Tracy Beaker Returns. Series 3 Episode 11
If you read our information about the kids Drama TV show set in a care home 'Tracy Beaker Returns' than you would probably know that Jody joins the dumping ground in Series 3 episode 11. I spent 8 hours copying the exact dialogue from the TV episode and placed it in a story, here it is.
Tracy Beaker Returns. Series 3 Episode 11
Being alone is as if the world doesn't like you, being isolated from different people, no one feeling the same as you. It happens to everyone but it is hard to spot.
“Right one more time” Carmen Howle said to her best friend Lily as the walked through the gates of Elm Tree house. “But Mike it's soo sad Shadow goes all mopy when I'm not around, Like someone’s abandoned her” Lily said as they walked towards the door
“So please, please, please can Lily bring her to stay next week?” Carmen said as they reached the door, Lily holding tightly onto Shadows lead. “Sorted” Carmen said giving Lily a High-five. As they reached the door they began to here shouting, and wondered what it was about, so entered the house quickly to find out.
“Let me go!” A girl with long brown hair yelled as they walked in the door, the rest of the kids continued to shout as the girl ran on the sofa attacking everyone who tried to grab her. Tracy, the youngest of the three care workers, waited till she was on the edge of the chair before tackling her to the sofa and holding her down. “Who's this?” Carmen asked Elektra, a tall girl with brown hair and blue streaks“Your new room mate” Elektra smirked, Carmen looked at her confused.
Carmen watched as Mike, the head care worker went upstairs, Lily and Carmen where quick to follow him.“I take Shadow out with Lily, come back and find out I have this new room which you didn't even ask about!” Carmen stated as her and Lily followed Mike into her bedroom.
"Sorry Carmen there wasn't time and it's only temporary” Mike said, laying bed linen onto the spare bed in Carmen's room.
“Where am I going to sleep next week?” Lily asked with an angry tone in her voice.
“Hopefully where you always do” Mike replied before walking towards the door
“Hm yeah, not if that new girls here” Said Carmen standing in front of Mike with her arms folded making sure he couldn't dodge around her. “Jody, and she might be gone by then” Mike said with a hopeful tone in his voice, Lily and Carmen glanced at each other
“What if she's not?” Lily asked, her arms also folded lightly
“We'll cross that bridge when we come to it” Mike said stepping out of the room.
“How about we cross the bridge now?” Carmen asked not unfolding her arms.
“We can't! Jody has to be in your room Carmen it's the only one big enough” Mike replied leaving the room
“Wait there's Elektra's” Lily said unfolding her arms and pointing at Elektra's room, which used to be her old one.
“Yeah shove her in there, that way she's not bothering Lily.” Carmen and Lily both walked out of Carmen's room and looked at Mike who was about to go up some stairs. “I can't put a youngster in with Elektra” Mike said going up the stairs.
“Can't or wont are you scared of Elektra?” Carmen asked staring at him, her eyes wide
“Jody has had a rough time, she needs to share with someone who's kind. As we all know Carmen your the best man for the job” Mike said with a smile, hoping it would fool her
Carmen smiled before pulling a serious face and saying “Do you really think I would fool for that?”
“Hope so, cause it's all I've got, your still sharing with Jody” And with that Mike had gone into another room. Carmen sighed before her and Lily went back to her room and walked in on Jody and Tracy. “How does she have so much stuff?! It's like a shop in here!” Jody exclaimed, picking bracelets and Necklaces off the table and putting them on. “Put them back Jody, you can't borrow Carmen's things without asking first” Tracy said taking the necklaces and bracelets off her.
“She can't borrow them at all!” Carmen answered, her arms still folded
"Why?” Jody asked, hoping for a decent answer, but she didn't get one.
“Look, I don't want a room mate, especially one that stinks!” Carmen replied fluttering her eyelashes
“Eh Carmen” Tracy said staring at her, for someone who was normally quiet nice, Carmen did have a bit of an evil side, especially with Jody. “Nothing wrong with the way I smell” Jody said proudly, looking at Lily and Carmen.
“Yeah nothing that a bath won't put right” Lily retorted. Jody pulled a face before looking out at shadow, Lily's three legged dog
“Couldn't you afford a proper dog?” She said raising her eyebrow. Carmen and Lily looked down at Shadow then back at each other, Tracy then pulled a face, she knew that if Jody was going to live there she needed to get on with everyone, including Lily and Carmen.
Tracy then lead Jody out of the room and into the bathroom, where Gina, another care worker, was waiting for her. Carmen and Lily went downstairs and into the living room as Gina ran the bath for Jody. “See, it's nice and warm” Gina smiled, swishing her hand about in the water.
“I don't care if it's melted Chocolate I'm not going in!” Jody stated as she backed into the corner of the room.
“Babes you need to have a wash” Gina said, taking hold of Jody's arm lightly “I'll tell you what, I'll wash you with the flannel by the sink” Gina finished standing up.
“I'm not a baby!” Jody yelled, freeing her arm from Gina's grip
“How are you getting on?” Tracy asked, walking through the beaded curtain and into the bathroom looking at Gina, then at Jody.
“Don't try and make me get in!” Jody shrieked, backing away into the corner of the room.
“No one's trying to make you do anything” Tracy smiled, lifting her hands up.
“She's trying to!” Jody yelled again, pointing at Gina. Walking slowly towards Jody, Gina, held out her hands for Jody to take
“But babes you've got to have a wash” She said as Jody made a run for the door, ducking under Gina's arms. Jody ran through the beaded curtain screaming “Now leave me alone, I won't, I won't!” Tracy sighed a followed her out the room, Gina close behind. When she reached the landing Jody was stopped by Mike saying “Oh no you don't” Jody begin to yell and started fighting against him, before kicking him the leg which made him put her down just as Tracy and Gina exited the bathroom. Gina grabbed hold of Jody and led her into the bathroom, just as Tracy came up with an idea. “Where are you going?” Mike asked Tracy as she threw herself down the stairs.
