A Foster Kid

14 //  Reunited

Today I was going to find out who my sister turned in to, I was going to find out if she was okay and safe, if she was happy, what she had been through, I was going to find out a lot and I didn't know how to feel about that

I destroyed my room just trying to find something cute to wear, I wanted to dress to impress, but after destroying my room I finally found a cute yellow and white polkadot jumpsuit, last time I knew my sister her favourite colour was yellow but a lot probably has changed by then, her favourite food probably wasn't chicken nuggets anymore, her favourite thing to do probably wasn't dancing anymore, her favourite movie probably wasn't frozen anymore and her favourite person probably wasn't me anymore, today I was meeting a whole new person that I once knew better than anyone else
"You ready to go?" Mel said opening my door bringing me out of my thoughts
I took a deep breathe looking down at the floor and just Shrugged my shoulders because honestly I didn't know if I was ready for this
"Tay I know this is going to be hard for you to see your sister a totally different person and to not know what to expect but there's only one way to find out and her agreeing to see you is already a good sign" Mel said as she sat next to me on the bed with her hand on my back
The one thing I've learnt about Mel since knowing her is she sure as hell as good advice
I sigh and said "thankyou im ready" and just like that off we went to a place where my sister was and I had no  idea how this was going to turn out, if she'd welcome me with open arms or if she'd yell at me for leaving her and not finding her sooner or a completely different way or even both.

As the car stopped I stayed in the car for a few moments to prepare myself for what was about to happen, the house was huge, most girl groups homes were because they needed the space for all the girls but this one looked bigger than anyone of the homes I've seen before, there was a nice garden out the front and I could see all the locks on the windows, we got out of the car and while knocking on the door I took a deep breathe before a mid 30s lady opened it, she looked decent and nice, she had a big black glasses on and was wearing a black long dress, she had short black hair
"Hello you must be Taylor, I'm Katie"
I nodded my head and said "nice to meet you"
As we stood in the door way greeting each other, a girl that looked too much like me walked in behind Katie and straight away I knew that was my sister, yeah I may of not have seen her for years but when we were younger everyone thought we were twins because we just looked that much alike and that hasn't changed, she looked so much like me and she was even nearly as tall as me which wasn't fair since I was her older sister
"Tay tay" tiff said as running up to me and jumping into my arms, that's what she used to call me and I'm glad that hadn't changed
"Hey sweetie I missed you" I said as holding her even tighter
"I missed you too tay" I could feel her cries dropping on my shoulder and that just made me wonder what she went through and if she thought I just forgot about her
"You girls can go sit outside to have a catch up" Katie said
Tiff and I just nodded as I followed behind her to outside this was the time that I was going to find everything out
"How have you been going tiffy" I said as we sat by the garden
"Crap I was giving up tay I couldn't do it anymore especially without you" tiff said while looking to the ground
"What happened?"
I could see the sadness and pain in her eyes before she even found the courage to talk "I was in an abusive family, we're they would punch and kick you until you couldn't move just because they had a bad day or for no reason and then after that I was in a family that would sell my body just to get money and for the pleasure of it every house I went to loved to see me suffer, they would beat me til I couldn't walk or sell me and find it funny and the two years ago  I was put into a group home with horrible girls that would try to drug you or beat you or make fun of you, or try to get there boyfriends to kill you or to try to rape you and then finally last year I was put into this group home that isn't so bad but some girls come here still are bitches and try to make fun of you or start drama but here I actually have Katie and a few other girls looking after me and keeping me safe"
I felt guilty because I wasn't there for you because I let my baby sister suffer like that all on her own, that would be way too much for one person to deal with and I thought I went through a lot yeah I might of but Tiffany she went through way more than I did and now it was my duty to protect her again and to never let anything like that happen to her ever again, I felt sad, I felt bad, I felt angry
"I'm so sorry babygirl I'll never let anything like that happen to you ever again" I said with tears running down my cheek
Tiff put her hand on my cheek rubbing her thumb and wiping the tears away "this wasn't your fault tay tay"
"Why do I feel like it was then?"
"Because you've always done everything in your power to keep me safe and this time you just couldn't do anything I don't blame you for it and neither should you"
I took a deep breathe and said "I guess but I'm here now and I'll keep you safe no matter what"
"I know you will tay" tiff said pulling me into a hug
"Now tell me what you went through" she said while pulling out of the hug
I didn't want to put more stress on her and make her worry about me after everything she went through but I knew she had a right to know so I told her, I told her that I got bashed and raped and no one believed me I told her about my daughter and how everything was horrible until I came to this family I told her about Jayden, she was my sister my bestfriend I used to tell her everything and I wasn't going to stop now, I told her every details about what was going in my life up until now
"I guess we both went through a lot hey"
I just nodded to her statement
"But on the bright note I have a niece" she said clapping her hands
"Yes you do" I said while looking to the ground
"Don't worry tay you found me and I know for a fact you'll find your little girl"
"I wish it was as easy as it sounded"
"What do you mean?" Tiff asked me giving me a confused look
"Well Katie allowed me to see you, her foster mother doesn't seem up for it but her foster father was willing to let her see me and unlike you she doesn't know who I am"
"I know but if the father was going to allow you to see her maybe he will come around to being able to talk the wife into allowing you to see her aswell you can't give up just keep trying if I know you at all you always find a way"
My sister actually was good with her words now I pulled her into a warm hug and said thankyou, this was the best day I've had in a long time I was finally with my sister again, we finally had our talking buddy back we finally didn't have to go through stuff alone anymore and I could finally keep her safe again
But what was going to happen from here? Would mel allow her to come back with us? Would Katie allow Tiffany to leave with us? I didn't want to leave her again I didn't want to not go another second without her close by my side anymore.

I spent an hour hanging out with my sister and talking about all these years that we have missed in each other life's and then I spent another hour talking with Mel Katie and tiff to figure out where we were gonna go from here, Mel and I hadn't even spoken about it, I hadn't even asked her if it would be okay for my sister to come back with me but apparently I didn't have to because she said "I would be happy foster Tiffany" I looked at Mel and said "are you sure you'd be okay with this" she nodded her head as I gave her the biggest smile jumped up hugging her and then jumping on my sister making her fall back hugging her tightly everyone laughed at what I just did and how excited I was, this day couldn't get any better honestly, and I wasn't expecting Mel to do that for me, Mel and Katie continued to talk about Tiffany coming to live us and what would happen, grace would change rooms with me since her room was bigger and Tiffany and I could both fit into that room and Mel said if everything went smoothly and she would adopt Tiffany because she already wanted to adopt me, I didn't even know that no one has ever wanted to adopt me before I hugged her and thanked her once again for everything she was doing for me.
Maybe I found my forever family after all and I know for sure I found my sister