So I know I have not updated in like literally a year! But I just have not had any inspiration to write. Feel free to leave a review, favorite and follow this story. I promise I will start to update again.I hope you will like this chapter. Enjoy! :)
The first two nights at the fosters went by smoothly. Both Mariana and Jesus slept through the night. Only because they where sleeping in the same room,almost in the same bed.
Mariana woke up to the sun peeking through the curtain and shining right in her eyes. She yawned and stretched her arms. She looked over at her brother, who was still sleeping. Mariana thought about waking him up but decided against it since the clock was only six fourty five and Lena had told them the day before that school started at eight thirty. Wright school. Today was the twins first day at Anchor Beach. Mariana was really nervous. School had never been her favourite thing. She liked learning and stuff but she'd never had a good teacher or been to a school without being bullied.
She sucked in a sharp breath and, as quiet as possible, put her feet down on the floor and got out of the warm bed. She made her way over to the bathroom and closed the door behind her. Mariana hoped up on the plastic stool, that Stef and Lena had put in the bathroom so the kids could reach the sink. She looked at her reflection in the mirror. Her brown hair was hanging in chunks, it was dirty. She hadn't let Stef or Lena, not even Jesus touch it. She knew it really needed washing and brushing but she wasn't comfortable showering in this house yet. Showering had always been an issue for Mariana. She felt too vulnerable when she showered and Jesus couldn't be there to protect her. Mariana took the hair brush that was to her right and started to run it through her tangled hair. She moaned in pain as the brush pulled her hair and tears started forming in her eyes.
Lena opened her eyes. She turned to look at the alarm clock at her night stand, 7.00 it showed with red numbers. Lena smiled. She liked early mornings, getting up before Stef and Brandon, making breakfast and maybe even have time to do something for herself like read a book. She gave her still sleeping girlfriend a quick kiss on the cheek before getting up putting on her slippers and making her way out to the hall. She passed Brandon's room and peeked inside. Brandon was fast a sleeep with his arms clutched around his stuffed dinosaur that Mike had given him for christmas last year. Lena smiled at the sight and went on to check on the twins. She looked in to Jesus's room and, to her surprise ,only saw one of the two kids she was expecting to see. A little confused she continued towards the stairs. Just as she was about to start walking down the stairs, thinking that Mariana must be down stairs, she heard a whimper. She quickly turned to where the sound came from. The bathroom.
"Mariana?" Mariana heard a voice outside the bathroom. "Honey is that you in there?" the voice continued. It was Lena. Mariana quickly wiped her tears away and answered "Yeah" with a quiet voice. "Is everything okay?" Lena asked. Mariana didn't know what to do. Lena would probably get mad at her for using the brush and for lockig the bathroom door. "Yeah" Mariana answered again with an even quieter voice. Lena pushed the door handel down and tried to open the door. It was locked. Carp, Lena thought to herself. She needed to get in there. It was clear thar Mariana was crying. "Mariana, sweetie" she began "Can you please open the door?" Lena waited for an answer. But Mariana didn't answer her instead she went over to the door and unlocked it. It was better to get it over with Mariana thought. If Lena was mad keeping the door locked would probably just make her madder. Lena entered the bathroom and saw the little girl standing on the floor with dried tears on her cheeks and a hair brush in her right hand. Lena crouched down infront of Mariana and looked at her. "Hey" Lena said "What's wrong sweetheart?" She asked pushing some hair out of her foster daughters face. Mariana flinched unwillingly at the touch. She looked up at the woman as she felt tears burn in her eyes.
"I needed to brush my hair" She said very hesitantly, as if she would get in trouble for speaking. "That's why you're crying?" Lena questioned her heart breaking for the small girl standing infront of her. "It really hurt" Mariana felt tears roll down her cheeks. "Oh honey" Lena said as she very carefully put her arms around Mariana and hugged her. Mariana stiffened at the touch but she didn't pull away, wich made Lena happy. After several seconds Lena pulled out of the hug and brushed a tear away from Marianas cheek. "May I?" Lena asked as she reached out to grab the brush out of Mariana's hand. Mariana looked at her and hesitantly gave her the brush.
