Hidden secrets

Chapter 1

"No parents?" The lady behind the glass asks my older brother Clay as she looks over his shoulder at me.
"Um..... no it's just us" Cory says trying not to give away the truth. Cory likes to do that, not tell the whole truth about are parents. He doesn't like to admit that are mom ran off when I was 3 and are dad, who already drank a lot started to drink more as well as mix some drugs in with that. Are dad OD when I was 6 leaving Cory (who at the time was 16 and in 11th grade) to raise me.

Someone clear there throat getting my attention. I look up to see my councillor Mrs.Jay.
" hope to never see back here again Mrs.Kent"

She had been the only person I could trust in here. Going to jail at 14 was scary, I really didn't know what to expect. Mrs.Jay was always there for me when I needed her.

"Me too Mrs.Jay" I say with a smile on my face.
"Come here" she says opening her arms to give me a hug. When we pulled apart Mrs.Jay started to explain that I would need to see my parole officer once a month for the rest of the year. I listened carefully so i know exactly what I need to do to never come back to the place.

Mrs.jay said her final goodbyes then made her way back to her office. I sit and wait for a few more minutes till Cory has finished signing all the forms that he needs to.

"Let's go" Cory finally says getting my attention. I get up from the chair grabbing the bag of belongings that I had handed on when I was first arrested and we made are way out of the building. Are walk to the car was silent until Cory spoke.

" How's it feel to finally be out?" He asks me looking at the ground. It always annoyed me when he did that, never look me in the eyes. He used to do that when he came to visit me he would look everywhere but at me.
"Good maybe now that I'm out you can finally look me in the eyes" When ever he didn't look at me it made me feel like he was scared of me, like I was a scary monster he needed to run from.

"What do you mean?" He asked stopping in the middle of the parking lot. I wanted to yell at, scream and punch him but he was not one of those animals I had to deal with in there he was my brother.
"When ever u came to visit me u looked around the room never at me, When you came to get me u looked at the guards and the ground not at me. You haven't even hugged me hello and told me that u missed me. I have been in jail for 4 years because of a drunken mistake and now ur scared of me. You know the whole time I was in there I just wanted to go home, I just wanted to be with my brother but I couldn't" I didn't mean to say that all but it just came out. I hadn't realized that I had tears in my eyes till Cory hugged me and I just let it out.

" I'm not afraid of you. I know that what u did was just an angry drunken mistake and that the girl had started it. I just hated to see it think of you in there. The only thing I know about jail is what I see in movies and tv. I never want to see u in there again" Cory hugged me tighter. We stayed hugging each other in the middle of the jail parking lot for at least 10 minutes. When we pull away and start to make are way to the car.
" if anyone asks I didn't cry" I say as I pint my finger at him before opening the passenger door.

After about an hour drive we finally pull in to the parking lot of the appointment place. I throw my door open before Cory can even put the car in park. I just wanted to get in side and relax as well as plug my phone in it hasn't charged in like 4 years. I rush to the elevators wanting to get in to the apartment as soon as I can.

When we finally reach are apartment I can't stop smiling. " Damn u really missed this place" Cory says with a smile as he gets his keys out to slow.

"Yes now hurry up and open the door. I want to have a shower with actual hot water and sleep in an actual bed." When Cory finally got the door open I rushed straight to my room. It hasn't changed it's still bright pink with my home made posters and pictures of me and Cory. Also the pictures of me and my friends, can I still call them my best friends anymore they never came to see me and they never wrote me. I shake those thoughts out of my head as I sit on my bed and open the bag of my stuff to get my phone out.
I plug it in waiting for it to turn on when there was a knock at my door.

"Hey what do u want for ur first dinner as a free woman?" Cory asks leaning against the wall.
"MacDonald's. God I missed fast food" I say falling back onto my vary comfy bed. Chicken Nuggets sound so good right now.
"MacDonlds it is and here" Cory says as he hands me what looks like a brand new phone.
"What's this?"I ask. I already have a phone I mean it's pretty old but it still works..... hopefully.
"A new phone. I switched to a different plan about a year and a half ago. Didn't I tell u?"

"Um.... no" I say in a duh voice.

" oh sorry. This one is better anyway, A total up grade from that pice of shit that u have" he says making his way out my door to go get the food. I look down at the iPhone 6 in pink. I turn it on and start to play around with it. By the time Cory can back with the food I had set it up. We eat in front of the tv like we always do when Cory brings up school.
"So tomorrow we have to go in to the high school and sign something's so u can start school on Monday" I had been convicted and locked up the summer between 8th and 9th grade, I had kept up with my study's in jail cuz what else was there to do. Going to school was scary tho I had never gotten the chance to go to high school and now I'm being thrown in at grade 12. Everyone in town had known what I did and what I know of the kids in this town the story got spined in some way.

"Ugh can't I just like be homes schooled" I say rolling my eyes.
" oh come on it's not gonna be that bad..... yeah okay it's bad but its only a year" Cory says. He had been on the football team and one of the most popular guys in school until he got outed in 11th grade when some guys on the team saw him on a date with his boyfriend at the time, from then on he had gotten bullied and called names. He had a lot going on that year with having to raise 6 year old me and balancing school and work he didn't need the bullying on top of that.
" ugh fine but if I get called names or bullied I wouldn't hesitate"

"Just don't punch them" after dinner I take a warm shower. The water in jail was cold even if u turned it all the way to the hottest settings. I spent almost an hour in the shower before going back into my room and download snap and Instagram to my new phone. I change into my pjs, there to small I guess I'm gonna need to buy some new clothes. I turn on my tv and crawl into bed finding something to watch. After a few minutes I start drift off to sleep.