This chapter is all about relocation for Rachel and Puck trying to talk his mother out of fostering, I hope you all like it. By the way I'm not sure how the whole fostering thing works, so please pretend that this is how it goes ok.
Rachel POV
"Rachel," a voice says through the locked bedroom door.
"What?" I snap.
"There's a family down stairs that wants to meet you, come down stairs," the care worker Sophia tells me.
"Fine, but only because it should be better than living in this hell hole," I say as I open the door.
I walk downstairs and go to the office to meet the family.
"Hello Rachel I'm Jackie," a woman about thirty greets me. The woman looks me up and down, studying my outfit. I am wearing a pair of extremely short, shorts and my Rihanna top from when I went to watch her in concert last year, my hair is in long flowing waves and my makeup is natural apart from the bright red lipstick. I am also wearing a pair of red converses to match the red on my shirt and lips.
"Hi," I say, keeping it short and sweet yet again. I don't like people intruding in my life so I keep it hostile until I get to know them better.
"So, how about you try it there for a few days and see if you like it, I know that you can't wait to get out of here," Sophia suggests.
"Sure," I say with a hint of attitude in my tone.
"Great, so pack your bags and we'll fill out these forms," Jackie says.
An hour later Jackie is showing me to my room.
"Thanks, but you can leave me alone now," I say with attitude, I don't partically like this woman an I am only doing it to keep myself from killing one of those screaming kids.
I unpack and then I get a text from my best friend Brooke.
Brooke: hey B, fancy coming out on the lash tonight?
Me: Sure I'll be there in 5.
I run down stairs and call over my shoulder, "Off out to meet a friend, don't wait up!"
I get in my car and I drive over to Brookes.
"Hey Brooke," I say to her.
"Hey, I heard about you being taken into care," she says with a concerned expression on her face.
"Yeah, well I'll be home soon, I'm not going to testify and I refuse to make a statement so without me they can't convict my mom of anything," I say trying yet again to convince myself that my mom isn't going to prison.
"Ok," she easily agrees and if she isn't convinced she's not letting on.
"Well let's get trashed," I say.
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I stroll in at eleven thirty absolutely pissed and high as a kite.
"Where have you been?" Jackie asks me sounding angry.
"I told you, I was going to a friend's house," I slur out.
"You're absolutely pissed and have you been doing drugs as well? Your pupils are huge," she asks me.
"Yes I'm high, if you're going to be fostering me, this is what you need to get used to hun, this is a regular thing for me and if you think I'm giving that up you're sorely mistaken," I say my temper rising.
"Then you're going to have to go back to that kid's home then aren't you?" she says to me, thinking this will scare me into saying I'll never do it again and so on.
"Sure it's gotta be better than living with an old bag like you who is using me for money," I say and go upstairs and grab all my bags that I hardly unpacked and went back downstairs.
"Take me back then," I say my words still slurred.
"Fine!" Jackie snaps and grabs her car keys.
When we arrive at the care home she doesn't bother helping me with my bags she just bangs on the door and shouts until Sophia answers and says, "What is the matter that can't wait until the morning?"
"Rachel, has just come home high and drunk and I have now come to return her back to this place, you didn't tell me she had behavioural problems, I want a nice quiet child," Jackie says.
"From experience I know that you don't usually get quiet foster children to be honest, they all crave love and attention and will do just about anything to get it, their good kids but need a mother's love. Rachel was testing you to see if you would cope with the highs and lows of fostering her and at the moment I suspect that she is feeling down, she has just been taken away from her mom and then at the first sign of trouble you return her like a bad product, well I'm glad that you brought her back because it shows that you are incapable of coping with children like Rachel," Sophia rants and then says in a kind voice to me, "Come on Rach, let's get you sorted out. I don't want to be seeing you again anytime soon Jackie. Good night."
Jackie turns on her heel and storms back to her car then Sophia helps me get all my stuff in and then puts me to bed.
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Puck's POV
"Why do you want to start fostering mom?" I ask her.
"Because I want to change other kid's lives for the better. Look at you for example you went to Juvie last year and got someone knocked up and now you have turned your life around with my help, I want to do the same for other troubled children," she replies.
"So it's not because we are not enough for you anymore?" I ask her.
"Of course not, you may gain a new friend as well as another brother or sister," she says with a smile on her face.
"You really want this don't you?" I ask her.
"Yes, Noah, yes I do," she answers.
"Then go for it," I encourage her.
I hope that this was ok, the fostering of Rachel was a bit rushed I know but I wanted to show what a difference that Maria Puckerman is going to make to Rachel's life. As I said earlier I am not sure how the foster system works, so please don't criticise me for that. Let me know what you all thought, the reviews and alerts light up my world :).