Hi! I'm Renee, right now I'm only seven years old, but I'm turning eight next month!
I'm moving to a new state named Ohio and I'm super scared that I won't make any friends, but mommy keeps telling me not to worry, and that I will be one of the most popular girls in the school before the year is almost over.
My brother, Daniel (we call him Danny) is starting kindergarten and mommy says the same thing to him.
He believes it.
I don't.
Mommy also said that my natural pink-colored hair looks like flowers, and my green eyes look like a forest.
Danny has brown hair and brown eyes.
Same with mommy and daddy, but daddy has blue eyes.
Daddy got really mad at mommy once and hit her.
I guess he's mad at her everyday because he's always hitting her and yelling at her.
I wish he would stop.
The kids at my school have good families.
No hitting daddy and no scared mommy.
Just two happy parents, happy siblings, and a happy them.
Not here.
We have an angry daddy, scared AND sad mommy, a me, and a five year old Danny.
I braid my hair, put on my boots, pat down my skirt, and fix my jean jacket before walking into school.
"Hi, Renee!" My best friend, Lianna, says while walking towards me.
Lianna Blue.
Her parents let her dye her hair blue to match her last name.
She's the most popular kid in our school right now because of her hair.
"Hi, Li!" We hug each other.
We get in line for breakfast while holding hands.
It's kind of our thing.
Kids know us most because of our routine.
Go to breakfast before school, go to class, lunch, recess, and the rest of the day.
And most of the time, we are holding hands.
It's just something we've done ever since we met.
After breakfast, we go to class.
Our teacher, Mrs.Stepp, is pregnant.
She says its a girl and that she won't be here the last two weeks of school because of her baby.
My music teacher, Mrs.Jurgens, is pregnant too.
Its a girl also, and she's naming her Grace.
She's not at school at all right now because of Grace.
After school, I walk home and get inside to see almost everything wrecked, mommy sitting on the couch with her head in her hands.
Daddy isn't down here.
"Mommy?" I run over to her.
She quickly stands, picks me up, and hugs me close to her.
I hug her as tight as I can back.
"What's wrong, mommy?" I ask.
"Daddy got really mad at mommy today. Do you wanna help mommy clean up?" She tells/asks me.
I quickly nods my head and she puts me down.
We get to work.

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About three hours later, everything is back to normal.
Daddy left to get more drinks earlier.
He's been drinking a lot lately, but her won't tell me what he's drinking.
He says that it's soda, but I know it's not by the way he's always stumbling around and not talking right.
Mommy goes into the kitchen to make dinner, and I go up to Danny's room.
I walk in and he runs over to me.
"Rey Rey!" He yells.
"Shhhh! Don't yell and make daddy even madder! He'll hurt you!" I whisper yell at him.
"Oops...sorry Rey..." He says while I pick him up. "Dinners gonna be done soon." I say while I walk out of the room while carrying him.
I walk into the kitchen as mommy is putting plates of chicken nuggets on the table for us.
I put Danny in his seat and sit next to him.
"Thank you momma!" Danny says.
"Thank you mommy" I say.
"Your welcome, little ones." That's what she calls us.
"Little ones".
She calls me "Little Rose" because of my hair.
She calls Danny "Little Tree" cause of his hair.
After dinner, we go upstairs, get in pjs and go to sleep.

Notes

Hey guys! I really hope you guys like this book because this chapter took me like an hour/two hours to write. You guys can always message me if you need or want anything. See ya! -xoxoalex