbed my sweater and went outside, making sure to be quiet to not wake anyone up.

"Hey Lynn, whatcha doing?" I ask, as I sit down on the porch. "I'm eating yogurt, what do you think I'm doing?" she snaps at me. Whoa, grouchy.

I rolled my eyes, "I meant what are you doing out here at 2 in the morning?" "Does it really matter? Can you leave me alone for god damns sake" She yelled.

I sighed. Lynn is really tough, which means she keeps her feelings bottled up inside.

"Ok that's it, we need to talk" I say, as I pat the porch, "come sit." She groans but she comes and sits down beside me. "I know this is hard. It's not like you're the only one hurting, we all are. Maybe it might help if you talk about your feelings. Lynn I'm worried about you. The last time you came out in the middle of the night to shoot hoops was the time you felt guilty about accusing Lincoln of bad luck." See, whenever Lynn feels bad or sad, she usually comes and shoots hoops in the middle of the night to take her mind off things. "I guess.. it's hard. One moment they're with us, and the next, they're gone." She says as she looks up in the sky.

"I get it. But dude, you should know that we're all here for each other. You have 10 other people in this family who love you, and care about you. We'll all help each other get through this." I squeeze her hand. "I know. But… It's just…" she takes a deep breath. "It's just I don't really like to let my feelings out. I don't want people to think I'm weak." "Lynn it's ok to cry. Sometimes letting it all out can help."

She turns to look at me, and I see tears in her eyes. "Oh Lynn", I say as I put my arms around her. She cries on my shoulder. "It's going to be okay" I say as I rub her back. But she continues to cry. My heart pained. I've never seen Lynn cry, never in my entire life, not even when she broke her wrist when she was 5.

" I'm okay", she says as she pulls away, wiping her tears with her sleeve. "Sorry for ruining your shirt" she laughs. I look down on my shirt, to see it was wet from her tears. "Don't worry, the twins did the same earlier" I say, and she laughs. "Lynn," I get serious, "I hate to see you keeping everything to yourself. Now we've got each other. Please don't keep your emotions to yourself. You're my baby sis, I'd hate to see you get hurt."

She looks down at the ground. "You're right, I'm sorry. I guess I should start being more open with my feelings. I love you Luna." She says as she gives me a hug. "Aww I love you too dude. But can we please go inside? I'm freezing." I say as I pull my sweater tighter around me. After all, I was only wearing my nightgown.

She laughs and pulls me inside. "Night Luna", she says as she gets to her room. "Night Lynn", I wave as I enter my own room, and finally get some sleep.

Fast forward to two weeks later…

"CAN YOU GUYS KEEP IT DOWN?! I'M TRYING TO TALK TO BOBBY!" Lori yelled from upstairs. I laughed as I turned the volume on the T.V down just a little. We were all starting to get back to ourselves ever since the death of our parents. Lori had talked to the officers, who after some while, had allowed us to stay together since Lori would turn 18 in a few months which would make her a legal adult. Which technically meant she could be our "guardian".

Anyways, today everyone woke up to a pretty good mood. It was Saturday, and we skipped the past two weeks of school because we needed time off. Today, Leni went to the mall, and took the Lola, Luan, and Lucy with her. Lincoln went to Clyde's house, and Lisa went to some science convention, which left me, Lori, Lynn, Lana, and Lily at home. Lori was upstairs talking to Bobby, while the rest of us were sitting on the couch chilling and flipping through channels.

"Ok guys, I'm out. Luna you're in charge, make sure Linc, Leni, Luan, Lucy, Lola and Lisa gets home by 7. Dinner is pizza leftovers from last night and everyone should be in bed by 10. I'll be home late, so don't wait up okay?" Lori rushes as she checks her purse to make sure everything is there.

"Whoa hold on a sec, sis" I say, as I take Lily off my lap and hand her over to Lynn. I walk up to Lori, grab her by the arm and take her outside. "Where are you going?" I ask. "To meet with Bobby, yeesh when did you become so protective? I'm the older sister, hello, that's my job" She laughs. I roll my eyes. "But you've never been out for 2 weeks! What changed?" "Well I was too afraid to leave you in charge but now I've changed my mind, congratulations, blah blah blah, annnd I'm out." She rushes to Vanzilla, where she gets in and zooms off. "Yeah love you too sis" I mutter under my breath. "AHHH! LUNA HELPPPP!" yells Lana from inside.

God I am so sorry for not updating sooner. Heehee I know I promised to update at least tuesday and technically I wrote this chapter tuesday night at like 2 am. But then i told myself that i was wayyy too tired, and i should just post the next day after checking for spelling mistakes. But then I kinda forgot, and when I logged into fanfiction, i realized I didnt even update lol. But here I am! I had major writers block and didn't know what to write, plus i wanted this chap to be long so it took a while. anyways I just had to add the scene with Luna and Lynn, they're both my fav characters and they needed some interaction. ok badd newwssss very berry bad news. i'm busy this weekend, with a reception to go to on sat and i need to start packing on sunday cuz EEEK IM GOING TO GERMANY THIS SUMMMERRRR near the end of july tho lol. on monday a cousin from switzerland is coming to visit, so tuesday we're taking her around places and tourist attractions and yeah. but then.. DUN DUN DUNNN! i start summer school on wednesday awhh sad sad sad. So bcuz of this busy busy week idk when i will update i will try this weekend and if i have the time MAYBEEE tomorrow but tbh idk where im going with this story cuz ive got serious writers block. Comment some ideas! Thankuuu! xoxo, dreamergirl.