Denial, Chapter Three
*Please review, only one for that last chapter! Oh yeah, in chap. 1 it says the boythey adopted was named Colt, but that was before I did DTIAA and named the little boy Cole and forgot so now he's Bren! lol!*
Ezra found Kaylen with some of her friends, Leigh and Jackie. "Hey, Ez," she said and they kissed, but she saw the urgentcy in his eyes and turned to her friends. "Leigh, Jackie, I'll see you later, okay?" she suggested. They nodded in understandment, and winked. "Oh, go!" Kaylen said through laughs.
"So what's up?" she asked. "It's my mom and dad..." he said bitterly. "I thought they divorced?" She asked in a confused tone. "I thought so, too. But apparently they reconcieled and adopted a little boy."
"They can't do that, can they? Not after what they put you through. Don't courts and adoption agencies know this kind of stuff?" "Kay, I'm almost eighteen. Sure they have records, but as long as I'm not dead they don't check up on me. They stop doing that stuff when you pass the cute stage, thirteen or somethin'. Believe me. They don't that I'm HERE. They don't know that my parents adopted me to help them. They think that mother dearest and father dearest are two caring parents who want a little brother for Big Brother Ezra." he explained, in a snapping manner.
"But-"
"But nothing! Don't you get it? As long as I'm not dead, they don't know about me. They try to get those kids out as soon as possible, to make room for the next rejected child, and so that the kid can get of their hair. And if it means not checking to see if the other kid they adopted is in good hands and condition, so be it."
"Oh." she said quietly. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap. It's just...I don't get why they have to do this." he explained, "they know what they did to me."
They were silent until Ezra heard the familiar laugh of David, Shelby and Scott's voices and Cole's voice. "Hey, Freakin'!" David called. Ezra turned around. "Shove it, David. I'm not in the mood. When you'd get here?" Ezra asked Cole as David raised an eyebrow in mock surprise. "Nice to see you, too." Cole said sarcastically. He had been visiting his stepmother, but was now back, and glad.
"I just got here. The others are somewhere. I think they're trying to get away from the kid." 'The Kid' was Kristin's generic title now.
"Oh. Well can you'll like, leave?" Ezra suggested. "We're your friends, Ez," Scott said, throwing him a football. "Maybe I don't want to hang around you!" Ezra snapped back, throwing the football dangerously hard at a dangerous place. "Yo, Ez you better calm it!" Scott yelled back. Auggie walked up. "Hide!" he exclaimed. "C'mon Ez, you're a Cliffhanger," Cole said.
They were all angry that he had stopped spending time with them, Ezra concluded. Yeah, right, he answered his own thoughts.
"I also have a girlfriend. That's more then you can say." Ezra mumbled incoherently. "Huh?" Cole asked. "Nothing, Taylor. Just..go, okay? I'll see you at dinner or something."
Kristin walked up, much to Auggie's dispair, "You ruined it!" He whined to Ezra. "You're never AT dinner anymore!" Kristin and Shelby pointed out, "you're always with her," Shelby finished. "Aren't you with Scott?" Ezra demanded. "Yeah, but not THAT much, and I still pay attention to my other friends!"
"You guys aren't my friends!" Ezra yelled. Instantly, he regretted it, but he was to pissed at his parents to answer or apologize to the looks his friends gave.
He just threw his hands up in frusteration and pulled Kaylen along.
*Please review, only one for that last chapter! Oh yeah, in chap. 1 it says the boythey adopted was named Colt, but that was before I did DTIAA and named the little boy Cole and forgot so now he's Bren! lol!*
Ezra found Kaylen with some of her friends, Leigh and Jackie. "Hey, Ez," she said and they kissed, but she saw the urgentcy in his eyes and turned to her friends. "Leigh, Jackie, I'll see you later, okay?" she suggested. They nodded in understandment, and winked. "Oh, go!" Kaylen said through laughs.
"So what's up?" she asked. "It's my mom and dad..." he said bitterly. "I thought they divorced?" She asked in a confused tone. "I thought so, too. But apparently they reconcieled and adopted a little boy."
"They can't do that, can they? Not after what they put you through. Don't courts and adoption agencies know this kind of stuff?" "Kay, I'm almost eighteen. Sure they have records, but as long as I'm not dead they don't check up on me. They stop doing that stuff when you pass the cute stage, thirteen or somethin'. Believe me. They don't that I'm HERE. They don't know that my parents adopted me to help them. They think that mother dearest and father dearest are two caring parents who want a little brother for Big Brother Ezra." he explained, in a snapping manner.
"But-"
"But nothing! Don't you get it? As long as I'm not dead, they don't know about me. They try to get those kids out as soon as possible, to make room for the next rejected child, and so that the kid can get of their hair. And if it means not checking to see if the other kid they adopted is in good hands and condition, so be it."
"Oh." she said quietly. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap. It's just...I don't get why they have to do this." he explained, "they know what they did to me."
They were silent until Ezra heard the familiar laugh of David, Shelby and Scott's voices and Cole's voice. "Hey, Freakin'!" David called. Ezra turned around. "Shove it, David. I'm not in the mood. When you'd get here?" Ezra asked Cole as David raised an eyebrow in mock surprise. "Nice to see you, too." Cole said sarcastically. He had been visiting his stepmother, but was now back, and glad.
"I just got here. The others are somewhere. I think they're trying to get away from the kid." 'The Kid' was Kristin's generic title now.
"Oh. Well can you'll like, leave?" Ezra suggested. "We're your friends, Ez," Scott said, throwing him a football. "Maybe I don't want to hang around you!" Ezra snapped back, throwing the football dangerously hard at a dangerous place. "Yo, Ez you better calm it!" Scott yelled back. Auggie walked up. "Hide!" he exclaimed. "C'mon Ez, you're a Cliffhanger," Cole said.
They were all angry that he had stopped spending time with them, Ezra concluded. Yeah, right, he answered his own thoughts.
"I also have a girlfriend. That's more then you can say." Ezra mumbled incoherently. "Huh?" Cole asked. "Nothing, Taylor. Just..go, okay? I'll see you at dinner or something."
Kristin walked up, much to Auggie's dispair, "You ruined it!" He whined to Ezra. "You're never AT dinner anymore!" Kristin and Shelby pointed out, "you're always with her," Shelby finished. "Aren't you with Scott?" Ezra demanded. "Yeah, but not THAT much, and I still pay attention to my other friends!"
"You guys aren't my friends!" Ezra yelled. Instantly, he regretted it, but he was to pissed at his parents to answer or apologize to the looks his friends gave.
He just threw his hands up in frusteration and pulled Kaylen along.
