My life with.. part 5

I don't remember which day it was. But it was nearly Christmas. It was chilly evening when our doorbell rang. We lived in big house at that time. We had moved just few months earlier into a big house. It was huge change from the tiny apartment we used to live. I still liked the spacious house with many rooms. I finally got my own room. Before that we had slept in a same room with my mothers.

We had big backyard and tiny carage now. My mom spent lot of her time to make the garden beautiful. Mom Julia helped her as much as she could but I think I helped her more since Julia had so long work commute.

My mom went to open the door. Julia was in the shower and I was watching tv. I didn't hear anything but suddenly Niki sat next to me. My heart skipped a beat and I just stared at them surprised. Niki didn't say a word but they seemed unhappy. My mom and Niki's mom went to kitchen and the two of us watched tv. I remember my mom called Julia to come down.

I was nervous when I turned my eyes to Niki. I looked her for a while and then asked what had happened. I remember my heart raced rapidly in my chest just because I was so nervous and concerned about Niki. Niki shaked their head not looking at me. They tried to avoid my eyes as they spoke: Dad hit mom really hard again.

Niki had told me many times that their father was a bit aggressive. Not a bit but a lot aggressive. Niki always said that I should be quiet about it. It was a secret, but I knew. Also Lukas, Alex, Henry and Jonas knew. We just didn't talk about it.

Now Niki told me that their father had hit their mom really hard. Way too hard. Niki told that they came to ask if they could stay at our place for a while. Just so that Niki's mom could arrange everything. So that they could get a safe place from Niki's dad.

My mom and Julie asked me to take Niki to shower with me. They had something to talk with Niki's mom and it wasn't good that we heard it. I took Niki to bathroom and we took long hot shower together. All the time Niki seemed really sad. It made me sad but I didn't know what could I say to them. I didn't have dad anymore. I haven't seen him in years not that I could even remember him.

My moms talked with Niki a long time and told them it wasn't their fault. Nothing was Niki's fault. Why would have anything been Niki's fault. There was nothing Niki could do to make their father stop being aggressive and scary.

Niki didn't want to sleep alone so I let them in my bed. Niki crawled next to me and hugged me really tight. So tight I felt like I could suffocate any moment. But I didn't. I hold them next to me and hugged them saying that everything would be fine tomorrow. I knew that it wasn't possible and I believe Niki knew it too but they nodded stating that I was right. But Niki continued that everything would be fine as long as I was there. I told them that I wasn't angel.. that I couldn't make everything to be fine but Niki laughed telling me that I should just shut up and let them hug me. We laughed together for a while before falling asleep.

After that day Niki and their mom lived with us. I really liked it. We spent a lot time together with Niki. Lot more than we had before. Few times Niki's father tried to call to Niki's mom but Emily wasn't interested. He even tried to visit our place but he was dead drunk and mom Julia ended up calling the police. They came and took Niki's father with them. Somehow I knew that Niki's mother had decided that they weren't going back to where they used to live.

Emily looked for a job all the time. She really tried her best to get her feet back to ground – so that she could rent an apartment and live with Niki. It was hard for her. My mothers told her that they could stay as long as they needed to. They were helping Emily with job applications and other stuff.

While Emily was alone at our house she often cleaned and cooked. She did laundry and took care of the garden. She wanted to do something just to repay all the kindness my two mothers had given to her and Niki. They became really good friends the three of them. I was secretly really happy that Emyly didn't find or get any jobs. As long as she didn't I could live with Niki. We were like best friends and sisters. I was really happy about that.

I once told Niki that it felt like we were sisters and they did correct right away that we were like siblings. I didn't understand it. I never did understand why Niki said that they weren't girl. It was confusing to me but I understood that Niki was really unhappy about it. They weren't really unhappy about their body.. but they didn't want to be girl. I knew that Niki was really jealous for boys. Because boys had stronger body. Because boys were often taller than Niki was.

When we went to sleep every evening I hugged Niki and told them that everything would be fine. Niki always nodded and said I was right. It was something we always did. We hugged and fell asleep together.

We had really nice Christmas. It was nice to have Niki and Emily around. Niki laughed now much more than before. They seemed much happier and more relaxed. It was nice. Really nice.

The story is fully fictional. All the similarities are pure coincidence.