“I've got an idea!” Tracy said hurrying down
“Gina needs your help!” Mike sighed waving his arms about as Tracy disappeared down the stairs. Jody continued to scream as Tracy passed Johnny, Tee, Frank and Tyler who where sat on the sofa listening “How about you take her outside and turn the hose on her?” Johnny smirked. Tee, Johnny's younger sister, looked at him shaking her head as the others laughed. Tracy ignored his comment and headed into the kitchen before rummaging through the cupboards until she came across a green box. Tracy smiled and looked at the box before running back upstairs, just as a huge splash was heard from the bathroom. “I think I lost the first round” Gina sighed coming out of the bathroom dripping wet. “I'm on it!” Tracy said reaching the landing and walking into the bathroom, brushing past Mike and a very wet Gina. Tracy walked in and saw Jody stood in the corner of the room, Tracy knelt down at the end of the bath and opened the box before pulling out a clear bag with green powder in it. Tracy began to poor the green powder into the bath “I'm not getting in” Jody said as Tracy poured in the powder. Tracy smiled and said “I'm not asking you to”
“What is it?” Jody asked as she came out of the corner looking at the bath which once contained bath water.
“Bath Jelly” Tracy smiled. Jody walked over to the bath and picked up a hand full of the green slim which was once bath water. “Ah You can't eat it!” Tracy said as Jody put the bath jelly near her lips. Jody sighed and dropped the bath jelly back in the bath as Tracy put the packet away. “What's it for then?” Jody asked looking at Tracy confused
“Squidging about in” Tracy smiled. Jody smirked
“You having a laugh?” She asked Tracy, smiling
“Nope” Tracy laughed, Jody then came up with a brilliant idea, if Tracy wanted her in the bath then she should get in herself
“Prove it” Tracy looked at Jody then back at the bath before standing up and lowing herself in, she then began playing around with the bath jelly. “Gonna give it a try?” Tracy asked rolling the Jelly around in her hands. Jody shook her head and stood back in the corner “Jelly's not the same as water” Tracy said with a smile. Jody looked at the bath before taking off her dark brown jacket and climbing in. She sat down and laughed before throwing the bath jelly at Tracy who threw it back at her. From outside the door, Mike and Gina had been listening in “Sounds like Tracy worked her magic” Mike said walking away from the door, Gina nodded in agreement before they both began to walk downstairs. Meanwhile Tracy had gotten out of the bath and was folding Jody's jacket and T-Shirt. While Jody washed herself using the bath jelly and a flannel. “Can I take this home with me?” Jody asked holding up the flannel so Tracy could see.
“Course you can” She replied with a smile, but was still covered in bath jelly. Jody smiled and went back to washing herself
“Wont hurt as much as a scrubbing brush” She said, not realising what she was saying.
“Your mum uses a scrubbing brush on you?” Tracy asked suspiciously.
“Only when the social workers coming round” Jody stated, still washing herself. Tracy looked at her before saying
“Is that why you don't like baths?” Jody was quick to answer.
“No, it's the water, I can't breath when the hold me under” Jody had no idea what she was saying and was letting more slip as Tracy asked her questions. “Who holds you under?” She asked. Jody shrugged
“Whoever is cross with me” Tracy looked at Jody, not asking any more questions in case Jody came on to her.
Else where in the house, Carmen and Lily where trying to convince Sapphire to give up her room for Jody to have “You can give it all the attitude you've got, I'm not budging” Sapphire said, her eyes wide and an angry tone was lurking behind her voice.
“But your only here until your flat dries out” Carmen said looking at her, once again fluttering her eyelashes, hoping it would convince her. “Yeah and I've got respite all the time” Lily said looking at Sapphire.
“That's not my problem” Sapphire said to Lily
“Yes but Jody's mine and she wouldn't be if you hadn't moved back in. She'd have this room which is why it's only fair that you give it to her.” Carmen said to Sapphire, still fluttering her eyelashes, making it look as though she had something in the eye.
“Excuse me but what's fair about asking me to move in with Elektra?” Sapphire stated, Carmen and Lily knew she was right but continued to argue against her. “Look Mike said it's only temporary” Lily said, her arms still folded as they where before.
“Oh Ok then you won't have to put up with Jody for long” Sapphire said looking at Carmen who gave her an upset look before looking at Lily, then back to Sapphire.
Back in the bathroom Jody was still having fun and hadn't realised that Tracy had gone back downstairs and into the office. As she walked in and shut the door, Mike and Gina began smirking as Tracy tried to get Bath Jelly out of her hair. “Attack of the giant boogies” Mike sniggered
“Slimmed by bath jelly” Tracy said still trying to get it out of her hair
“Ah so that's how you got her in the bath” Gina said smiling at Tracy
“And now I can't get her out” Tracy stopped trying to get the bath jelly out of her hair “Do you mind if I shower in the other bathroom?” Tracy asked pointing to the door behind her
“Shower away my Elm Tree bath time genius” Mike said walking over to Tracy and grabbing her lightly by the shoulders before going over to the filing cabinet. “Right I'll go and sort out Jody” Gina said walking out of the room and up the stairs “Er Mike, why was Jody brought here?” Tracy asked as Mike looked through a folder
“Her mother and brothers assaulted a neighbour, Erm the trial in tomorrow and Jody's social worker thought it would be best to get her out of the way for a while, why?” He asked
“I thought it may have been because she was being abused” Tracy said
“What did she say?” Mike asked
“I'll write it all out when I'm clean, we where just chatting but she gave away more then she realised” Said Tracy opening the door just as she was about to leave Mike said “Carmen's the ideal room mate, I'm sure she'll settle soon”
“I don't know she's still pretty angry” Tracy said looking at Mike with one eyebrow raised.
“Alas she's a big softy” Mike said going back to the desk as Tracy went into the bath room. Lily and Carmen had given up on Sapphire and had gone to soften up Elektra just as Gina had got Jody out of the bath. “If you have Jody in your room that means me and Lily can share” Carmen said brightly, with Elektra not taking her eyes of the TV. Elektra smiled and nodded before saying “No” In her usual moody voice.
“Where am I supposed to go?” Lily Asked, just as Carmen stood up and stood in front of the TV, her arms folded yet again so that Elektra could not watch it “Do I look like a social worker?” Elekltra asked as Jody came down the corridor into the living room. “Move!” Elektra said to Carmen “No”
“Out of the way!” She snapped as Jody walked by, Carmen looked at her.
