Behind The Fame (LaMelo Ball)

Chloe

*Shelbys pov*

I got back to my group home after school and I took my shoes off. "Shelby will you please come to the kitchen? Everyone else go wash up for dinner," Steph called. I set my back pack down on the steps and I walked to the kitchen. I was right. Sitting at the table was my social worker. "Ill go pack where are you taking?" I shrugged.
"We are going to take you to a family a town away they are a good family," He smiled.
"Wait im going to have to change schools!?" I looked at him, tears filling my eyes.
"Yes im so sorry," he sighed.
"I refuse to go," I walked away. I went upstairs and I went to the bathroom. I shut the door and slid down it. I put my head in my hands and let the tears fall. I cant believe this is happening.... Im going to have to leave everything. I knew Lena and Hayden were going to hate me...

There was a knock at the door, "Shelby? Its Steph please open up."
"No cause then youre going to take me away," I cried.
"No she left I convinced him to give you a few more days here," she sighed. I stood up and I slowly opened the door. I looked around, to make sure he wasn't here, then I opened the door the rest of the way. "Listen," she sighed, moving my hair out of my face, "Im going to get my foster license and im going to take care of you. I can see in your eyes you need somebody and I want to be that somebody. I live alone its just me and my dogs and I really want a daughter. I always have but I can have children and fostering never seemed to be something I knew about. But I want to now seeing how it hurts you to have to be moving and left in the dirt. I want to keep you with me."
"You do?" I cried, "me?" She hugged me tight, I hugged back. "You Shelby," She sighed happily, "You"

Later that night we were all in our rooms. Chloe hasn't said anything to me, nothing unusual. I sat up more as I smiled. I couldn't stop thinking about what Steph said. "What you smiling about?" Chloe snapped.
"Nothing," I shrugged.
"No what?! Cause youre sooo special that Steph wants to adopt you huh!? Well maybe I need someone too! You had someone but you blew it didn't you!? You think we all don't want someone so what makes you so special huh!?" She stood up, getting angrier with every word she spoke. I just shrugged, I didn't look at her. I was too scared. She grabbed me up by my wrist and that's when the punches started. I screamed out in pain as I felt her knuckles come in contact with my eye, lip, nose, jaw, head. Anywhere she could hit, she hit. Steph came running up and she pulled Chloe off me, the other girls helped me to sit down on the bed. "Whats going on?!" Steph yelled.
"She came at me! I was trying to defend myself!" Chloe fought.
"I heard you yelling at her," Claudia stood up for me.
"Yeah I heard it too I don't think Shelby did anything," Lydia sighed.
"Shelby?" Steph sighed.
"I-I," I looked at Steph as she got blurry, "Im going to pass out," I stated before I fell back onto the bed. I heard Steph yell, "Call 911! Call 911!" before the room got dark....

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