I´ve uploaded a link on my profile, with a pic of Oaklee… Oaklee…. Pendergast I think is his name… hmm… sounds German… well, enough, I uploaded the link, because he looked like, and the picture looks like how I imagined the picture of Josh.
I opened the door, and Vie, soaking wet and sobbing unstoppable, stuttered something, I could barely hear what it was
"Sh-sh-sh-she k-k-k-icked me o-o-out." She sobbed, over and over again. After several attempts to talk to her, I just wrapped my arms around her, let her cry against my shoulder, until she had calmed down. I looked back at Burt and Carole, and nodded to them to wait in the kitchen. I sat there, with Vie crying against my shoulder, for the most parts of an hour. When Vie had calmed down, I let go and leaned back a bit, that´s when I spotted something red on the side of her head.
"Vie you´re bleeding," I checked it. It seemed like a not too deep cut. But I decided to let Carole take a look at it anyway.
"Carole?" I had lifted Vie up, and I now walked through the kitchen door.
"Yes?"
"Vie has a cut on her head, could you take a look at it?"
"Yes of course," I lifted Vie a little bit more, so she sat on the kitchen bench. Carole cleaned the cut, and taped it. Vie did not make a sound.
Two hours later
I walked down the stairs, Vie was asleep in Finn´s bed. I tried to breathe slowly, as I was gonna ask Burt and Carole about something that was very important to me.
"How is she?" Burt asked when I came through the door. I nodded slightly, I did not sit down, but I leaned over the back of a chair.
"Look, Burt? Carole? Vie´s mum kicked her out of the house. There is no way Vie can go back there…"
"Lex…" Carole tried, but I didn´t listen, instead I kept on talking.
"And there´s no way I´ll send her back there. I know we should call the social services, like… in the morning, but…"
"Lex," Burt tried too, but I still didn´t listen.
"I mean, it´ll soon be Christmas…"
"Lex," Carole tried, a little louder this time
"Well, can´t she at least stay here until after Christmas."
"Lex" Burt tried he too a little louder.
"Please, I mean, this is my one chance to do it again… my only chance to make something right…"
"LEX" both Burt and Carole shouted at once.
"So what do you think?" I stopped walking back and forth, which I had been doing for the last minute, and looked at them both.
"We´ve kind of been waiting for you to ask." Carole said. "besides, we were thinking quite the same, it would be quite rude to kick her out less than a week before Christmas."
"We were thinking that she could stay here over new year as well, and then we can call social services in the beginning of January." I relaxed, and sat down on a chair.
"But Lex," Carole looked me in the eyes. "She´s not gonna stay here forever… we´re not gonna foster her."
"I know…" I said. "But you´re giving me enough time to make something right." I smiled.
"And this happens…. On a few conditions."
"Anything."
"We can´t baby- sit all the time, tomorrow and Thursday evening at least one of us will be home, so you´ll have those days to fix with Christmas presents," Burt said. I nodded. "And, Kurt and Finn are coming home on Saturday, and after that, you and Vie are sharing your room."
"Yeah, that´ll be fine."
"And also, we were gonna tell you earlier, but because of some renovations on Nyada, Kurt and Blaine will be home until in the middle of February."
"But that'll be fun, won´t it."
"Yes." I looked at my clock, ten o´clock.
"I´m going upstairs,"
"Goodnight,"
"Goodnight." I stopped for a second in the door and turned around when I told them goodnight, Then I sighed slightly, turned around and walked up to my room, as usual, when I was gonna write, I jumped up in the windowsill. I fixed with a pen, opened the diary, and wrote.
Dear Clara
Earlier today, Vie came running down the driveway. When I opened the door for he, she was crying and stuttering about that her mum kicking her out.
When Vie had calmed down, she told me that her mum was angry at her for not doing the dishes.
Vie is gonna live here, until in January, after Christmas and New year´s eve.
I know Vie´s not Maddie, I know I´m not ever getting another try, but somehow, I feel like, if I help Vie, it´s giving me the chance to try again, to make something right. Even though it´s not the same person.
Earlier today, I, Tyler, Marcie and Ben walked around town, putting up fliers for Alice, because her little brother Josh have been kidnapped, I feel really sorry for Alice right now, of course I feel sorry for her parents too, but I know what it´s like to lose a sibling. I hope and pray that Josh will be home safely.
Lex
I locked the diary and put it in one of the drawers under my desk. I walked out of my room, and over to Finn´s room, well there, I sneaked across the room, one of Vie´s arms were hanging over the edge of the bed, I lifted it up, and pulled the covers, that she had kicked off herself over her again.
The next morning, I was walking with vie to her school before going towards McKinley.
"I have glee- club today," I told her. "and later, I´m gonna go fix with Christmas- presents. You can´t be home on your own, but you will end school only about half an hour before Burt shift ends, so when you´re done for today, just go to the gas station. You don´t need to be afraid, as I´ve told you before, Burt and Carole are really nice people."
"So they won´t hurt me then?"
"No."
"You promise?"
"Pinkie swear." I hooked my little finger in hers. Then she walked up the driveway to her school, and I turned around to go to mine.
