Chapter 1:
My social worker Bill dropped me off in front of the house. He waved me goodbye and wished me luck just like any other time he dropped me off at a foster home. It looked nice enough from the outside. I rang the doorbell and braced myself.
The lady who opened the door was a cop. That's the first thing I noticed. I've never been to juvie but I am very wary of cops. She introduced herself as Steph. "Hi" I mumbled she welcomed me to the house and asked me to make myself at home. I looked around nice enough house but it seemed a little crowded at the dinner table.
At the table there were five other kids. Oh great I thought. Another overcrowded foster home. The kids were dressed well enough and even chattered happily at the table. I raised one eyebrow in surprise. I'd never seen foster kids this happy.
They all looked up at me simultaneously. Weird. Were they robots or something? Steph told them to introduce themselves to me. The oldest boy went first. He said his name was Brandon and welcomed me. Next was a girl with dark hair who acted like a princess she said her name was Marianna. Then a boy with brown hair who said his name was Jesus. Next a girl named Callie who looked at me sadly as if remembering something from her past. Finally a small boy named Jude.
Steph told me to introduce myself. All eyes were on me. "My name is Gabby" and I sat down with out another word. Jesus turned to me "how did you break your arm?" I winced. Callie looked very sorry for me. "Gabby will be staying with us for a short time. She broke her arm and bruised herself up when her old foster father pushed her down the stairs when he was drunk. I felt tears forming in my eyes when I saw the pity on their faces. I could feel the first one slipping out when I ran outside.
I sat on the front step and let it out the tears helped a little. Soon another lady pulled up in her car. She had grocery bags she was carrying. She saw me and dropped the bags. She ran up the step "What's wrong?" she paused. "Are you Gabby?' I just nodded. "Don't worry you'll love it here I'll show you your room.
She took my hand and brought me to a room that was already crowded. It had two beds and said Marianna & Callie on the door. She handed me a sleeping bag and said park it wherever you wanted. I decided to put it near the window I laid down for one minute but as soon as I did I fell asleep. When I woke up I was being shaken. "Hey wake up!" It was Callie. Marianna looked at me like I was a chicken with my head cut off. Callie calmed me down some. "Did I scream?" Callie nodded. "Don't worry it wasn't too loud." She said with a polite smile.
Callie looked at me up and down as if searching me for something. "It seems like I've seen you before Callie said quietly. Marianna turned to us. You know you two actually look a lot alike.