Ashley: “yea I was just thinking”

Sherry: “about?”

Ashley: “about how your family is so loving and I wish I had that”

Sherry: “but you are part of my family, you heard my brother she has to big sisters now” and goes to give her a hug “Ash you’re my best friend you’ve always been family to me.”

Ashley: feeling the tears behind her eye’s but holds them back and try’s to be funny “I thought Madison was your ‘best friend’.” And laughs a little.

Sherry: “nah that’s what she think, but don’t tell her that, Ha Ha”

Sherry’s mom comes back into the dinning room and sees them both hugging and Ashley looking like she was about to cry.

Maria: “Ashley mija what’s wrong”

Ashley: a single tear rolling down her cheek “its just…its just I never felt so loved before and its just so overwhelming.”

Maria: “aww come here and give mami a hug.”

Ashley: starts giggling and heads towards Maria and give her a huge hug and says, “thank you”

Maria: “no problem mija now lets eat.”

The all sit down and start eating and having small conversations here and there.

Maria: “so Ashley tell me something”

Ashley: “ok”

Maria: “why did you sleep at the beach last night instead of coming here you know your always welcome in my house or at least to go to a hotel.”

Ashley: “because I can’t rent a hotel room cause I’m still a minor and because I thought Madison was going to be here.”

Maria: “Ashley I don’t care if she was going to be here, if you don’t have anywhere to stay I want you to come here mi entiende.”

Ashley: “yes I understand”

Maria: “I would have kicked her out if that would mean that you would be safe” and laughs a little

Ashley: her mouth full with food “but nothing happened to me”

Maria: “Ashley mija that’s not the point, what is something would have happened to you. You know how many locos are running around here especially at night”

Ashley: now pouting, “I’m sorry”

Maria: “I don’t want you to apologize to me, I just want you to promise me that is you need anything to just come to me, ok”

Ashley: “ok” and gets up from where she was and give Ms. Pena a hug, “thank you for everything and I promise I’ll come to you if I have any problems”

Maria: “That’s what I want to hear. Now when you two are done eating I want you upstairs and ready for bed.”

Sherry and Ashley say in unison “ok mami” and both giggle up the stairs towards Sherry’s room. They both enter the room and flop down on the bed.

Ashley: “Sherry you wanna trade mothers?”

Sherry: “hells no, no offence”

Ashley: “none taken, I wish my mom was more like yours, loving, understanding, caring everything a mom should me to their daughter. I just wish for once she’ll tell me that she loves me and not insult me but I guess that’s to much to ask for.”

Sherry: “Ash you don’t need her, you have me and my family”

Ashley: “I know…but I wish it was her loving me. Sherry she’s my mom and she should love me but she doesn’t” and starts crying, “I wish I was never born.”

Sherry: “Ashley don’t say that, you don’t mean it”

Ashley: “yes I do, I bet she only had me just to get my dads money…I wish he was here and not her.”

Sherry: “I’m sorry Ash”

Ashley: “for what, you don’t have anything to me sorry for it’s not your fault my mothers a bitch”

Sherry: “I know… Its just you don’t deserve to be treated like your mother treats you, no one deserves to be treated that way. Now lets go to bed before my mom…” pauses and rephrases what she said, “our mom comes in and yells at us” and with that Ashley wraps Sherry in a hug and she goes to sleep on the pull out bed.

Ashley: “thanks and goodnight Sher”

Sherry: “that’s what sisters are for, nite Ash”

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TBC

I know my Spangish isn’t all there but you all get it. LOL