Chapter 2

The alarm went off at 9 AM "Shut the hell up, I need my sleep." Junan moaned as he threw a clumsy fist at the clock and crushed it against the wall. Then a pillow hit him in the face.

"Get up you lazy git, foster parents here, Zara As-something." Stephan said. As soon as he said this, Junan remembered last night. Okay Zara, see you in the morning... yeah, bye. "Zara..." Junan thought. He jumped to life when he realised the full story, he grabbed his skinny jeans and old Rise Against t-shirt off the floor, quickly pulled them on and squirted himself with deodorant, then Junan and Stephan legged it down the stairs.

"Mornin' Jess," Junan panted, "can me and Stephan talk to you for a moment please." There was a brief pause and everyone around the breakfast table stared at the 3 people. "In private." Junan said sternly, and Stephan, Junan and Jess headed for the living room.

"What's this about guys?" she enquired.

"Just we heard you on the phone to some Zara lady last night, and you said 'see you in the morning' and she's here, what's going on?" Stephan asked.

Junan thought for a moment, and a wave of depression came over him "...You're not getting fostered are you?" He felt sad just thinking about the most important person in his life going, forever.

"Yes, well, you are as well, look, it'll all be explained later, just go listen through Bill bloody Carr's door." Then she winked slyly at the two best friends. They walked out of the living room, Jess headed back to the breakfast room, and took abuse from the other kids about having a quick threesome, but she just gave them the finger and said coldly "Get stuffed, you twats."

But Junan and Stephan carried on to Bill's office door and placed their ears against it, listening intently. The voices were slightly muffled but they could hear what Zara and Bill were saying.

"Mrs Asker, are you sure you can handle these 2, I mean Junan and Stephan are hard work, good kids, but just have a very big naughty streak." Bill said sounding quite surprised.

"Everyone loves a couple of rebels Mr Carr, and I'm sure I can put these 2 in their place, but please, tell me about Jessica Jones?" Zara Asker Said Kindly

"Amazing kid, smart, funny, helpful, bright, everything you look for in a teenager." Mr Carr said proudly, maybe boasting a little.

"Okay, where are the forms, sir, I'd like to foster these 3 children." Zara asked sweetly.

"Right here, there you go, sign away" Mr Carr said sounding relieved to have the two most annoying kids in the home off his back. Junan and Stephan headed back to the breakfast table with ear to ear grins on both their faces.

"This is amazing!" Stephan exclaimed, and Junan was so speechless he just nodded enthusiastically in agreement. The two friends sat down and ate they're toast as quick as they could, then they sprinted up the stairs to pack, they zoomed past Jess' room, but they could see that she had already packed. They grabbed their suitcases, and were so excited they just chucked their clothes into the suitcase without folding them. Mrs Shelley, a short stocky but extremely kind and tolerant woman, stood in their doorway and tutted.

"Boys never fold do they, seriously you two, you should learn, so Miss Jones and I here will help you pack, Miss Jones, you help Junan, I'll help Stephan." Junan's grin got even wider when he heard that Jess was helping him pack, it would take them ages to pack all his stuff, it'd give him a bit of time to get to know her more and get closer with her.

About 10 minutes later, Mrs Shelley stood up with Stephan, "Righty ho, that's us down, help me lug your crap downstairs please Stephan."

This was exactly the thing Junan wanted to happen; it gave him a chance to be alone with Jess and say what he wanted to say, "Jess, I've been meaning to tell you this for a long time, It's just I think..." Junan was really nervous, he couldn't believe what he was doing, "I think you're beautiful in every way and I love you, it isn't some stupid crush or anything, I love you, and I mean it I love you." Junan couldn't believe what he just said, it was better than what he had in his head anyway. But now he felt like an idiot, and he felt weak for saying it with his back to her, but he need to hide the fact he was shaking so bad.

"Junan, Stand Up, Close your eyes and turn around." Jess said, in a soft voice, Junan followed these instructions, and just stood there with his eyes close, he didn't know what was going on, but then he felt someone get close him, he felt some lips touch his, he wrapped his arms around Jess, she did the same, they just stood they're for about 30 seconds snogging, before Stephan walked in on them, and burst out laughing. Junan felt majorly embarrassed, but it was the best time he'd had in his life, he loved every second of it, and wished he could do it again, know he knew, he loved Jess a lot more than he thought he did.