Chapter 8

By time they got here, Castiel was long gone, and Caitlin's show had ended. The cafe has closed up, so I waited outside.

"Mama!" Shrieked and giggled my little 3 year old sister. She ran towards me.

"Cara!" I scooped her up and kissed her repeatedly.

"Mama! I missed you so much! Sis, and Sissie are really boring!" She huffed. 3 years old, and she had so much sass.
"Cara!" Gasped Elmira. Aria smiled slightly. It was more of a grimace then a smile, really.

I walked over to my sister, still holding Cara.

"Missed you Elmira!" I kissed her cheek. Then I turned to Aria.

"Missed you too!" I hugged her. We still though of each other as friends rather then step sisters.

"Come on. It's late. Let's head to my house." I nodded towards the street. So we turned and walked off with Cara chattering happily to me. For 3 years old she spoke well. I figured it was the work of Aria. Aria loved English. She studied it, and wanted to major in it.

. . . . .

"Cara must be exhausted." I remarked to them, because the moment we sat down on the bus, Cara fell asleep.

"It was a long day. I really missed you, Telsa." Elmira leaned on my shoulder. Being shorter then me by two inches. Her head was tilted at a really odd angle. I leaned my head against her's.

"I missed you too." I whispered to her.

"I thought of you a lot. Remember that time, dad started to train us on using the epi-pen?" She asked.

"Of course I remember. It was before Mom left, and before Cara. Dad had me practice on his leg using the trainer epi-pen, telling me how big the needle was and telling me that I really had to press on it. Then mom went 'No No!' and told us that dad needed to thrash around to be more realistic. So when I went to go fake stab in the epi-pen he screamed out, though he didn't thrash. It was really loud, and we were already laughing." I recalled.

"And then I rushed down the stairs. So dad immediately went all serious and had me do it to him as well. When he screamed I immediately stopped, even though you guys just were laughing your heads off." Elmira continued the story.

"That was before the cafe was even started!" I laughed at how old the memory seemed.

"Ah... Before all our troubles started!" Elmira sighed.

"No. Dad yelled at me then as well." I snapped back quickly.

"Oh. Sorry." She murmured.

"Once I got to Sixth, he began yelling at me." I murmured back.

"I'm really sorry, Telsa..." Elmira turned to me.

"It's fine. You didn't yell at me. It was him who yelled at me. Thank goodness he wasn't abusive. Otherwise I would be cold as stone in my grave. And besides. I've learned a lot from that. Making wise choices, getting better friends, becoming independent... I learned to be a better person!" I smiled.

"Except for the part where you ran wild. You may have become wiser, but you got really rebellious. You dyed your hair blue, got extensions. And the really fancy kind that is glued to your hair. Then you went through this crazy fashion stage, and went over to hang out with Arsen so constantly. You slept over at so many of your friends houses, you almost didn't live in the house. To top that, you got tested that year as well." Elmira pointed out.

"Hush child. I became normal after that, I grew out my hair, got it cut short and stylish. Became the genius I was known for, and became an event planner. AND I started dating Arsen. I also took care of Cara after Jenny was no longer essential to her. I took care of Cara quite a lot anyways. That's why I'm her Mama. Not Jenny." I listed on.

"Oh, here's our stop." I picked up Cara, and stopped the bus and paid while Aria (who completely ignored us, and listened to her music, earbuds in securely) and Elmira lugged off their luggage.

Once inside my private apartment. I set Cara down on the bed, dreading tomorrow's conference.

"Elmira, Aria. Since you guys will wake up earlier then me, can you guys scoot out to breakfast so I can go to school. Tomorrow will be Friday, so I'll be able to hang out with you guys later. I just have a conference after school. And don't let Arsen know the location of this apartment." I informed the two shapes in the door way.

"Alright. We understand." Aria smiled softly.

"Thanks, guys. I'm under a lot of stress due to my job. Now. Let's go to the living room. There's a lot of catching up to do!" I led them to the living room.

"Most importantly. How's dad? I know he tried to kill himself. I know the nut house isn't fun, but he shouldn't have done that." I got straight to the point.

"Well..." They exchanged glances.

"He almost succeeded. He's in the hospital." Aria spoke out.

"Oh." I whispered.

Author's Note

Wow! That was a hard chapter to write. I really didn't know what to do, but I knew I wanted a sisterly moment between Elmira and Telsa, so I took a moment that happened in my family recently. It was a lot more hilarious then how I described it in the story, but the story had to be brief. Really hoped you guys liked it. I revealed a lot of Telsa's history, but I'll end up describing it in more detail later on.

NOW REMEMBER! I only take credit for my OC, and her family. Not any of the MCL characters, like the Principal, Priya, Rosa, Castiel, and Nathaniel.