I'M FALLING FOR MY SO-CALLED BROTHER!!!

Chapter: Five A New Start

I heard tiny footsteps walking over beside my bed. I opened my eyes to see who it could be. There was little girl with big hazel eyes and long light wavy brown hair. Her tiny hands covered her mouth so her giggles wouldn't escape her lips. She lightly tapped me on the arm.

"Elena, wake up, you don't wanna be late for breakfast Momma Ruth is making pancakes with bacon this morning," she said with a soft and sweet voice.

I opened my eyes and yawned.

"Oh thanks, Amelia right?"I asked with a small smile.

"Yep, well I'll leave you alone so you can get ready,"she said maturely, but in an adorable tone.

'"Okay, I'll be out in a few minutes,"I said smiling at her while getting up to stretch. She nodded and left, I had plenty of time, it was 7:15 and breakfast was at 8:30. I grabbed clean clothes and headed for the bathroom.

~ 10 minutes later~

I was looking in the mirror, and there was this stranger. She was pale and thin, her green eyes didn't have the sparkle that she had when she was younger. Her brown hair looked dead and mistreated. She smiled but you could see all her sorrow in her eyes. That stranger is me....as much as I wished it wasn't, it was. I wished I wasn't the girl that had been raped and abused, or the girl that had a crazy dad who killed her mom. But it was me... it is me. My eyes were starting to get watery from all the angry and hurt I had in my heart. I forced the tears back before they could fall out. I will never let anyone hurt me again. If I survived all that has happened these couple of months then I could survive anything. Because there's no greater pain then losing your mom. After I was done thinking about everything I decided to do a french braid and head downstairs.

~few minutes later~

I walked quietly down stairs to the kitchen to ask Mrs.W if she needed help with any cooking.

"Good morning Mrs.W.. I mean Ruth...do you need help with anything?" I asked with a smile.

"No sweetie you just go to the diner table and sit down with the rest of the kids. Amelia will introduce you to to them," she answered kindly.

I walked over to the diner table and saw a teenage girl with red curly hair, I'm guessing that's Victoria. I also saw a boy that looked around 12 or 13, he had brown curly hair and green eyes.

"Hi Elena, come sit by me," Amelia said with an excited voice.

"Okay, ummm good morning everyone," I said kind of nervous.

This is Victoria, Amelia said pointing to the red head

"Hi Victoria," I said with a small smile. She just rolled her eyes and ate some of her pancakes.

"Don't mind her Elena she's always in a grumpy mood," Amelia whispered while looking at Victoria. I smiled at her.

"And this is Andrew," she said while pointing at the little boy.

"Hi Andrew, nice to meet you," I said while grinning politely.

"Hey Elena, nice to meet you too, so how did you end up being a foster child?" It was like I was lost in time, all the memories of what happened flooded my mind, I felt the tears waiting to pour out. I blinked my eyes a few times so my that my tears wouldn't fall.

"Umm it's a long story and you know we need to eat before are pancakes get cold," I said while putting a piece of pancake in my mouth.

"Okay I understand I guess," Andrew said while grabbing some syrup.

After we were all done eating I helped Mrs.W clean. After that we went down town to buy my supplies. First we bought my school supplies, I was so nervous but excited that I would be able to start all over again. Now we were headed to buy some new clothes for me. The store was pretty big, there was a lot of people too.