"New girl"

Your pov

I was tapping my book along to the rhythm of a song I could hear my little sister listening to, I tapped her shoulder, she looked up taking her headphones off. "Yes, bambi?" She asked, I chuckled that was her old nickname for me which I didn't mind. "What's your daily quote or word, petal?" I asked curiously, she grinned up at me. "Kalopsia." She said proudly, I laughed. "What's the meaning of that word, petal?" I asked curiously, she smiled. "The definition of Kalopsia is the delusion of something appearing more beautiful than it actually is, it's also a noun." She explained happy that I always took interest in her word/quote of the day. I ruffled her hair softly and kissed her head. "Good job, petal. You're getting even smarter." I grinned, she looked away in embarrassment as I laughed.

"Shut up would ya!" Our father yelled from the drivers seat of the car, I watched as Sadie immediately shut up her eyes glistening with fear as I sighed. I went back to reading my book as Sadie put her headphones on and we both pretend as if nothing had happened, about three hours later we arrived at our destination. A small blue colored two bedroom house, me and Sadie would be sharing a room which we didn't mind and our father got his own room. I looked at Sadie with a look of fear as I saw father grab a bottle of beer, I quickly jumped out of the car pulling Sadie inside as we walked to the smaller room and sat in the floor, I saw the fear in Sadies eyes as I hid her in the closet and put a finger to my mouth. I got up and walked outside grabbing mine and Sadies boxes and bringing them inside, once everyone one of myself and Sadies belongings were in the room I locked the door.

I started to slowly unpack two a mattress that was in a box, I laid it down on the ground and pushed it to the correct position once it had settled I grabbed a sheet and started to make the bed once I was done I finished unpacking everything else and slowly walked over to the closet. "Petal..." I whispered, Sadie looked up at me still obviously scared, I gave a reassuring smile and guided the eight year old to the bed where she laid down to rest. I kissed her forehead and held her close starting to her the glass breaking and stuff being tossed around in the kitchen. He was drunk again. I shook my head in disappointment as I covered Sadies ears. "It's alright, petal... He can't hurt us right now." I whispered in her ear as her eyes started to water, I ran a gentle hand through her hair as we both laid down falling asleep.

When I awoke I saw Sadie awake reading in a corner, I got up and sat behind her grabbing a brush from off of the dresser, gently brushing through her beautiful blonde hair tugging at the small knots that that were in her hair, once I was done I braided her hair and gave her some clothes, a plain white shirt and a pink skirt that wasn't particularly too short but wasn't too long either, once she was done getting ready I clipped a necklace with a rose petal on her neck and gave her, her backpack. "Alrighty petal, Ready for your first day of school?" I asked her as I got dressed into a hoodie and jeans before tying my (h/c) hair in a messy ponytail and clipping a matching necklace to Sadies around my neck, she nodded as I slipped my backpack over my shoulders,  I grabbed Sadies hand and unlocked the door to see shattered glass everywhere, I sighed and quietly helped Sadie avoid the glass as we left the house and headed towards her school. "Word/quote of the day?" I asked her curiously, she gave a small timid smile before responding. "Real girls are never perfect and perfect girls are never real." She answered, I smiled as we arrived at her school gates, I kissed her forehead. "That's a good quote petal, you remember that when you need it now go have a good day." I said as she smiled and ran into her new school.

Wether I was allowed to or not I was skipping today, I just couldn't handle school today. I had a few spare bucks in my pocket and I decided just to go to the grab n' go, once I arrived I saw a group of six boys almost guarding the entrance, not purposely but a blonde haired one and a black haired one with a bandana were arguing while the remaining boys were laughing at their bickering and one brown curly-ish haired boy was nagging at the group about being late for school, I put my hood on attempting to be unseen as I walked up and looked down. "Excuse me..." I muttered quietly, I looked up enough to see they had moved. I walked into the store and looked for (f/s) and (f/c) once I got them I paid and walked out of the store. I looked at the group of boys who's eyes were glued to me, I looked away and sighed.

"****," I cursed under my breath as I realized that I forgot to make Sadie lunch, I heard a voice behind me and I turned around. "Y/n!" Sadie grinned as she hugged me, I realized that she had followed me and chuckled. "You're not too up for school today either huh, petal?" I asked as I handed her the candy bar I bought earlier, she shook her head. "Not really..." She looked at the group of boys that were staring. "Hey! Stop staring weirdos!" She shouted at them, I laughed and ruffled her hair. "Don't worry about me, petal. They weren't trying to be mean." I explained as she glared, I turned back and gave an apologetic gaze. "Alrighty, petal what should we do today?" I asked as I crouched down to her height. "What about... The library?" She asked happily and I nodded. "Sure, let's go find the library." I grabbed her hand and waved to the group of boys getting a response of a wave from most but one with a dog grinned at me. "See ya around new girl!"

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