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Chapter 6

The lights were on at my house when I turned onto our street. There was a car parked on the street and I assumed it was CPS. So much for going to bed and getting away from everything. I peaked in the window and their sat my mom, dad and some lady with a folder. I honestly thought about leaving and coming back once every one was asleep and gone. But I might as well get this over with before they show up in school to talk to me. So I walked in and prepared myself to start acting.

"Skyler your home." My mom said smiling at me.

"Yeah and so are you guys." I said smiling back at her, she shot me a be good or else look.

"How was work?" My dad asked. He looked rough.

"Busy we had stock come in and cleaning to do." I said.

"Hello Skyler, I am Mrs. Baker, I am from the Department of Child Services." She said holding out her hand for me to shake.

"Hello, Ma'am." I said shaking her hand.

"So I would like for you to tell me where you were last night when everything happened." She said getting right to it.

"I was sleeping." I said honestly.

"Did it wake you up or anything?" She asked.

"Not really, I am a hard sleeper." I said smiling.

"Did you talk with Officer Kennedy last night?" She asked.

"Yeah, he came and woke me up to make sure I was okay." I said.

"He said that you seemed okay to stay here by yourself. Did everything go okay?" She asked.

"I don't have an issue about staying home by myself, I am old enough to do so." I said shrugging my shoulders.

"How do you feel about what happened last night?" She asked.

"It really doesn't effect me." I said.

"Both of your parents went to jail and you are telling me your are okay with that." She asked.

"I didn't say I was okay with them going to jail I said it didn't effect me. They are both adults so they are responsible for their own actions. I don't like the fact that they went to jail but there is nothing I can do to pro vent them from doing so. I love my parents and they love me." I said.

"I am sure that is right but it worries me that you seem older then what you are and that things like this seem normal to you." She said.

"I never said it was normal. I said what they do is on them. I can't control what they do. If I let every thing effect me in life I wouldn't want to leave the house. I am a gay teenager in a small town so I have enough of my own problems to deal with." I said.

"Do you drink?" She asked.

"Nope"

"Do you do drugs?" 

"Nope"

"Are you sexually active?" 

"Nope"

"Are you abused at home?"

"Nope"

"How are your grades?"

"Straight A's."

"Well I think I am done here for now I will be checking in on your guys from time to time. You are on a probation period until Skyler is 18 because of how frequent we are here. We recommend you both seek treatment for your drinking but then again we have been recommending this to you for years so maybe the judge will make it mandatory. I honestly don't want to leave Skyler here with you. If I could find a family he is comfortable with I would take him away in a heart beat. Not because I think he is abused or anything like that but because no child should have to grow up in this kind of environment." Mrs. Baker said to my parents.

"I don't want want to live in a foster home." I said.

"I know Skyler and that is the only reason you will stay here. I do however have a few options that I will discus with you when I visit again. I think you might like them." She said smiling at me.

"Your not taking my son." My mom said.

"Mrs. Davis, you and I both know you don't like your son. I can tell just by the way you are looking at him. So if and when I find a place for him. I will be removing him from here." She said smiling at my mom. My mom must hate me that much if a stranger can see it. 

"Well I really need to shower and go to bed so if you are done with me here I think I will do just that." I said smiling at all of them.

"There is dinner in the kitchen." My dad said.

"I ate at work but I will stop and put it away on my way upstairs." I said heading towards the kitchen.

"Good night, son." my dad said. Mom didn't even bother pretending to care. Mrs. Baker was filling out her paper work and that would take about fifteen minutes so if I took a five minute shower I would have enough time to get too my room and lock the door. 

I hurried through everything until I got to my room. Once the door was locked and everything was on charge I got dressed and ready for bed. I had been up for eighteen hours or so and had only slept for four so I was tired as hell and couldn't wait to get in bed. Before I could get in bed there was a knock on my door. 

"Who is it?" I asked.

"It's me" my dad said. He was sober so I unlocked it and let him in.

"Hey kiddo, I am sorry about last night. I have been talking with your mom and I think that maybe that lady is right. I think you might want to go stay somewhere where you don't have to deal with this shit any more. There isn't any treatment out there that can help us. I have to talked with the Croft's and they would like for you to come stay with them. If fact is was Ethan who came over to see me when I got out. He and Cathy want you to come stay with them. I guess the twins are worried about you. Hell I am not even going to pretend. Your mom wants you out so these people will leave us alone. And it's not like you'll be going far and we can see you when you want." He said.

"What the fuck?" I said staring at him as if he had two heads.

"Mrs. Banks talked to Ethan and Cathy and she said it was a good idea. This weekend they said the boys will help you move your stuff and get you settled in." He said.

"Don't I get any say in this?" I asked.

"Not really. And I needed to tell you now because I don't know if I will remember tomorrow. Did you have plans for the weekend?" He asked.

"Yeah, I did. I was going to stay with Max." I said.

"Well maybe you could still do that." He said.

"I can't believe this. Thanks for everything dad. I really hope you use protection you guys really don't need any kids." i said sarcastically.

"I couldn't sleep with that women if you paid me. I don't need frost bite." he said laughing. Why do people do that? Oh your life is shit, ha ha ha. Fuck them.

"Well I am tired and I guess I need to start packing." I said shaking my head.

"Okay son, good night." he said patting my head like I was a dog or something.

"Night" I mumbled.

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN MY LIFE? I screamed into my pillow. You know I knew my parents hated me but I didn't think it was this bad. Why the twins house why not Max's house? I looked around my room and realized I didn't have much a bunch of clothes half of which I don't wear, so books and some CD's. I had a box of photos I had stolen of my brother and I a lot of paper awards from my grades and that was it. I have made sure my life was simple nothing to personal or extreme. I turned off the lights and looked out the window and over at the twins house. How was I going to do this? How was I going to be around them two all the time now? What are people going to say? If there was ever a time I wanted to run away this is it. I wish Benny wasn't so fucked himself I would move out to Arizona now and finish school some where out there.

I am to tired to think right now this is something I need to work out tomorrow when my head doesn't hurt and I can focus on a way to either deal with it or get the fuck out of the situation. I am hoping for the latter.