“What you watching?” Jody asked looking at the TV just as Gus stood up from the opposite table and came over.
“Is that my cardigan?” Carmen asked Jody
“I was cold” Jody said, sitting on the arm of the chair
“Take it off” Carmen said rudely just as Gus sat down next to Jody on the chair
“What's your name?” He asked. This was a usual question for Gus to ask people.
“Jody Jackson” Jody replied looking at Gus then back at Carmen.
“Now!” Carmen yelled just as Gus was about to ask Jody another question, yet again about her name.
“Do you spell that with a Y or an I?” He asked. Jody stood up and looked at Carmen.
“What's your Problem your not wearing it?!” She yelled. Just as Carmen had yelled at her but maybe louder.
“You can't just take other peoples Clothes” Lily said standing up from the sofa and walking towards Jody, swiftly followed by Carmen.
“ It's only a borrow!” Jody said standing on the sofa so she was taller then both Carmen and Lily.
“Keep it down!” Elektra said from the other sofa, Carmen looked over her shoulder at Elektra, then back at Jody.
“Take it off or I'll make you!” Carmen shouted leaning closer to Jody.
“So make me!” Jody said jumping off the sofa and running to the pool table.
“Get her! Jody come back!” Carmen said as Elektra looked at them and sighed, to her the TV was more important.
“Give it back it's not yours!” Carmen yelled running after Jody as Jody went to hide under the pool table.
“Your not wearing it!” She retorted running underneath it. Jody continued to yell at Carmen and Lily as they went to grab her from under the table. Gus was writing everything that was going on, down in his notebook, as Lily and Carmen stood up from the pool table. Jody crawled out the other side and ran to the other chair, where Gus and Elektra where sitting. Gus moved out the way just as Jody climbed over the chair and fell, where Gus had been sitting. Elektra grabbed Jody and pinned her to the sofa before saying “Jody have you seen our toy cupboard?” She said it with such an innocent voice you would of thought her and Carmen had swapped personalties.
“Didn't know you had one”
“Of course we do, do you want to go see it?” Elektra asked.
“Yes” Jody said clambering to her feet with help of Elektra. Elektra took her hand and pulled her out of the room, Lily and Carmen exchanged nervous glances before following Jody and Elektra up to the toy cupboard, not having a clue what Elektra was planning. Elekra opened the toy cupboard door and turned the light on which flicked for a few moments. “And I can play with any thing I want?” Jody asked “Mm Hm and you bring as much downstairs as you can carry then come back up for more, enjoy” Jody hastily began grabbing anything she can, and Elektra slowly began to shut the door, being so indulged by the amount of toys, Jody didn't notice. Elektra locked the door from the outside meaning that Jody was trapped and could only come out when she unlocked the door. Lily looked at Carmen with a nervous look on her face before turning back to Elektra just as she said “Job done, I'm going back to watch TV, you coming?.” Then her, Lily and Carmen all went back downstairs to watch TV leaving poor little Jody Jackson shut in the door cupboard. But Jody didn't know she was locked in and continued to grab toys until her arms where fill to burst. Jody then went to open the door, but it would not budge. “Hello? Any one there?” She called out hoping for an answer. She then dropped all the toys in her hand and began to bang on the door “Help!” She cried “Help!” Jody once again tried the door handle hoping someone had unlocked it, but they hadn't. She then began banging her shoulder on the door, before kicking it “I'm stuck in the toy cupboard!” She yelled as the light began to flicker, Jody looked up just as the bulb went out. She was now trapped in total darkness. The noise of her banging on the door rang out through out the entire house but no one heard it, Tracy was in the shower and Mike was cleaning the bath. So no one heard Jody's screams for help. She continued to bang on the door screaming for help but no one came, so she tried kicking the door again “Somebody's locked me in!” She yelled. Just as Gina was on the phone about her mum's trial. Jody then sat down on the floor and began kicking at one of the panels on the door, hoping it would break. And with one big kick the bottom panel of the door came of. Jody sat up and looked at it before squeezing her tiny body through the gap and going downstairs, picking up one of Gina's plants as she went into the living room. Seeing Lily, Carmen and Elektra sat on the sofa Jody walked in and went over to Elektra before pouring the soil from the pot, over her head and chucking the plant at her. Then she unzipped the jacket and threw it at Carmen “You didn't have to lock me up for it!” She yelled at Carmen as she threw the jacket.
“Elektra did it!” Carmen yelled back.
“While you watched!” Jody said before walking out of the room. Elektra slowly turned her head towards Carmen and Lily before standing up and throwing the plant at them. Little did they know, Jody had already left the dumping ground and was heading back home. Elektra left Carmen and Lily in the living room to clean up the mess Jody had made and went up to the bath room to get the soil out of her hair.
Meanwhile in the office Tracy walked in no longer covered in Bath Jelly and spoke to Gina. “Did you get Jody out of the bath Ok?” She asked as Gina was getting a file from the shelf.
“Mm a lot easier then getting her in” Gina smiled
“Good, I'll go see how she's doing”Tracy said
“Sure” Gina replied looking at Mike, Tracy turned away and walked towards the door.
Tracy walked into the Living room to see Carmen and Lily cleaning the soil off the floor “What happened?” Tracy asked crouching down to there level "Nothing” Carmen replied quickly
“Have you seen Jody?” Tracy asked. Lily and Carmen exchanged glances but did it without looking suspicious.
“Why? What's she said?” Carmen said before going back to cleaning, the floor with Lily.
“Nothing, what's going on?” Tracy asked.
“Nothing” Lily replied.
“So have you seen her?” Tracy asked.
“Nope” Replied Lily.
“Sure?” Tracy asked again.
“Why wouldn't we be?” Carmen said looking up at Tracy. Tracy sighed and stood up before walking out of the room and going upstairs into Carmen's room. She opened the door and looked in but saw no sign of Jody.
