A/N – Sorry folks that it took so long but with Christmas and New Year I have been so busy it's ridiculous, but for your enjoyment an extra long chapter which I believe I promised? So good things come to those who wait.

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You know it goes beyond me the logic of some people, maybe the only friend I have in this prison was attacked by one of the other girls in this hell hole. Chianna Whiley a complete and utter nutter, attacked Brianna Johnson a twelve year old who suffered the same fate as me and only just recently.

Two weeks ago Brianna came home from school to find her home in flames and her parents and little sister missing she can remember the CSI's that dealt with her, maybe I can remember oh yes her name was Sara Sidle and her colleague was Catherine Willows the two nicest people we have met yes we have met Catherine often comes to see Brianna. I have a sneaky suspicion that at the next adoption rally Miss Willows will adopt Brianna and once again I'll be left in this sest pit of doom.

Anyway back to Brianna I honestly can't blame Chianna attacking Brianna but on the other hand I can condemn it. If you lived here you would seriously consider hurting or killing someone just to get attention and that's exactly what happened with Chianna. Hey I may even decide to use psychotic tendencies to get out of here.

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Today is the day of the adoption rally and here I am sat in Brianna's bedroom plaiting her hair and helping her get dressed, pretty difficult for her to do anything with her arm in plaster and leg in plaster, I mean I class Brianna as my little sister that I never had but soon that will be taken away from me.

We walk into the room to find Catherine with her daughter Lindsay and even Sara stood in one corner obviously feeling out of place, well wouldn't you when you're in a blue jumpsuit and smell as if you're wearing perfume ala dumpster. It makes me and Brianna giggle when everyone walks past them with their noses in the air and turning a slight shade of green. Lindsay sees us and runs towards us not to sure whether that's because she's happy to see us or running away from the smell patrol well just about to find out.

"Hey Brianna, how you feeling today?" Lindsay squeals "god just had to get away from those two talk about smellorama"

"Hi Lindsay" Brianna replied giggling "I would like you to meet my very best friend Harmony"

"Hi Harmony, I love your name" Lindsay remarked "hey hold your nose and breath and come and say hi to my mom and Sara"

"Uhh ok" I reply "and thanks I like my name too"

Honestly how dumb was that 'thanks I like my name too' ahh complete and utter idiot and all that Lindsay does is smile and hook her arm through mine. If I'm totally honest Lindsay made my day putting her arm in mine the only other person I have ever let do that is Brianna.

"Hi Brianna, how are you sweetie?" Catherine asked "sorry about the smell we just finished a case"

"We know we can smell you" replied Brianna "hi Sara"

"Hey" Sara replied "Hi Harmony"

"You remembered my name?" I reply in shock "you ok Sara? Well apart from smelling awful"

"Well that was nice" Sara replied holding her hand on her heart and showing a pouted lip

"What are you Sara? Twelve?" Lindsay asked "stop pouting I mean Brianna is twelve and doesn't pout and I don't know about Harmony"

"I'm thirteen" I reply "how old are you Lindsay?"

"Thirteen well actually fourteen, it's my birthday today" Lindsay replies "ok can you go and ask if you can come to my birthday party tonight?"

"No" both myself and Brianna reply

Lindsay, Catherine and Sara stand there in shock, you know maybe they deserve an explanation as do you all. Our group home/ prison wardens will never let us out well only if you count school but as I previously stated not my thing. Anyway the only other option is adoption and I very much doubt that it is an option for Catherine and Sara right now, with their jobs and family me and Brianna, well not totally Brianna have no chance of finding our haven our family our little nest egg for the future.

"Why not?" Lindsay asks "surely they will allow you out for one night at least, it's not like my mom and Sara would kidnap you for Christ's sake"

"Lindsay it's not that simple" I reply "they only let us out for school or if we get adopted and for as either aren't an option needless to say my room is the only thing I see twenty-four seven"

"I don't want to stay here anymore" Brianna groaned "I want to go to Lindsay's party"

"Brianna it's just not an option" I sigh "now if you excuse me I'm going back to my room, there's nothing here for me"

"Harmony wait" Brianna shouts "please let's try"

"No Brianna" I shout back "have fun and I'll see you later, that's if you aren't adopted by then"

I slowly walk away letting the tears fall, I don't get it I don't usually cry but for some strange reason today I do. I'm soon brought out of my trance by a hand on my shoulder and by the smell it's either Catherine or Sara.

"Harmony? Harmony please turn around" Sara pleads "look if you want to have fun they can't stop you"

"Oh yea how do you know?" I snap "you don't know anything about me or my life in here, just go"

"No I'm not going" Sara replies "I know how you feel, what you're going through I went through it too"

"Really?" I ask wiping away at my tears "how come?"

"Well my mom and dad would argue, it got violent and my mom killed my dad" Sara said sighing "I was taken into a home just like this and never left till I was eighteen"

"Is this meant to give me hope or what?" I ask "don't get me wrong but if you were in a home till eighteen, what hope have I got?"

"You have every hope going, you just need to make more effort" Sara said

"More effort? How much more effort could I do?" I yell "tell me this Sara, I get myself dressed make myself look presentable and what does it get me? Nothing nobody wants me"

"Come back to the room and me and Catherine will see what we can do for you and Brianna" Sara remarks "I promise I will help to make your life better"

"Yea in my dreams" I whisper "fine whatever"

I walk back towards the meeting room to find Lindsay and Catherine cuddling into a sobbing Brianna and I know I did that I promised I would never hurt her feelings and what did I do? I hurt them. I walk slowly over to them and I'm instantly pulled into a hug by Lindsay, I'm in shock but at that moment I let three years of hurt flow out onto to Lindsay's shirt.

"I don't want to stay here" I sob "nobody likes me apart from Brianna, nobody likes me at school they all pick on me and they hate me"

"Mom can we do something to help them?" Lindsay asks "can we take them away from here, I mean like foster them or something?"

"Sara come with me" Catherine responds "we are getting Brianna and Harmony out of here right now, tonight if we must"

"Ok, Lindsay ring Nick and Warrick and tell them where we are" Sara says following Catherine

"I have a question are you allowed to go out into the garden over there?" Lindsay asks

"Yea but we will be watched" I reply "it's a wonder they don't watch us on the toilet"

"Ewww" Brianna exclaimed "come on let's go into the garden, if we get the idiot patrol then so be it"

I follow Lindsay and Brianna out into the garden and smile you would think they had been family for all their lives, holding hands and friendly hugs something also I only just received tonight from Lindsay normally its a stick or shoe that contacts my body but I'm so used to that it's become second nature if they miss me one day they are either off school on strike or just generally haven't seen me.

"Hey dreamer" Lindsay shouts "over here"

"Yea sorry" I reply "just thinking"

"Yea well can you think later" Lindsay replies grinning "here I'll push you on the swings"

"How can you push me and Brianna on the swings?" I ask "how is that possible?"

"We Willows women are multi skilled" Lindsay replies "while you were in a land of your own I phoned Nick and Warrick and also ordered Pizza"

"Have you seriously ordered Pizza?" Brianna asks

"Oh yea Uncle Nick and Warrick are bringing it with them" Lindsay replies "now Harmony get on the swing"

I run from the doorway to the swing set and climb on and I can't contain my laughter I have a two best friends and they like me for what I am. I Harmony Jane Paris thirteen years of age a human being with feelings have friends and adult ones too, could my life get any better? Well only time will tell well for now I'll be happy just being around Brianna and Lindsay.

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Tbc

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