Chapter 2: Away from here


A little boy about 8 woke up to the screams of the other kids. Junior had been in this foster home for about 2 years now, the longest time at any place, he sat up on his old dirty mattress and looked around.

The boy had dirty un-kept hair that hung in his eyes a little, now to any other person they would see a cute little boy who just woke up with a bad case of bed-head…but Junior was lying in a messy dark room with only a mattress and his garbage bag of clothes, his hair dirty from lack of washing nobody paid attention to him here.

He got up he was wearing and old t-shirt that was too big for him and track pants. He went to the bathroom and unsuccessfully tried to make his hair look at least bit presentable, every time he did this he wondered if he got his hair from his mother or his father…he would never now, he also wondered who he looked more like, who's eyes he had…all these questions…he knew would never be answered.

He sighed brushing his teeth he went downstairs to see if his foster mom bothered to make any breakfast. He wasn't surprised that when he got down there, there was nothing, he grabbed one of the kitchen chairs and pulled it to the counter so he could reach the cereal.

"What you doing short stuff?" Junior heard his older brother Parker ask, Parker was the only one that actually was nice to him. Junior considered him his brother.

"Just getting some breakfast" the little boy replied reaching for the froot loops.

"Want me to drop you off at school?" Parker asked sitting down at the table across from his little brother.

"Sure, did Jack leave already" he asked pouring the cereal into a bowl.

"Yeah he and Judy left long time ago…said Mellissa was in charge of us till they get back" he sighed in reply, Mellissa was the oldest of all of them at 17 she was almost old enough to leave so she wasn't the nicest person in the world. Parker was 16 and the only on aloud to drive, Mellissa got her licence token away when she almost killed a man drinking and driving.

After Parker was Junior then there were three other kids after him, Nola she was 6, William he was 5, then there was Annie she was only 3.

Junior didn't find it odd that the "parents" left they did it often and it wasn't like they paid any attention to him anyways, the only reason he stayed in this house was because Parker. He didn't want to leave the only one that cared about him.

"You all packed?" Parker asked after a long silence.

"….what?" the boy asked.

"…your clothes and things, are they packed?" Parker asked again.

"…I never unpacked them" Junior answered.

"Let's go then" Parker said giving him a wicked smile he stood and went to get the bags.

Junior sat there dumbfound wondering what just happened, he was knocked out of it when Parker came back with both their garbage bags in hand.

"Get up lets go" Parker ordered.

"Where are we going?" June asked getting up and going over as he did so.

"Away from here" was all Parker said.

"Where though?" he asked again.

"San Francisco, I've got a friend there, he said we can stay with him for a bit" Parker talked while he walked towards the old black car he put Junior in and got in himself starting the car he pulled out of the place he's been wanting to leave for so long now.

They didn't talk again until they had left town.

"What's going to happen?" Juniors little voice came, normally this boy wouldn't be so quite. In his last home, he absolutely loved by the way, he was a very loud, happy, out-going 6 year old who seemed like he would be that way forever.

"They won't look for us there, June, it will be alright. San Fran is too far for them to think we've gone there. No matter what, I promise you…you will never go back into the system again.

They left the town Junior had called home for 6 years now. It looked sort of like a small city; it was about a 2 hour drive from San Francisco.

"Hey Parks…I'm hungry" the little boy said looking at his hero in the drivers seat.

"WHAT!! Come on J. we stood in that gas station for 15 minutes trying to get some food!" Parker said trying not to loose his temper but he's been stuck in this car with an 8 year old for about and hour now with still one more to go.

"…I want something that's not gross and been hasn't sitting there for years" he grumbled, he had a feeling he got that from his mother. He only liked the best of foods and he knew what they were. He loved pasta's the most.

"Fine I saw a sign back their said we're coming close to a highway diner…we'll get you some spaghetti" Parker said smiling.


okay there's chapter 2!!! hope you like....review and i'll post more....no review's no post :P :D

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