She left the room and headed towards the bathroom saying Jody's name, hoping it was her but it was Elektra. “Knock” Elektra said as she saw Tracy out of the corner of her eye. Tracy sighed and knocked on the door. “What happened to you?” She asked
“Trying out a new conditioner” Elektra replied with a smug look on her face. Tracy leaned against the wall with her arms folded.
“Have you seen Jody?”
“Yep, she's down the plug hole” Elektra said trying to get soil out of her hair.
“Thanks Elektra” Tracy said in a sarcastic tone before walking away and going down the hall.
“Your welcome” Elektra said, but by then Tracy had gone. Tracy walked down the hall until she saw the panel off the toy cupboard lying on the floor, she picked it up and looked at it before walking away. Tracy went back down into the office to tell Mike what she has seen. “I've looked everywhere” She told Mike as she walked into the office.
“So Carmen and Lily are acting weird, A mud splattered Elektra a smashed door and no Jody” Tracy nodded as her repeated everything she just told him as he said it in the exact same order she had. “It can't be a coincidence, I reckon she's done a runner” Tracy said leaning on the desk. Gina immediately joined the conversation “Shall I call the police?” She asked walking away from the desk she was leaning on. “Not Yet” Mike said looking at her
“Maybe she’s gone home?” Tracy suggested as they began to wonder where she could of gone.
“After what she's been through?” Mike said, slightly confused.
“It's the only thing she knows” Tracy replied shaking her head at Mike, hoping he now understands where she was going with her crazy theory. “Right what's the address?” She asked Mike picking up her car keys. “Come on lets go” Mike said as Tracy headed out the door, Gina followed them hastily wanting to talk to them. “Wait, Wait. You know what that family's like, you'd be safer if the police where with you.” Gina butted in. Tracy looked at Mike and said “Look, she's got to learn how to trust us, and I just don't think that is going to happen if the police are there”
“I'll go with Tracy and if she's not there , I'll call the police myself” Mike said as him and Tracy where walking out the door, with Gina watching.
After cleaning up the mess in the Living room Carmen and Lily headed out to the den, which is a little area in the garden the kids can go if the need alone time. “I've just had a brilliant idea” Carmen said to Lily, while holding a plant pot. “Why don't we ring your social worker?” She suggested.
“No” Lily said walking to where Shadow was sat
“The minuet they found out about Jody taking your bed, and how upset you are” Carmen said following her.
“Look I'm not upset” Lily said heading back to Carmen
“Yes you are, Aren't you?” Carmen asked her forcefully “Lily I thought you loved coming here for your respite care” Carmen said, feeling a little bit upset and hurt by Lily's response. “I do” She said smiling sightly.
"Then why aren't you willing to fight for it?” Carmen asked.
“Because if I start ringing my social worker and banging on about respite care, he's going to think that dad can't cope” Lily said with a more serious face then before. “Yeah but he can, Can't he?”
“You know what just forget it” Lily replied looking at shadow who was sat nice and comfy on one of the chairs. “Come on Shadow” She called, Shadow looked at her as Carmen and Lily walked off.
Meanwhile Mike and Tracy had just pulled up outside Jody's house, an old building with a messy front garden and big green metal door. “There it is” Mike Pointed out as the pulled up.
“Are you sure?” Tracy asked him feeling a little bit confused that the state of the house was actually fit for human habitation.
“Yeah” Mike said climbing out of the car, shortly followed by Tracy. They walked over to the door and knocked loudly and waited for a reply, Tracy saw the door was open a little bit and went to walk in. “I'll go first” Mike said pulling the door open and stepping in, Tracy nodded and shortly followed. “Hello?” Mike called out as he stepped inside. “Mrs Jackson” He called looking around.
“Jody?” Tracy called as they looked into what they could make out was the living room.
“Any body home?” Mike called looking into the next room and not seeing anyone, not even Jody. “Let's try upstairs” He suggested, Tracy agreed and the pair of them headed upstairs. “Hello?” Mike called out again as the walked up the stairs.
“Jody?” Tracy called. And followed Mike up the stairs
“Anybody there?” Mike said as he and Tracy climbed the stairs.
“Jody!” Tracy said reaching the top of the stairs.
“Hello, Jody are you here?” Mike called as the walked onto the landing and looked around.
“Hello?” Tracy said echoing Mike. Tracy then heard a noise coming from one of the rooms and went to find out where it came from. She walked and saw Jody huddled up in the corner of a room. “Jody!” Tracy said as she went in.
“They've gone. My mum and my brothers” Jody sniffed
“I'm sorry” Tracy said, trying to comfort her.
“The took the dog, but they never took me.” She sniffed, Jody put her arm around her and tried to comfort her, but it didn't work, Jody had been abandoned by her whole family, nothing was going to cheer her up at that moment. Tracy sat there as Jody cried softly, while leaning against the wall.
Back at Elm Tree house Gina had called a house meeting to find out what people knew. “So, the toy cupboards smashed, Jody's missing and no body knows anything.” She said looking around the room. Carmen, Lily and Elektra where all sat on the pool table, trying not to look nervous. “I know something” Gus said.
“Well I can't wait to hear it Gus” Gina said putting her hand on the back of his chair.
“Jody's cold so she is wearing Carmen's cardigan, Carmen's angry because Jody won't give the cardigan back.” Everyone turned there heads to look at Carmen.
“Thank you Gus, so...” Gina began.
“I haven't finished” Gus said “Carmen's chasing Jody about the cardigan, Elektra is angry because she cannot watch Television, She's taken Jody to go see the toy cupboard. Carmen and Lily and following Elektra and Jody out. I've finished.” Gus looked up at Gina who looked at the girls, as well as everyone else in the house. “That was very helpful Gus, Thank you” Carmen put her hand to her head as Elektra sat there not bothering that she had just been caught.
Back at the house Mike and Tracy where getting ready to leave, “I'll make a few calls when we get back, see if we can track them down all right?” Mike said walking out of the door
“I'll stay here until my mum comes back” Jody said standing in the door way
“Sorry Jody, can't let you, your mum will find you, meanwhile we'll look after you” Mike said
“No, your not my family” Jody retorted trying to get them to let her stay where she was.
“We can still look after you, they took me away form my mum when I was about your age and Mike looked after me” Tracy said. Jody stood in the door way shaking her head, determined not to move.
