Chapter 1
I walked up to my moms after dinner. They said Callie was coming home soon. This can't be happening.
"What's up, B?" said Stef.
"Why is Callie coming home? I thought she was gonna get her own apartment. What happened to that? I thought you guys weren't gonna adopt her so we could be together!" I almost yelled.
"Brandon, you know why you guys can't be together." Said Lena.
"Then don't adopt her! Let her get her own apartment!" This time I did yell.
"Honey, you know we can't do that." Stef said calmly.
"Yes, you can! You just don't want to! You want to keep us apart!"
"Brandon! You know that isn't the case!" Lena said.
"Then why? Why can't she get her own apartment?"
"We don't want to split up Jude and her. They have been through so much together."
I turned on my heel and ran out the front door. I know I was being really dramatic about this but really, could you blame me? I am hopelessly in love with my soon to be adopted sister and my parents won't let her get her own apartment. This can't be happening.
I didn't know where I was going till I found myself on the steps of Callie's group home. I slowly walked to the front door and knocked.
"Hi. You're Brandon, right?" Said a lady with brown hair and glasses. She was an adult.
"Yes. And you are?"
"Rita, Callie's group leader. May I ask why you are here?"
"I need to talk to Callie for just a second."
"I'm gonna let this slide this once. I will go get her, but I get to supervise the conversation. I can also take her away at any moment. Do you understand?"
I simply nodded. She went inside and came back out a couple minutes later with Callie behind her. Callie ran into my arms.
"I missed you." She breathed in my ear.
"I missed you too. You have to get your own apartment. It's the only way we can be together."
"I'm trying, trust me."
We sat there and just hugged. I looked up at Rita and mouthed "Thank you."
Callie and I talked for 10 minutes straight, just catching up on what was happening at school, how Jude was, everything you could think of. I missed Callie so much. I hope she can get her own apartment so we can be together. If she can't, I think I might go crazy insane. Finally after 20 more minutes of talking, Rita said they had to go inside. We all stood up and I hugged Callie again. She looked up at me and kissed me. I kissed back of course. I had missed the feeling of her lips on mine. The kiss was gone and Callie went into the house.
Rita turned to me before going inside, "You are a very brave young man. You must really love her." Then she walked inside.
"I do love her. I love her with all my heart. And I'm not ever gonna stop loving her."
I turned and slowly walked home. I knew moms were gonna be upset with me leaving. But what would they do in this situation? Wouldn't they do what I just did?
Too soon I was standing on the front porch. I slowly turned the knob and walked inside. The moms didn't great me. Jude was standing in front of the stairs looking very pissed. Pissed at me. He slowly walked over to me, grabbed a chair, stood on the chair, and slapped me across the face. My mouth made an "o" shape from the shock. Jude just slapped me.
"That was for everything! Why did you have to fall in love with my sister?! Why not Talia? Why couldn't you love her?!" He screamed and stormed up to his room.
Soon the moms and the twins came running down the stairs. My moms came and hugged me. Mariana shook her head and went to calm Jude down. Jesus wouldn't look at me.
And this was all because I love Callie? Wow…
