Foster Troubles

Chapter Twenty-One

Saturday morning, my phone was blowing up with texts and calls. I groaned, and got out of bed. I washed up, and dragged myself back into my room. I unlocked my phone, and looked at the text messages.

Kacey texted me, "Get up, meet at the studio."

Bri texted me, "Hurry, where are you?"

Tyler texted me, "Where is your ass at?"

Brandy texted me, "Last night was fun."

Ryder texted me, "The crew is teaching a dance class, you coming?"

Dash texted me, "Mila!!"

Steph texted me, "I woke up in Tyler's bed!"

Leo texted me, "Her name is Aly."

Bethany texted me, "Wake up."

And that was only one text from each of them. There was also a bunch of calls. It was only 9:30am. I quickly changed into a teal muscle tee, and black sweatpants. I got ready, and went to the studio. There was a bunch of kids on the floor stretching. The dance crew was huddled around the speakers. I put my stuff down, and walked up to them. I hugged Brandy, from the side.

"Where have you been all morning?" Brandy questioned.

"I just woke up. Yall been texting and calling nonstop." I said.

"It's almost 10am. This ain't early." Dash chuckled.

"I'm tired." I groaned.

"Well, wake your ass up. We're teaching this class." Bri said.

"Aight, but I was gonna buy yall pizza, and shit. Guess not!" I groaned.

"Let her go, let her go." Tyler yelled.

"Next Saturday, we teaching another class, but I want a taco." Dash said.

"I have a shift first, but meet me in the diner, when y'all done. We can go somewhere afterwards." I smiled. I went to diner to start my shift, but my boss told me that the cafe needed an extra employee. I got transferred to the cafe, I worked the cashier. It was pretty easy. At the end of my shift, Leo's girlfriend walked in. She walked up to the cashier, since there was no line.

"Hey, Mila." She said.

"Hey, Aly?" I smiled. "How may I help you?" She told me the order, and she paid. I got her drink, and I left the cafe with her. We hung out for the rest of the day. Around 9pm, she wanted to show me a place that she hung out at. She had a car, and it was about a 45 minute drive. It went a little out of town. We stood in a park, was this her favorite place? She pulled something out of her jacket pocket. It was a gun. She pointed it at me, only a foot away. I swallowed, my mouth became dry. She threatened me, "Stay away from Leo!" Then she got in her car and drove away. Before she drove away, she fired the gun at me, good thing she had terrible aim. It missed me by a few inches. I groaned, and it was cold. I took out my phone, but there was no batteries. I walked around for a few hours until I found a 24-hour store. I asked them for a phone, they gave me a phone to use. I called all the girls, and the guys, none of them picked up, surprisingly, so I called Ryder, since he's the only one who had a car. I didn't know if the dance crew had a car. I didn't call Adelaine, knowing she's tell my mom. Ryder drove out to find me, by 5am, he arrived outside the store.

"So how did you get here?" He asked, as I entered his car.

"That's not important." I laughed.

"Alright, you okay, though?" He asked. I nodded. I was exhausted. He drove me home.

"Thanks, Ryder." I said, getting out of the car. He waved goodbye.

"No problem." He said. I watched as he drove away. I walked up to my apartment. Adelaine sat on the couch, watching tv, with my mom.