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Mickey: Summary: After 7 Years and 5 Foster Homes Mickey
Mickey: Summary: After 7 Years and 5 Foster Homes Mickey
them, then ran off. Years after that she finely gets her
Wade who makes her feel older for once, and then
last chance to prove that she can live alone and take
farm
Chapter 1
car window and watched the huge rain drops hit the
that where trying to flip over a small fishing boat, trying not
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I heard Lora sigh and I turned to look at her
“Look Mick I really want this for you, it’s just so hard to make
you happy and the other people around you happy.” I looked
face she said “I ‘m sorry Mick for repeating myself but it’s
my job to do so.”
“What?” she said “No…n- never mind, can you read the
the very first time I met her; I was only nine. Wow, it feels so
long ago. That day it was a cold spring night. I never wanted
was not that hard, all they had to do was stand in the
doorway of my room and tilt their head to the right and see
me staring at them…
“Looks like you’ve got the lake in your own back yard, and
look at the horses!” God now she sounds happy what is this
quickly got out of the car before she could say anything
then the house all I could say was “it’s cute”. When Lora
asked me. So after I took all of the outside in we, made our
way to the house and rang the door bell. A moment later a
younger Lora answered the door, she looked a lot like Lora or
you could say acted like her too. She had dark brown hair
and hazel eyes; the kind of figure of a hard working mom the
started off in the usual way saying her name and introducing
Lennie. She seems really sweet and way too kind, but
whatever so she let us in the house and told us that she has
and turn to the right and you will be there. At least I got to
see a little bit of my new home, but I knew that she’ll give
kitchen, the counter was made out of blue marble, and the
rest was all hard wood. The one thing that looked familiar
was the couches; they looked like the ones at home, the one
where mom and dad used to live… when I saw them I had to
my eye lids.
“Oh look you must be so happy that you have a home that
happy”.
“Uh yah sure thanks.” Why did Lora have to say all this
stuff? Then Lennie came in to the room and said “let’s get
started.”
Chapter 2 Rooms
After Lora left Lennie showed me around the house and let
me tell you it was huge. The first thing she showed me was
the coffee room; I mean it the coffee room. She said it’s a
place for reading and relaxing, which I can say I don’t usually
do. Then next was the ‘family room’ as she says that on her
asked
reason why I didn’t say with her it’s because she’s crazy she
nursing staff that she’d like to have some more wine and
cheese….. Sorry that was the last memory I can think of her.
It was after my parents died and that same day was when I
met Lora. That’s why I can’t stay with my aunty, plus she
your aunty what do you feel about her?” she looked a little
aunty I don’t know because I never knew her that well and I
“Well thanks for trying to tell me. Would you like to look at
mine, I love the colour if it, dark blue, my colour). The rest of
the house was really nice, with all the dark red and bright
yellow walls; this is not what I expected to live in. Most of the
houses I lived in were very small with no room for other kids
to live in. This one house had three other adopted kids I was
the middle child, but the tallest, the house only had one
wanted the kids for money not to take care of. As I looked
about how long the repairs took when they bought the
house. Finally I just had to interrupt her and asked her if she
had a husband.
be home soon. He works in the mill across town. Let’s see its
what she would say if I said that I would like to see what my
“Yah sure can I go and see my room then I could see him
wanted to say no but a smile broke her face and she said
mirror with a wide dresser. The thing I liked the best was my
desk you can tell it was made by hand by just looking at it.
“Well to tell you the truth I love it. It’s the best thank you.”
