Chapter 1: Roads

I was sitting in a chair across from the principal's desk, when my foster parents, Jack and Diane, come in. "Mr and Mrs. Green, please have a seat." The principal greets and Jack and Diane take the seat on either side of me. "Of course, Principal Ford. What's she done now?" Jack asked, slightly angry, as he and Diane takes the seats. I rolled my eyes in annoyance as Ford said. "It seems Miss (y/n) here started a physical confrontation with a young Miss Allison Smith." 


"She started it." I grumbled as I folded my arms across my chest. "That's not the story Miss Smith told." Ford said. "Of course you would believe her." I remarked. Allison was the most popular girls in this shit-hole of a school, she was also a cheerleader and dating the quarterback. You know typical high school crap that you see in the movies.


"Miss Smith said that you were calling her awful names and she asked you to stop multiple times until you jumped up and punched her across the face." Ford said and I scoff at this. "I must've hit her pretty hard....she has it mixed up, she was the one throwing the name calling at me. And she wouldn't shut up!" I said, angrily. "So you admit that you hit her." Ford said. "Yeah, I'm not gonna deny that but...!" I started to say. "That's enough!" Ford exclaims at me and I lean back into the chair in anger.


"Be as that may, Miss (y/n). You still threw the first punch and didn't stop until Lucas Johnson pulled you away." Ford said as I look down at the ground, Lucas was the quarterback of the football team aka Allison's boy toy, so of course he would come in and save his princess from the big bad wolf. "So...what do we need to do, Principal Ford?" Diane asked him. "Well, Miss (y/n) is hereby suspended for a couple days after this weekend." Ford said and Jack sighs and he rubs his brow and Diane looks over at me in disappointment.


After a silent and tense ride back to the house, Jack, Diane and I walk into the house. "(Y/n), you're grounded!" Jack growled and I look up at him. "Seriously?! This is bullshit! She was the one spouting the name calling! Calling me a bitch, orphan girl, foster child!" I shouted. "(Y/n)!" Diane said with concern but I continued to rant at them. "She told me that the reason my parents gave me away is because they didn't love me and didn't want me. And that's why I keep going into foster care! So yeah I punched her, I'll admit that but it was for a good reason!" I shouted at them.


"(Y/n), since you've been here with us the past couple of months, it's like every other week we're called into the office because you started a fight or you're involved in a fight somehow." Jack said to me. Then he sighs and says. "It's just frustrating and stressful when we have to deal with your attitude, (y/n). A-and...." he let's out a heavy sigh then said. "Just...go to your room. I need to talk to Diane, alone." I stare at him but go to my room as I was told and shut the door. 


But I lean my ear in against the door to listen. It was hard to hear what they were saying but the words I heard was crystal clear. "We've got to take her back. I can't handle the stress anymore." I hear Jack say. "Oh, but..Jack..." I hear Diane said but Jack said. "Diane...I know you have a soft spot for her but...I just...I can't handle the stress anymore. She needs to go back. We'll just adopt another kid."


I back away from the door as I felt my heart sink. No, no, no, no, no, no, no! I can't go back! This is fucking bullshit! I thought as I sit down, lean against my bed and pulled my knees up to my chest. I wrap my arms around them and bury my head on them and began to cry.


I must've stayed in that position for awhile and cried myself to sleep because the next thing I knew, I heard a knock at my door. "(Y/n)? Jack and I are going to go out and do some errands. When we come back...." I hear Diane sigh heavily at this before she says. "We're going to have a talk." I don't reply back but I hear her footsteps go away from my door. Then I hear them talk then the front door opens then shuts. Few seconds later, I hear the car start up then it drives out of the driveway.


Fuck! They're going to send me back! Just....fuck! I thought. It doesn't matter how many homes I'm put in, I'm never going to fit in. Don't get me wrong, Jack and Diane are nice people but....I don't really feel like I belong here. I can't explain it, it just feels off. And that's how I've always felt when it came to jumping from one foster home to another.
But everyone at school hates me, I have no friends and I feel like I'm just some trophy for Jack and Diane to say Hey, look at the good deed we did! We helped out an orphan child! Aren't you people proud of us?!


Fuck it! I thought as I get up and go over to my backpack. I pull out all of my school books and notebooks and set them on the floor. I run to my dresser, grabbed some clothes then I grabbed other supplies I'm gonna need for this trip. I may have run away a few times, but this time...I intend to stay gone! I thought.


Okay....I've got clothes....a blanket...some drinks...and some snacks...my music player and charger. I think as I look through my backpack, making sure I had enough supplies. I even looked to make sure I had a good amount of supplies of my favorite candy, Choc-O-Crisp. I smiled as I zip up the backpack then placed it on my back. I walk out of my room then head over to the kitchen where I see a jar full of money.


I look it over then dug into the jar and pulled out some money and pocket it. I sigh as I look around the house in slight sadness but I have to leave. I don't belong here. I never belong in any of the homes I'm sent toI'm sorry, Jack and Diane. I thought as I walk out of the front door and shut the it behind me. I sigh at this and began to leave this house behind me.


I walk over to a bus stop and waited for the bus to pull up. After a few minutes, a bus comes up, stops and the door opens, I climb up inside and take a seat by the window. I put in my earbuds in, lean my head against the window and listened to music from my music player as the bus drives down the road, taking me away from this place to hopefully find a place where I truly belong.


I want to heal, I want to feel,


What I thought was never real


I want to let go of the pain I felt so long (erase all the pain 'til it's gone)


I want to heal, I want to feel


Like I'm close to something real


I want to find something I've wanted all along


Somewhere I belong 


(So, here is my Life is Strange 2 story. I hope you guys enjoy this story! PS, the song is Somewhere I Belong by Linkin Park, if you guys didn't know.)

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