You never think it will happen to you until it does.

I looked at him, I would never see my parents again, the last memory I had of them was when I left for my trip which felt like ages ago but it was just at the beginning of this week.

"Alex please tell me that Amy is okay"

"She is okay at the moment they think that she should be alright."

I breathed a sigh of relief, Amy's life had just started and for it to end now would devastate me.

"Alex what's going to happen to us now since mom and dad are….?" I couldn't bring myself to say the word dead, I didn't want to believe it I wanted to think that they would wake up any second and everything would be okay but I knew nothing would be okay from now on.

"Well I'm not too sure – I'm at university at the moment so I will stay there but where you and Amy go is up to social services I think."

I sighed, "Okay"

I didn't want to think about my parents not being here anymore but I knew that I would have to face up to the fact sooner or later.

I woke up to find I was sitting in the hospital, in the waiting room, Alex wasn't with me anymore. I guessed that he must have gone to check on Amy.

I slowly sat up and thought through yesterday's events. It had been an eventful day. I walked to the hospital office and asked where Amy Brandon is.

They directed me in the right direction then I found my own way to ward 309. I walked into the ward and Alex was sitting on the chair next to Amy. He was asleep. Amy wasn't as bad as I thought she would be she was asleep but looked fine. I hoped that she was fine but I knew there had to be something that had happened to her or maybe they were just keeping her in to make sure she was okay.

The nurse walked in and smiled at me….

"Amy will be able to go home as soon as you have somewhere to go… social services have been rung to sort out when you can go."

"Okay, thanks." I smiled because I knew that Amy was going to be fine.

Alex woke up at that moment, he had obviously heard the nurse because he was smiling to, but lucky he wouldn't have to go to a foster home, I and Amy would.

A woman and a man walked in, I was guessing they were social services.

"Hi, you must be Alex, and you Marrisa and *she looked at the bed* Amy." She smiled at us.

Alex was the first one to speak "umm... Hi yes."

"Okay, well because you are all under the age of 18 you will need to stay in a foster home until a family member or someone looking to adopt can care for you. But Alex you're in university so you can stay there but Amy and Marrisa you are going to have to stay in a foster home."

I flinched at the word adopt but I had to like them to, didn't i? Like Alex had guessed social services decided where I and Amy would go but for him he could stay at university.

"Okay, where is there foster home going to be?" Alex asked.

"In Forks, Washington."

"Oh, okay." Alex seemed surprised.

"Well Amy is aloud out of hospital at any time now so I guess we can all leave?"

"Yes, we will give you all time for you to say your goodbyes; we will be in the waiting room."

"Okay thanks" I answered this time.

At that moment Amy woke up. She done a big yawn then smiled at me and Alex. Alex picked her up and hugged her. She was too young to understand anything that was going on, which in a way was a good thing but growing up without parents I couldn't imagine.

I walked over to Alex and Amy and gave them a hug I knew this was going to be our last time together for a while at least.

We walked to the waiting room together, social services were waiting there, Alex gave Amy to me and I gave her a big hug. She fell back asleep again. Then we said goodbye to Alex and got into a car with social services and then we started driving to Forks.

I knew it would take a long time to drive to Forks – I knew it was about seven hours. As soon as Amy had fallen asleep I ended up falling asleep.

When I woke up we were driving past lots of green trees and then a high school. It was quite a plain place, not to over the top like some places but pretty.

The car jolted to a stop when we reached the outside of a colourful building. It looked like a school, but I knew that it must be the foster home. I thought about a lot of things like – where was I going to school? Where there many other kids here? Where the people here kind? I wondered if I would like it but I guessed I would find out soon.

I jumped out of the car and picked Amy up then the social service people led us inside. It was bright and colourful inside too. But full of little children screaming. I guessed that was my question answered – yes there were lots of other kids here. I put Amy down on a chair and we were welcomed by the care workers. They seemed kind enough. Then I got a phone call from Amy's mom's friend.

"Hi Marrisa I am so sorry about your parents."

I flinched at the sentence but I knew I was going to be getting lots of sorry about my parents but I wished people wouldn't be like that.

Tears came to my eyes but I fought them back.

"Umm... Hi, yep, that's okay."

"Can I speak to one of your care workers please?"

"Yes, I guess."

The one who had welcomed us, Maria, I handed the phone too, she was head of the house, I guessed.

After at least fifteen minutes of talking Maria got off the phone.

She called me over to speak to her

"Marrisa, your sister's friend's mom would like to adopt Amy."

This was all getting too much for me, but I guessed it was the best if Amy got adopted and she would always have her friend with her then and be able to grow up with so called parents.

"Oh, right."

"But for that to happen we need you to be happy about it because you're her older sister and since Amy can't make the choices you need to make them for her."

Wow I had such a big role to play.

"Oh, umm… okay."

"Do you think Amy would be happy to be adopted?"

Yes, I knew she would but I didn't want to bring myself to saying it, she would be leaving me, I would be alone. But I wouldn't be selfish I would let Amy have a better life than she would to stay here.

"Yes, I think she would." My voice was a little wobbly as if I was going to cry but I hid it.

"Okay then she is going to be adopted by her friend's mom as soon as possible I will rang her back tonight."

Maria wondered off into the kitchen. I was shown my room by another person called Jessica. It looked like I was the oldest kid her – being 16. I guessed the youngest was a year old. That night I didn't sleep very well at all, I knew I would be going to Forks high school in the morning and I wondered if anyone would like me. At least I knew that Amy would be here for a little while longer.