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Ѫ Lorene Lovelace Ѫ
The two girls sit in the back of Ruth’s dad’s car, as the man drives them back to the family home. He glances up at the rear-view mirror with a concerned expression. “You doing okay, Lorene?”
Lorene nods. “I’m doing alright, sir! Thank you for letting us have a sleepover with Ruth tonight.”
“Don’t worry about it at all, really.” He refocuses on the road. “When we found out about the situation, we wanted to help however we could. I hope they find your parents soon.”
“Thank you, sir.” Lorene hugs her old backpack as she sits, packed with a change of clothes and not much else. Olivia stares out the car window at the road passing by, hand on her chin as she idly sits. Lorene glances at her friend. Olivia was usually only really a chatterbox when she was excited or planning something, but right now she was still a good bit quieter than she normally would be. Perhaps the girl was just concerned, or perhaps she was still a little mad that she never seemed to get straightforward answers from her. Lorene sighs. She still didn’t really know how to address that.
When they arrive at Ruth’s house, after waving hello to her mom (who made great cookies), the two head straight for the shy girl’s room to drop off their things. Olivia lightly knocks on the bedroom door. “Hey, Ruth! We’re here!”
“a-almost done…!” After a few moments, the girl opens the door with a shaky grin. “hi guys…!”
“Hi, Ruth.” Lorene gives her a brief smile.
Olivia peers into her room. “Wow, you really set things up for us!”
Two fluffy sleeping bags are neatly laid out on the floor by the bed, with an abundance of fluffy pillows and blankets. Various board games are stacked carefully off to the side, ready to be deployed at a moment’s notice. One wall is lined with books on shelves. The two penguin plushies sit on her bed. Overall, it looks incredibly cozy. Ruth timidly gestures for them to enter. “c-come on in, drop off your stuff! i just wanted all this to be ready for you two… for dinner, i think my dad was going to pick up a pizza…?”
>Time to get this sleepover started! What’s first on the list?
