Torn

CALUM'S POINT OF VIEW

"So..."

"Yeah..." Sara answers. I feel so bad for her.

"Why can't your uncle keep taking care of you?" I ask.

"Because he and his wife have decided to go to Africa. And leave me." She says, looking at the ground.

"So..."

"Foster care..."

"I'm so sorry." I frown.

"It's okay. I mean. You had nothing to do with it." She shrugs. I look at her. She isn't okay. She's hurting. Her uncle is such a fucking douche, if I ever see him again, I swear I'm smashing his face into the ground. I'm serious. "Seriously, Cal, I'm fine." She lies again, and kisses me.

NEXT DAY

CALLIE'S POINT OF VIEW

"So?"

"S-So? She going to be in FOSTER CARE." Calum repeats. Jess looks at me, telling me not to protest, but you know, being me, I have to.

"I'M in foster care." I say sharply.

"She isn't LIKE you, though. You're a bitch, she isn't. At least not as much you." Calum says. Oh, you might think him calling me a bitch is mean, it isn't, in this little group we have, it's literally considered a compliment.

"She'll be fine." I roll my eyes.

"Callie,maybe you shouldn't-" Morgan starts.

"FINE?" Calum says louder.

"Yeah." I shrug. "What the big deal? I've been in foster care for five years, if I've gotten through it, so can she. It isn't like she's being thrown in fire." I roll my eyes. Michael pushes his lips in his mouth, knowing what I said won't end well.

"WOW." Calum yells, and stomps out of class.

After school, I get home, and am about to run up to my room, when my foster parents stop me.

"Callie?" They ask. Ugh please be talking to another Callie.

"Yeah?" I ask.

"Um, you're going to have a new foster sibling." They say.

"Kay." I shrug, then walk into my room. Foster kids come in and out of here all the time, it isn't like, strange. I just lye on my bed and turn on my phone.

3 Missed Messages

I read them.

Jess: lol RIGHT.
Ashton: Some guy named Ernie wants a quarter pound of weed babe, and Ernie is ur client. So why the fuck is he contacting me.
Luke: hey beautiful

I blush like a crazy person after reading Luke's. I text back Ashton.

Me: I lost my business phone, so I told him to text u. Sorry
Ashton: Yeah well go find it.
Me: Well...
Ashton: ?
Me: It got thrown in the toilet...
Ashton: WHAT?
Me: It's just, Michael and I were jumping around, cuz green day, and I was holding it, & it just sorta flew outta my hand.
Ashton: Bitch.
Me: I'm sooorrryy
Ashton: No u aren't.
Me: Your right, I gotta go
Ashton: -_-

I text Luke.

Me: Hey
Luke: What're you doing?
Me: Dunno. Some new foster kid is coming soon, but that's about it.
Luke: Do you know how to ride a skateboard?
Me: what the fuck, no lol
Luke: Wanna learn?
Me: Um. I guess. I have to at least meet the kid tho
Luke: k, hows in three hours
Me: perfect, where?
Luke: idk any places, so just outside of school i guess lol.
Me: Okay, no, you cannot come to this town and only know where the school is. I'll meet you there, but we're going somewhere else, dork.
Luke: k.

The door opens, and in walks Sara, being shy, as always. I raise an eyebrow, and sit up.

"You're the new one?"

"Th-The new one what.." She says.

"The new foster kid, honey." I smile.

"Oh, um, yeah." She says awkwardly, closing the door.

"Hm. Okay, well I guess I should tell you the ground rules." I say, and she sits on the bed across from mine.

"Um, they already told me."

"No, no, the REAL ground rules." I laugh, "So, first off, if you come anywhere near my bed- I'll attack you. I not joking, it happened once. Two, I can sleep with the lights on, so it's fine if you stay up later than me. Three, I hope you can sleep with lights on, because I fall asleep around three in the morning. Four, this little thing that's happening, will not guarantee us bff's, got it? This changes nothing between us. Five, you can cut the good girl act with me." I say. Her eyes are like a deer caught in head lights.

"Um. Okay." She says. I smile and get back on my phone.

A few hours later, and I get off my bed, awkwardly glancing at my outfit in the mirror on accident, I quickly look away. I don't really like my appearance, I guess.

"Where are you going?" Sara asks.

"That's another rule- No asking where I'm going." I say, opening the window. I look back at her, and sigh, "I'm going to go meet Luke." I say.

"The hottie at lunch?" She asks. I raise an eyebrow.

"You heard all that stuff?"

"Well, yeah. I don't read, please." She laughs. HUH. OKAY THEN.

"Hm. Interesting." I grin, and slide out the window, closing it behind me.

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