Hanna's POV:
I neatly packed all of Jason's clothes for Caleb in a my old black backpack I didn't like it because it looks like a boy backpack.
Mommy gave me a strange look. "You're up early. Honey why do you have on two backpacks?"
I'm telling her the truth since Alison is still upstairs. "Caleb doesn't have a lot of clothes or jackets so Jason gave me his old ones to give to him" I said
"Why doesn't Caleb have clothes?" Mommy asked
"His uncle and his step aunt are his parents and they don't give Caleb as much as his cousins" I said as I sat down at the table for breakfast
"Well that's so nice of you" Mommy said "Alison! Jason! Make sure you get your rain coats its pouring outside!"
"Caleb and I missed recess yesterday and now we'll miss it again" I said
"Honey there is always tomorrow next time get your work done" Mommy said
"Hanna I'm picking you up and taking you to ballet today okay?" Daddy asked as he came downstairs
"Okay" I said sadly
"Oh cheer up Hanna it'll get easier soon" Daddy said
Pam's POV:
"Mommy?" Emily asked on our drive to school
"Yes Emmy" I said
"Can Sydney come over for a play date one day? Or tomorrow because we don't have school?" she asked
"Who's Sydney?" I asked
"She the new girl on the swim team. The one with the dark hair"
"Oh are you two friends?"
"Her mommy died and her daddy is with Daddy in Arabia. She's Jenna's cousin. I think we can be friends" Emily said
"That's nice that you want to be her friend baby. I'll talk to Jenna's mommy okay?"
"Okay" Emily said as she got out the car. I got to give her a hug goodbye. "I love you. Have fun at school"
"I love you Mommy"
Emily's POV:
Alison, Hanna, and I walked into school together. "Why is your mom talking to Jenna's mom?" Alison asked
"I want to have a playdate with Sydney tomorrow" I said "She's nice"
"She's a baby! She cries more than Hanna and Spencer combined"
"That is not true" Hanna said
"Her mom died and her father is fighting in Arabia with my father" I said
"I would've never thought she lives with Jenna because all Jenna does is boss her around" Alison said as we all walked towards the our second grade class
"We'll meet at lunch?" Alison asked
"Caleb and I are playing soccer" Hanna said
"And the swim team as an extra training" I said
Aria's POV:
"Alison have you decided what're you're doing for the science fair?" I asked as I took notes on Mars from my ipad 2
"Yep I'm doing the earth's crust" Alison said
Spencer gasped "Alison I told you this morning that I'm doing the earth's crust!"
"So? I was already thinking about doing it" Alison said
"You would never come up with that on your own" Spencer said
"Excuse me? Are you calling me dumb?"
"No I'm calling you a cheater and a copy cat!" Spencer said
"May the best man win" Alison said as she stood up "I'm going to get more paper"
I turned to Spencer "Don't be upset Spence its good to have a little competition" I said
"But she's my friend! That's so mean! I should've stayed in kindergarten" Spencer said
"No you belong here Spence. Alison's just pushing your buttons like she does all the time"
Hanna's POV:
Just before Caleb and I left for after school I took his hand. "I have a surprise for you" I said as we walked over to our cubbies
I handed Caleb the bag of clothes. Caleb looked through it and then smiled.
"You're giving me all of these?" Caleb asked
I nodded with a grin in my face.
"Hanna you didn't have to do this for me"
"Yes I did. Because you deserve it Caleb" I said
Caleb hugged me then and I hugged him back. He kissed my cheek.
"Why'd you do that?" I asked
"Because I kind of love you Hanna"
I kissed his cheek "I love you too Caleb-oh my Mommy's here! I'll see you tomorrow!" I said before I ran to my mom
Melissa's POV:
"Alison's always been sneaky but I would never think that she'd do something like that" I said as I did my homework
"Now I have to share my notes with her because that's the rules" Spencer said sadly
"No you don't because you won't work on your project at school"
"But Melissa school is when I have the most time" Spencer said as she put her completed homework in her backpack.
"We'll don't bring your notes to school. Just bring your other work you're going to win that science fair Spencer. How's piano going did you memorize one of the songs yet?"
