Chapter Two: I Watched You Walk Away As You Told Me You Still Cared
"Mama. Please!" I screamed as she started throwing my things out the window. "Don't do this." I pleaded with her.
"I know you were with him Courtney. I smell him on ya!" She yelled, growing more and more angry.
"I didn't mom. I swear." Courtney replied. She knew that this was the last family that she would probably ever have. All of her other foster families had made her feel like she was nothing, and for once, she felt like she belonged. She was ready to give up her real name, Bianca Ortiz, and become Courtney Ginsberg.
"I saw the way you were looking at him Courtney. I saw the lust in your eyes ... you little slut."
"Please. I'll make everything better. I promise. I've never done anything with him. He's my brother. Please." I begged again. I reached something in her heart because she stopped throwing my things out the house and apologized.
"I'll have Amelio go and get your things. Go to bed." She mumbled, shutting the door behind her. Later, Amelio returned with all my things.
"What are you doing in here?" I asked, afraid that mama would come back and think that something happened between us. "Did she do anything to you?" He shook his head.
"I just wanted to bring you your stuff. All of this is my fault anyway." He sat down on my bed.
"It's nobody's fault. Mama's just a little mad." I commented, referring to how close we had gotten and how fast our relationship had taken off.
"I guess we can't talk to each other anymore." He retorted as his thick Filipino accent seemed to take over.
"You can still come to me whenever you need me Amelio. What she's doing to you ... whatever it is ... isn't right." Courtney reached for a hug, but Amelio pulled away.
"You know. Maybe ... maybe we should call it quits for now. We're already to attached to each other anyway. I mean, you're my girl." She smiled. "But not like that. It can't be like that."
"I'll be more careful. I'll make that no one's around, so whenever you need me, I'll be there." Courtney hugged Amelio tightly and kissed his cheek, without even thinking about her mama. She knew that they had both been adopted into the same family, but ... she stopped herself from thinking like that. Her feelings for Amelio would just have to be put on hold.
"Amelio. Amelio!" Mama yelled.
"Go." Courtney whispered, holding him tightly. It was all that she could for crying.
Courtney couldn't sleep that night. Thoughts about what had just happened and that fact that Amelio was gone keep running through her head. He still hadn't turned up yet and she was starting to worry. It wasn't until a months later that she had some time to talk to Amelio, alone. Her mother had made sure that they had limited to no time together.
"No one's home. Mama won't be back until eight and the kids all have stuff to do after school." Courtney proclaimed, referring to the four other children that they had both adopted.
"And your father?" He asked.
"He wouldn't care either way. Mama only married him for money and status anyway." She mumbled. "Are you hungry?"
"No." Courtney made Amelio something to eat anyway.
"Do you want to talk about it?" She asked.
"Naw."
"You didn't come back to my room like you normally do." She commented.
"I know. It was late." Amelio retorted.
"How late?"
"Three, four? It was a couple of months ago."
"Five months. I waited for you. I couldn't sleep. I was afraid I'd have those nightmares again."
"Don't lie. I know you were worried about me. Woman, how many times do I have to tell you that I can take care of myself?"
"I was worried about you. You're the only one I have here that doesn't hate me now. I didn't want her to go crazy on you like she did on me." Courtney whispered. I lied to her. You're more than a brother to me.
"I lied to her Amelio ... but ... she took me in. I'm 17, but she still decided to take me in and ... I can't believe I'm doing this."
"If you don't want to don't." He answered. "I don't need anybody."
"What'd she do to you?" She demanded, giving Amelio a tight hug.
"Don't." He pushed her away.
"You can tell me you know. I told you all about me. I won't think any less of you Amelio. She's the one with issues. Okay? She's ruining our lives!" Courtney yelled. Anytime Amelio was hurt, she was hurt. It was hard for her to define her relationship with Amelio. I've only known him for eight months.
"Don't cry."
"You don't trust me now?" She questioned.
"I've always trusted you. I just want you to stay here. Okay? I don't want her to send you away." Amelio hugged Courtney despite what had happened with "mama" and how it was tearing him apart.
