The Wonderful Life of a Foster Child

Chapter 1

I felt a thud on my face. I slowly opened my eyes and let my vision focus. As I grumpily sat up, I heard a voice.

"Wake up Karlee," our youngest foster sister, Meghan, said, "it's time for breakfast and we still have to do our Sunday chores."

I replied sleepily, "I know, I know. Give me 5 minutes."

"Ok, I'll meet you downstairs.", Meghan replied as she skipped out of the doorway.

In our foster home, there is 8 of us, and all the rooms have two girls in them. Me and Camryn, who is also 13, have a room together. Down the hall to the right is Piper (10) and Meghan's (9) room, and across the hall from them is Lillian (11) and Georgia's (12) room. Skyler (16) and Victoria's (15) room is downstairs, near our foster mom's room. She is the CEO of a huge section in Apple so our house is pretty big. The rooms have two walk in closets and a huge bathroom with double sinks. We each have a twin size bed on either side of the room with our own nightstand. In the backyard there is a heated pool, and horse stables with our own horses, which we use every now and then.

After ten minutes of staring at the ceiling, I finally decided to get up. I trudged down the stairs, smelling the delightful scent of bacon and waffles. As I sat down at the dining room table, I was greeted by a mixture of hellos and grunts.

"Good morning Karlee!", our foster mom, Alesha, said cheerfully as she placed a plate loaded with bacon, waffles, and eggs.

"Good morning mom, and thanks for the food," I said before stuffing my face with food.

Once we all finished breakfast, we had our daily chores assigned. Me and Georgia got assigned vacuuming duty, which is my favorite. I pulled out the vacuums while Georgia turned on the music. With the music blasting, we finished vacuuming all the rooms in a matter of 30 minutes.

We decided to go out to the pool, since it still is summer break here in Georgia. I threw on my favorite swimsuit, a bikini with black and purple bottoms and a black strapless top, and met Georgia outside. We jumped into the pool and swam some laps before deciding to sit on the edge to watch the horses and talk.

After about two hours of sitting next to the pool and talking, I went inside to take a shower. I pulled out an outfit consisting of shorts and a blue tank top and my favorite pair of black converse. As I finished getting dressed and began to apply basic makeup (mascara and lipgloss), Victoria walked into the room.

"Hey Karlee, do you want to go to the mall with me, Skyler, Camryn, and Georgia. We're gonna leave in like five minutes and mom said that its ok" she said with a smile.

"Yeah, I'll meet you guys downstairs. I just need to grab my shoes and purse. Is Skyler driving?"

"Yeah," Victoria said as she walked out the door, "mom is taking Piper, Meghan, and Lillian to a friends house."

When I collected my purse and my shoes, I headed downstairs. I gave mom a kiss on the cheek and made my way through the garage and to Skyler's new gray Ford Explorer that she got for her 16th birthday four months ago. Victoria sat shotgun next to Skyler with me and Camryn in the back and Georgia in the back back. As we pulled out of the long driveway, I connected my phone to the car's Bluetooth and turned on my favorite song, Hotline Bling. We talked excitedly throughout the long car ride.

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A/N
Thanks for reading the first chapter of my new story, more to come soon. I will try to update twice a week, as though I have another story that I am writing at this time. I also have to juggle school and other activities, so no promises.

The picture at the beginning of the chapter is all of the girls' names and ages.

(Btw, Meghan threw a pillow at Karlee's face to wake her up)

Thanks for reading,
Kayla (deadlypillows459)