Thirteen

Alana, Cassie and Tyler were stood by the school gates waiting for Mike to pick them up and the rest to hurry up. They had had a good day. Cassie and Alana had got to know several people in the class and Alana had managed to control her temper even when being pushed to her limits by someone, who Alana later found out to be the year bully. Rick and Oscar were next out of school and they were heading towards them, Rick had his arm around a girl with brightly coloured hair. Oscar smiled at his sister.

"how did your first day go girls?" Rick asked.

Alana shrugged. "it was alright but I seem to have got on the wrong side of the year 8 bully already so there goes any chance of making friends with her."

Rick laughed, as did Oscar and the unknown girl. "Don't worry about it. Molly is nothing more than a care kid herself. She hates everyone but we all just ignore her," the girl said. Alana and Cassie looked questioningly at the boys.

"Oh right yeah. Cassie, Alana meet Summer, Rick's girlfriend. She used to live at Elm Tree House with everyone before she got fostered by her half-brother's dad during the Easter holidays. She still visits often though as she is good friends with everyone, including Elektra," Oscar explained.

Cassie looked at Summer closer. "I recognise you. Did you play Tinkerbelle?" she asked. Summer nodded.

"Yeah I did when I was at my acting school. Got bored there though so I came back here," she replied. The fifteen year old girl shook her hair out her eyes before glancing behind her to see everyone else heading towards them.

Alana glanced round to see Lily and Carmen laughing, Jody skipping along with her friend, Tee and Gus talking about something, Johnny looking moody with Jamie trying to cheer him up with Frank and Elektra following behind. She laughed at the sight of the mass of them all surging towards the school gates. Mike pulled up and the six at the gate jumped in before the others all tried to squash in next to harry. She saw Jody say bye to her friend before she jumped in and closed the door. Mike drove them back to Elm tree. When they arrived back at Elm tree house there was a surge for the kitchen to get drinks and biscuits. Summer stayed behind with Alana and Cassie who were looking a little shell-shocked at the rush of people as well as the journey home. Jamie walked past them and into the office followed by Mike.

"wonder what that is about." Summer said before leaving the girls by the stairs to join Rick in the living room. Alana and Cassie glanced at each other before creeping towards the door.

"We were thinking of sending you to a care home in Scotland. You'd be able to see your sister easier," Mike was saying quietly.

"No! I don't want to leave here. I just want to see her, please," Jamie pleaded.

"I'm sorry Jamie but if you are going to run away to Scotland we're going to have to send you up there," Mike finished. Alana and Cassie looked at each other before running into the living room.

"you've got to help. Mike wants to send Jamie to Scotland. To live," Cassie told everyone. Tee and Harry both jumped up.

"What!" they shouted.

"Mike wants to send Jamie to Scotland because of his sister. We can't let that happen. Not when he wants to stay here," Alana said. "We need to persuade Mike to keep him here and let him visit his sister occasionally." Rick and Oscar nodded.

"We'll help," they said standing up and joining the girls. Tee nodded as did Johnny and Harry. They walked over to join as well. "We'll do it together," Rick said.

A/N: Ok I'm going to clarify ages and years as I got confused writing this. Tee and Gus are 12 going on 13 as is Tyler, Cassie and Alana so they are all in year 8. Jody is 11 so is in year 7. Harry is 7 so not at the secondary school. Jamie, Johnny, Carmen and Lily are 13 almost 14 in some cases so are year 9, Frank is 16 but is in year 12 and is moving out of Elm Tree soon. Elektra, Oscar, Rick and Summer are 15 almost 16 so are in year 11.

Tyler, Cassie and Alana are in form 8F

Tee and Gus are in 8D

Jody is 7A

Carmen and Lily are in 9A

Jamie and Johnny in 9G

Elektra is in 11D

Oscar, Rick and Summer are in 11F

Frank is in 12G

Also for those of you that have read my other stories Summer appears very rarely in this one but it seemed like a nice idea as you can see what happened to her after Life in care 2 as well as explaining Oscar and Alana's story. So yes, Elliott fostered her during Easter holidays but she and Rick still see each other and are a couple still.