"Now, you will be good in this care home, won't you?"Holly asked the chestnut-haired teen.
Jess grinned at her social worker. "Course, Holls." She said playfully.
"Jess, this is serious." Holly said with a sigh.
"Don't take everything so seriously, Holly, honestly. You should have a little fun." Jess said, rolling her eyes.
"This is your 20thbloody carehome, Jess." Holly snapped.
"It's not my fault they can't handle me." Jess said with a shrug.
"No wonder." Holly looked Jess up and down.
Jess had her chestnut hair loose, and her emerald green eyes were sparkling. She was wearing very short jean-shorts, and a black 'Free Spirit' t-shirt. She was wearing a purple converse on her left foot, and on her right foot she was wearing a black one.
"Look, Holly, I'll try, okay?" Jess said.
"Do you promise me?" Holly asked.
"I don't believe in promises." Jess said shortly, and she got out of the car as soon as they stopped. "Elm Tree House, huh?" she grabbed all three of her backpacks and her two huge black bin bags and headed towards the entrance.
Holly ran the doorbell and a woman with black hair appeared at the door.
"Hi! Jess right?" she said, smiling brightly.
"Yep. And you are..?"
"I'm Tracy. I can show you your room." Tracy led Jess away.
"Hi, Holly. Let's finish the paperwork." Mike said, leading the woman into the office.
"You won't be sharing for now, but if any new kids turn up you might have to." Tracy said. "I'll help you unpack."
Tracy and Jess, together, got everything done quickly enough. Then Jess pushed her purple hair clip-ons into her hair and they walked downstairs.
"Bye, Jess. Be good, okay?!" Holly said.
"Sure." Jess said, shrugging.
Tracy led her to the living room. As soon as they entered, someone looked up and the rest followed suit.
"Everyone, this is Jess." Tracy said.
Jess noticed a girl with blue hair extensions in her hair and, despite herself, grinned. The girl with the blue hair grinned too.
"Twins!" they said together, and they laughed.
"I'm Elektra." The girl said.
"Cool name." Jess said admiringly.
"Thanks." Elektra said, grinning.
Jess learned that the others were Johnny, Tee, Lily, Carmen, Gus, Toby, Harry, Sapphire, Frank, Liam and Jeff (Harry's giraffe). She also met Mike and Gina, the head careworkers.
Suddenly Jess saw something familiar flicker onto the screen.
"The new Doctor Who!" she exclaimed, leaping onto the sofa. "Keep it on, I haven't seen it!"
"Neither have we." Johnny explained, grinning. "Doctor Who is awesome."
"No kidding." Jess and Elektra said together.
"It's getting creepy now…you doing that." Liam said.
"Shhh!" I hush them, and we start to watch Doctor Who.
"Goodbye, Raggedy Man. Goodbye." Amy said.
Jess couldn't help herself; she burst into tears.
"Moffat! You fucking dick!" she said through her tears.
Elektra was fighting back tears too. "No way! He can't end it like that!"
"I am going to spam the BBC." Carmen vowed darkly, wiping her eyes.
"It's just a TV show." Frank said.
"Yeah, don't get crazy." Liam said. "Come on, boys, in the garden for some football?"
The boys exited.
"Just a TV show?!" Jess exclaimed. "Oh I'm not standing for that!"
She rushed into the kitchen, Elektra close behind. Jess grabbed a huge bowl, and flour, and eggs, and vinegar, and pickles. She tipped them all into the bowl and mixed. She added salt and pepper and chili and broccoli. She then mixed it all together and walked outside.
"Ready?" Elektra said.
"On three." Jess whispered, as they sneaked up behind Liam and Frank.
"One, two, THREE!" Elektra shouted, and they poured the mix over Liam and Frank.
Everyone started laughing, including the girls who had run out to see what was going on. Jess then started running as Liam chased her.
"Get back here new girl!" he shouted.
Suddenly Jess had a flashback.
"Get your ass back here!" her dad shouted.
Jess ran, her eyes wide with fear, her bags bumping about on her back. "Dad, stop!" she begged.
Suddenly she tripped and went flying, and her dad tumbled after her. Jess went rolling down, not stopping.
"JESS!" her mother screamed.
Then…
"Are you okay?" Johnny was asking. Jess was sprawled on the floor, looking straight up at him.
"Y-yeah…sorry, flashback…I've gotta go." She said, scrambling to her feet and walking as fast as she could towards Elm Tree House…
But why was she crying?
