After class TJ and Kory caught up with me.

"Show off." TJ said.

"Big time. But I like you anyway. " Kory said and nudged me a little.

"Thanks I like you guys too." I laughed and punched Kory in the arm.

"Ow. Someone's got muscles." He said and I flexed for him like I was Popeye the sailor man.

He laughed and TJ and I joined in. That's when Stacey walked up to Kory. He put his hands on her waist and she put her arms around his neck. Then they kissed. Who would have guessed? TJ and I stopped and waited for Kory.

"Don't forget dinner tonight at my house . 4:30." Stacey said to him. My eyes widened.

Dinner, tonight, Kory, Stacey, dinner, tonight, Kory, Stacey. That went through my head about 700 times.

"I wont forget." he kissed her one more time and she was on her way. She turned and saw I had frozen. Wide eyed with my mouth hanging open. If it could go just a little farther it would touch the ground. She gave me an apologetic look. I couldn't move. Didn't even blink.

"Bailey? You OK?" Kory asked me.

I couldn't answer. I did manage to shut my mouth so I didn't look like a complete idiot.

"TJ why don't you go save Bailey and I a seat. I'll try to wake her up." Kory told him.

"OK." and he left. Then there was just Kory and me. Great. This is just what I need.

Kory turned to me. "Relax. What's got you so freaked out?"

Maybe I could talk. I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out.

"Is it because Stacey is my girlfriend? Hello is anyone even alive in there." he waved his hand in front of me. The palm of his hand was a lite cream color. Unlike the rest of his dark brown skin.

"Yeah...I'm, I'm fine." I lied. How could I tell him that Stacey's house just happened to my new foster home? I've never told anyone.

"Why did you go all wide eyed? And your expression changed like it was the end of the world?" I didn't answer, so he continued. "Look if this has to do with me going over to Stacey's house for diner, it's no big deal or anything. Her mom just thought I could meet the new foster girl..." He trailed off.

Uh-oh I knew what that meant. He knew I was "the new foster girl". How could this have happened? How!?! And why? Never, NEVER, in my live have I let anyone know I was in foster care. Not even the schools!

"You're the new foster girl aren't you?" he asked.

I didn't want to say anything. I was to shocked. I looked at our feet. Mine where so small and his so big. But I nodded to give him his answer.

"Look, I've met lot's of foster kids who go to that home and they had no problem telling people they where in foster care, but if it's that much of a problem I wont tell anyone. You OK?" he asked again. I hate that question.

"No I'm not OK. But I'll live. Its just you're the first to know. Well, guess." I told him.

"Well that's not true. I mean Stacey knows." he didn't get it.

"No I mean other than the foster families and state and people like that. I have never told anyone else. It's been my life long secret..." I trailed off.

"Wait, what do you mean your life long secret?" he like his questions.

"I've...I've been in foster care ever since I was six. My parents where killed by some guy who broke into our house. I remember the day as if it were yesterday."

"What happened?" he asked.

"I don't know if I'm ready to tell anyone just yet..."

"Well it might make you feel better. But I don't want to make you do anything you don't want to do. I'm just letting you know that I'm here for you and you can tell me anything you want."

"I just met you and I already feel like you're the older brother I never wanted." we both laughed.

"Well I'll be like a brother to you if you would like. You can trust me."

I thought about this a moment and then started to tell him a story.

"One day a little girl and her parents where playing. They heard a strange noise come from the other room so they had the little girl hide. A man came in and he said 'I'm going to make you suffer you feel? Do you want to beg like all the others' the father shook his head and said 'the r like I was told to.' and he shot the mother first. Then he ask 'how does it make only thing I know is that there is no happily ever after.' and the man shot her father. What he didn't know that there was a little girl watching him kill her parents. One day she'll get my revenge, but for now she just go from foster home to foster home. The state gave her the title of "Run Away Girl" because she would never stay in one foster home and she never wanted to be adopted. Every time she got sick of a foster home or someone wanted to adopt her, she would run. Except one time. There was Mrs. Lexington. She was great. Her husband past away a five years before that little girl got there, so it was just the girl and her. She taught the girl how to play her flute. And bought the girl the flute that she has now. The little girl was almost eight. Mrs. Lexington had planed to adopt her. All the paper work was filled out and that little girl was so happy. She would finally get a mom that wouldn't be taken away from her." my voice had dropped to a whisper.

"Then what happened? Is the little girl with her now instead?" he asked. So interested in my story.

"Then she was taken away just like her parents. She was on her daily walk. And if the girl had gone with her she would have seen the car coming and warned her. Later on in trial, she saw the man who had hit her. He had been drunk when it happened. But not drunk enough to not remember. But he looked so familiar. He was sentenced to jail for a year. But he was out on bail two weeks later. That's when she remembered who he was. He was the one who killed her parents and then Mrs. Lexington. That's why if she gets to attached to a family of her liking she have to leave. She just knows that he would be there ready to commit another murder." that's when I look into his eyes. I saw pity and shock. "I'm that little girl Kory. Just don't tell anyone what I just told you and get that pity look off your face. That's another reason I don't tell anyone because they always want to give you pity. I don't need it. If I can live my life with out getting killed then I can live it without your pity."

"Yeah sorry, it's just you don't hear that every day." he was still shocked.

"We better head for lunch or TJ will think we're up to something."