“Well I’m glad you like it.” She looked like she was going to
driveway,
“Go hide in the family room he usually goes there to read the
chair in the far corner of the room. That’s when I heard their
“I had a long day the usual, today Billy broke the conveyer
for him… shit… I want to get this over and done with…
“That’s not much, thank god… honey, you know how Mickey
the barn and phone that James boy and ask him if he wants
“Well there’s a surprise in the family room for you. I can bet
“Is she here? Where is she I want to see her” Wow I thought
you will be coming around six; wow Lennie was right this is a
you’re ready for that…” he took a step forward and held out
his hand, to shake hands with me. I got a good look at him
when the light hit his face, for the first time I noticed the rain
button down shirt with faded out work jeans and with that he
wore big work boots. After that little talk Lennie came in and
said it was time for dinner, when she said that I looked at me
I swear Lennie should be a chef the food was like the kind at
and with cru tons then she made a vegetable salad with
vinegar and oil. I told her that she should be a chef, and she
self told her over the years that she should be one but she
have any kids and they said it was because their first child
died when he was born, then Lennie got pregnant again but
they were fighting for me for the past year, but when I
thought about it I was still with Jill in the last year before she
that will die out on them. They told me all the rules of the
house, the does and don’ts what time they go to bed and
what time I should too. After dinner the phone rang and
would like to work on the farm and other extra stuff that he
needs help with. Lennie seemed all talked out after dinner so
I said that I’m going for a walk down to the beach and check
out the rest of the property if that was okay with her. She
to… whatever maybe I’ll meet them later when I feel like it.
and not the good kind of freeze where you think your still
warm, no this freeze was the kind you know that you’re ass
is numb and your legs feel like their burning off. Yah it was
check out the horses that were just standing around and
them seeing if they will take notice of me and come over. But
as I kept doing that they just kept standing there, like idiots I
them and see what happens, that was the wrong idea
I was a stupid little girl that does not know what I was
doing… asshole…
“Well hell, I didn’t know I just got here nobody told me about
to the house that was about 50feet away. Shit long walk…
“Sorry about that, I didn’t know that you where with the
Grants.” The Gants who the hell are the Grants? Wait does
just found out today, and he told me not to treat you like a
wondering.”
“Oh uh yah I’m James Ruckleton, nice to meet you. I’m going
“well I have to get going I don’t want to stay out too late,
“Yah sure see yah.” Thank god he’s gone. After talking to
him I hiked my way back into the heated house that was
When I got back into the house Lennie was sitting on the
to come sit with her. When I came near her she said in a
small voice, “Take off your jacket honey you must be warm
caught sight of the TV, it was of the city I used to live in,
Census City the weather was always nice, the sky is clear
and blue with once and a while you see planes flying through
the air.
“Oh it’s okay Mick sorry I jumped you I guess I just a little
Stand there and do a little dance for her so I can make her
smile again? Hell no, not me, not now, not ever.
reason…
enrolled you into the school so I just wanted to tell you that,
George will let you sleep in.” great just what I need more
rules god damn it, you know what I just gonna go to bed so
homes I’ve been to, and thinking about all the nights I
Seeing the new bed that Lennie and George got for me.
tub and turn the hot water (I love really hot showers). As I
body. I had to sit down and close my eyes just for that
full of steam, just the way I liked it. As I sat there I put my
sat there and let it burn. Feeing the tears approaching I lifted
was all the way to the right, seeing that it had no where else
there I stood up and felt the water pelt my skin, now it was
hot, the kind of hot that makes you jump, and that’s exactly
what I did. I jumped up and shut the water off. I stepped out
including the bathroom sink, just the way I like it… Jill never
let me do this she would always get mad at me, just because
moment that I would fall asleep soon, so I got up and shut off
the light, and laid back down. Starring through the window I
watch the shy grow darker and the moon come out slowly
night” like when a new movie comes out and there’s a large
was until that day when he was shot down in his home, just
out side the city, with his wife but the nine year old daughter
the man looted the house and left, not knowing the daughter
was there and could have killed her along with her parents
I don’t remember much from the night before, after that long
the kind that when you fall asleep you wake up a minute
later and find out that it is already time to get up, so you
wipe the sleep from your eyes and get ready for the day you
know that you’re going to hate. That is the exact thing I did,
told her about the time Jill did not feed me for about 2 days
about the morning, but when I came into the kitchen she
the room.
thought that I was going to come and wake you up, but well
Look lady I just want to eat and go to school and not talk to
you.
So she just smiled and said “well get you something to eat
sighed and ignored the country music she put on. Then a
everyday and the teachers will hate me… shit should I ask
off?”
