Fifteen-year-old almost sixteen-year-old Tommy was sitting on the couch watching TV. His little brother and sister who are 6 and 8 were also watching TV with him. Tommy wasn't baby-sitting because his older sister Josie who is seventeen was home and cleaning up the kitchen with Tommy other sister who is only 12. There was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it." Tommy called.
He went to open the door and standing there was Kimberly. She was upset.
"Beautiful what's wrong?" He asked.
"I had a fight with my step-mother Penelope; I can't go home just yet. I am not ready to face her. I have no other place to go. Can I hide out here?" Kim asked.
"I would love to say yes, but my parents aren't home. If they catch you here they would kill me." Tommy said.
"Please, I'll be gone before they come back." Kim begged.
Tommy didn't know what to do, but this was his girlfriend and she needed him.
"Yeah, come on in." Tommy said.
He snuck Kimberly up to his room. He then went back downstairs, now everyone was in the living room.
"Who was at the door?" Josie asked.
"Nobody, I am going to start on my homework." Tommy said.
Tommy went back up to his room; Kimberly was asleep on his dead. Tommy didn't want to wake her. So he just let her sleep and did start on his homework. He then lay down next to Kimberly. It got late and Josie came upstairs and knocked on Tommy's door.
"Tommy, are you still up." Josie called.
When there was no answer, Josie opened the door and saw Tommy asleep next to Kimberly.
"What is going on here?" Josie said.
Tommy woke up and saw his sister standing over him. He then heard a car door slam, he ran over to his window and saw that his parents were home.
"Josie, please help me get her out of here." Tommy said.
"You know if they caught her here, you would be dead." Josie said.
"Yes I realize that, please help me." Tommy begged his older sister.
"You do realize that if I help you, I own you." Josie said.
"That is blackmail." Tommy said.
Josie smiled, "Yes I know, so do I own you. Or should I go get mom and dad."
"Fine, you win." Tommy said.
Josie helped Tommy sneak Kimberly out of the house. Kim went back to her father house and snuck in. Penelope was waiting for her.
"Where were you?" She asked.
"Out, now I am going to bed." Kimberly said without even looking at Penelope. Kim went upstairs to her room and to bed.
Kimberly spends half her time with her mother and the other half with her father. Both of her parents have married again and yet they still fight whenever they see each other. Kimberly does not get along with her step-mother at all, and yet her father leaves her with Penelope all the time.
