Chapter 2
Bobby's POV
"Boys the new kid will be here soon, I need all of you down stairs and ready to make him welcome" Ma yells from down stairs, she's been acting weird different since she heard that she was going to get to take care of another child in the system, this one older, and more of a challenge, but she was happy when she found out. "Bobby I need to talk to you." I smile hearing her voice, because I'm behind her, coming down the stairs, while she's nervously staring at the door.
"Yeah Ma?" I ask looking into her eyes as we walk into the light gray kitchen where a file is sitting on the counter out of the way from her making dinner.
"I want you to be responsible for this one." Her voice strikes me as demanding but I'm more surprised then anything. My eyes go wide and I look at her like she's crazy.
"Ma.. I'm more then 10 years older than him, I've got hockey remember? I'm busy right now." She gives me a surprised look, and I avoid her eyes.
"We ALL know that hockey doesn't start for another month. Honey, I'm over 30 years older than him, I think he would want to talk to someone younger then me, maybe more of your age, of course I'll still be around, but I think it'll be good for you. He's 11 years old, before you say no please give him a change, and see him first." Her voice is soft as I hear Angel and Jerry walk down the stairs. I turn around and see them go to the living room and cut on the T.V. Angel's 17, and Jerry's 21, I'm 26, and Ma, well she wont tell how old she is.
"Just please give him a change before you go away again." She stands with me and we watch both Jerry and Angel sitting on the couch of their home for years now.
"I always do don't I?" I say refurring to how she asked me to do the same thing with Jerry, who came when he was 8, and Angel, who came when he was 7.
"And you do a good job every time." She shakes her head and I walk away pretending that the sappy moment didn't happen. I go into the living room and watch Angel try to get the remote from Jerry, but Angle isn't succeeding. I laugh as ma checks on dinner and comes to the living room to talk to us.
"Ok Boys." She says laughing at Angel's face, but then ignores him and turns her face serious again. "He may take a while to get used to us, and everything. He's had a rough life, been in different homes since he was a baby, Let's try to give him time to get use to us, especially you boys, Bobby, give him a chance." She turns to me and Angel laughs, ma turns back to him. "Like I was saying" she continues when Angel stops laughing. "You boys are all grown, except for Angel, so act your age. Please. Oh and DON'T scare him, hear me?" I've zoned off and stopped listening when she turned on Angel. "BOBBY! Do you hear me?" I nod and Angel gives her a look of hurt.
"I'm grown Mom. I'm 17, I'm a man!" Angel says standing trying to prove his manliness.
"HA!" I laugh at him and mom shakes her head and turns to the window, her motherly powers kicking in.
"I think he's here, ok come on boys." I watch her go to the door and put on a smile waiting. I soon follow after Angel and Jerry who stand at the living room door way.
JACK'S POV
I sit in the dark car waiting for John to say something. John is my social worker, and has been since I was in the system. I look at him, and he can tell I'm not buying his 'this one will be different' act. He's said it many times before and it was the same as before.
"Ok. This one will be different! I promise you. I know I've said that a lot lately but it's the truth this time. I promise you that you'll have no problem here. You'll get along here and maybe she'll end up adopting you." I shake my head. No one wants an 11 year old, their, I mean we're to old to be adopted. I breath in deep as I grab my bag at my feet. I feel around for my hoodie, but I cant find it.
"Where's my hoodie?" I ask scared that I cant find it.
"We had to throw it away, it was to badly cut up from what happened. I'm sorry you're going to have to go in there with out one on." He sighs and I see his dark brown hair flown in the light wind from the window. I start to freak out because they'll see what happened 2 days ago, they'll figure out my past, they'll bring it up and won't let it go.
"I NEED my hoodie!" I say through my teeth, and look at him amazed.
"You need to forget about it, because I don't have anything with me, and I'm the one who packed your bags at your old place, you don't have on with you. Now come on, let's go. Their waiting." I breath in deep and open the door of his white car to get out. The wind feels like ice against my bare arms. He gestures me to hurry up and join him on the steps. I shake my head and walk to the door where he has already rang the door bell. The door opens and I am faced with what something that I never see coming.