Brook Myles yawned as she sat in her English class. She hated the life she lived, hated the fact that her parents abandoned her.
Died, she thought.
She fidgeted in her school uniform as the final bell of the day rang through the school.
Oh, homework!, Brook thought as she packed away her books.
She walked out of the classroom and to her locker, which was at the front of the school. Brook quickly emptied out her locker before walking out of the school building and heading to the care home. Her short blue hair blowing back in the wind, Brook pulled her keys out of her blazer pocket and walked in the care home.
“Jayden! I’m back from school” the fifteen year old shouted through the home.
“Hey Brook. Good day at school?” Jayden said, walking out of the office.
A fucking perfect day of school, of course, she thought about saying.
“Oh you know, same old same old. Has Clare gone to pick the rest up?” Brook asked the care worker.
“Yeah, go get changed and then start your homework. If you are finished before five, you get more pocket money” Jayden grinned.
Brook nodded and ran up the stairs, her black converse hitting heavily on the steps. She dropped her bag on the floor of her black and white room, just behind the door and flopped down on her bed. She looked over at her wardrobe, walking over there and picking up slub circle top and skinny jeans. She pulled them on before dropping onto her bed.
“Brook!” Declan called from the bottom of the stairs.
“Yeah?” she called back.
“One of your school friends are here to see you” Declan called back before walking away from the stairs.
Brook was confused but went down the stairs anyway, setting her eyes on none other than Kaiden Jenkins.
“Kaiden? What are you doing here?” Brook asked.
“Well, you seemed in a bad mood when you left. You kind of pushed me out of the way when you walked past. So I thought I would come and see what was wrong” Kaiden sent a sweet smile towards Brook.
“Oh well, sorry about pushing you. Come up to my room, don’t know who’s listening when we talk down here” Brook looked over at some of the girls who were hiding behind the sofa.
Brook and Kaiden both went up the stairs into her bedroom.
“You haven’t told them yet?” Kaiden asked as Brook closed the bedroom door.
“How would I tell them? In the rules, it specifically says you can’t have boyfriends or girlfriends in the house” Brook sighed, sitting on her black covered bed.
“They will find out sooner or later” Kaiden sat down next to Brook, wrapping his arm around her.
There was a knock on the door, followed by Willow walking through the door.
“Brooklyn, who is the man with his arm around you?” Willow asked, being the five-year-old she is.
“First of all, it’s Brook. Second of all, Kaiden is my best friend. Now get out of my room” Brook frowned, leaning against Kaiden’s shoulder.
Willow walked out of the room, shouting down for her sister, Aimee. Aimee came running up the stairs and stormed into Brook’s room.
“You, Brooklyn Cristina Myles, do not boss around my baby sister” the thirteen-year-old shouted in Brook’s face.
“You, Aimee Paige Fiona Smith, do not tell me what to do in my room” Brook shouted back.
“Brook, calm down” Kaiden wrapped a tight arm around Brook.
“Who the fuck are you? Her boyfriend?” Aimee looked in disgust at Kaiden.
“Yes I am, in fact. And don’t you dare tell her what to do otherwise you will have me to deal with” Kaiden turned back to Brook.
Aimee squinted her eyes then looked at Kaiden in shock.
“You’re Kaiden Jenkins! You’re the most popular boy in the school” Aimee jumped on the spot. “What are you doing going out with scum like her?”
“You mean, what is she doing living with freaks like you, right?” Kaiden stood up from his place next to Brook. “You leave her alone, you hear me, otherwise you will go from being popular, to unpopular in just a click on my fingers.”
Lyndsey, a care worker, ran up the stairs into Brook’s bedroom.
“Aimee, Willow outside now. You, boy, out of this care home now! Brook into the office. NOW!” she shouted and everyone did as they were told.
Edward, another care worker, ran up the stairs at the sound of Lyndsey shouting.
“What’s going on?” Edward asked.
“Aimee and Willow were arguing with Brook and her boyfriend” Lyndsey followed Brook down the stairs and into the office.