“I don't want to” She said in a timid voice.
“I'm sorry Jody but you have to come on” Tracy said trying to reason with her, it didn't work unfortunately, it just made the situation worse. “Jody, sorry but you have to” Mike said going into the house. He went to pick up Jody “No get off me Mum! Mum! Help!” Jody said clinging onto door frames. “It's okay don't worry you'll be Ok” Mike told her. Mike managed to pull her off and carried her to the car. Jody continued to scream as Mike went out, Tracy slowly shutting the door behind them. On the way back Mike phoned Gina just as she was talking to Carmen and Elektra. “Right, Ok” She said before putting the phone down “They've found Jody, Her mum's gone away and left her” Gina said standing up and walking towards Carmen and Elektra who where leaning against the shelf without looking interested “Yawn my mum did that to me all the time” Carmen said, not seeming to bother that Jody was younger then her and was less likely to know what to do to protect herself. “What on earth did you two do to that poor girl?” Gina said
“It wasn't me” Replied Carmen. “Elektra locked her in” Carmen and Gina both looked at Elektra.
“You snitched on me, Again?” Carmen looked away and sighed as Elektra looked at Gina just as Mike, Tracy and Jody pulled up outside. Mike and Tracy climbed out of the car and Tracy went to open the door for Jody. “You coming in?” She asked just as Mike shut the front door.
“She was lying, all those times she said I was her best girl” Jody rolled her head sidewise and climbed out of the car just as Carmen was talking to Lily. “So how did you get on?” Lily asked as Elektra brushed past her. “I was sanctioned and..” Carmen stopped when she saw Tracy and Jody walk in and stand behind Lily. Tracy sighed loudly “Look whatever it is, just leave it” She said putting an arm around Jody. The walked away from the hall and Jody went to the kitchen as she was hungry. “Jody we're really sorry about what happened, we didn't realise you'd been locked in” Tee said looking from Tyler back to Jody. Jody ignored her and took the biscuit barrel with her as she left the kitchen. She walked past the living room. “Jody. Hey, Jody wait, that was rough” Rick said as Jody threw herself up the stairs. Jody reached the landing tried some random doors until she found one that opened, she looked inside before hurrying up the stairs and sitting on them.
In the kitchen, Carmen was making a sandwich talking to Lily about her respite care. “Look Lily, she's definitely here for good now, it's our last chance. Unless you want to go with Elektra” She said
“No and No, How many more times Carmen, just leave it!” Lily replied getting annoyed.
“It's not going to hurt to ask Tracy is it?” Carmen suggested.
“Ask me what?” Tracy said walking towards them.
“Lily wants to know if she can have her respite care at yours” Carmen said, not thinking about Lily at all.
“Carmen!” Lily said
“What? You may as well find out
“Actually, that's not such a bad idea” Tracy said
“Really?” Lily replied, slightly puzzled by the answer. So Lily and Tracy went up to the office to talk to Mike about this new proposal for Lily's respite care. “Cam's not your foster mother any more Lily, you can't just chop and change” Mike said putting a file away on the shelf.
“Oh, Ok. Sorry” Lily said before walking away.
“You don't need to apologise, we can find somewhere for you here” Tracy smiled.
“I am not moving in with Elektra!” Lily replied quickly looking at Tracy.
“Actually, Lily this might be the right time to rethink your respite care”Mike said
“What do you mean?” Lily asked, slightly confused.
“Well you and your dad have been doing so great at the moment” Mike said not taking any interest into how this might effect Lily.
“Your stopping my respite care?” Lily asked
“Steve seems to be managing well now, he probably doesn't need it any more” Mike said putting his glasses on and looking at another file. “But your more then welcome here any time though.” Tracy nodded hopefully.
“It's Ok I get it” Lily then left the room and sighed loudly.
Jody was now sat on the steps to the attic munching on biscuits and feeling isolated from everyone else but things where about to get a lot worse. At that précised moment Carmen had entered her bedroom and saw most of her clothes ripped up on the floor. “No” She said quietly bending down to look at them. Just the Jody walked in “What happened?” She asked seeing Carmen and all her best clothes cut up in a heap. “What have you done?!” Carmen snapped not taking any consideration at all into who might of done it.
“I didn't” Jody stuttered
“You did don't deny it!” Carmen said standing up and looking at Jody
“I swear I never” Retorted Jody
“Your a liar!” Carmen yelled pushing Jody over. Jody looked at her before standing up and running towards her. Carmen backed out of the room and pulled Jody to the floor pinning her down. “You ripped my clothes!” Carmen yelled as Jody struggled against her.
“I didn't!” Jody yelled before scratching Carmen near her eye.
“Ow!” Carmen cried
“You started it!” Jody said
“Jody that's it!” She yelled attacking Jody once again.
“I didn't rip your clothes!” Jody cried trying to fight against Carmen as the rest of the kids gathered around and watched. “You did I'm not stupid!” Carmen yelled just as Tracy turned up
“Stop it the pair of you” Tracy yelled grabbing Jody
“Hey kids, stop, come here” Mike yelled grabbing hold of Carmen and pulling her back, as Tracy restrained Jody. “She ripped up all my clothes and look what she did!” Carmen yelled struggling against Mike and pointing to the scratch. “Smelly little brat!” Carmen yelled. Once again Jody went to attack her but got restrained by Tracy. “Enough!” Mike yelled holding onto Carmen.
“Get off!” Jody yelled at Tracy struggling to get free.
“I am not sharing my room with that!” Carmen yelled pointing at Jody who was still trying to get free.
After the fight, Jody went back to the attic steps and the rest went down to the living room, Tee and Johnny continued to play a board game. “I suppose I could have in with me” Tee said to Johnny.
“Are you mad? After she trashed Carmen's clothes and gave her a black eye?” Johnny said looking at her.
“They did lock her in the toy cupboard” Tee reminded him.
“And she's just lost her family” Sapphire butted in, while walking past them.
