I push the door with my shoulder as my hands are full. The door swings open and I walk into the bare room.
I lean my board against the wall and drop my bags on the floor, not bothering to unpack them as I know this will not last long it never does! I fall back on the bed and stare at the ceiling.
What am I going to do? I wish I could make them last but I always mess it up. We finally get a home and then I mess it up and we are shipped off again. Kind of like unwanted cargo. I feel sorry for Teddy.
Shit! I forgot about him!
I jumped off the bed and half ran half walked down the hallway to his 'new' room. I stop at the door only to see him standing in front of a set of draws. He just stood there looking at it.
' hey buddy whatcha doin?' I ask startling him.
He spun around realising it was only me he sighed. ' how long are we going to be at this one for do I bother unpacking?'He asked I can't help but notice the pleading look in his eyes.
'I don't know' I sigh.
I sit down on his bed and he sits next to me.
' I liked the last place' he confesses.
' I know mate I. I know' I rub his back.
' Ollie why do we keep moving. Does no body want me?'he asks me in a whispers.
' no Ted of course they want you, It's my fault, you know I have trouble with new people' I assure him.
' can you please try I don't want to move again' a tear falls to his cheek.
'I do try' i answer
'Please try harder' he begs tears streaming down his face.
Teddy's right I need to try harder. For him it's not fair on him. It's not fair for him to suffer cause I'm to stubborn.
Teddy is only 6. I first met him when he was 2 he was dumped on the front door of the foster home I was at, at the time.
I remember he used to call me Ollie cause he couldn't say my name properly.
*flashback*
'Where is my mum?' a little boy walked into my room.
'Have you seen my mum?' He begged
'No' I shrugged not really caring there were new kids in and out like clock work so I never really got attached to them.
Next thing I know he was sitting next to me on the bed.
'Where am I?' He asked tears pricking his eyes.
'Hell' I replied coldly.
All of the kids in this place are annoying so I usually just ignore them and they go away but Ted wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.
'What's your name?'he sniffled
"Olivia' I replied
That night when I was asleep I heard the door creak open and being the light sleeper I am not to mention my past history that I would rather forget, I reach for the closest thing I can defend my self with which happens to be a half full water bottle.
Great! I am quite possibly about to be murdered and I grab a water bottle.
FML.
'Who's there?' I croak.
Then a small head appears from behind the door. I release a breath I didn't realise I was holding and place the water bottle back down.
' oil-oliv-oli' he fumbles with the words try to pronounce my name.
'Olivia' I cut him off beginning to get annoyed.
' what do you what?'I mumble
'I'm scared' he states.
' I want my mum' he continues
' look your mum is gone she is not coming back so get over it' I lash out.
I know that was cruel. Once I realise what I had just said I sit up straight. I am such a bitch. The look on his face Was heart breaking.
Teddy releases a sob.
Good job Olivia!
'Come here' I motion for him to come over to the bed. And to my surprise after just yelling at him he runs up to me and unexpectedly he has his arms wrapped around my waist I could feel the tears soaking into my top.
'Hey do you want to sleep here' I offer he nods his head and climbs onto the bed.
I pull the blanket up so it is over his shoulders. And I go to get up and go to the bathroom but am suddenly pulled back, for a little boy he is quite strong.
' don't leave me' he pleads
'I'm only going to the bathroom'
'Please don't leave' he continues
I release a sigh of defeat and lay back down.
Teddy cuddles into me.
' Ollie ?'
'Yeah'
' please don't ever leave me' he pleads
" I won't' I assure him
'Promise'
'Promise'.
I wrap my arms around him to comfort him.
'What's your name?' I whisper
'Um I don't know' he replies
'What you don't know your name?' I ask confused
'No' he sniffled
'Well I'm going to call you Teddy' I announce.
*end of flashback*
So long story short for the past 4 years where I go teddy goes. A promise is a promise even if it means I have to drag him through my shit. But that ends now!
'Right' I jump off the bed and grab one of teddy's bags
'Come on' I tell teddy
' what are you doing?' He asks confused
'Unpacking' I continue. I grab a hand full of clothes out of the bag and hand ted his other bag.
' are you serious? We are staying?' Excitement laced his words.
'Yes we are' I say positively before I give teddy a hug.
I leave him to unpack.
I head back to my room. As I walk down the hallway to my room which I am still trying to figure out which door it was cause this place is huge it is like a mansion.
I go to turn a corner when someone runs into me. I didn't even get a chance to move out of the way.
I groan as I lay on the ground. Only then do I realise someone is on top of me.
Laughing.
Are you kidding! you just knocked me down and you are laughing! no; are you okay? or I'm sorry.
I was now pissed off.
' get off me' I growl pushing him so he rolled off.
I stood up and glared at him as he got up.
'Are you right' I ask in a pissed tone.
'Yeah I'm fine' he answered I wasn't actually asking if he was physically okay cause I don't really care.
' thats good cause I think you broke the floor' I replied sarcastically.
' I broke the floor, you hit it first, if you don't remember you were under me' he shots back before wriggling his eye brows at the last part.
'Yeah like I could forget' I roll my eyes before stepping around him and continuing to my room.
Much to my disgust he was following me.
'Can I help you?' I come to a sudden halt and I can't help but notice how he nearly ran into the back of me.
'Nar I'm fine' he shrugged
'Well why are you following me?' I seethed.
' I'm going to my room' he smirked
'Right' I answered in a disbelieving tone.
When I got to my room I stopped at the door and he stopped at the door across from me.
You have got to be kidding me!
I shake my head and go into my room. I begin to unpack my stuff. Unlike teddy's room mine had a walk in wardrobe and I had my own bathroom. Score!!!
After unpacking my last bag I had the feeling I was being watched. And I turned around only to be inches away from the boy earlier.
' have you not ever heard of personal space' I ask without moving. He just smirked before stepping aside to let me past.
'Woah, you have a board' he says surprised
'Yeah' I reply in a why wouldn't I tone.
' can you surf?' He continue
' nah the boards just for decoration' I reply sarcastically before sitting on the bed.
'Ha de haha' he mocked
As he admired my board I couldn't help but check him out. He was tall and had a muscular body. He had dirty blond hair, and blue eyes. He was drool worthy. God snap out of it Olivia!
'So Olivia?' He started
'Hang on a sec, how do you know my name' I stop him
'I know everyone here' he said in a smug manner
' and that's not creepy at all' I mumble
' when did you get here?' He asks. Great small talk!
' this morning. You?' I play along even though I can't stand small talk. It's like when you go to the hair dressers and they ask you everything like how's school? What year are you in? Are you doing anything on the holidays?
Like shut up we all know you don't really care so please just cut my hair so I can leave!
' I've been here for a while now.' He answers as he head towards the door.
' my name is Axel by the way' he informs me before leaving.
Okay!
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Author notes
Ok so this is my first proper book. Tell me what you think. Please vote and comment. The more advice the better. Update soon.