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Chapter 15

Lexi

I finally felt like I was getting somewhere is basketball, I managed to make 3 shots in a row! Leo was so supportive, and such a great teacher. Leo got a call from his mum saying he had to go home, so he went back to his house. Instead of going back to my house, I went to Sophie's.

Alyson

I had such a brilliant day with Becky, of course Dave had to go and ruin it. My life just keeps getting better than someone or something has to go and ruin it. I mean, I haven't seen Dave since he stormed out on me that time. Life has been so much better since he has been out of my life. I had completely forgotten about the person he brought back into my life.

Becky went home and so did I. I entered my house expecting it to be empty, but Dave was stood there with a young boy.
"What are you doing here?" I shouted.
"Well you will know who this is, I'm not fit to look after him I've got stuff to do." He stuttered, definitely on drugs, "Here is another one of your shitty sons to go with your shitty self." Dave finished and left the lanky, brown haired boy stood staring blankly at me. I tried not to let Dave get to me, Toby was only 13.

The story of Toby is. Dave and I planned to have Leo, we were so happy. Just before Leo turned 3 I fell pregnant unexpectedly with Toby. When he was born, it was too much to handle. Dave lost his job, so he was busy trying to make money, we were struggling so much. It got to the point where we put Toby up for foster. We met a nice family and they agreed to take him until he was a teenager because apparently they would be too old to look after him then. Anyway, I never forgot about Toby but I completely forgot that they would only have him until he was 13.

I never told Leo about Toby,
"Sorry about your dad, me and your father don't speak anymore." I began to talk to Toby , "I will get Leo to come home soon." I added,
"Who is Leo?" He asked innocently.
"Leo is your brother." I told Toby, "He is turning 15 next week. I will give him a call to come home." I finished. I didn't tell Leo the reason I wanted him to come home.
"Where is he?" Toby asked,
"Leo is at the basketball courts with his girlfriend at the moment." I answered. I tried to be as nice as possible. I called Leo and asked him to come home.
"Are you hungry?" I asked once I finished the call, he shook his head and accepted his answer.

Leo

I walked through the door to find a boy sat on the sofa with my mum. She looked stressed out,
"Who is that?" I asked,
"This is Toby, your brother. We had to put him up for foster when you were little." She replied and told me the story. I sat next to him on the sofa,
"How old is he?" I asked mum,
"13." She answered. I smiled at him, he was very shy. I don't blame him. I went to my room to take in the events that just happened, I just met my brother I never knew about. How have I lived my life not knowing this?

After an hour or so my mum came into my room with Toby,
"Is it okay if Toby sleeps in here with you?" She asked me, I nodded. My mum left and Toby came and sat next to me, I never heard him say a word until now. It was so awkward,
"So you like basketball?" He asked,
"Yeah, I love it. Do you?" I answered. He nodded and I smiled. We got to know each other, we had a lot of things in common.
"How about we go to the courts tomorrow, see what you can do." I suggested. He nodded, we had warmed up to each other now.
"I'm starving, fancy pizza?" Toby asked, he certainly looked starving but I didn't say anything.
"Sure." I replied as I got up, "Stay here I will go and ask mum." I finished. Once I got to the kitchen I asked mum and she agreed. I also took this time to text Lexi and tell her what happened.

Toby

"No I have grown up here you can't send me away now! It's my home!" I shouted to my, who I thought was my, mum. She ignored me and sent me away with this rough looking man. I never said a word to him. He was clearly on drugs, I was terrified, he never said a word to me, I never said a word to him. Apart from when we got the the apartment,
"Ugh of course your bitch of a mother isn't here!" He scowled to himself, I gathered my mum and dad weren't together anymore. We waited for around ten minutes and a nice looking woman walked through the door, she must of been my mum. She shouted at my dad and he just left, she was nice to me though. I began to get  scared that she would be just like him.