"Then tell me. That's the only way to make it better." Courtney took Amelio's hand as they walked into his room for privacy. At first she felt uncomfortable being in his room, but once he told her the truth, it didn't matter who saw them together. Amelio had become number one on her priority list and anything that she could do to make it better, she would.
"Looks like Queenie really is sick." Shelby commented, noticing that she hadn't come out of the bathroom since they'd been there.
"Well, you need to hurry up Juliette. There are two other girls in here, you know?!" Daisy yelled.
"I don't think she got the point." Shelby smirked.
"I'll make her get it all right." Daisy burst into the bathroom, which couldn't lock, revealing Juliette's unhumanly pale body crumbled on the floor. Blood was everywhere.
"What's wrong?" Shelby wondered.
"Get Peter!" Daisy yelled, keeping her voice calm.
"And you found her like this?" Sophie asked as the medics came and Daisy nodded.
"I don't know what happened to her or how long she's been like this." She whispered, keeping her voice in a monotone, making sure not to show too much emotion.
"What about you Shelby?"
"I haven't seen her all day until now. Augie said she wasn't feeling too good ... he left lunch early to visit her. Within minutes, Augie was called down to the lobby where he revealed the entire scene between him, Jules, and Alex.
"You didn't think to tell me about this?" Sophie became angry. "Only God knows why she did this to herself and what happened."
"Will she be okay?" Augie wondered, getting over himself and actually caring about Juliette.
"We don't know. She's been through a lot Augie and like it or not, it seems that you helped contribute to this." Hannah jumped in.
"Whoa. Whoa." Sophie pulled her back. "Calm down."
"Juliette was doing so well." Hannah whispered in disbelief. "I watched her grow up ..."
"So, what do we do now?" Augie asked Shelby and Daisy who both seemed to be out of it. This is all my fault.
A/N: This was a weird place to stop the story, but I didn't want to make chapter two be ten pages. It's already long enough as it is. I just really got into writing this story. Hope you like it. Six or more reviews and then I'll add the next installment, which I've already written.
What to Expect in Chapter Three: Some of the newbie's past is discovered, she makes her way to horizon, Juliette in the hospital, bad news from Katherine
"Mama. Please!" I screamed as she started throwing my things out the window. "Don't do this." I pleaded with her.
"I know you were with him Courtney. I smell him on ya!" She yelled, growing more and more angry.
"I didn't mom. I swear." Courtney replied. She knew that this was the last family that she would probably ever have. All of her other foster families had made her feel like she was nothing, and for once, she felt like she belonged. She was ready to give up her real name, Bianca Ortiz, and become Courtney Ginsberg.
"I saw the way you were looking at him Courtney. I saw the lust in your eyes ... you little slut."
"Please. I'll make everything better. I promise. I've never done anything with him. He's my brother. Please." I begged again. I reached something in her heart because she stopped throwing my things out the house and apologized.
"I'll have Amelio go and get your things. Go to bed." She mumbled, shutting the door behind her. Later, Amelio returned with all my things.
"What are you doing in here?" I asked, afraid that mama would come back and think that something happened between us. "Did she do anything to you?" He shook his head.
"I just wanted to bring you your stuff. All of this is my fault anyway." He sat down on my bed.
"It's nobody's fault. Mama's just a little mad." I commented, referring to how close we had gotten and how fast our relationship had taken off.
"I guess we can't talk to each other anymore." He retorted as his thick Filipino accent seemed to take over.
"You can still come to me whenever you need me Amelio. What she's doing to you ... whatever it is ... isn't right." Courtney reached for a hug, but Amelio pulled away.
"You know. Maybe ... maybe we should call it quits for now. We're already to attached to each other anyway. I mean, you're my girl." She smiled. "But not like that. It can't be like that."
"I'll be more careful. I'll make that no one's around, so whenever you need me, I'll be there." Courtney hugged Amelio tightly and kissed his cheek, without even thinking about her mama. She knew that they had both been adopted into the same family, but ... she stopped herself from thinking like that. Her feelings for Amelio would just have to be put on hold.
"Amelio. Amelio!" Mama yelled.
"Go." Courtney whispered, holding him tightly. It was all that she could for crying.
