The three of them had bought food and sat at a table in the middle of the food court. The girls stomachs were not a custom to eating a whole lot of food. Their foster parents had fed them hardly
enough for some to physically survive. It was a mystery how all three of them survived. But though they survived all three of them were extremely skinny, but still strong. The girls had settled on
burgers to eat for right now. Zephyr downed hers quickly, Yetsy was a picky eater, always had been, she had to sit and pick off what she didn't want, and then eat hers. Xian was a calm eater
and took her time eating, taking the things the Yetsy didn't want and eating them herself. Once the burgers were gone the three started to pick at the fries that were left and talk about random
things. Once all the food they could handle was gone. The sun was setting and the girls started to wonder around town. "Zephyr I'm tired, where are gonna stay?" Yetsy whined, making Zephyr
suddenly stop and looked down in thought. Where were they going to stay? They didn't have the money to buy a house, they didn't even have enough money to rent an apartment. "Zephyr?"
Xian said as she put her hand on her sister's shoulder. "I, I don't know where were gonna stay," Zephyr said as she looked over her shoulder at her little sisters. "It's ok Zeph, we'll rough it out
on the street for tonight we'll figure out what to do in the morning," Yetsy said as she took her eldest sister's hand in her own. Zephyr looked down at Yetsy and smiled. "Alright if you say so," she
said as she gently squeezed Yetsy's hand. Night quickly fell over East Valley. The girls had decided that sleeping in the park that was in the middle of the city was better then sleeping in an alley
way. Yetsy fell asleep by the fountain, with a sleeping Xian's arms around her. Zephyr was up in a tree not far away from the two. She was stroking the gauze the covered the deep scratches
over her left eye. She sighed and wrapped her arms around her knees and looked up at the stars that covered the sky. She leaned back against the trunk of the tree she was in and tried to fall
asleep.
Hours pasted by and Zephyr still couldn't get to sleep. She was hanging upside down from the tree limb, hold on by her knees. She groaned then pulled herself up so that she was sitting on the
limb the started to climb down the tree. She sighed and put her hands in the pockets of her jeans. She walked out of the park and started to wonder around East Valley. A bunch of guys she
passed would wolf whistle at her, but she would just ignore them and pull the hood of her jacket over her head. Eventually Zephyr decided it was a good idea to go back the park when she saw
the sun was just peeking over the horizon. She ran back to the park and skidded to a stop where Yetsy was curled up within Xian's arms. Or at least they should have been. Zephyr freaked when
she saw that they weren't there by the fountain where she saw them before she left. "Xian? Yetsy! Where are you two?" Zephyr yelled as she ran around the fountain. Not finding them she sat
on the edge and put her head in her hands. She could feel tears falling from her right eye and the tears from her left eye were soaking the gauze. "Zeph?" she heard someone say. Her head shot
up and she saw Yetsy's confused face. "Yetsy!" Zephyr yelled as she stood up and wrapped her arms around her youngest sister. She looked behind the smaller girl and saw Xian, looking
confused also. "Where were the both of you I was worried," Zephyr said as she held Yetsy an arm's length away from her. "She dragged me to the swings," Xian said jerking her thumb behind
her toward the swings that were in seeing distance of the fountain. Zephyr sighed. "Half blind here," she said pointing to her left eye. They both chuckled as Zephyr stood to her full height ad
smiled down at them. "Well, maybe we should fix that," Xian said as she pushed Zephyr back and forced her to sit down on the fountain's edge. Zephyr nodded and closed her eyes as Xian
started to pull of the bandages that hid the marks her father had left on her. Yetsy stood behind Xian, looking over her shoulder so she could see what was the outcome of the screaming and
noises she heard back her old house. Zephyr flinched when she felt Xian slightly touch the scratches as she took off gauze. Once the gauze had completely been taken off. Xian gasped and
backed up. Yetsy didn't make a sound but stood there with her mouth wide open. "What are you two gawking at?" Zephyr asked once she opened her eyes and found the younger girls staring at
her. Neither one of them said anything. Zephyr rolled her eyes and turned and looked at her reflection in the water in the fountain, and instantly regretted it. Four long, deep, blood drenched cuts
remained over her left eye. She put her hand over her mouth to keep from screaming as she glared down at her reflection, mainly the cuts. The cuts started just before her hairline crossed slightly
diagonally over her left eye and ended almost half way down her cheek. She took her hand away from her mouth and slapped the water where her reflection was before she shot up and started
to run out of the park. "ZEPHYR!" Yetsy yelled about to run after the eldest girl but Xian grabbed her shoulder. "Let her go Yetsy. She's needs to be alone for a little while, we'll know if she needs
us," Xian said as she watched the retreating form of her sister. "Come on we'll go back to swings," She added as she started to guide Yetsy back toward the swings. "a-alright," Yetsy said as she
looked over her shoulder in time to watch Zephyr disappear behind the corner of the of a building.