Left Behind

Chapter 5:

Skyler's P.O.V.

"Guys the party's off." I tell the boy's. "What? Why?" Michael asks me. "Something happened to Sam and she's in the hospital, she missed her flight." I sadly state I was excited to meet her finally. "Well can't she get another flight soon?" Ashton asks. Ashton is like my best friend he's like my brother. I asked him to help me pick the house up and he and his 3 friends were going to throw a welcoming party for Sam so she would know at least some people when she got here. They all think of me as a big sister though since I'm older than all of them. I am 19 and have my own apartment not too exciting but my mum left me and my sister when I was nearly 6 and Katherine was 17.

Our mum was very abusive to us and she came home one day very drunk with a new boyfriend and I had to witness my sister being raped by him and I couldn't do anything because I was locked in the bathroom. I heard the terror of it all. I was 4 and Katherine 15. Our mum allowed this to go on for nearly 2 years. Katy told me not to be scared because she's used to the beatings from mum's boyfriends and she said she knew if she told or resisted to him that she would be hurt more if anything killed. That night he shot her up with Heroin and got her pregnant. My mother cussed my sister out and said she made him do it. So I've had to keep this in up until now. On Katie's 17th birthday our mum just left us. When she left, Katy and I had no where to go and according to the law she wasn't 18 and she couldn't take care of me so they took me and put me into a foster home until I was 8 and Katy fought to take custody since she already had a kid of her own which was the one from before. She couldn't get an abortion because our mother wouldn't allow her and wouldn't sign the papers, she said Katy had to deal with what she did.

Katy lost the trial and she just gave up on me when the day the police were tearing us apart she promised me, "We'll be together soon Sky I promise I won't quit fighting. I love you!" Then the cops tore me apart from her and she just gave up. After the trial she was very sick I could tell. My foster parents allowed me to talk to Katy for 5 minutes and no more unless I wanted more chores. Right when I went up to Katy I could tell she was stoned and something was wrong. Her eyes were bloodshot and the baby would not stop crying. I just looked at her and just saw her eyes rolling. I started to cry and no words were said. I feel someone rip my head back and it was my foster mother. She hates it when I don't listen and I get punished worse than what my real mum would do. She will lock me in this bathroom that was very nasty and small and told me to sit there until I've saw what I did wrong. I've only seen Katy once or twice after that night. She told me that C.P.S. took her kid and put it in a foster home and told her that her baby girl wasn't aloud to be with her until she was 18. I know Katy wants to see her but I don't think she'll even try if anything remember. Last thing I knew Katy moved to the UK somewhere and we just never spoke and took our own paths.

When I finally turned 18 I was kicked out of my foster home and lived on the streets for a month until I found Ashton and his friends and they let me live with them for a month or so then I finally found an apartment I could afford; down the street from the boys. They've helped me out a lot and if it wasn't for them I would still probably be on the streets. I've known them since I was 18 and I'm 19 now so a year with these boys constantly helping me. I love them they're all so helpful and kind. I don't think anyone will find boys this kind ever.

"No the doctor said that all of the flights are full until next month so she's staying in a foster home for now I guess." I say and they all just stare. "Isn't there something we could do babe?" Michael asks. He is my boyfriend and I love him too death. I've never told him I loved him though and he hasn't said it too me. Although we've only been together for 5 months. "I'm not too sure, I really don't want her in a foster home though. They are terrible." I start panicking. "Why are you so jumpy Sky?" Luke asks. "I jus-just don't want her in a foster home. People say they're going to be okay and it's never okay!" I shout. "Hey, hey calm down we'll figure something out. Okay?" Michael says while hugging me and I put my head on his chest and nod. "Promise?" "Promise!" All four guys say.