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Turns out that nine-thirty in the morning came quickly when you had spent the earliest hours of said morning drinking away the depression of Pines Holler. 

Nine-thirty also came loudly, and blindingly. 

Jules’ siblings had decided to use the spare key she had given them to find their way into her home in Shady Pines before ripping the curtains open in her bedroom. Before she could even open her eyes, the young woman was surrounded by yelling culprits - some trying to cuddle, others running through the house or jumping on the bed. She managed to open her eyes through the sun, gently pushing away one of the younger ones in the litter - Carl - before giving him a small smile and a scratch on the head. 

Making her way to her feet, Jules shouted to reinstate her authority over the more wild ones in the bunch. 

[color=E99FED]”Stop jumpin’ on my damn bed, and stop runnin’ through the damn house!”[/color]

As soon as the words had left her lips, Charlene and Jenny fell onto the bed in a fit of giggles. The footsteps down the hall calmed themselves, but didn’t stop all together. The heat of the house and the pounding in her head hit around the same time she made out the rest of the voices in the trailer: Emmalou, Levi, Tucker, and Cyndi. She didn’t hear the baby crying, which meant he was either content, or with Mo wherever he had run off to. 

The blonde made her way to the bathroom, flicking on the lightswitch before the realization sat in. She let out a heavy sigh as she turned on the sink, splashing her face with cold water  and collecting ibuprofen from the medicine cabinet. Jules returned to her bedroom, politely kicking her siblings out of her space so that she could take a brief moment to freshen up before facing the day. There wasn’t a lot she could do unless she wanted to take a freezing cold shower, and she didn’t think it was hot enough for all that quite yet. Instead, she wiped herself down quickly with a damp washcloth. Thankful she had forced herself to shower after stumbling in from the bar, Jules re-applied her deodorant and sprayed some dry shampoo in her hair before convincing herself she had reached an acceptable level of cleanliness before getting dressed. 

Opening her bedroom door back up to the sound of the kids, Jules took a deep breath before walking all the way into the kitchen. She loved her siblings - but the power outage, their overall volume, and the heat were [i]not[/i] helping the headache she had after last night's festivities. Regardless of all of that, she had to make sure they were safe and fed for the day. Crystal lacked the want or ability to do such things, so the responsibility fell to Jules. As the eldest sibling, she didn’t mind the responsibility - she just felt empathy towards her siblings because they all shared the same shitty birthgiver. She often wondered what all of their lives would be like if any of their fathers were involved, or better yet, if any of their fathers even knew about them, hers included. 

It was something she had thought about on and off again throughout her life. To say Jules had a complicated relationship with her mother would be an understatement, but she couldn’t blame a crackhead for everything in her life, could she? At the end of the day, she could have tried harder. Saved more money instead of spending it at Huskers. Tried harder in school, or even went off to college and tried to actually make something of herself like Callie. It was a train of thought that always hit hard - especially in moments like these, her siblings spread out on the couch and floor, sweat dripping from their faces. 

“Mo took the baby and said he was heading to his little girlfriend's house in town,” Charlene piped up, already beginning to fill Jules in on the details. 

“Can’t find mom again,” Levi continued. “‘At’s why we came to your place.” 
 
“I hate that we can’t cook anythin’ righ’ now,” Tucker added in his opinion. 

[color=E99FED]”S’okay,”[/color] Jules reassured all of the faces looking to her for guidance. [color=E99FED]”I can make y’all something for breakfast, [i]easy.[/i]”[/color]

“Really,” Cyndi asked, her voice hopeful. As one of the older ones Cyndi knew they could all rely on Jules, but felt guilty because she remembered all of the times they had [i]had[/i] to rely on Jules. 

[color=E99FED]”’Course I can,”[/color] she almost laughed. [color=E99FED]”All that in the fridge is gonna spoil if I don’t use it anyway.”[/color] Continuing to explain, Jules made her way over to the fridge, opening it and looking inside. [color=E99FED]”Y’all cool with deer steaks and bananas? I think I got a can of beans somewhere around here too. Just ‘cause the power’s out don’t mean the grill won’t work.”[/color] She had been meaning to go shopping, 

“BEANS,” Carl cheered, balling up his little fists in excitement while the rest of the house erupted into laughter. 

“Sounds good,” Cyndi beamed. “I’m sure Suzie would hate to hear that any of that game went to waste.” 

[color=E99FED]”It’s settled then,”[/color] the eldest sibling confirmed. [color=E99FED]”Y’all start helping me gather supplies and make yourselves as comfy as ya can.”[/color] 

So they did. 

Jules would make sure to stop by Huskers sometime within the next few hours, but for now, she was focused on making sure her brothers and sisters were well fed and hanging out with the rest of the town kids before she did anything else. 



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[b][color=E99FED]Mentions[/color][/b][color=white] — Callie, Suzie[/color][/sub][/right]