Courtney couldn't sleep that night. Thoughts about what had just happened and that fact that Amelio was gone keep running through her head. He still hadn't turned up yet and she was starting to worry. It wasn't until a months later that she had some time to talk to Amelio, alone. Her mother had made sure that they had limited to no time together.
"No one's home. Mama won't be back until eight and the kids all have stuff to do after school." Courtney proclaimed, referring to the four other children that they had both adopted.
"And your father?" He asked.
"He wouldn't care either way. Mama only married him for money and status anyway." She mumbled. "Are you hungry?"
"No." Courtney made Amelio something to eat anyway.
"Do you want to talk about it?" She asked.
"Naw."
"You didn't come back to my room like you normally do." She commented.
"I know. It was late." Amelio retorted.
"How late?"
"Three, four? It was a couple of months ago."
"Five months. I waited for you. I couldn't sleep. I was afraid I'd have those nightmares again."
"Don't lie. I know you were worried about me. Woman, how many times do I have to tell you that I can take care of myself?"
"I was worried about you. You're the only one I have here that doesn't hate me now. I didn't want her to go crazy on you like she did on me." Courtney whispered. I lied to her. You're more than a brother to me.
"I lied to her Amelio ... but ... she took me in. I'm 17, but she still decided to take me in and ... I can't believe I'm doing this."
"If you don't want to don't." He answered. "I don't need anybody."
"What'd she do to you?" She demanded, giving Amelio a tight hug.
"Don't." He pushed her away.
"You can tell me you know. I told you all about me. I won't think any less of you Amelio. She's the one with issues. Okay? She's ruining our lives!" Courtney yelled. Anytime Amelio was hurt, she was hurt. It was hard for her to define her relationship with Amelio. I've only known him for eight months.
"Don't cry."
"You don't trust me now?" She questioned.
"I've always trusted you. I just want you to stay here. Okay? I don't want her to send you away." Amelio hugged Courtney despite what had happened with "mama" and how it was tearing him apart.
"Then tell me. That's the only way to make it better." Courtney took Amelio's hand as they walked into his room for privacy. At first she felt uncomfortable being in his room, but once he told her the truth, it didn't matter who saw them together. Amelio had become number one on her priority list and anything that she could do to make it better, she would.
"Looks like Queenie really is sick." Shelby commented, noticing that she hadn't come out of the bathroom since they'd been there.
"Well, you need to hurry up Juliette. There are two other girls in here, you know?!" Daisy yelled.
"I don't think she got the point." Shelby smirked.
"I'll make her get it all right." Daisy burst into the bathroom, which couldn't lock, revealing Juliette's unhumanly pale body crumbled on the floor. Blood was everywhere.
"What's wrong?" Shelby wondered.
"Get Peter!" Daisy yelled, keeping her voice calm.
"And you found her like this?" Sophie asked as the medics came and Daisy nodded.
"I don't know what happened to her or how long she's been like this." She whispered, keeping her voice in a monotone, making sure not to show too much emotion.
"What about you Shelby?"
"I haven't seen her all day until now. Augie said she wasn't feeling too good ... he left lunch early to visit her. Within minutes, Augie was called down to the lobby where he revealed the entire scene between him, Jules, and Alex.
"You didn't think to tell me about this?" Sophie became angry. "Only God knows why she did this to herself and what happened."
"Will she be okay?" Augie wondered, getting over himself and actually caring about Juliette.
"We don't know. She's been through a lot Augie and like it or not, it seems that you helped contribute to this." Hannah jumped in.
"Whoa. Whoa." Sophie pulled her back. "Calm down."
"Juliette was doing so well." Hannah whispered in disbelief. "I watched her grow up ..."
"So, what do we do now?" Augie asked Shelby and Daisy who both seemed to be out of it. This is all my fault.
A/N: This was a weird place to stop the story, but I didn't want to make chapter two be ten pages. It's already long enough as it is. I just really got into writing this story. Hope you like it. Six or more reviews and then I'll add the next installment, which I've already written.
What to Expect in Chapter Three: Some of the newbie's past is discovered, she makes her way to horizon, Juliette in the hospital, bad news from Katherine
