All of the kids in the dumping ground were eagerly gathered up by the door, well that was apart from Electra, who was reading a pile of magazines in the living room. They were awaiting the arrival of a new girl, nobody knew much about her, except that she was from Nigeria. Gus was nervously checking his watch on his left wrist every few moments.
"She was supposed to be here by 2 o' clock, it's 15 minutes and 43 seconds past 2. I need to do my tour, and she can't be late!" Said Gus. As he said that, the door opened, revealing Mike and the new girl. She was wearing a plain black long sleeved top, ripped blue jeans and brown Ugg boots. She had long black hair that went to just below her waist, and brown skin. The most distinguishing feature about her was her big piercing light blue eyes, and her face was scattered with freckles. Gus had heard about her eyes; it was extremely rare to have her sort of eyes along with her skin tone. She had no idea that everyone was fascinated by her eyes, she seemed to be in a complete trance.
"Hi, I'm Carmen! Your eyes are so cool" said Carmen, running up to her. She flinched in surprise, either surprised that Carmen was actually talking to her, or the shocking overload of pink she was wearing
"More like a curse to me." She muttered bitterly.
"My name's Gus Carmichael, I need to know your name." said Gus, once he had made his way through the crowd of people who were lost in her eyes.
"Kathleen. Kathleen Elizabeth" She replied after a few seconds.
"What's your surname?"
"Ummm… I can't remember" She replied, lacking any expression or emotion.
"But everyone has a surname!" said Gus, he was confused that she seemed to know nothing about herself.
"Oh wait I remember! Massey, Kathleen Elizabeth Massey." Said Kathleen, repeating her full name as if she was reminding herself, not Gus
"I need to give you a tour." Said Gus, the girl just shrugged and followed Gus
"What did you guys think of her?!" Carmen asked once Kathleen had gone up the stairs.
"She's got amazing eyes, but she seems, um, what's the right word-" said Lily
"Tired?" asked Johnny
"Hypnotized?" asked Frank
"Mysterious?" asked Rick
"Yeah, that's the one." Said Lily
"I wonder why she's in care." Said Tee
"Guys, I'm sure she'll talk sooner or later, just give 'er a chance." Said Liam, who had just finished playing pool with Frank, Johnny and Rick. Rick had won, followed by Frank, then Liam, then Johnny.
"She seemed scared." Said Carmen
"She was probably scared of all that pink you're wearing Carmen." Electra said, poking her head out of her magazine. She'd been so quiet everyone had forgotten that she was there.
"Oh thanks!" Carmen replied sarcastically, as Gus walked back to the living room with Isabelle.
"This is Carmen, Lily and Tee on the sofa. Lily does not live here anymore, but she visits a lot. Carmen is the girl you're sharing with. At the pool table is Rick, Liam, Johnny and Frank. Johnny is Tee's big brother, and Liam is here for respite care. Over by the windowsil is Electra" Said Gus.
"Nice to meet you guys, if you didn't already hear I'm Kathleen." Said Kathleen
"Nice to meet you, can we call you Katie?" asked Carmen
"Sure, it might take me a bit to get used to being called that." Said Katie
"So what care home did you last come from?" Liam asked while taking another turn at the pool table
"Oh, I wasn't in care." Said Katie
"Oh so she's just been dumped, that's why she's scared." Said Frank.
"I'm not scared!" said Katie.
"Are you sure?" asked Rick
"Yes, I'm sure." Said Katie, giving him a small smile. Rick smiled back and turned back to the pool table, and took his turn. Katie sat down cross legged on the sofa, next to Tee and Carmen who were completely absorbed in a recent episode of America's Next Top Model. Well, Carmen was. Katie was less interested, but still found it entertaining none the less.
"Freeze! Put your hands up in the air!" Yelled Tyler, as he burst into the room, pointing a BB gun that he'd just bought at everyone's faces. Katie froze in fear, she instantly knew that the BB gun wasn't real, but because of the memories, ones she never wanted to remember ever again. Tyler only realized what he'd done when she had tears streaming down her face, and she stormed out, pushing Mike out of the way as she left.
"What have you guys done to her?" Mike asked in frustration
"Tyler pointed a BB gun in her face and she freaked out!" Carmen blurted out.
"I didn't know she'd start crying!" said Tyler, "By the way why did she freak out so much?"
"I don't know, she's refusing to tell anyone." Said Mike, Gina walked in on this point.
"Gina, do you know anything about Kathleen?" asked Rick
"All I know is that she's from Nigeria." Said Gina. "She refuses to tell anyone anything else."
"I think I've got an idea about 'ow ta cheer 'er up." Said Liam. While all of this was going on, Katie was in her new room, throwing a stress ball against the wall, catching it and then throwing it again. She did this for what seemed like an hour, tears slowly rolling down her face silently. She heard a knock on the door after a while.
"Come in." she said, sniffling, and wiping the tears off of her face. Liam came in, with his hands in his pockets.
"Katie, are ya feelin' alright?" asked Liam
"I'm fine, it's just a long story." She replied, she wasn't ready to say what happened to her.
"Well come with me, Tyler wants ta say sorry."
"Is the Tyler the one who pointed the BB gun in my face?" asked Katie
"Yep, come on." Said Liam, as he grabbed her arm and led her to the living room, where Everyone had helmets and there were targets scattered everywhere.
"Surprise!" everyone yelled.
"We thought that since you're scared of guns, we'd give you a mini teaching session." Said Rick, who handed her a BB gun.
"I don't need teaching." Katie snapped. "I'll prove it, does anybody have a mirror?" asked Katie, Lily reluctantly handed her a mirror slightly larger than her face.
"Keep your eyes on the targets." Said Katie, as she held the mirror in front of her face with one hand and aimed the BB gun backwards over her shoulder. She spent a few moments aiming, before she hit all of the targets. Everyone stared at her in shock as she handed the gun back to Tyler.
"Told you I don't need teaching." She added, as she made her way back up the stairs, leaving everyone baffled.
"If she can use a gun so well, then why is she so scared of them?" asked Tee
"I don't know." Said Tyler.
"Hold on, you said she was from Nigeria, something must've happened there." Said Rick
"Or something could've happened anywhere, we need to get answers from her." Tee added
"She doesn't seem to be the kind of person who would be that open if something happened." Said Rick. "Gina did say that she wouldn't say anything apart from she's from Nigeria"
"Why don't you just leave it? If she doesn't want to say then she won't want you guys constantly bugging her." said Faith, who was now watching TV. Everyone muttered in agreement, but in the Dumping Ground, nothing stays secret for long.
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You'll find out Kathleen's story in the next few chapters. Also she's seeking asylum status (Refugee)
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