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After dinner was over, everyone went into the living room except I who stayed behind to help Tracy wash up. I began carrying the dishes from the table up to the side of the sink as Tracy asked, "So how are you finding it so far?"

I grabbed a tea towel and turned to Tracy, leaning against the worktop. "It's very strange. I usually have to keep myself to myself and because I'm older, I'm not allowed to share because I could be a threat but here it's the opposite. I won't be staying long though, I hope to be fostered soon to get out of these care homes once more", I said, rolling eyes.

"Hey don't say that, you'll soon miss having people around you who under you. Anyway, you seem to be getting on here well already". As Tracy said this, there was knocking at the door and she left the kitchen. I carried on washing the dishes for her and Tee came in and grabbed the tea towel I had left on the side and began drying the wet dishes.

"Oh Tee, you don't have to do that, I can manage", I said.

"I know but I want to help", Tee smiled. I turned back to the sink and carried on washing the dishes in the sink in front of me until Tracy came back.

"There wasn't anyone there. What a lame practical joke, they really need to learn from a master", Tracy exclaimed. She looked at the washed and dried dishes on the side. "Thanks girls, you can go now". Tee left quite quickly whilst I walked along slowly, looking down at my hands.

"Is something wrong, Lucy?"Asked Tracy, looking at me concerned. I turned to face her and looked at her for a few seconds before replying.

"Oh nothing, just my hands look a bit dry, need to put some moisturiser on them", I faked a smile and walked out before she could question me anymore.

I began walking upstairs with Carmen spending 2 hours in the living room, watching everyone do their own thing whilst I sat, soaking in everything around me. I don't know why because I don't plan on stopping long before I am fostered again, I just felt as if I needed to know a lot about this place and what I'll be living in. As we reached the top of the stairs, Tracy appeared

"Hey girls, you haven't seen Liam have you?" Tracy asked. We stared at her blankly, trying to recall everything we had done.

"Oh yeah! He went outside to play football with Frank and Johnny", Carmen blurted out.

"Great thanks girls. Are you going to your room now? Remember to be a little quieter soon as harry will be going to sleep", Tracy said in shushed tones trying to show how we should talk.

"Gotcha", I whispered and gave her thumbs up before she walked past us and down the stairs. We walked into our room to find Electra sitting on my bed. We looked at each other and then back to Electra who was grinning now.

"Electra, this isn't your room, how come you're here?" Carmen questioned, walking over to her bed and grabbing hold of something she had left there before. I stood in the doorway still, watching the conversation continue.

"Oh, Gina sent me up to help Lucy here, unpack". As Electra replied, she sniggered. I've heard that she has a wicked side but I hate to believe it when people say it because it is usually out of jealousy or another reason and if you get to know them, they aren't that bad but for Electra, her attitude just seems horrible.

"Electra please leave, I don't want to tell Mike on you", Carmen said trying to put on a brave voice.

"Nah leave her to it Carmen, shall we go see what we can find in her room? I bet all her stuff and bed is way better than ours", I grinned. Electra shot up from the bed and walked out of our room, shoving me out of the way on her way past. As soon as she had left the room, me and Carmen burst into laughing.

"I don't think she'll come knocking any time soon", I laughed.

As the sun began to set, everyone found themselves preparing themselves for bed and Carmen was already almost half asleep. This was at 10 pm at night. Trying not to disturb Carmen, I climbed out of my bed, still in my normal clothes and began walking towards the door. This was until I stood on a loose floorboard, making it creak.

"Lucy? Is that you?"Carmen spoke with tiredness in her voice.

"Yes, sorry Carmen for waking you. I'm just going for a drink before I go to sleep. Help calm the nerves of being in a new place", I whispered in response. Carmen groaned and I knew she wasn't going to say anything else as there was a thud as her head hit her pillow again. I breathed a sigh of relief and carried on walking out of onto the landing and down the stairs. I checked around for any signs of people about but they were all upstairs. I silently walked through the kitchen and slipped through the back door into the garden that was beginning to grow darker and darker. I noticed there was an area full of trees towards the bottom of the garden so I began to approach the area. Each step I took, I checked around me for anyone who could be lurking about and could call me at any moment.

Once amongst the trees, I found a clear spot near the trees and sat down. I reached into my left pocket and slowly pulled out a battered picture. I sat looking at it, stroking it. It was a picture of my grandma and me who looked after me till she died when I was just 4. My mother and father never cared about me; they dumped me upon my grandma as soon as I was discharged from the hospital. To me, they are just horrible people who just care about themselves and their booze.

I sat for ages looking at the picture and thinking back on memories that tears began to stream down my face. I didn't realise how mad the tears were getting until I was snapped out of my thoughts. I looked up to see Liam running in my direction, looking behind him. He couldn't see me whilst he was running so as he was about to come past, I stuck my foot out, causing him to trip over. I quickly wiped away the tears on my face and sat just looking at Liam as he got up.

"Thanks for that", Liam said, hiding himself against a tree.

"You're welcome. On the run like you are at school?"I asked.

"Woah Lucy! You just know me to well. Well I must dash. Wait… what's that?" He said, pointing to the picture in my hand.

"Well it's a picture of a woman and the woman has wrinkles. Oh and yeah there is a baby!" I said, slightly giggling.

"Well I can see that, but why would you carry around a picture of a woman? Aww, is it your secret lover?"

"No! She's my grandma", I said looking back at the picture. Liam came and sat next to me and took the picture off me.

"So I'm guessing that's you", Liam said, looking down at the picture he had took out of my hands.

"Yeah, she looked after me because my parents didn't want me. She used to tell me stories about them all the time and that it was better that I didn't know them because they are bad people. She would take me everywhere as well; I remember the day this photo was taken."

"What was the day like?"

"Amazing, I think we went to the zoo and we had just looked at the giraffes."

"How come you're not with her now?"

"She died when I was 4 and I've been shipped about places every since"

"Sorry to hear that but it's not new news, I wasn't wanted and got left outside a hospital." Liam looked at the image for a second and then threw it onto my lap and stood up and brushed himself down. "Right, I've helped you by listening to you about your lovely story of the photo now you need to help me".

"How can I help you?" I asked. Liam put his hand out and I took it and he helped me get up. I brushed myself down.

"Follow me", Liam quietly shouted, walking off into more of the wooded area.

"Liam, where are you going?" I shouted after him.

"Just come on and be quiet!" Liam yelled back.

I looked around me and then ran off, following the path that Liam took. I kept looking around as I ran, following behind Liam.

I soon caught up with Liam at a Garden wall near some bins.

"Help me up please", Liam said. I stood in shock. He wanted me to help him escape? My eyes widened and I could feel my jaw slowly dropping until I snapped out of it and gained control of my body again.

"Erm Liam, I don't think so", I said to him in an angered tone.

"Please nerdy, I need to get out for a night or so."

"And you'll go where exactly?"

"Around and about."

"No, no I'm not helping you."

"You owe me."

"I do not owe you."

"You do", Liam said, raising his eyebrows to me. I rolled my eyes and got onto my knees so he could step on my knee and jump onto the bins.

"You owe me big time for this Liam", I said with more anger creeping into my voice.

"Not before you both owe me", a male's voice said behind us. Our heads spun around to see Mike standing in the dark with his arms folded and holding a torch.

Seems they've got themselves into trouble.
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