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It was Skye's first day of first grade and she was really excited. She got out of her bed and quietly started getting ready. She picked out her best outfit which was a short sleeved light blue top and navy blue jeans that had a small hole in the side. Skye quietly walked out of her room to use the upstairs bathroom so she could brush her teeth. She made sure to be extra quiet to be careful of not waking up Susanne and Alan. They had been really nice to her in the beginning when they first got her. But as most foster homes go, it went downhill. When they first took her home they gave her a couple dolls to play with, Susanne baked her some cookies and Alan let her watch whatever she wanted on the tv. It only took two months for something to go wrong. She dropped a glass.
It was early in the morning when Skye got out of bed to get some water. She looked down the hall as she exited her room, she could tell that Susanne and Alan were still asleep. She didn't want to wake them up so she went downstairs to get herself something to drink. Unfortunatley for her she couldn't reach the sink or where the cups were. Skye grabbed a chair to stand on, opened the cabinet and a glass fell and dropped to the ground. Panicked she tried picking up the glass but only ended up cutting herself. That's when a half asleep Alan came down the stairs. "You stupid little girl, dont you k ow you arent supposed to be breaking things" he said coming closer to her. "Im s-sorry i wanted a drink but it dropped" she said on the verge of tears. "So you're an idiot and a liar, you broke this on purpose. Don't you know you aren't supposed to break adult's things. Now I need to punish you." The tears in skyes eyes quietly fell and she sucked on the finger that had been cut. Alan grabbed her by her shirt carried her up the stairs and locked her in her room for 2 days. She didnt get food or water she could only leave when she needed the bathroom. She soon realized that Susanne and Alan were just like all the rest.
Cringing at the memory she continued to brush her teeth. She looked at herself in the mirror and started brushing her sleek mocha colored brown hair. She had bangs that hung just above her eyes and her hair was a little longer than shoulder length. Skye made her way back to her room and grabbed her small very worn out pink backpack. One of the straps was close to falling off but she didnt care she was just glad she didn't have to be "home" any longer. She checked her little black clock on her bedside table and it read 7:40am she needed to be at school by 8.
Her room was pretty bland. At first glance you wouldn't think a child was even living there, if not for the dolls thrown in the corner. The room was an off white color and there was nothing but a small bed, a dresser and bedside table in the room. There were no toys, no drawings, books, or anything that most kids have.
Skye grabbed her bag and started heading towards the kitchen. She hopped that no one was awake and she could maybe sneak an apple to eat for breakfast. But with no luck Susanne was sitting at the dinning table reading the newspaper. "Hey what are you doing awake, where are you going?" she said just barely looking up from her paper. "Im going to school" Skye told her trying not to sound excited or happy. "I hope your walking because im not taking a little mutt to school, especially if you're dressed like that." This time she was pointing at her whole outfit while she spoke. Skye had thought she looked nice today but as soon as Susanne had said that she didn't think so anymore. "Can i have an apple?" she asked as if she was asking for a million dollars. She knew she probably wouldn't get the apple but one could hope. "Here, now dont go telling nobody at school we don't feed you." she said putting down her paper and throwing the small girl an apple. Skye just barely caught it and took a bite. She started heading out the door as she continued eating her apple.
Luckily for her the school was right around the corner. She didn't go to orientation in the summer like most kids so she didn't know who her teacher was. As she walked she saw other kids walking with their parents and couldn't help but feel jealous. She had been in foster care her whole life and she never stayed anywhere longer than two months. Until she came here, she'd been here for five months, she didn't know why she was even still there when all they did was yell and hit her.
She walked into the building and was immediatly overwhelmed with how crowded it was. She could barley move in the halls and kids kept shoving her. She found a small corner near the entrance and sat down on the ground, she was going to wait for the halls to settle before even trying to find where she was supossed to be. She put her knees to her chest and laid her head on them, she hadn't slept much last night due to a nightmare. She felt herself getting sleepy and before she knew it she was asleep, on the ground, in the middle of school.