You had me at Hello.

Chapter 21

I'm gonna say this because it happened also the picture is a screenshot of the event but GRACE HELBIG LIKED ONE OF MY POSTS!!! anyway back to the story!

"We can stop for a while and take a break if you need to," Asked Hannah, placing a comforting hand on my knee. "We can pick this back up in a while. Are you hungry?"
I sighed shakely.
"Yeah, I could eat."
"What do you want? We have soup,eggs, crackers."
"Something light please."
"Eggs on toast it is then!" The only sound was the crunch of the toast I was chewing, other than that silence. She was waiting, wait to listen to my story.
My story. I kinda like the sound of that.
I must've gotten lost in my thoughts because Hannah asked.
"You ready?"
"yeah. Lets get this over with. So my baby brother all that I can piece together, Because I was only two, Is that mom hadn't changed at all in two years. Still couch surfing, having sex in exchange for crack. So grandma tried to take him in, but he had," I pause. "Mental.....delays I guess, like he couldn't talk at all and when he was upset or angry he'd just smack his head on the concrete floor." Hannah slowly lifted a hand to her mouth.
"Oh my god, that's terrible."
"Yeah, you can blame my doting mother for that."
"Anyway, we were put in state custody for a while then that's when grandma took us in. She tried but she couldn't handle his outbursts so she had no choice but to put him in foster care.
It didn't last long until he found a home, a good home, I don't agree with the way they act and believe but he's happy and that's all that matters."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, they're homophobic."
I lived with them for six months. It was NOT a good time for me, They took me off my meds because. 'God will heal you if you just pray for it.'"
"Oh they're THAT kind of family, I can relate."
"Yeah," I looked up with teary eyes. "I miss him." My voice cracking.
"You seem to be close to him." I collected myself.
"Yeah, I've always felt the need to protect him from our mom you know."
"Yeah, actually my younger sister was put in foster care because our mom well....had... Issues. But I get to see her. Hey! Maybe we could go visit."
"I don't know, I mean they're REALLY homophobic."
"We can at least try, right?"
I could tell she  wanted me to see him as much as I wanted to so I reluctantly agreed.
"When do you think you want to go?"
"Well, they live in southern Missouri. So it'd probably be a while before we'd get there."
"Okay, and?"
"I was hoping you wouldn't ask."
"I know." Hannah smiled wide.
"You're pushing it harto."