So, this chapter will be written in third person, I usually don´t write that way, but now it´s the best way to do it.
I´ve had to change Aaron´s ago from two to four, when I realized he was in one of Sophia´s earliest flashbacks, (chap, ABC) as a toddler, and that was when Sophia was about six years old… well, you get it.
Dear guest, ehrm, no I don´t think there´s a chance that Sophia will date one of the twins… I mean… come on… they hate each other. There´s a chance that they may not be just as much enemies as they are right now after a while, but no shipping between Sophia/Twin is gonna turn up.
The front door opened, and all of the residents of Elm Tree House came walking into the dumping ground. Sophia, who still sat in the sofa in the quiet room, looked up when she heard the door open.
"It´s fine," Mike stood up. "I´ll go talk to them," Sophia first looked like she wanted to protest, but she kept quiet and sat down in the sofa again. Mike smiled slightly at her, before he turned around and walked out the door out in the hallway.
"Where´s Sophia?" Tyler asked when Mike came out in the hallway.
"Is she all right?" Tee asked.
"Why did she ran away when the teacher called her by the wrong name?" Carmen asked.
"Why…"
"KIDS." Mike held up his hands to make the children be quiet, "kitchen, now."
"But why..?" Tyler began again.
"Sophia´s in the quiet room," Mike said. "She´s perfectly fine, go to the kitchen and I´ll explain as much as I can to you." The children turned around, and walked into the kitchen, with Mike after them, most of them sat down by the table, but Tee jumped up to sit on the kitchen table, and Stan and Joe sat down on the table. Mike stood behind the kitchen bench and started with gazing over the group.
"Sophia… she told me and Gina the whole story earlier. How she ended up here, and why she reacted so strong by being called by the wrong name. But she made it very clear for us both, that she didn´t want anyone else to know…"
"WHAT?" Jody shouted with anger in her voice. "Why n…" Mike held up his hands to make Jody be quiet and then continued.
"Look, I can tell you this, that there´s a risk, that Sophia may suffer from a bit of posttraumatic stress, so I don´t want anyone of you, to ask her, or talk about her life before she came here. Understand?" Mike gazed over the group with a strict look.
"What´s Post- rheumatic stress?" Jody asked.
"It´s post- traumatic stress Jody!" Rick turned his head to look at her, "and it´s something that you can get when you´ve lived through some sort of trauma, people that gets it. They get vigilant, and… well, let´s say that they get it after living in a war- zone. Then you can get really stressed out, just by hearing the sound of a bin falling, they would think it´s a gun- shot. Or of seeing someone with clothes, that similar to the clothes that the military wears."
"Yeah, but why would Sophia have it?" Carmen looked confused, first to Rick, and then to Mike.
"I think, that Sophia will tell you in her own time. But until then, I don´t want anyone to talk about it, or ask about it. Is that understood?" Mike gazed over the group again, and the kids nodded.
"Good"
? pov
Finally, after three weeks of searching, I held a paper with Sophia´s new address in my hand. I convoluted the paper, and put it in my pocket. Then I pulled the hoodie on my shirt over my head, I had a carton with some things I would send to Sophia, and I held it under my arm. Then I walked to the front door, and before walking out the door, I turned my head, and one last time, I looked into the house that had been my home, as long as I could remember. Then I ran out the door, I closed it, and then ran towards the mountains, where I would cross the land border to China, tonight.
No one´s pov, back at the dumping ground, middle of the night.
"No, Sophie," Sophia mumbled in her sleep, and her head moved back and forth. Tee sat up in her bed, and took her quilt, then she walked to Mike´s room, and knocked the door.
"Mike" she opened it. "MIKE."
"Yeah, yeah, what´s going on?" Mike sat drowsy up in his bed.
"Sophia´s having nightmares again!" Mike threw his quilt to the side, and walked across the floor to Tee.
"I´ll go check on her," he said to Tee. "Wait… where are you going?"
"To Johnny´s room." Mike sighed. But didn´t protest. Tee slightly knocked the door to Johnny´s room, before opening it, and laying down on the floor next to Johnny´s bed. Johnny reached her one of his pillows.
"Sophia´s having nightmares again," Tee mumbled drowsy. "She´s keeping me awake too."
In the morning
"But you need to put Sophia in an own room," Johnny complained to Mike. "She´s keeping Tee awake."
"Look Johnny, I would if I could, but right now, there is no spare room for her to move into. Rick´s leaving the first week at summer- holidays, she´ll move into that room after that, I promise."
"But there´s one week left, and Tee needs to sleep."
"I know Johnny, but…"
"Let Shawn move in with Harry then. They´re best friends anyway!"
"Johnny, I actually think sharing room with somebody is the best option for Sophia right now."
"Fine." Johnny said angry and walked out of the room angrily. Mike sighed, and laid his head down on the coffee cup.
So, that´s it, I need to study now, I have a maths test tomorrow.
Have you guesses who that ?- boy is?
And, oh, just so you know, I´ve decided where on earth Gota is, it´s right in the land border between Nepal and China… more will turn up about that later.