“Yes, you got that right.” She took a short pause then asked
really watch the road, when I’m with others I know they will
the road but with you I feel some what safe…” okay I have to
stop this now because she might think that I really want her
But after I said all of that, she just said it was nice to know
“Yes he will I asked him to, and also he has some work to do
you notice?”
“I didn’t know you knew him. When did you meet him?”
came in.”
“Well it’s nice to know you that you met him I’m sure-
Out side we here the bell ringing now you could see all the
the school.
Once I got out of the car I headed toward the front doors of
the school but even before I touched the door handle a hand
popped out of now where, and opened the door for me, I
turned to see who it was but it was the only person I knew
Great another problem to deal with. That was the first thing I
thought when I saw James and let him open the door for me.
for today.
“Fine, you?”
“Good.”
office I told the lady at the desk my name, and she printed
the office James said the blocks are D8 and F3 which was
choose non-bitchy.
the most.”
“So you don’t like people getting to know you? Does that
the left.”
When he saw that he asked what was wrong and all I could
say was, ‘thanks for the directions.’ When we got to the class
seat.
“Let’s start off where you were born. If that is okay with
you.”
You just have to know who I am don’t you bitch, but don’t
into my head and told me that I don’t have to tell her my life
story, all I have to do is give her small bits and pieces not
everything and it she asks for more I’ll just say I don’t want
to talk about it. That should shut her up. No need, no need
at all.
side of the city and just lived on the out side. That’s all I
want to say.”
Polar and told me not to touch Josh, the one that I noticed
starring at me, and so was the dude that was sitting beside
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After that first class I wanted to get the hell out of there. I
found out that it was Josh and his buddy that tried to kill
their partner, but I proudly said no, then I said ask Jessie, I
could tell that she wanted to kill me after I said that. James I
sometime, I said sure and walked down the wrong hall to the
When the day was finished I had homework, not the kind
was the kind like, if I don’t do it then I will be sent to the last
have any, plus I knew when I got ‘home’ there where going
happen in two days, these are the finals that happen every
job, that does not include walking the streets in a tube top
and a skinny short skirt. For the guys they have their own
ideas in making the money they need, to pay the one’s that
need to get paid for their work on walking the streets. It’s
not like I don’t like those kinds of people it’s just I had a
friend like that and got killed doing that job which sucked on
weakness for the time being, I hide. I was thinking all of this
parking lot to see if his truck was still there, it was but he
was not there, and so I keep waiting for him to come, I felt
like a kid waiting after school for him. After what seemed like
ages he came out of the front door of the school and came
down the steps to come sit by me. When he sat down he just
yesterday.”
“15”
“Yep”
“Please don’t tell Lennie or George, they would send me
All he did was give me a small smile and said ‘let’s get
going’. When we got to his truck I asked him, “Are you going
to drive me everyday?”
contact with him and said, “Maybe, you drive a lot faster
I looked back at him to see what kind of reaction I got but his
face just had a plain smile. Plus I noticed that I just started
and his bold was nice, wide shoulders. His eyes where dark
brown the kind that you can drown your own eyes in, that’s
get to know me, it’s not right, I don’t have time to stare at
his body and check him out I better tell him that we better
grandmother. Should I?
straight ahead with his face slightly pink, then I took a look
at his ears, to see that they where bright red. I turned back
else to do.”
the song was called Roxter… or maybe it was the singer who
was named that, even Wade thought that she was a he.”
“Yeah, he’s a good kid but annoying as hell, but once you
Before I could tell him what was on my mind about the dog
But before he could answer the boy came out of the front
door yelling, “I win, I win, ha ha old lady, you can never beat
me.”
“What did I tell you? I keep telling you to settle down, and
standing there with this weird smile on his face looking down
at James.
“You can’t tell me what to do; mom said that I could play the
he saw me. Ah shit you stupid little kid please don’t bring
“I’m gonna tell mom that you where with a girl, and that…
then looked back at the window but she was gone. Then
being a pain right now. So I’ll drive you back home and talk
to him later.”