“What and you think that makes it Ok look I don’t see why she pick on me anyway. Elektra was the one who locked her in the cupboard!” Carmen said putting a plaster on her scratch. “Yeah well maybe Jody thought you would of stopped her” Sapphire said looking at Carmen. Carmen then had a think about what Sapphire had just said and maybe that is the reason why Jody keeps picking on her instead of Elektra.
Jody and Tracy where sat in Carmen and Jody's room talking about what happened to Carmen's clothes. “Look Jody, you've had a rubbish day, we get that so you won't be punished for destroying Carmen's clothes” Tracy said, trying to make Jody more relaxed about the situation “Are you deaf or what? I keep saying it wasn't me!” Jody said playing with a bit of fluff.
“Well who was it then?” Tracy asked.
“How would I know? I don't know who lives here” Jody said staring at the opposite bed.
After feeling bored in the house, Carmen went outside to join Lily and Shadow who where sat in the den. “This is actually all Jody's fault” Carmen said to Lily. “I reckon Mike's been thinking about it for a while, you know” Lily said
“Well yeah but he wouldn't of done anything if she hadn't turned up.”
“We don't know that” Lily replied.
“Why are you sticking up for her?” Carmen snapped.
“I'm not sticking up for her, you just gotta feel bad for her. Look, her mum's done a bunk, she's in a strange place, and her room mate don't like her” Lily said looking at Carmen hoping she'd understand.
“Of course I don't like her!” Carmen said pointing to the plaster on her face. “Look, She's split us up but it's all right for you because you have your dad to go to!”Carmen looked at the floor then looked up at Lily when she heard her sniff as if she was crying. “Lily?” She asked looking at her.
“I don't know what I'm going to do without a break” She sniffed
“Do what?” Carmen asked puzzled
“Look after dad. Sometimes it's just like having Poppy and Rosie back again. Look dad you can't wear that because it has a stain on it. You can't leave your towel on the floor because it won't dry. Don't leave shadows bowel empty. It's all right for a while Carmen, then I just get do sick of it” She sniffed, holding back tears. “Why didn't you say anything?” Carmen asked rubbing Lily's knee for comfort. “You've go to tell someone” She said
“No! It's bad enough if they think dad's not coping, If they think it's me, they'll split us up I know they will, you swear not say anything to anyone, you swear it” Lily replied
“I swear” Carmen said looking Lily in the eyes. Lily rested her head on Carmen's shoulder before deciding it was time to leave so she took Shadows lead and her and Carmen walked back through the house to the front door. “You going?” Tracy asked when she saw Carmen and Lily stood by the door.
“Yeah, I-I didn't want to interrupt. So I-I knew you where busy” Lily stuttered trying to get her words out.
“You Ok?” Tracy asked her.
“Yeah, Yeah, I'm fine Lily replied quickly.
“She's fine because she's going home to her dad, she's fine, why wouldn't she be?” Carmen said, her eyes darting between Lily and Tracy.
“Just asking” Tracy said.
“Tracy just stop fussing, you're fine aren't you?” Carmen asked
“Yeah, see you later” Lily said walking towards the door.
“Bye” Tracy said as she left, Shadows Lead clenched tightly in her hand as she walked home.
After Lily left Carmen went up to her room to look at the clothes that had been ripped up, Rick saw her looking at them, crying slightly and went to see her. “Bad time?” Rick asked after knocking on Carmen's door.
“Well Lily's not going to be staying her any more, and all my best stuffs ruined,So” She sniffed watching Rick as he knelt beside her.
“I know how you feel” He said looking at her.
“You and Tyler, make me feel even worse about that now.” Carmen replied
“That's not why I said it, and I doubt you would of burnt our stuff if someone hadn't put the idea in your head” Rick said. Which made Carmen think a little it more about who ripped up her clothes and the pieces of the puzzle slowly began to fix together.
When Carmen knew who it was, she got up from the floor and walked into Elektra's room. “I know it was you!” She said looking down at Elektra as she was lying on her bed.
“Yeah? Then why aren’t you downstairs snitching to Mike and Gina like usual” Elektra slowed down her speech as Tracy walked in to the room.
“No need” She said. Elektra sighed
“Right” She said to herself. Tracy then took Elektra and Carmen down to Mike so he could have a word with them. “Don't you think that girl has suffered enough without you duping on her as well?” Mike said to Elektra.
“I never said Jody did it” she explained
“You let everyone think that she had” Tracy said looking at Elektra with her arms folded tightly across her chest.
“Spare me the lecture and doll out the sanction” Elektra sighed before turning away, but she stopped by Tracy grabbing onto her arm
. “No! Your gonna get the lecture first” Mike said to her in a stern voice. Elektra sighed and Tracy went to find out where Jody was hiding. It didn't take Tracy long to find her. She saw the door leading to the attic was open so she went to investigate. “Got any squashed fly one's in there?” Tracy asked Jody as she sat there munching on biscuits. “Look, I know you didn't ruin Carmen's clothes” Tracy said.
“Told you” Jody replied taking another bite out of a biscuit.
“I know, I was wrong, I'm sorry. You know, Biscuits never quite fill me up when I'm hungry. Do you fancy a burger? Or some fish sticks?” Tracy asked Jody
“A Burger” Jody replied with a happy tone in her voice, the happiest, Tracy had seen her since she arrived. Tracy went home that evening and explained all that days events to her foster mother, Cam “Wow, tough, long day” Cam said
“Hm if the Jody thing wasn't bad enough, Mike stopping Lily's respite care” Tracy said handing Cam a cup of tea and sitting down on the sofa.
“But surely that's a good thing? If Mike doesn't think Steve still needs the break” Cam said sitting next to Tracy.
“Well you'd thing so but I'm pretty sure Lily had been crying before she left she kept trying to pretend everything was Ok”Tracy sighed sipping her tea. “Hmm are things okay at home? Maybe Steve's not been coping as well as you thought”Cam said looking at Tracy.
“He is, he's been amazing, otherwise Mike wouldn't off..” Tracy stopped mid sentence to think about what might be going on “This isn't about Steve, It's Lily, she's the one that's not been coping, I'll talk to Mike in the morning we'll have to care on with the respite care.” Tracy said sipping her tea. “But how? With the new girl there where's Lily going to go?” Cam asked.
