Dinner With Mr. Ferguson.

"Alright hun, let's go." Courtney said as she stood up from the bed.

Allie nodded as she stood up from the bed as well before opening her bedroom door, holding it for Courtney.

Courtney thanked Allie then walked out of the room and waited for her before going downstairs. When she got to the bottom of the stairs she saw Kayla with a bear in her hand.

"Here Allie, this always makes me feel better when I'm upset." Kayla said as she held the bear out and smiled a little bit.

"You're welcome." Allie said softly before walking downstairs after shutting her door. When she made it to the bottom of the stairs, she looked down at Kayla. Allie couldn't help but smile softly at Kayla before taking the teddy bear.

Allie bent down and hugged Kayla, "Thank you Kayla, it means a lot."

"You're welcome." Kayla said before she hugged Allie.

Courtney smiled at the two before she went into the dining room and started eating again.

Allie sat down at the table and started eating again.

Courtney continued eating until she was finished then stood up.

"Anyone else done?" Courtney asked.

Allie finished around the same time as Courtney. "I am."

Courtney nodded then took Allie's plate before taking the younger childrens' plates and went into the kitchen. She put the plates into the sink before grabbing the ice cream from the freezer. After grabbing some bowls she started scooping the ice cream in to the bowls.

"Thank you." Allie said.

"You're welcome sweetie, want anything on? Whipped cream? Cherries?" Courtney asked.

"Whipped cream please?" Allie asked.

"Of course." Courtney said as she grabbed the whipped cream from the fridge then put it over all the ice cream in the bowls.

She then grabbed spoons and put them in each bowl before handing the bowls out to everyone.

"Thank you." Allie said.

"You're welcome. You need anything else?" Courtney asked.

Allie shook her head.

"No, I'm good." Allie said softly before looking back down at her ice cream.

"You want to watch some tv or something now? Maybe something funny?" Courtney suggested.

"I kinda just want to be alone for a moment, then I'll come down for tv. Is that okay?" Allie asked.

Courtney nodded her head with sympathy written all over her face.

"Okay sweetie, come down when you're ready." Courtney said, giving Allie a hug before she walked the younger kids into the living room.

Allie nodded as she hugged her back, "Okay."

Courtney turned on the tv to cartoons before sat down on the couch with Max on her lap.

Allie walked into her bedroom and closed the door before she broke down again. Allie couldn't handle to hurt, it was too much. Well she wasn't the one to harm her body in hurt, but that was definitely an option. Allie immediately shook the thought out of her hair, that was ridiculous. Then all of a sudden, thoughts, memories, and words flew around in her head. Allie grabbed her diary from under her pillow before opening it and immediately started writing.

Courtney continued watching tv but would look up at the stairs every once and a while as she waited for Allie. There were always stories about how people would hurt themselves when they were upset and alone. She didn't want that to happen to Allie but she also wanted to give her space. This was a difficult situation.

The inspiration really hit Allie hard, but she quickly wrote down her words and her thoughts. Allie sighed and closed her diary before wiping her eyes. Allie walked down the stairs and sat down next to Courtney before lying her head on her shoulder as her silent tears fell down her cheeks.

Courtney looked over at Allie when she felt her head on her shoulder then moved Max onto the couch. She had a sympathetic look on her face as she hugged Allie.