Run-Away Little Sister: Hurting

Chapter Eight: Happier

ANASTASIA'S POV:

Rejoice.

A showing of great joy or delight.

It had been four months since I came to live with Alexandria and Miles. Things couldn't have been going any better. My life was finally in a good place, and I was rejoicing in the fact that, finally, I could have a happy ending to my sad story.

Trauma and abuse don't make a story, they make a chapter or two. What happens after that is anybody's guess.

I chose to let go and move on.

I needed to begin living my life, I was tired of existing and surviving.

Now I'm finally living and thriving.

These were the best four months of my life, and I couldn't wait to continue having good days like I've been having.

These past months, I got to know Alexandria, Miles, Javier, and Jake really well. Alexandria is exactly how I remember my mother being: kind, compassionate, loving, yet tough and fair. Miles wasn't like how my father was, he was a tough shell to c***k, but I did it. Now we couldn't be closer, Miles is like the second father I never had. Javier and Jake are the fun uncles who you could go to for anything. They know when to have fun and when to be serious.

I could see why my parents were best friends with these people.

Luke, Wyatt, Max, Layla, Jamie, and Kayla are my specific group of friends. We all live together in this mansion along with our parents. I still couldn't find it in me to call Alexandria and Miles, mom and dad, but they both have assured me on multiple occasions that they were fine with being called Alex and Miles. Though, I do call them my parents in general, I just feel like I'm betraying my parents by calling Alex "mom" and Miles "dad". 

I'll get there eventually though, and that's what matters most.  

Alexandria was now eight and half months through her pregnancy, definitely showing now with her large bump that was holding not one baby, but two. We didn't know the gender, as they wanted to be surprised but two babies was going to be a lot to take care of, no matter the gender(s).

Alex and Miles were also able to adopt me within the first month of me living with them. School was just like any other school, but my group of friends made everything seem a little bit better. We were getting closer and closer everyday, I feel happy. 

Training was something I enjoyed too, it was a fun stress reliever. It was simple gun training, martial arts, and knife training. But it was something that kept me grounded and stress free.

It was three-o-four in the morning, everything was silent in the house, when suddenly a ear-piercing shriek cut through the silence, waking everyone, including myself up.

It was Alexandria.

I shot up, and quickly threw the covers off my body, making my way out into the hallway, with my gun drawn.

Yes, I kept a fully loaded gun in my room.

But with the life I now lived, it was a necessary thing to have.

As I scanned my surroundings, I watched as the teenagers I can now consider my best friends, come out of their rooms with their guns drawn as well. We all moved in sync, our footsteps barely making a single sound on the wooden floors below us.

As we got closer to Alex and Miles bedroom, we noticed the light on and heard multiple pairs of heavy steps pacing around the room. I stopped outside the left side of the doorframe, the rest of my friends filing in either on the right side of the doorframe or behind me.

And then I pushed the door open.

I seen a sight I didn't think would be behind the door, I shoved the gun into my waist band, looking on at the scene in front of me in disbelief. Javier, Jake, and Miles were all running around the room gathering things as Alex looked to be in pain, clutching her stomach.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"The babies are coming, right now." Alex groaned out loudly, as she curled into herself, "And these idiots are running around like headless chickens."

"Uh, okay." I took a second to think.

"Luke, Max, go get the car started. Wyatt, Layla, get the baby bag put together and bring that to the car. Jamie, Kayla help get Alex to the car. I'll handle the headless chickens and get your bag together." I ordered.

"Yes, boss." Max saluted.

And then everything was put into motion. Luke and Max ran downstairs, hopefully to go start the car. Wyatt and Layla ran to the baby nursery. Jamie and Kayla quickly helped pull Alex up who had just finished a contraction. I walked up to Alex and Miles' closet, grabbing a small suitcase and placing it on the bed, before going back to the closet to grab some clothes for both Alex and Miles.

I might only be fourteen, almost fifteen, but I'm a mature fourteen year old. 

And I just bossed people around like a boss. 

It was fourteen hours later that Alex had the first baby, a boy. And then four hours after that, eighteen hours of total labor, Alex had the second baby, a girl.

I was allowed into the room as soon as Alex allowed me, which was shortly after giving birth. She smiled tiredly at me, holding a pink bundle in her arms.

"Hey sweetheart." she whispered to me.

"Hi, Alex. She's stunning." I spoke as I stared down at the sleeping baby in Alex's arms. 

"You should see him." Alex laughed.

It was silent for a few minutes before Miles came back in with a baby swaddled in blue.

"So we were thinking..." Alex spoke, "And we wanted to know if it was okay that we named our daughter, your sister, Courtney Anne, after your mother? And our son, your brother, Dylan Lance, after your father?"

"You want to name them after my parents?" I asked.

"We do." Miles confirmed, "If it's okay with you."

"It's more than okay with me." I smiled, "Can I hold one of them?"

"Of course."

"Thanks... mom..." I smiled as she handed me Courtney Anne.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, but to learn how to dance in the rain. I've danced in the rain, I've learned to make life my own.

I've learned to rejoice in the small things, because sometimes they can mean more in the end, than the big things ever do.

Author's Note -

Here's the eighth chapter of "Run-Away Little Sister: Hurting". It's definitely different than the original, but I think that it's so much better than the original. Chapter nine should be out soon.

Let me know what you all think about this chapter. And make sure you all comment and share this story with those who might like it.

Thanks for reading!

-Michaela {The Author} 

Original Version Published: March 1st. 2019 

Edited Version Published: July 30th. 2021