Back at Elm Tree, Carmen has decided it was time to apologise to Jody for attacking her, so she went into the quiet room to talk to her, Jody was sat down playing a game. When Carmen walked in Jody looked up and reacted by climbing onto the sofa. “Look it's all right I know it was Elektra” Jody got down from the sofa and continued to play her game.
“You don't have to pretend to be nice to me, I know you hate me really” Jody said playing her game.
“Look Jody, I don't hate you, but no offence but you stank when you got here. You where all over my stuff, and then you took my best friends bed” Carmen explained.
“What do you mean I took her bed?” Jody asked
“Lily's dad, he's an ex-alkie and when they need time apart, Lily comes and stays here. She used to.” Carmen said looking down.
“Social worker grabbed me, I never asked to come” Jody said going back to her game. Carmen decided to help.
That night Carmen and Jody where having an interesting conversation about there mums. “She was fun when she'd been to the pub or had a win down the bookies” Jody said staring at the ceiling.
“My mum was fun when she was between boyfriends, and when she wasn't she was away a lot.” Carmen said. Jody sat up and looked at her.“So she used to come back for you?” Jody asked
“I wouldn't be here if she had” Carmen replied looking over. Jody laid back down in her bed and rolled onto her side. Carmen could hear Jody crying softly to herself. “Jody that doesn't mean that your mum won't” Carmen said sitting up. She reached over a took a pink feather bowa from her bed and laid it on Jody. “What's this for?” Jody asked sitting up and holding the feather bowa in her hand.
“Well pink always cheers me up, so I thought it might work on you to” Carmen smiled before laying back down in bed. Jody wrapped the bowa around her neck and smiled at Carmen, who smiled back. “Good night Jody” Carmen said as they both laid down to go to sleep.
“Night” Jody replied. They both slowly began to fall asleep.
During the night Carmen woke up to see Jody's bed was empty and went into the spare bedroom to tell Gina that Jody had gone. “Gina, Gina, Gina wake up” Gina woke up and looked at Carmen tiredly. “Jody's gone” Carmen whispered. Gina immediately sat up, and her and Carmen went on a search through out the whole house to try and find her. But it didn't take long till they did. In the night Gus got thirsty and went into the kitchen for a drink, he had just opened the fridge and was about be get a drink before he heard a voice coming from under the kitchen table. “Turn it off!” Gus immediately dropped the carton of juice he was holding and looked underneath the table to see Jody lying on the floor. “Get out!” Jody yelled.
“You can't sleep there.” Gus said in his usual tone of voice.
“I can” Jody replied
“No you can't, you have to sleep on a bed” Gus said
“Don't” Said Jody tiredly
“Yes you do! This room is for eating not sleeping, Get out of there, go back to Carmen's room!” Gus yelled. Gina walked in shortly followed by Carmen and switched the light on. “Gus what's going on?” Gina asked
“Turn it off!” Jody yelled
“Jody, What are you doing?” Gina asked her, crouching down to her level.
“Sleeping till he woke me up” Jody said rubbing her eyes.
“What happened?” Carmen asked, bending down to look at her.
“I was scared” Jody replied.
“Scared of what?” Carmen asked looking at her slightly confused.
“Sleeping in a room with other people” As Jody spoke her lip quivered slightly.
“Carmen wouldn't hurt you babe” Gina said.
“But I could here her breathing, really close, it made me think of things, things I wouldn't want to think about!” Jody buried her head underneath the blanket. “The floors all sticky!” Gus yelled from behind Gina.
“Not now Gus!” Gina retorted.
“No it is sticky now!” He looked at Carmen “I didn't get a drink”
“I'll bring you one up Ok?” Gus nodded and went back upstairs to bed and waited for Carmen.
“Jody” Gina said leaning closer towards her, “come out babes, I'll make your bed in the quiet room”
“No, I've slept under a table loads before” Jody replied.
“I know but you'll be more comfortable” Gina held out her hand and Jody took it, so her, Gina and Carmen all set up Jody's bed in the quiet room, where she got a good night sleep.
The next morning, Tracy was telling Mike about what her and Cam had figured out that night before.“I can't believe I missed it! Mike said to Tracy. "We all did, Lily's pretty good at hiding things when she wants to” Said Tracy.
“Course it didn't need hiding till I took away her respite care, great catch Tracy” Mike smiled
“Thanks” Tracy smiled back. “Well that's means Lily can still share with Carmen, if Jody's getting her own room.” Tracy said.
“Yes, and Gina's seeing to it now” Mike smiled brightly.
“Why the smile?” Tracy asked suspiciously.
“We tossed for it, she lost.” Mike grinned before spinning round on the chair.
In the living room, Gina was telling Sapphire and Elektra that they have to share a room there exact reaction was. “No way!”
“Look I know it's not ideal, but you have to, for Jody's sake” Gina said.
“I can't believe you just gave into Carmen like that!” Elektra replied in her normal tone of voice.
“She didn't have any thing to do with it” Gina said.
“Oh after banging on about it all day yesterday? This Sucks!” Sapphire stated.
“Let's hope it doesn't last long eh?” Gina said. And with that Elektra was gone. “Sapphire I'll get the boys to help you but you need to move into Elektra's room.” Sapphire walked past Gina sucking her teeth “Listen do not suck your teeth by me!” And with that Sapphire was also gone.
Upstairs, Lily and Carmen where showing Jody her new room. “A whole room?” Jody asked
“All yours” Said Carmen with a smile. “And you don't have to share with any body.”“And we can help you decorate it” Lily said, also with a smile.
“Thanks Lily” Jody said before walking over to Sapphires paints and having a look.
“Get off” Sapphire said as she walked in to collect them and take them into Elektra's room.
“At least you two are happy, now you've got your room back, Is Mike going to let you keep the dog here?” Jody asked.
“We're working on that one” Lily laughed. Then her and Carmen went back to there room and waited for Mike, a few minuets later Mike and Tracy walked in. “I'm sorry Lily, I don't mind Shadow, visiting like yesterday, but she can't be here when your staying.” He said
“It's so sad Mike, she goes all mopy when I'm not around, Like someone’s abandoned her” Lily said
“And Steve always forgets to fill up her water bowel” Carmen added.
