Foster Kids

Cherry

I dreamt of my mom and Aunt fighting. My Mom's head hit the table. Then Aunt Emily rammed a chair into her stomach.

I wake to the sound of a thunder storm. My palms are sweaty and I'm panicking. I have to calm my self down, So I don't have an asthma attack. I've had asthma since I was 3 it normally caught me during a thunder storm. I never liked thunder storms. Mom would always sing to me to calm me down and slept by my side, but she wasn't here. I sit up and feel a sharp pain in my left shoulder where Hailey's mom dug her finger nails into my skin. Right before she pushed me into the wall and yelled at me for praying. I pulled my shirt sleeve down just enough to see the bruise she left me. A tear falls off my cheek and another finally.

I go back to bed. I have the same dream. Only this time I was hitting mom not aunt Emily. Something hits my head I look around and realize its not in my dream and wake up to Hailey yelling at me to get ready I check the clock and I have 10 minutes till the bus gets here.

"Crap!" I yell and Hailey says,

"Hurry the bus doesn't wait for anyone!" I quickly get dressed and brush my hair and teeth but I don't have enough time for breakfast. I run to the door and Hailey's mom hands her a lunch from Whatabuger and hands me a brown sack with a soggy Sanwhich in it. She pushes me out the door.

I run to the bus. I sit in the back someone sits next to me, he was kinda cute but I scoot farther away from him. He looks at me and says "I'm Jacob you?"

"C-C-Cherry"

"shy huh?" he asks. I nod my head he shakes my hand and we both look away. I thought I'd might like him but he'd never like me.
We arrive at school. I walk to Hailey and Jacob follows me, "Where's my first class?" I ask her.

"So you already got a boyfriend? Have him show you." She smirks, I blush and Jacob says, "Here I'll show you. What's your first class?" I look at my paper "History with Mrs. Bagger." I say.

"Cool me too!" He says and starts getting off the bus. I follow. We walk to History. I see all the back seats are taken. Jacob sits in the front and I sit next to him. Mrs. Bagger calls me to the front of the class

"What's your name?" She asks.

"Cherry Pepper." I say without a problem.

"Well, Cherry we always ask a few question to new comers!" She says.

"Okay" I say how did i do that? Im just blurting out the answer!

"What's your favorite color?"

"Blue and black" I say

"ok when's your birthday?"She asks.

"July 2nd." I reply

"Ok now tell us three things about you. Anything." she says with a smile.

"Well I'm really shy, I don't even know how I'm doing this right now. My mom and aunt got in a fight a couple days ago and my mom ended up dying. I'm now in a foster home." I have trouble saying that one.

"who's your foster parents?" She asks.

"The Backnexts" I say.

"oh so your Hailey's sister ?"

"yes"

"okay you may go back to your seat!" I sit back down next to Jacob he smiles and leans over and says "you couldn't even tell me your name without trouble" I smile and say "I have no idea how I just did that"
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