"I memorized "River Flows in You" but I don't think I can memorize "Comptine d'Un Autre Ete" she said
"We'll you have to if you mess up everyone will say that Aria should've played not you" I said as I put my work away
"But it's too long, I can't memorize it" Spencer whined
"Spencer you had Fur Elise memorized when you were four! You can do this. Go take your shower and I'll order dinner then you have to practice" I said as I jumped put my chair
"Can I call Daddy before I go to bed?" Spencer asked
"If you practice well"
"Okay!" Spencer said before she ran upstairs
Ashley's POV's
"Mom can Melissa come over so we can work on our project?" Jason asked me. He and Melissa are pretty good friends but I think he has a little crush on her.
"What project is this?" Tom asked as he went through some movies with Hanna. We're having a family movie night.
"A history project. It's on the Egyptian myths" Jason said
"I'll call the house and ask. Hanna Alison you want Spencer to come too? You girls can play or do your nails" I said as I wrapped my arm around Alison
"Spencer's mad at Alison" Hanna said
"No we made up" Alison said
"We'll it's only seven forty-five they should still be up" I said as I grabbed my phone from the coffee table
"Lego Movie or Despicable Me two?" Hanna asked
"Lego Movie" we all said. That movie is hilarious.
Melissa answered on the first ring "Hello Hastings residence" she said there is some piano playing in the background
"Hi Melissa it's Ashley Jason's mom. We all just wanted to know if you and Spencer would like to come over tomorrow so you can work on your project and Spencer can play with Hanna and Alison"
"I would love you to come over but Spencer can't she has a piano lesson. She needs to be her best for the art show" Melissa said "Maybe the driver can bring her at the end though. Thank you for inviting us"
"You're welcome sweetie have a goodnight"
"You too" Melissa said before she hung up
"Melissa said she can come. But Spencer has a piano lesson. I didn't know she was performing at the art show" I said
"They should've asked me to perform" Alison said
"Maybe they thought it would be unfair since my work is in the art show and you're my sister" Hanna said
"Or maybe Spencer's just better at least she practices" Jason said
"Shut up Jason" Alison said
"We talked about that word and Jason don't be rude to you sister" Tom said
"Shhhh! It's starting!" Hanna said
Ella's POV:
"Aria how many pieces are you showing at the art show?" Byron asked our daughter as she drew a lovely piece of a mountain landscape at the table.
"Ten" Aria said "And I'm drawing there too"
"That's great are your friends coming besides Hanna?"
"Emily and Alison will be there. And Spencer will too because she's playing the piano the whole time I think" Aria said
"That's nice and Mommy and Daddy will be there" Byron said
"And me?" Mike asked
"Yes and you" I said before I kissed his cheek
"I hope I win" Aria said "The clothes Hanna made are really good"
Now plenty of awards are given out at the art show but the Big Artist Award winner gets to have some of their pieces displayed in the cafeteria. Aria really wants this and she won it last year.
"Well if she wins you be happy for her and if you win I'm sure she'll be happy for you" I said and kissed Aria's hair
Emily's POV:
MORNING:
Sydney came to my house this morning. Sydney wanted to look at some of my swim pictures in my room.
"You've been swimming for a long time" Sydney said as she looked at a picture of me when I was a baby swimming under water.
"Yeah" I said
"I started when I was a baby too. I think coach will pick you as team captain" Sydney said
"I think one of the older girls will get it. But it would be cool if I got it" I said "You deserve it though"
"I just got here" Sydney said
"And you're one of the hardest workers on the team"
"Thanks. Are you going to the art show? I have to because Jenna's in it. Toby's coming too" she said
"Then we'll all be there. It'll be fun" I said with a smile
ONE WEEK LATER:
NIGHT OF THE ART SHOW:
Aria's POV:
I'm dressed in a navy blue formal dress for the art show tonight. There are a lot of people here. I walked over to Alison and Hanna they're both dressed in light blue formal dresses but Hanna's has flowers on the waist.
"Having fun?" I asked
"I guess" Alison said "Emily and Sydney have gotten really close"
I turned to where she was pointing and saw Emily and Sydney walking around the art room holding hands. Emily's wearing a yellow floral dress and Sydney's wearing a purple dress.
