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Chapter 20: Four Days

Day One

Theo and Cecile made Ali stay home from school after she woke up screaming. Theo paced in their bedroom as he contemplated what to do. Theo and Cecile feared that Ali's nightmares would be returning. Cecile sat on the edge of their bed and watched her husband pace as he ran his hands through his curls.

"What are we going to do? Do we need to move again?" Theo panicked. His precious daughter sat downstairs on the sofa as she watched daytime TV. Watch being the operative word.

"No. Don't be too drastic." Cecile tried to calm down her husband.

"When I saw her face," Theo stopped pacing and stared at the wall in front of him. "she looked like the way she did when we went to the hospital. She was so scared." Cecile got up from her spot on the bed and walked over to her husband. She placed her hands on his cheeks, so he would look at her.

"She's safe. They can't get her from here." Cecile cooed. Theo wrapped his arms around his wife as he pulled her close to his chest. Theo was terrified for his daughter. She was his only princess and he would move heaven and hell to protect her, but he just needed to know how.

Day Two

Ali lied on her bed as she looked over to her window. She didn't want to go to school today because she felt like she needed to stay home and she was hiding from Reggie. She didn't know how she was going to look him in the eye after the other night when he kissed her. She pushed him away and she knew that it hurt him, but she was doing this for his own good. Ali heard her phone buzz and reached for it.

Hey Ali, you're not at school today, again? I hope you're okay. Maybe you got sick from the rain?

She read the message from Reggie. Her eyes scanned over the screen multiple times before locking it and placing it beside her. She wasn't going to answer him. Her phone buzzed again.

I know you're avoiding me.

I'm sorry. I was stupid.

I am stupid.

Can we at least talk?

Ali pushed her phone off her bed and turned around. She pulled up her covers and threw them over her head. She didn't want to talk to Reggie, but he didn't seem to get the message. Ali was doing this for his own good, so how could he not understand?

Day Three

"I think I should go to school." Ali said when she sat in front of her parents at the kitchen table. "And you two should get back to work."

"Mon chou, don't worry. We're working from home." Theo replied.

"And I've never known you to be excited to go to school." Cecile joked with her daughter.

"I just think that we should get back to our normal lives." Ali explained. Theo reached across the table and held his daughters hand in his own.

"It's okay, you can stay home as long as you need. We know you had a nightmare and whatever may have set that off-"

"Nothing happened, papa." Ali comforted her father. She placed her hand on the back of his and gave it a pat. "I'm fine. It was just a nightmare. The doctor said that we should expect me to have them for the rest of my life almost."

"Why don't you invite one of your friends over?" Cecile suggested. Theo and Ali both looked at the brunette with confused faces. "Since Ali is feeling a little isolated, why doesn't she invite one of her friends over?"

"Really?" Ali sat back against her chair.

"Sure, why don't you invite one of the girls from the cheerleading team?" Cecile suggested. Ali shook her head,

"I know who I want to invite." Afterwards, Ali went upstairs and grabbed her phone from her bed. She had turned it off the day before because she didn't want to see any more texts from Reggie. When her phone finally awoke she saw all of Reggie's texts appear on her screen.

I hope you're feeling better

I've never texted someone this much

Is this what double texting is like?

Is this what being left on read is like?

I'm going to come by tomorrow after school and see if you want to come to school again

And if you are sick, then I'll bring you soup

Ali was touched by Reggie's concern and his persistence. Ali smiled to herself. He genuinely cared and she was surprised because she wouldn't care about him if he treated her the way she treated him.

Hey Ali, Sweet Pea told me he saw you at the fight? Are you okay? Did you talk to Archie and his buddies?

Ali got a text from the only person she wanted over. After her fingers jumped across her screen, Ali was happy with her text and happy with her response. She waited downstairs for the doorbell to ring.

"Ali, can you get that?" Ali happily got up from the sofa and made her way to the door to open it. Toni stood in front of her with her leather jacket on her back and a smile on her face.

"Hey, Ali!" Ali allowed Toni to walk into her house, so she could take off her shoes.

"Hey, Toni. Do you want something to drink?" Ali asked as she showed Toni into the kitchen.

"No, I'm okay." Toni declined.

"Oh, Ali, is this your friend?" Cecile turned around to the two girls and smiled.

"Maman, this is Toni. Toni this is Mrs. Dubois." Ali introduced the two individuals to each other.

"Toni, do you want anything to drink?" Cecile offered. Toni smiled and waved her hand.

"No thank you, I'm good."

"We're just going to go upstairs and hangout." Ali told her mother. Cecile nodded her head and watched the pair leave the kitchen, but her eyes widened at the sight of Toni's jacket. Southside Serpents was proudly placed on her back. Cecile feared that Ali was mixing with the wrong crowd again.

Day Four

"I'm not getting myself into trouble again!" Ali yelled at her parents as she slammed her fists onto the table.

"I saw her jacket!" Cecile argued with her daughter.

"It doesn't mean I've joined a gang!" Ali said with disbelief.

"I don't want you hanging out with them again!" Cecile pointed her finger at her daughter.

"They're my friends!"

"That is enough!" Theo's voice boomed from his seat at the table. Ali and Cecile both looked at the man and sat back down on there seats. "I agree with your mother-"

"But papa-"

"Arrête." Theo silenced his daughter with just one word. "Did you forget what happened the last time you get mixed up in a gang? Huh?" Ali avoided her father's eyes. "J'avais si peur, mon chou. I was terrified." Theo grabbed hold of his wife's hand. "We both were."

"J'ai connais." Ali nodded her head.

"If your friend wasn't there, it would've been more than just your back that was burned." Theo explained to his daughter. Ali looked up at her father with tears welling in her eyes. "We moved here, so you would be safe. So you wouldn't get into any more trouble. No more fights. No more racing. No more police."

"I know."

"So please, mon chou, don't spend any more time with them." Theo pleaded with his daughter. He placed his hand on the table and Ali reached for it.

"D'accord."

DAMNNNNN

Will Ali need to stop being friends with the Serpents?! What does he mean more than just her back would've been burned? What exactly happened to her? What are YOUR thoughts and theories? Also...what should Ali do about Reggie?

So many questions...