Chapter Two
I woke up to the sound of our dog barking. I glanced over at Miley, who was peacefully sleeping on my chest. Poor girl, I stroked her hair while she slept. I heard footsteps outside my door. Then there was a knock on my door. "Emily, get the heck up! It's almost freaking 11 o'clock." I heard my mother shout. I sighed. "Okay, mom, I'll be down in a few." I said sighing. I didn't want to have to wake my poor baby sister up but I had no choice. I stroked Miley's hair softly. "Miley, you have to get up sweetie." I said softly. Poor Miley looked exhausted when she woke up. She looked at me tearfully. I stroked her hair. "I'm sorry sweetie, but mom wanted me up. And I can't just leave you here sweetie, someone might come in and see you." I told her softly.
Miley hid her face in my chest as I stroked her hair. I couldn't take this anymore, I hated seeing my poor baby sister worked to death and then beaten for no reason. I had to do something to help her. She fell asleep after she cried herself out. So I quietly called our cousin Hannah.
"Hello?" I heard her say into the telephone in her thick southern accent. "Hi Hannah, it's Emily. I need to ask you something." I said. She seemed really happy to hear from me, considering we haven't seen each other in months. "Aww hi sweetie pie. How are you and Miles? Are two okay?" Hannah asked softly into the phone. I sighed quietly so I wouldn't wake my sister up. "No, my poor baby sister was forced to be a slave. And our parents don't even care! I can't watch Miles get worked to death anymore, it's awful. So I was wondering if we could stay with you for a while." I said almost crying.
"Aww Emmy bear, don't cry. And of course you guys can stay with me. I'd love to have you two over here." She said softly into the phone. I sighed in relief when she said yes. She lives all the way back in America. Tennessee to be exact. So it'd be safe to have Miley there. "Thank you so, so much Hannah. It really means a lot that you'd let us stay with you. We'll be there probably late tonight or early tomorrow morning." I told her gratefully. "Aww anything for my two favorite cousins. Okay, I'll be waiting. By the way Lanie and her little sister miss you guys. So, you'll have to visit them while you're here."
As we got to the airport, Miley hid her face in my shoulder. I looked at her and stroked her hair. "It's okay babes. We're going somewhere much safer then here I promise sweetie. We're gonna go stay with Hannah for a while." I said trying to soothe her a bit. "I love you so much Em. You're my favorite sister in the whole world." She said as she sobbed. I kissed her forehead softly and we went to board our plane.
Once we were seated on the plane, I sat Miley on my lap and wrapped my jacket around her. Miley cuddled up to me and laid her head on my chest. I stroked her cheek softly. "You are too adorable Miley." I told her softly as she slowly drifted to sleep in my arms. I kissed her forehead and fell asleep too.
The sound of the pilot making an announcement about landing at the airport in Tennessee woke me up, I looked down at Miley to make sure she was okay. Thankfully she was still sleeping peacefully on my chest. But unfortunately, I had to wake her up soon. I gently shook my baby sister trying to wake her up. "Miley, sweetie we're almost there." I whispered softly to her. She didn't wake up so I tried shaking her a little more but very gently. "Come on sweetie, wake up. We're gonna be there in 10 minutes babes." Miley slowly opened her eyes and looked at me upset. I stroked her cheeks trying to soothe her. "Aww Miles cheer up babes. We'll get to see Hannah. She'll be thrilled to see you again. And Lanie, Noah, maybe even Lucas." I said try to cheer her up. She didn't care, she just closed her eyes and fell asleep on my chest again. I sighed, poor girl.