Kian is a twelve year old who has been thrown around the foster system since he was three years old. He has been in eighteen foster homes and is going on his nineteenth foster home. He knows there is no such thing as a forever home for him, or is th...
I woke up and and dressed into a pair of jeans and a collared shirt. I was sitting on my bed listening to my music when Autumn came into the room. "Hey Kian. I just have to get some stuff from the top of your closet. I have a few storage boxes up there." She told me. I nodded and she opened up my closet. She grabbed the box and put it in a ground. "Kian, is this all your clothes?" She asked pointing to my other two outfits I had. I nodded and she frowned.
"After breakfast, we're going to the store to buy you some new clothes, okay?" She asked me. I nodded and felt bad because she doesn't have to get me more clothes. "Speaking of which, breakfast is ready." She answered. I nodded and walked downstairs with her. She whispered something to Paul and he looked at me and nodded.
After we ate breakfast, Autumn and I walked to the van and got in. I put my headphones on and listened to my music. "So how was last night? Did you sleep well?" She asked. I nodded and she said "So Mts. Hannah told me that your birthday was last week. What did you do for your birthday? Did you get anything?" "I got nothing." I replied. She gave me a sympathetic smile and said "Well, consider this your belated birthday present." I nodded and we drove in silence to the store.
We got out and went inside. The whole time we shopped, Autumn would ask me simple yes or no questions about anything at all. I would nod my head or shake my head no since the only words I ever spoke to her were in the car. She would hold up shirts and jeans and I would nod my head yes or shake my head no at the clothes.
After an hour or so, we finished shopping and walked to the check out. There were a lot of clothes, a lot more than what I needed in our cart and the cashier looked at Autumn like she was crazy. Autumn paid for the clothes and we drove home. Autumn gave me the bags and asked me "Do you want me to hang your clothes up or do you want to do it?" I pointed to myself and she nodded her head. I went upstairs and put all my clothes into my closet in order of short sleeve to long sleeve and colour coordinated because it would drive me crazy if they weren't.
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After I finished putting my clothes in my closet, Autumn came into my room with another bag of clothes. "This is some of the boys clothes that's your size." She told me handing them to me. I nodded and she left my room. I took the clothes out of the bag and put the clothes in my closet.
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I realized I had two pairs of the Dart Vader pyjamas but I don't mind. I have more clothes now than I have ever owned in my entire life. I went downstairs and sat down on the couch. Alister came into the room and sat next to me. "How was shopping?" He asked. I gave him a thumbs up and he nodded. "Ya know, you can talk to me. I won't tell anybody." He whispered coming closer to me. I moved away from him a little bit and he moved back. "Sorry." He said. I nodded and Reed came in along with Lawrence.
"Al, want to go play catch?" Lawrence asked. "Sure." Alister answered. "Want to play, Kian?" Alister asked. I shook my head no and he said "Come on, man. You have to play." I shook my head no again and he told the twins "I'll meet you guys out there." The twins nodded and went outside. "Can you please come play?" Alister asked me. I shook my head no and he looked down. "Fine. You left me no choice." He sighed and picked me up.
I started screaming and thrashing around. Autumn came into the room and Alister immediately put me down. "Alister Adam Harris! What are you doing?!" Autumn exclaimed. I covered my ears when she yelled and pulled my knees up to my chest and I started crying. "Mom, don't yell." Alister said motioning to me. "We'll talk about this later. Just go outside with the twins." Autumn said. Autumn slowly walked over to me and asked calmly "Kian are you okay?" I shook my head no and she put her hand on my shoulder. I screamed again and turned away from her.
Kenny came downstairs and asked Autumn "What's all the screaming?" "Nothing. Go outside and play catch with your brothers." Autumn answered. "But-" Kenny said. "Kenneth go outside." Autumn demanded. Kenny walked outside and Autumn came over to me. She sat down beside me and asked me "What happened?" I didn't respond and she said "Kian, can you take some deep breaths for me?" I took some deep breaths and started to clam down.
After ten minutes, I was fully calmed down and Autumn called Alister back into the house. "So tell me what happened." Autumn said to Alister. He told her what happened and she sighed. "Al, you can't do that. You scared him. If he didn't give you permission, don't pick him up or touch him. He's just nervous. We talked about this." She told Alister. He nodded and sighed. "I'm sorry, Kian." He said to me. He put his hand out for a high five and asked "We good?" I nodded and high fived him. He smiled and walked out of the room.