“What did he mean by, ‘I’m gonna tell mom what you did,’”
He just looked at me but didn’t say anything, he just looked
at the ground and said, “Get in the truck and we’ll talk.”
is like his brother hope not… maybe he lives with her, must
live with his mother. I mean, Wade talked about here saying
that he’s going to talk to her… I’ll just ask James later when
he drives me home.
only light that was on was the kitchen, or the front entrance
else.
“Can’t I?”
“Shit sorry.”
arguing. After I thanked James for the late ride home, I was
“Tell George that I can’t work on the farm today, it’s already
George, bet this was his first job with him too.
once again.”
“Sorry I didn’t mean to come so late, I was with James all this
time I swear.”
I hope that they didn’t call Lora, but if they did then I would
him off easy but then he looked at me and said, ‘you could
fault, and he was the one that was driving not me.”
Shit I don’t deserve this I did nothing wrong, it’s not fair that
I came home two hours late I have to get shit for it. Fuck did
That’s when Lennie handed me the phone and said she and
“Hello?”
I turned around to make sure that no one was around.
“You can’t do any thing, I like it here I was only here one day
smile.
bad for her. Of course she just kept on talking, and me never
listening.
“Oh Mick can you at least hear me out? I mean it’s not fair
that you get to do what ever you want, these people do have
rules you know, everyone does. You just have to get used to
it.”
her to get mad at me; she thinks she can still boss me
enough to work here and then worry about what you are
going to do next.”
“That’s when you just keep your nose in your work and
“Beep”
phone, now just hope she doesn’t call back. I stood by the
phone for at least five minutes, looking around I noticed that
there was a phone book on the table where the phone goes. I
yellow pages; there was one phone number that was both,
book.
James I wonder how much shit he’s in. it must suck being
back I’ll try and talk to them about what had happened.
Then again I just know there will be an extra set of rules that
lifted the seat up and tucked it in to the side pocket that was
if we just got back from the store. It was hot it was only June
“Well now what did daddy buy you this time?” she gave dad
a look that said, ‘just to make her happy. That’s why I love
you.’
want to keep it for ever and ever, I promise never to lose it.”
I remember staring down at it, and saying its name over and
That’s when the man came in to the room and took out his
gun and started firing his gun everywhere, by that time I was
screaming and crying, they were both on the floor their arms
hear them breaking down the front door, with the sound of
house. When they came to my room all I could hear was the
“Well they both got shot you know, when a person gets
goes under the bed.” The first guy took a step back and took
“I don’t know maybe. You take the left I’ll cover you.”
“Fine.” I could hear them shuffling around in to their places. I
“What is it, who is under there?” but the guy that was
“Jerry what the hell do we got under there?” the dark eyes
I just looked at the first guy waiting for him to shoot me just
I wanted to talk to them but I was way too scared, “can you
leave mommy and daddy alone? They love me and are good
peoples.”
“No we can’t leave, we are here to help you now.” The guy
reach.
from under the bed. There were two other people in the
room now, one of them was a lady and the other was an old
man.
“So what have we got here?” said the old man, he looked
down at me then at the toy that the dark haired guy was
holding.
“Well boss it looks like a double murder, this is their kid here
room.
Then the dream shifted and it sounded like some ones heart
started to shift and turn with these fast motions I could not
understand.
“Mickey are you okay? Wake up” I knew that this was not
This was the only time that I could at least be near them.
“Come on Mick wake up, can you hear me?” At that moment
all I was thinking was get out of here, I don’t want you I want
to stay with them. Mommy why can’t you be here with me?
The dream started to darken with us, (Lora and the police
into Lennie’s face, she looked a little worried, then she said,
“are you okay?” I looked at her again to make sure that she
that he will drive you to school and bring you home. We will
must be really glad that if she did have her own kids that
tomorrow and get your cell phone, and you can pick it out.
go to town.
I thought about this for a bit then looked at her again. “Why
him?” I felt my face flush, “I’m not, and I don’t know what
“Right then I’ll tell George that he’ll drop you off in the mall
and pulling back the covers to get my things ready for the
Lennie sighed and said that was fine, then she left leaving
For me.
Only me.
By Megan Perepolkin