My Life With Him.

~Chapter 5

"So... Got any brothers or sisters?" I ask him breaking the awkward silence.

"Yeah." He says. "I have an older brother and a younger sister. My brother is eighteen and he's called Aaron and my sister is ten and she's called Jasmine. They can get annoying but at the end of the day, they're family and I love them to bits. What about you?" I look down at the floor not wanting to tell him the truth.

"No. It's just me. It has been for as long as I can remember. I guess I've got used to being alone."

"What do you mean 'for as long as I can remember'?" He asks looking confused. I look at the floor unsure of whether to tell him or not. I decide to.

"I live in care. I have done since I was about three years old. I don't remember having any siblings, but I do remember my mum and dad, very clearly." I say feeling like I'm going to cry...

"Oh. I'm so sorry." Jacob says. I imagine feeling guilty. "If you don't mind me asking, what happened?" I burst into tears. Jacob hugs me. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"No it's okay. One day my mum and dad went on holiday and left me in the care of my auntie, but my auntie cared more about getting drunk and partying and one night when she was really drunk, she hit me." I cry really hard. "Someone out on the street saw me and asked me what had happened so I told them and then I was put into care."

"Oh my days... Were you okay?" Jacob askes concerned. I nod to reassure him. "Good." He smiles. I love his smile. It's so adorable.

"Anyway, I've got to go. My social worker will be wondering where I've got to. Bye" I walk off but Jacob runs after me and hugs me goodbye. He smells so nice. As I walk off, my phone vibrates in my pocket. It's a text from an unknown number. I open it. It says: 'I miss you already x P.S. It's Jacob x' I smile, save him into my contacts and reply. I walk in the door smiling. Jacob and I speak all evening. It got to 02:00. I get a text from him saying: 'Anyway, I better get going. Night sweetie. I'll text you first thing tomorrow morning, I promise.' I reply, out my phone on charge and fall asleep thinking about today.