Foster

Chapter 7

During the movie, Alyson stormed downstairs. "YOU LITTLE BRAT!" she screamed. She shoved her pointer finger at my chest. "Leave her alone!" Angel whispered loudly. "Shut up Angel!" Alyson said. I was a little scared, and confused. "You're trying to steal my boyfriend! You little slut!" She said. "What are you talking?" about I said shoving her. "WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M TALKING ABOUT?! LUKE HAVERMATHY IS MY BOYFRIEND. NOT YOURS!" she yelled. "Who said Luke was my boyfriend?"I said. "Oh don't act like you don't know! He just called me asking about you!" she said. "Well that's none of my business." I said turning away. "It is too! You're stealing my boyfriend you slut! Slut slut slut, slutty slut!" She said kicking me in the stomach. This got me fired up. I smacked her. "I AM NOT A SLUT! IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT YOUR BOYFRIEND IS ATTRACTED TO ME! LEAVE ME ALONE!" I yelled. Angel gasped. Alyson was on the floor sobbing. "Oh don't play all baby with me. You're just crying so I can get in trouble. Angel, you saw everything that happened." I said. Angel nodded. "What is all the ruckus?! Alyson why are you on the floor?" Robert asked. He was in his robe. "Daddy! It was all Caelen's fault! I came down to watch the movie, and she started attacking me. She hates me daddy!" Alyson cried. "ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE!" I said. "Alyson, stop lying, Caelen is too nice to do something like that, Angel was here, and she needs to tell me what happened." Robert said.

"Well, Alyson came downstairs and called Caelen a brat! She kept saying that Caelen is stealing her boyfriend. But Caelen isn't, daddy! I just know she isn't. So Alyson kicked Caelen in the stomach! So Caelen slapped Alyson, and Caelen was innocent." Angel said. "Alyson Marie Metts, is this true?" Robert asked. "Yes daddy, but she..she hit me too!" Alyson said holding her face. "Sir, I smacked her, for a reason. She kicked me in the stomach." I said. "Obviously it seems like you two can't get along, for punishment: Alyson, you have to do everyone's chores for a week, and Caelen, your job is to do neighborhood work." Robert said. "Daddy!? No fair!" Alyson cried. "Two weeks, goodnight." Robert said going upstairs. "Come on Caelen, told you Alyson was evil." Angel said frowning. We went upstairs and went to bed.

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After breakfast the next morning, I went out and began helping by cleaning our yard, and the ones in our neighborhood. I finished with the last house with the bright pink car, bright pink front door, and bright pink flowers. A woman about forty in a pink bathrobe came out. "Hi!" she said waving at me. "Hello, Miss!" I said. "I'm Miss Bedford." She said coming closer to me. "Caelen Metts." I said. "Oh, you...you live with the Metts, since when?" she asked. "About two days ago." I said drawing my jacket closer to me. "Oh, well..come inside..let me pay you." she said. "Oh, no thank you." I said. "Please." she said. I followed her inside her home. It was pink. Everywhere. "Take a seat, let me fetch my purse, its somewhere upstairs." she said leaving. I sat down and looked around. I picked up a few magazines but something caught my eye. A Manila folder. I flipped it over and read the words. It was in bright pink: Destroy Metts family. I heard footsteps and quickly put everything back. "Sorry. I always lose this puppy." she said patting her purse. "No problem." I said. She handed me a ten dollar bill. "Bye bye." she said waving her hand at me. I left her house and shoved the money in my jacket. When I got home Robert and Elaine were outside. "Hey Caelen, we're going to work after we drop Tyler and Ricky off." They said. "Okay, see you soon!" I said smiling and heading inside. Alyson was on the couch strumming her acoustic guitar. I went upstairs to find Angel. "Hey." I said knocking on her door. "Hey there." she said. "What's up?" I asked. "I gotta 'nother recital coming up! I'm practicing, wanna hang later?" she asked. "Oh, sure." I said. I headed downstairs and outside on the swing set. Kobe was there. "Hey beautiful." he said. I blushed. "What? You are." he said. "Well, I'm Caelen, just Caelen." I said. "Just..?" he asked. I rolled my eyes. "Since I'm here, let me get to know you better," I said. "What do you wanna know?" He asked swinging. "Everything." I said. "Okay..I'm Kobe Maxford, my mom was 15 when she had me so her options were abortion or adoption." Kobe said. "Thank goodness she chose adoption." I said. "Yea... but I'd love to meet her someday." he said. I looked down and patted his hand. "I wish you weren't living with us, you're so hot." he said. "Kid, get over it." I said. "I can't. I've never met anyone like you. Kiss me." he said. "What?" I said in shock. "Kiss me before you become an official part of our family." he said. I thought about it. He was pretty hot. We both got off the swings and stood in the cold. It started to snow a bit. I leaned towards him and we kissed and he started putting his hands up my jacket. That's when I pulled away and slapped him. I ran towards the front of the house and towards who knows where. I was trying to find Hope's house.

After fifteen minutes I found a pond. I went down and sat near it so I could see my reflection. I started crying. My lips were chapped but it was barely any snow, since it's Texas. About an hour later I heard Kobe calling my name. "Caelen please! It's my fault!" he said. He tripped over a root and slid into the pond. I laughed. He rose up to surface. "There, now please forgive me." he said. "I don't know." I said. "I'll give you a piggy back ride." he said. "Deal." I said and hopped on his back even though he was wet. When we got home. Angel was out on the porch with her guitar. She glared at me. "Oh give her a break." Kobe said. We headed inside and sat on the sofa. "Kobe.." I said. "Ya?" "Well...I was cleaning the neighborhood today, and one lady paid me, but invited me in her house..while she was looking for her purse upstairs I found a manila folder and it said 'Destroy Metts'." I said softly. "That's nonsense.. h-was it Miss Bedford?" he asked. I nodded. "That woman is crazy, she has a mental illness." he said laughing. Angel came downstairs and played Ode to Joy. "I can do you one better." I said and played When the Saints Go Marching. "You play?" she asked. "Eh, since I was four. My grandma taught me." I said. "Wow!" she said in awe. Angel brushed her hair out of her face. She looked cherubic. "Angel, you look just like one." I said. "Thank you." she said smiling. "So, has she done anything before?" I asked. "Who?" Angel asked flipping onto the couch upside down from behind it. "Mrs. Bedford." I said. "Oh..that evil ... once me and Ricky were playing ball, and she came by our house doing her afternoon jog and the ball accidentally hit her, and she called the cops," Angel said. "Yea. Once I was skating around the neighborhood and she like freaking got mad and called the police for trespassing." Kobe said. "Wow, that's crazy." I said looking at my hands, they were trembling. "If she really is destroying us, we'd better get to the bottom of this." Kobe said. "Right.." I said. Angel and I looked at each other and smiled, this time a little devilish.

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