No New Friends (Completed)

The New Addition

I made it to the McDonalds at 3:04. As soon as I walked in I knew who Zauri was. She looked just like Jeremiah with long hair like me. She had a couple of bruises on her face though. Zauri stood up and started crying. I walked over to her and cried too. "Zauri, let's sit down. People are starting to stare." I smiled looking at my little sister. "Tell me about you.", I said as we sat down. "My name is Zauri Kahladda Smith. I'm 15 years old. I was told that I was left at the hospital at birth. I've been living with the Anderson's since I was two days old. There's Ms. Barbara, Mr. Jason, Braylon and Dorian." Zauri lowered her voice. "I need to get away from them. Dorian, Braylon and Mr. Jason rapes and beats me everynight. They take turns Heaven. Can you please get me away from here?", Zauri said starting to cry. I felt sick to my stomach. I grabbed Zauri's bags and told her to come on. As soon as I felt the sun beam, I vomited. I had to get Zauri away from these people.

The whole ride back to BridgeWay was quiet. It was 3:54pm when we made it. I dialed Simone's number. "MeMe, where you at?" I asked. "I'm walking in the house. Wassup?", she responded. "Okay I'll be there in a about 2 minutes. We need to talk. Are you alone?", I asked. "Yea, I was about to let Zayden know I made it so he can come over.", she said. I pulled up in the driveway and helped Zauri get her belongings. "I'm walking in.", I said. I seen Simone sitting on the couch watching Maury. I took Zauri's bags to my room and she followed me. "Who is that girl?", Zauri whispered. "I was adopted. I had a twin brother and he got killed about 3 weeks ago. My adopted mother is Simone's birth mother. She died Saturday.", I explained. We walked back towards the living room. "But y'all look so much alike.", Zauri said. "Well have been with each other since we were 6 years old.", I said sitting on the couch. "Puma is she.", Simone asked. "Simone, this is Zauri. Zauri this is Simone. She believes she is my blood sister. We have the same last name and was left at the same hospital. When I went to meet her, I seen Jeremiah all in her face and I just knew she was my sister.", I explained smiling. "If she ran away from home she can't stay here. We have the DHS coming today remember?" Simone was scared, nervous and a bit jealous. I looked at Zauri and her hopes were shattered by Simone's words. "Look MeMe, that's what we want. Look at her face. She's being abused at her foster home. We have to find a way to help her. She's not going back.", I pleaded.

It was 4:25pm and Mr. Oneil is supposed to be here at 4:30pm. Simone started singing Treat Me Like Somebody by Tink. "Somebody real is hard to find, somebody worth all your time." I looked at her and started smiling and joined her. "Someone who knows all of your flaws and doesn't impose, try to control them, let's you be free,". Zauri smiled turned into a sad face as she chimed in. "I've been on a search and I'm losing my hope. Is Tht too much, is that too much? Tryna find love in a world so cold.". Zauri started crying and asked where the bathroom was. I told her down the hall with the purple door. I looked at Simone and we hugged. We was all we had left and maybe Zauri too. "Puma, I been needing to tell you this since Jeremiah died. We just are never alone.", Simone said sitting down. "Okay I'm listening.", I said. Just then there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it." Simone yelled running to the door. "Hello Simone. Hello Heaven. How has everything been?", Mr. Oneil asked. "Everything has been good. I quit school today though.", I said. Everybody looked at me strange. "Heaven you can't quit school. That's in our policy.", Mr. Oneil said. "I know but one of my teachers called me a Nigger and I went smooth off on her. I know I'm gonna be in a lot of trouble so I might as well just quit." I explained. "Not if your tryna keep Zauri. You have to set a good example for her." Simone responded. "Who is Zauri?", Mr Oneil asked as Zauri came back into the living. "I'm Zauri. Are you the social worker man? I've been raped everyday since I was 5. I'm 15 years old now. I can't go back with those people. If I can't stay with Heaven and Simone, I'll kill myself.", Zauri said crying. Simone and I looked at each other. "Zauri, how do you know them and how did you find them?", Mr. Oneil asked. "I was on Facebook looking up people with the lastname 'Smith'. And when I saw Heaven's picture I knew she was my sister.", she cried. "No need to cry Zauri. I'm here to help. If Heaven and Simone wants, you can stay with them until I take care of things. And for you Heaven, you don't have to go to school tomorrow but you need to enroll Zauri in school.", Mr Oneil said writing a note for me to give to the secretary.