Life in care has never been easy, Kiara Taylor is no exception to this cruel reality. From the moment her father walked out, she swore that she would look after two younger siblings like her parents never had. But through it all, her responsibilitie...
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Nice try Kyle" Liam laughs as I miss my shot.
"Shut it Lucy" I frown at him jokingly, nudging him.
Ever since that day at the beach, Liam has been much more tolerable. I'm not sure what changed but it's become harder and harder to hate him.
"Come on love birds, can we just play the game" Sapphire sighs.
"Hey!" I yell at her feeling my face go red.
"Listen up everyone" I hear Tracy call as she walks in. I can't help but notice that she seems like something is bothering her. "I've been offered a job in London, as a junior reporter for a newspaper" She announces.
"Wow" Carmen says, speaking my thoughts. I smile despite the fact that I know what's coming next. London is hours away, she wouldn't be able to work here and take the job, which means that she's leaving. My heart drops at this prospect. Tracy has been like an older sister to all of us and I can't bare the thought of her leaving. Although, I seem to have realised what this job means I don't think anyone else has as they're still sat, smiling at her.
"So I'm leaving" She announces causing everyone's smiles to immediately drop off their faces. "Look, I've dreamt of this job ever since I lived here, I'm sorry I can't turn it down, it means too much"
"What, and we don't?, Well, that's put us in our place" Saff sighs, dropping her pool cue down onto the table and walking towards the door.
"No, I didn't mean it like that" She says frantically and I can tell she seems pained.
"Don't beat yourself up Beaker, you're just one in a long line of care workers" Sapphire says ruthlessly. "Easy come, easy go"
"Bye bye Tracy" Harry says, following Sapphire out of the room.
"I think this is great, you can write about us and make us all famous" Carmen says excitedly.
"Well I don't know about famous, but I would like to write about you" She smiles, turning towards Tee who looks on the brink of tears." I want you to tell me what it's like to be in care"
I've been holding back my temper but after hearing that I absolutely lose it.
"Are you kidding me?" I step forward, looking at her menacingly. "You already know what it's like"
"But I need your perspective" She stumbles on her words.
"You want my perspective?" I say. "Okay, care workers come and go, they act like they give a damn, like they'd do anything for you, and then something better comes along and they leave"
She looks shocked by my words and very hurt as she keeps opening her mouth to speak before closing it again.
"So you wanna leave us, but you want our help" Liam states, clearly upset aswell. "Sorry Tracy, but that sucks" He moves to walk out of the room.