"Jump up sweets" Lena gestured towards the plastic stool and the girl climbed up. Lena started, very carefully, to untagel Mariana's hair. "Now tell me if it hurts and I will stop okay?" she said as she met Mariana's gaze in the mirror. Mariana nodded and gave her a weak smile. She couldn't belive Lena wasn't mad. Every other foster parent she had would have gone ballistic. "Why aren't you mad?" Mariana asked after a few minutes of silence. Lena looked at the girl, puzzled. "Why would I be mad sweetie?" "Because I used the hair brush without permission and I locked the door" Mariana stated like it was the most obvious thing. Lena stopped moving the brush and cleared her throat. "You didn't do anything wrong, Mariana" she put her hand on the latina's shoulder. "Please don't hurt me" Mariana whispered and looked down at the floor. "Hey, Look at me" Lena pleaded as she crouched down. Mariana carefully looked up at her foster mother. "You are safe in this house" Lena met Marianas gaze "We are never going to hurt you honey" the woman felt tears form in her eyes. This poor little girl had been through so much in her short life time. More than anyone should ever have to. Mariana nodded slightly. Lena smiled at her. "Are you crying?" Mariana asked confused. Lena quickly wiped her tears away and answered "Yes, but I'm fine" "I'm just so happy that you and your brother are here and that you are safe" she said. "I am happy that we are here too" Mariana whispered just loud enough for Lena to hear her. This made Lena's heart warm and she smiled at the girl. "I'm so glad to hear that" she squeezed Mariana's hand. Lena stood back up and continued to untangel the long dark hair.
After about fifteen minutes Mariana's hair was brushed out and braided in a long braid. "All done sweets" Lena told her with a smile as she finished the braid. Mariana looked at herself in the mirror. She looked pretty and she really liked that the hair tie in the end of her braid was bright pink. "Thank you" she looked at Lena. No one had ever done anything this nice for her, well exept Jesus of course. "You are so very welcome sweetheart" Lena looked at the time 7.30. It was time for the rest of the family to wake up. "Why don't you go wake up Jesus and I will go and try to wake up mom and Brandon?" Lena asked the girl. Mariana nodded and run over to her brother's room.
Lena walked out of the bathroom and in to her and Stef's room. She sat down on the bed and let out a sigh. She loved that Mariana had opened up to her but she hated what the girl had said and that she was so scared of her. Stef turned around in the bed and saw her girlfriend. "Good morning Love" Stef greeted. She looked at Lena and awaited an answer. "Hey, is everything okay" Stef questioned as she got up and placed herself beside Lena. "Yeah, I'm sorry" Lena looked at the woman "I was just thinking about something Mariana said to me this morning" Stef studied her girlfriend and urged her to continue. "I found her in the bathroom crying" Lena said "She was brushing her hair and she told me it hurt" Stef smiled sadly "And when I comforted her she thought I was going to hurt her" Lena let a tear slip out. "Aw honey" Stef put her arms around her "I know it's hard to hear what these kids have been through" Stef wiped a tear away withe her thumb" but the most important thing is that they are safe now" Stef said "And we are not gonna let anything bad happen to them ever again" Lena smiled "I know I'm sorry. It just gets to much for me sometimes" she continued "Oh no my Love. Don't apologize" Stef said "You have such a big heart and you feel so much" Stef smiled "That's one of the many resons I love you so much" she kissed Lena on the lips and wiped the last tears away. " I love you" Lena whispered in Stef's ear as she leaned against her and let her arms completly embrace her. They sat like that for a while, just enjoying eachothers company. "We have to get the kids ready for school love" Stef spoke. "Yes I know" Lena kissed the blonde one last time befor she got up and opened her wardrobe. She had a feeling this was gonna be a long day.
Thank you for reading, I will try to update soon again. Bye for now! :)