"Where's Spencer?" Hanna asked
"Last time I saw her she was crying. She's really nervous about playing without her music sheets" I said "She's probably with Toby now"
"Toby needs to back off he's nine why can't he like a girl in his grade"
"They're just friends Alison-Oh Caleb's here!" Hanna said before she ran away
"You know he kissed her on the cheek?" Alison asked
"Yes she told me way before she told you" I said
"I told her I wouldn't tell Mom if she does my does my homework for the rest of the week"
I shook my head at her. "You really wanna win this huh?" Alison asked
I nodded "Well don't get your hopes up to high I heard the teachers talking and it sounds like Hanna's got this but you won it last year anyway" Alison said before she walked away with a grin on her face
I don't believe her. Hanna just joined the art program I've been in it since I was five. If I don't win I'm going to be really upset.
Peter's POV:
Spencer had a bit of a panic attack before she had to go on. I'm very grateful that Toby made her feel better.
The art teacher Miss Lena is going to announce Spencer before she plays. I'm holding Spencer now just making sure she stays calm. She's wearing a pink floral dress Veronica bought her yesterday
"You worked so hard for this champ. You're going to do great" I said before kissed Spencer's hair "Daddy will be right here the whole time. I'm so proud of you"
"But if I mess up. You'll all be mad at me" Spencer said
"Spence you've worked too hard to mess up. And if you miss a note you know how to make it look like you meant to do that" I said
"Excuse me! Everyone we have a special student playing the piano for us tonight please welcome Spencer Hastings playing "River Flows In You" by Yiruma and "Comptine d'un autre ete" by Yann Tiersen" Miss Lena said
"Go get em champ" I said before I put her down
Spencer bowed before sitting at the piano bench and playing
Alison's POV:
"I don't know what all that hysteria was about she's doing fine" I said as I got some juice
"She has a lot of pressure on her and you copying her for the science fair isn't helping. Why are you doing that anyway?" Emily asked
"Because I want to" I snapped
"That isn't very nice" Sydney said "Didn't she win last year?"
"Yes but only because her parents were all over her about it" I said "So who do you guys think going to win the big award?" I asked
"Hanna" Emily said "Not that Aria and Jenna's art isn't amazing but Hanna's clothes are really good and she's the youngest in the class"
"Jenna will have a fit if she losses two years in a row" Sydney said
"Well she's going to have a fit. She needs to realize that the teachers are looking for more than just some pots and drawings of flowers" I said
I noticed Melissa glaring at me from a few feet away from us. Now I have a few things to say to her regarding my brother. I want her to stay away from him. She can't have Ian and Jason.
"Excuse me I have to deal her" I said as I waked over to Melissa
"What do you want Alison?" Melissa asked
"I want you to stay away from my brother or I'm going to spread rumors about you" I said
"No one would believe you. Look at you you're eight. You're still in the elementary school I don't care what you do to me…but Jason will. He doesn't like you very much. He's mentioned you maybe three times and he hasn't had anything nice to say about you now Spencer and I don't have the best relationship but she's my sister I could never hate her. I can't say the same for you and Jason. And if I were you I'd pick another science fair topic because you already look pathetic copying the winner of last years science fair you're going to look even more pathetic when she beats you" Melissa snapped before she walked away from me
I held in the tears that stung in my eyes and sat down near the piano with Emily and Sydney and listened to Spencer play.
"What happened?" Emily asked
"Nothing" I said quickly "Melissa's just looking out for Spencer"
Spencer played about three more songs before they began to announce the awards.
Spencer sat with Melissa and her family behind us. Hanna's with Mommy and Daddy sitting beside them. Jason had hockey practice so he's sleeping over at Ian's tonight. Aria is sitting with her mom, dad, and brother beside us.
Ella's POV:
I'm Aria's hand tightly as they announce the awards. Jenna won a medal trophy for her pottery pieces. Now the students can win a lot of medals and trophy's and still be eligible for the Big Artist Award.
Aria won a sketching award and a painting award. Hanna got some fashion awards and a model award for the pictures she took of the girls in the clothes she made.
"Now for the award you've all been waiting for! The Big Artist Award! Everyone please congratulate….
Who will come out on top? Hanna, Aria or Jenna?
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