What Lies Ahead *Jacob Satorius*

Chapter 3: He hates me

     The sun was bright as it shinned through my window into my room. For once I actually had a good sleep. After spending 15 minutes debating wether I should get up or not, I finally decided I should. I wasn't very hungry since I usually did t eat breakfast. My last foster family didn't really care much about my nutrition. As I walked down the stairs I heard Bryce and Mrs. Hall talking in the kitchen. Whatever they were making smelt amazing. I walked into the kitchen and I couldn't believe it. The table was set for three, and it had fried eggs, hash browns, bacon, and toast. "Oh Maddie! You're up!" Mrs. Hall said sounding excited. "Yup. This looks delicious" I replied. "Glad you like it. Come join us sit down" all three of us took a seat at the table. "Are oh sure you don't want more?" Mrs. Hall asked me. I had only grabbed one egg, and three pieces of bacon. "No it's ok. I'm used to not eating much" "ok".across the table I could see Bryce staring at me looking like I had hurt him is some way. Did I do something wrong? Once we had finished Mrs. Hall told me that Bryce's friends were coming over in an hour so I went upstairs and started to rearranged my room. I had my 2 guitars hung up, and my keyboard right beside them. I also had my ukulele, flute, and violin with them. I was always a musical kid as well as a sporty one.

    After about forty minutes I heard the doorbell ring and footsteps coming up the stairs. They made their way into what I assume was Bryce's room. I went into the hallway and I could hear voices coming from the room. I decided to listen in and maybe learn more about Bryce. "Ya I mean having her in the house isn't to bad but my mom wants me to include her and take her out with me everywhere. She's nice but I hope she goes back to a new family after the summer" I recognized it as Bryce's voice. Is he talking about me? Does he really think I'm being a drag? I heard someone coming to open the doer so I sprinted off to my room. I closed the door, grabbed my guitar and sat on my bed. Knock knock. "Come in" I spoke trying to hide the tears forming in my eyes. "The door opened and I saw Bryce standing there with 2 boys at his side. One was blonde with blue looking eyes. The other had brown hair and brownish hazel eyes. He was kinda cute. "Hey Maddie meet Mark and Jacob" he pointed to the blonde one as he said mark and the burnet one as he said Jacob. Mark waved but Jacob just kinda stood there looking guilty. "Do you want to come walk to Starbucks with us?" Bryce asked. I thought about what I overheard him say earlier and I realized he doesn't want me there. "No it's ok you guys can go. I don't want to intrude". I replied looking down. "No no we insist" I looked up and realized that Jacob said that. "You sure?" I asked. "Yea come on" mark said. "Ok let's go" I said as we excited the house.

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-*M*