Kara's Pov.

"Alright, everybody up up up! " Hannah yells. She prefers I call her 'Ms Greg' but that's not happening.

I ignore her and close my eyes tighter wishing she would go away.

"Kara, don't make me get there! " I groan and get up and place my feet on the cold tiled floor.

They refuse to carpet it for one stupid reason or the other.

I stretch a bit and yawn. "Has she gone yet?" I ask no one in particular but my roommate, Lenny replies "Yeah I think so"

Lenny and I have both been foster kids for about seven years. We're the oldest in the darn agency, we have been ever since.

"Morning" She says in her usual peppy tone and I roll my eyes.

How can she be so peppy all the time when we've lived in this hell hole all our lives?!

I wear my slippers and head to the bathroom and Lenny follows.

She hums a stupid tune while brushing and I try to ignore her. I can not start the morning pissed off. Oh wait, I already am.

I try to hurry my brushing before the little annoying kids come in here.

"C'mon Jess, hurry up! " Too late.

"I'm coming Brigitta! Stop yelling it's too early for that" Jess says equally annoying.

Jess and Brigitta are annoying twin Brit brats who's dad died during a war. Their mom died of cancer.

You might start to feel pity for them but once you spend an hour, you realise there are people with more worse conditions and they don't deserve your sympathy.

"Won't you guys greet us good morning? Good morning by the way " Lenny said as she rinsed her brush and placed it back in its case.

Jessica rolls her eyes and Brigitta ignores her. "What's so good about the morning" Brigitta said in her thick British tone.

I don't know why we have to share bathrooms with them! The rest got civil people and we're stuck with these ninnies of thirteen year olds.

"Now now Brig, we must learn to respect our Elder ones. Good morning ma'am's" Jess said. She was always the less annoying one if them.

I stay silent the whole time in order not to cuss them out.

"Brigitta, Jess's right. Now you two hurry up do we can make it in time for breakfast" Lenny said. I finished up with brushing then left the room.

The last or the latest to get to breakfast or any meal in fact, either has their food cold or no food at all. Its survival of the fittest and Hannah doesn't even give a hoot.

"Dibs on the bathroom!" Brigitta yells. Oh no she didn't. I don't care, dibs or no dibs. She always foes this and I end up bathing with cold water.

I undressed as quickly as I could, using the time that Brigitta went to get her 'toiletries' .

By the time she gets back, the door was already locked and a grinning me was singing 'Sorry not sorry'.

Ha! I wish I could see her stupid little face.

"Wha-hey! Kara get out of there! I called dibs!" She said then I increased my volume to shut her up.

"Shut up and wait" I hiss

Then she starts her neurotic rambling. Who gives a flip?

She stomps off and after a whole she comes back with 'reinforcements'

"Kara, why did you cheat Brigitta?" Hannah said

"What do you mean? The bathroom was empty and I had my bath. Problem?" I say trying yo fight the smile on my face

"But I called dibs!" Brigitta remarked.

I had already finished and then I wrapped my hair with a towel then I left them both with a wide grin on my face.

When i got to my room, Lenny looked brighter than usual. And that is hardly possible.

She was wearing the yellow and baby pink sun dress she got for her birthday. Her birthday is November.

"What's going on? New birthday?" A few years back, while we were celebrating her birthday on the 12th of august, Hannah told us her actual birthday was November 11. So I wouldn't be surprised now, Hannah is kinda...disorganised.

She giggled "No no silly, Of course not. That was a one time thing and Ms Greg already apologized"

After wearing the necessary underwear, I wear one of my regular outfits. Black jeans, an army green top and a black plad shirt on top. I packed my hair in its usual ponytail and wore my black converses. Then I put on my amulet. Its especially blue today.

"Well?"

She sighed. "I have another meeting today" She said.

Of course she does. She always does. I'm surprised she's still here at all. Almost like every week or every month, Lenny has meetings with people that want to be her parents. For one reason or the other, she turns them down. She has never been turned down.

I frown "You gonna turn them down as usual?" I ask trying to hide the desperacy in my voice. Lenny is my one and only friend and the closest thing I have to family here.

I might say she's annoying but she's what keeps me sane. I have no idea what I'll do if she leaves me with these little brats. I wouldn't want her to leave at all.

I make sure my selfish needs don't get in the way of her happiness.

Lenny has had it the worst as far as i know. Her mom died while birthing her and her dad is in a rehabilitation centre. He never recovered from the death of his wife. The thought makes me frown deeper.

"Actually...no" Well, I never said I was good at acting.

"That's.. That's good" I say putting on my best fake smile.

"Kara..its okay. I'll miss you too. But I just have to-"

"No no no. I'm fine, it's selfish of me anyway. Its not my fault no one likes me" Ain't that the truth!

I have been rejected 37 times, with no remorse whatsoever.

I usually didn't care, but if Lenny accepts this one, it'll hit me hard.

"Lena! Get downstairs immediately! Dont keep the fine Cooper's waiting" Hannah's voice barked through the tiny speakers in our room. Well, my room in a few hours.

She looks at me sadly. "You already accepted?" I asked afraid of the answer.

"Yeah...I did. It was yesterday. I didn't wanna tell you" She said as a tear dropped from her eye.

No no no! She can't cry! If she crys I'll cry. "Lenny" I choke as I reach out to hug her.

She has been with me ever since I got here. She's the only one who gets me, laughs at my lame jokes, keeps me company during that time of the month (trust me, I'm pissed off more easily. No one can deal).

"LENA"

"I'm sorry Kara..I have to go. Trust me, this isn't goodbye" she said and tried to smile at me.

I put on a brave smile as I carry her already packed bags.

"Wait" she said as she searched her purse for something.

"Here" She says as she hands me a piece of paper, a wrapper of Kit kat and a coin.

I smile as the memories these objects hold flood in. The kit kat wrapper was the first thing we ever shared. When j first got here, I spent weeks locked up in my room. She broke me, and gave me this wrapper to show, in her own words "I mean peace" . The coin was The last piece of our first allowance together. And the paper had an address on it.

"That's where I live now" She whispered.

She hugged me again"Remember Kara, we'll always have Kit kat"

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I waved for the last time along with the other children, to Lenny as she zoomed off in the Coopers' white corolla.

Hannah walked up to me. She put her hand on my shoulder. "That could've been you" She said and then I shrugged her hand off my shoulder and went back to my room.

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The rest of The day went by with me crying in our-my closet and going over our memories together.

Sheesh she's not dead

Shut up.

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