AN: Hey! This is the third chappie. In this one, it has some abuse scenes, but nothing too bad. I guess it's sorta like a Smelly Gabe to Percy Jackson scene. If chapter offends anyone in any way, please tell me so I don't make that mistake again. Thanks!

Kaelyn Ross's POV

"You stupid girl! It's no wonder why nobody would adopt you! You can't do anything to save your life! Your lucky that I took you in!"

I mentally sighed. My foster mother was having another fit. I bet that she'll start hitting me soon enough.

"I ask you to go to the store to get some food. I said for to be back here by 5. And then, for some reason, you're here at 5:30. 30 minutes later than what you should be here by. 30 MINUTES! I have places to go to, you know. I don't want you to be holding up my hours."

Yeah right. All you do is go gamble your money away at the local casino. What else do you do around here? Oh, yeah, you go smoke and drink your life away while you're at the casino. And your only job is to work at the gas station.

I can see my foster mother, Marie, start to get red everywhere. Her scowl turned into an angry glare and her fists started to shake.

Then she started to hit me.

I felt the first punch. One. A kick. Two. A slap. Three. A series of punches. That's gonna leave really big bruises. Five, six, seven, eight…

I black out.

There was a bright light.

It was blinding me.

"She looks super beat up…"

"Do you think she'll be okay?"

"Should we get her to the hospital?"

Two voices. Male and female. Quietly murmuring questions to each other. Asking if I was okay. And to say the truth, I was not okay.

Where did Marie go? Did she finally give up trying to keep me? Did she drag me onto the streets? Did she kill me? Am I in heaven?

Slowly, I try to open my eyes.

The bright light is gone. In place of it were two people, standing over me. A boy knelt down.

"Are you okay?"

"No," I weakly replied.

There was a pretty girl still standing. Then she knelt down next to the boy.

"I'm Calypso," she softly said.

"I'm Leo," said the boy. "Can you stand up?"

I gave them a faint nod, and tried to pick myself up from the ground. Grunting, I slowly made my up, and then pushed myself off.

Immediately, Calypso grabbed a chair nearby and helped me sit in it.

"Can you tell us what happened?" she asked.

So I recounted my story from when I came back to Marie's house and she started yelling at me.

"The last thing I remember was waking up to a bright light, and then you guys helping me."

"She sounds like one of my old foster mothers." Leo commented.

"How did you find me?" I asked.

Calypso told me how they were walking by, and then noticed me beat up and bruised in an alley. They immediately rushed over to help, and helped me wake up from that… blackout.

Leo and Calypso invited me over to their place to stay and rest for a while.

Of course, I said yes.

I mean, they were really helpful. Where else could I go, anyway?

We got a taxi to drive us there.

"Okay, here we are." Leo chirped. "This is me and Calypso's auto garage shop, café, and home."

Looking around, I could see that it was very homely and comfortable. A kettle was heating up, and that aura of coziness was all around. There was a door that had a sign saying "This way to the auto garage!" and a door next to it saying "This way to the café!"

"Would you like some stew, uhhh…"

"Kaelyn."

"Kaelyn! Would you like some stew?"

"Sure."

Calypso ladled a piping hot serving of just-out-of-the-pot stew, filled with vegetables and meat all in a thick soup.

The aroma of it all was so yummy and delicious, I could practically just taste that stew from across the room.

"You can sit down at the counter, Kaelyn. Here's the stew. If you want some more, just ask." Calypso slowly set down the bowl of stew, filled to the brim. Mmmmmm.

I tasted it. I don't think words can describe how delectable it tasted. I'll just tell you it was the best thing I have ever tasted in my whole entire life. If you have the chance, you need to go to Leo and Calypso's Auto Garage and Mechanical Monsters shop. Go to the café, and you'll find the best food around.

"If you're done, then you should probably go rest. You seem very tired, Kaelyn, and I'm worried that you'll get sick because of that horrible abuse you received from your foster mother." Calypso stated. "My boyfriend, Leo, is working in the garage, if you need him. I'll stay in the kitchen for now, but I'll need to go to the café if any customers arrive. So just rest, okay?" I nodded.

"Thank you guys so much. I don't know what would have happened if you didn't come and help."

Calypso smiled. "Our pleasure."

Settling down on their couch, I quickly fell asleep.

"Thanks Leo."

"Of course, Sunshine."

Huh?

I slowly opened my eyes and took in my surroundings.

Oh, yeah. I was at Leo and Calypso's place.

"Oh! You're awake!" Calypso came over.

"Are you feeling okay? You have a slight fever."

"Umm… I do feel sort of fatigued…"

"That's expected, with all the trauma you went through, but nothing else?"

"I don't think so."

"Do you want to eat?"

"Umm…can I just have something to drink?"

Calypso went to get some water. Meanwhile, I thought where I would go after I was well again. Would I have to stay here until I find another place? I don't want to burden Calypso and Leo, though. They look young, maybe only, like, 19 or 20 year olds. They have their own life, too.

"You can stay with us as long as you want to, you know." It was Leo.

Huh?

Did I just say that out loud?

"Yep, and you just said that out loud, too."

"Oh."

"But you can stay here as long as you need to. In fact, if you want to, you can stay here longer. My home is always welcome to people who need help."

Okay, this situation isn't so bad then. I could stay with them.

"Thanks Leo. I really appreciate it." I smiled at him gratefully.

And later, when Calypso came back from the café, we all sat around their table and talked to each other. Almost as if they were a real family.

I was really happy after then.

When I went to sleep, I thought about what I could do the next day.

I'd definitely help them out. Somehow.

AN: I hope that wasn't too bad. CALEO CALEO CALEO CALEO CALEO FOREVAR!1!

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