A.N.
Forget to mention ages
Ana - 5 years old
Christian - 6 years old
Kate - 7 years old
Elliot - 8 years old
Short chapter but wanted to get to this point in the story.
-Time jump 2 months later-
I like my new family but I don't deserve to be here my old mommy and him told me no one could love me and they would hit me so I know no one will ever love me. Its getting close to Christmas and I know I won't have any presents as I was always told I'm a bad girl and that bad girls don't get presents. I never wanted to be bad but I guess I am, I try to be good I don't want to be sent away even if I know that my new family shouldn't have such a bad girl living with them. I don't sleep that much every night I dream about living with my old mommy and him, they call me names and hit me then I see mommy laying on the sofa but she doesn't move or make a noise, that's when he comes in and puts the funny stick out on my chest. I wake up at that point all the time I have the same nightmare every night and it scared me so much I hide in my closet with the big teddy, he never keeps the bad dream away but I like to hold him close after my nightmares.
We see Grace and her family a lot we go to theirs and they come to ours, Christian is like me he hasn't spoken and I've noticed he doesn't let people touch him like me. The baby he was holding I was told was their new sister Mia and she is really pretty Grace let me hold her one day and I was so scared she is so tiny I know she can't hurt me so I tried to hold her for a little while and I liked holding her. Kate and Elliot play together a lot when we are all together, Christian stays close to baby Mia but me I don't spend to much time with everyone when they are at ours I prefer to be by myself so then I don't have to try and use my words. I've tired a lot to use them but when I can't I get upset and mad that I can't talk so to stop feeling that way I stay by myself. When its just us at home Kate plays with me we make our dollies have tea parties and Kate makes up funny stories about the dollies. I laughed the first time she did that so now she does it a lot as she says she likes my laugh.
I'm sat by the doors to the garden looking out the doors are open but I don't want to go outside its a little cold out but I like the feel of the wind going through my hair. I close my eyes smiling slightly so I can't see anything I hear Kate and Elliot laughing and running around but then I hear a loud splash and quickly open my eyes. I see the water of the pool moving so I go quickly and have a look and there I see something that made my heart stop, Christian was in the pool trying to swim to the side but he can't I don't know what to do in my head I start screaming "daddy to help!" I hear running and turn quickly to see my daddy and Carrick running towards me and Carrick sees Christian in the water and quickly jumps in and holding his hand he helps him to the side where the steps are so that he can climb out of the pool.
As Christian and his daddy get out of the pool Kate and Elliot had come running out as well, everyone is looking at me and I run over to where Christian is and in my head I ask "are you ok Christian?" But everyone gasps and I don't know why. Christian coughs and then smiles at me and says "thank you Ana I'm ok" my eyes go wide Christian spoke to me he used hiss words. Daddy comes over to me and kneels down next to me "Ana sweet heart you spoke" daddy is smiling and has tears in his eyes, when I look around everyone is the same smiling and looks like they are going to cry apart from Christian who is just smiling at me "you spoke too Christian" I smile widely at him and he holds my hand.