Back at the Dumping Ground (Rick Barber) |Book 2|

•Chapter 1: Money and Packing

•Chapter 1: Money and Packing

*late October*

Sam's POV

*Beep* *Beep*

I opened my eyes and glanced across the room to Rosie, Mr Buckleys daughter. She was sitting up in bed, one hand rubbing her eyes and the other trying to find the alarm clock. I giggled at the sight which made her turn around.

"Morning" she said when had found the alarm clock.

"Morning" I said in response before hopping out my bed. I wondered over to my draws that have my clothes in. Most fit in there and the rest are in my suitcases under my bed. I pulled out some dark blue skinny jeans, a black tank top, a 3/4 jean jacket, my blue converse and I slipped on my necklace and bracelet Rick got me for Christmas and my birthday. I brushed my hair and left it down. When I was finished I turned around to see Rosie changed for school. She goes to the posh school around the corner and she is really smart. She actually has been helping me with my school work and I'm getting better.

I looked at the clock and it showed 7:45am. Me and Rosie headed out the bedroom to the kitchen. We walked in to see Mr and Mrs Buckley and Jack, their son, sitting at the table eating pancakes.

"Good morning girls" Mr Buckley said from where he was sitting.

"Morning" we said in sync. We laughed and sat down. Jack sat there stuffing his face and turned to look at me. He made a facial expression that looked like he had only realised we had woken up.

"Mofin" he said.

"What?" I asked. He swallowed the pancakes in his mouth and then said, "morning". I laughed at his antics and picked up some pancakes myself and ate my breakfast in silence. When I had finished I collected mine and everyone else's plates and put them in the dishwasher. As I turned it on I heard Mrs Buckley say, "come on you two. Time to go. Remember your school is closing early as there is building work so come straight home as we need to help get Sam packed to go back to Elm Tree House. Ok?"

"Okay mum" Rosie said

"Got it" Jack said before they both ran out the door.

"Sam" Mr Buckley said to get my attention.

"Yeah" I said back.

"I have your cheque for you" he holding up a piece of paper.

"Huh?" I said walking towards him.

"Your cheque for painting the mural" he said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. I nodded at him and collected the piece of paper from him. It was all filled out and in the money part it read as £1,500.00. That's all mine.

"If you want we can go and put it in the bank" Mr Buckley offered.

"I would like that" I responded.

"We can go now if you like?" Mrs Buckley said as she appeared behind me. I nodded with a big smile on my face. They both smiled before we went to go get our coats. We locked the house, got into their mini and drove to the bank.

We got there within 15 minutes, parked the car and entered the building. We waited in line before going into a room. A scary looking lady walked in and sat at the desk and looked at us.

"What can I help you with?" she asked.

"We would like to make a account for Samantha Thyme" Mrs Buckley said. I know she was being formal but really, my full name. The adults talked for 15 minutes and I had to sign a few things before the lady said, "Ok. What would you like to deposit?" with a smile that basically said, 'what do you have to deposit? Like 50p".

I pulled my cheque and said smugly "This cheque for £1,500.00".

"oh" she said surprised before setting to work. We sat in that office for another 15 minutes.

"All done. Here is your credit card" she handed me the card.

(AN: I know that you get your credit card in the post like a week later but in this story I need her to have it now :p )

"Thank you" I said to her before putting the card in my purse. We said our goodbyes before heading home. We arrived at the house at around 10:15. We hung our coats up and took our shoes off. I wandered into the living room and sat down. I was about to turn on the TV when I heard Mrs Buckley call to me.

"Sam. Time to do your school work".

I groaned and joined her in the kitchen. We sat for about 2 hours before Rosie and Jack burst through the door and chucked their bags and coats by the door and started to raid the kitchen cupboards for food. I laughed at them but all they did was turn around and shrug at me. They are so alike. Even if they weren't twins people would think they were.

"How was school?" Mrs Buckley asked them.

"Alright"

"Hell"

You can tell who said what. They both sat down their food and being eating.

"I think we are done with your work today" Mrs Buckley said when saw me not paying attention, before getting up and clearing up the school work. We, me and Rosie and Jack, sat in the kitchen talking and eating for a while before Mr Buckley walked in.

"Sam we are going to leave for the dumping ground today after dinner so we will get there near 10 o'clock. Meaning you will be going straight to bed when we get there, so I would go finish your packing" he said to me before walking out again. He's really social. I glanced at the twins and saw them still eating. I laughed at them and that got their attention. They both swallowed what they had in their mouths and grinned at me. We all got up and headed to mine and Rosie's room.

"Time to pack" Rosie said.

"Ha. No way, packing is for poor people" I said with fake attitude and fell backwards on the bed. It was silent for a second before my ankles were grabbed and I was pulled off my bed. I landed on the floor with a bang. I shot up from the floor and glared at the laughing twins.

"Hilarious" I sarcastically said, "come on then. I have to pack my whole wardrobe within 5 hours".

We spent the next few hours finding all my things scattered around the house. I don't know how half of them got where that did but we finally finished. Jack was sitting on my suitcase and I was trying to close it when Mr Buckley walked in.

"Here let me help" he said before zipping up the bag with ease, "I just came to tell you that dinner is ready". Me and Jack glanced at each other and ran out the room. We raced to the kitchen to see Rosie sat there eating her food already.

"Beat ya" she said to us. We both made faces at her before joining her at the table. We ate our dinner while sharing things that have happened in the day as usual. When we all had finished we cleaned up the table and Mrs Buckley said, "Right. Sam I'm afraid that is time for you to head home now". I nodded and went to get my bags. I lugged them downstairs and outside. Mr Buckley put them into his mini while I said goodbye to Rosie and Jack.

"I'll miss you two. You've been great fun to live with" I said to them.

"You've been like the sister I never had" Rosie said back.

"Me too" Jack said which Rosie shoved him for. I laughed and hugged them both.

"I'll come and visit at some point" I said to them before Mrs Buckley said, "Don't worry we will keep in touch". I hugged her and thanked her for letting me stay. I waved to the twins one more time before getting in the mini with Mr Buckley.

I guess I'm going back to the Dumping Ground.

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Hey guys,

Sorry for the wait for this chapter. I've had a bit of writers block but its done. Sorry its not the best but I wanted to do a bit of intro. See ya next time.

Bye xxx