All the children of Saint Anne's Foster Home have been sent to the mess hall for lunch. Malik, Damion, Ciara, Chance, Xavier, Madison, Taylor, and Monica have always sat at the same table since each othe of them got in this hell hole. "I wonder what digusting bullshit we'll get today" Xavier says as he sits on the bench next to Damion. "I actually kind of like the food they give us" Monica says shrugging slightly. Everyone looks at Monica in disbelief. "What? Did you just say you LIKE the food here?" Chance says raising an eyebrow at her. "Yeah, i mean we don't really have a choice to like it. We either eat it or starve" Monica replies. A server lady comes and slams down the trays in front of each kid sitting at the table. Half of Damion's food spills on his pants "Yo what the fuck!" he screams "why the fuck did you do that! these are the only good pair of pants i have you stupid bitch!"
"Too bad" the lady says as she snickers and walk away. "I have and extra pair of pants you can wear D, don't worry about it" xavier reassures Damion. "I hate it here man" Taylor says as she moves her fork around in her food. "Me too, when do you think we'll get out of here?" ciara asks. "Nobody wants a bunch of fucked up teenagers, the sooner you all get that through your head the better. we won't get put into a family. All of us are going to fucking rot here and you all know it" Malik protests. "Why are you such a downer, Malik?" chance asks. "I'm not a downer, i'm being real" Malik says as he scoots his plate to the side "I'm not eating that"
"You gonna eat that?" Monica asks with a mouth full of food. "that's digusting!" Madison says holding her mouth trying not to gag. "Don't knock it till' you try it Madi" Monica says. "I'd rather not try it!" Madison says "i'll be right back, i have to use the restroom". "ten more minutes then it's bedtime!" the head master Ms.Anne yells across the mess hall. "Can someone please tell that fat bitch to invest in some mouth wash and toothpaste i mean REALLY i can smell her breath from here" Chance says plugging his nose. Everyone begins to laugh and giggle. After a minute of silence Xavier speaks up "we've gotta get out of here" he says quietly so that only those at the table can hear.
"what do you mean 'get out of here' we can't just leave!" Ciara whispers. "When all lights go out at ten o'clock so do we" he replies. "Are you crazy? and what if we get caugh, huh?" Taylor whispers. "what's the worst they can honestly do, send up back to our rooms?" Malik says laughing. "I heard Ms.Anne let's gaurd dogs out when it's lights out time, so nobody can run away" Chance whispers. "Why are y'all whispering?" Madison says as she drys her hands on her light brown pants. Taylor whispers what happened in her ear, and how crazy Xavier was for making up this insane plan.
"That actually might work" Madison whispers "but how will we know when Ms.Anne goes to sleep?". "She goes to bed at exactly 12:00 every night, which is exactly two hours after lights out. Since all of us have the same room , we can jump out the window, hop the fence and make a run for it" Xavier says lowly. "what if we get caught?" malik asks. "then better luck next time" xavier says. Ciara sighs loudly "we better not get caugh Xavier!". "we won't, just trust me alright?" he replies. "Throw your trash away and line up against the wall NOW, it's lights out time" Ms.Anne orders.
All the children in the foster home obey her orders and throw away their trash and line up against the wall. Men with hand held metal detectors search each child as if they were prisoners. "now i know what it feels like to be arrested" Damion mutters. After the search is done everyone goes to their rooms. "If i hear a sound from anyone, they will be punished!" Ms.Anne says over the intercom. "I swear i hate her" Monica says as she jumps into her bed. "Well, after tonight we'll never hear her voice again" Xavier says as he gets into bed. Everynight Ms.Anne checks every room for anyone who's still up so the kids act as if they are asleep. The door creeks and opens, The clicks and clacks of Ms.Anne's shoes fill the silent room as she checks every bed "Hmph" she says as she exits the room.