“There's even room for her basket” Lily pointed out.
“So next time Lily comes to stay, can Shadow please, please come too?” Carmen begged.
“Go on, how can you refuse that?” Tracy said looking at the girls.
“Ok” Mike agreed. The all smiled and gave a Shadow a fuss she will always remember
Written By Amelia Harper
Aged:13
“Right one more time” Carmen Howle said to her best friend Lily as the walked through the gates of Elm Tree house. “But Mike it's soo sad Shadow goes all mopy when I'm not around, Like someone’s abandoned her” Lily said as they walked towards the door
“So please, please, please can Lily bring her to stay next week?” Carmen said as they reached the door, Lily holding tightly onto Shadows lead. “Sorted” Carmen said giving Lily a High-five. As they reached the door they began to here shouting, and wondered what it was about, so entered the house quickly to find out.
“Let me go!” A girl with long brown hair yelled as they walked in the door, the rest of the kids continued to shout as the girl ran on the sofa attacking everyone who tried to grab her. Tracy, the youngest of the three care workers, waited till she was on the edge of the chair before tackling her to the sofa and holding her down. “Who's this?” Carmen asked Elektra, a tall girl with brown hair and blue streaks“Your new room mate” Elektra smirked, Carmen looked at her confused.
Carmen watched as Mike, the head care worker went upstairs, Lily and Carmen where quick to follow him.“I take Shadow out with Lily, come back and find out I have this new room which you didn't even ask about!” Carmen stated as her and Lily followed Mike into her bedroom.
"Sorry Carmen there wasn't time and it's only temporary” Mike said, laying bed linen onto the spare bed in Carmen's room.
“Where am I going to sleep next week?” Lily asked with an angry tone in her voice.
“Hopefully where you always do” Mike replied before walking towards the door
“Hm yeah, not if that new girls here” Said Carmen standing in front of Mike with her arms folded making sure he couldn't dodge around her. “Jody, and she might be gone by then” Mike said with a hopeful tone in his voice, Lily and Carmen glanced at each other
“What if she's not?” Lily asked, her arms also folded lightly
“We'll cross that bridge when we come to it” Mike said stepping out of the room.
“How about we cross the bridge now?” Carmen asked not unfolding her arms.
“We can't! Jody has to be in your room Carmen it's the only one big enough” Mike replied leaving the room
“Wait there's Elektra's” Lily said unfolding her arms and pointing at Elektra's room, which used to be her old one.
“Yeah shove her in there, that way she's not bothering Lily.” Carmen and Lily both walked out of Carmen's room and looked at Mike who was about to go up some stairs. “I can't put a youngster in with Elektra” Mike said going up the stairs.
“Can't or wont are you scared of Elektra?” Carmen asked staring at him, her eyes wide
“Jody has had a rough time, she needs to share with someone who's kind. As we all know Carmen your the best man for the job” Mike said with a smile, hoping it would fool her
Carmen smiled before pulling a serious face and saying “Do you really think I would fool for that?”
“Hope so, cause it's all I've got, your still sharing with Jody” And with that Mike had gone into another room. Carmen sighed before her and Lily went back to her room and walked in on Jody and Tracy. “How does she have so much stuff?! It's like a shop in here!” Jody exclaimed, picking bracelets and Necklaces off the table and putting them on. “Put them back Jody, you can't borrow Carmen's things without asking first” Tracy said taking the necklaces and bracelets off her.
“She can't borrow them at all!” Carmen answered, her arms still folded
"Why?” Jody asked, hoping for a decent answer, but she didn't get one.
“Look, I don't want a room mate, especially one that stinks!” Carmen replied fluttering her eyelashes
“Eh Carmen” Tracy said staring at her, for someone who was normally quiet nice, Carmen did have a bit of an evil side, especially with Jody. “Nothing wrong with the way I smell” Jody said proudly, looking at Lily and Carmen.
“Yeah nothing that a bath won't put right” Lily retorted. Jody pulled a face before looking out at shadow, Lily's three legged dog
“Couldn't you afford a proper dog?” She said raising her eyebrow. Carmen and Lily looked down at Shadow then back at each other, Tracy then pulled a face, she knew that if Jody was going to live there she needed to get on with everyone, including Lily and Carmen.
Tracy then lead Jody out of the room and into the bathroom, where Gina, another care worker, was waiting for her. Carmen and Lily went downstairs and into the living room as Gina ran the bath for Jody. “See, it's nice and warm” Gina smiled, swishing her hand about in the water.
“I don't care if it's melted Chocolate I'm not going in!” Jody stated as she backed into the corner of the room.
“Babes you need to have a wash” Gina said, taking hold of Jody's arm lightly “I'll tell you what, I'll wash you with the flannel by the sink” Gina finished standing up.
“I'm not a baby!” Jody yelled, freeing her arm from Gina's grip
“How are you getting on?” Tracy asked, walking through the beaded curtain and into the bathroom looking at Gina, then at Jody.
“Don't try and make me get in!” Jody shrieked, backing away into the corner of the room.
“No one's trying to make you do anything” Tracy smiled, lifting her hands up.
“She's trying to!” Jody yelled again, pointing at Gina. Walking slowly towards Jody, Gina, held out her hands for Jody to take
“But babes you've got to have a wash” She said as Jody made a run for the door, ducking under Gina's arms. Jody ran through the beaded curtain screaming “Now leave me alone, I won't, I won't!” Tracy sighed a followed her out the room, Gina close behind. When she reached the landing Jody was stopped by Mike saying “Oh no you don't” Jody begin to yell and started fighting against him, before kicking him the leg which made him put her down just as Tracy and Gina exited the bathroom. Gina grabbed hold of Jody and led her into the bathroom, just as Tracy came up with an idea. “Where are you going?” Mike asked Tracy as she threw herself down the stairs.
“I've got an idea!” Tracy said hurrying down
“Gina needs your help!” Mike sighed waving his arms about as Tracy disappeared down the stairs. Jody continued to scream as Tracy passed Johnny, Tee, Frank and Tyler who where sat on the sofa listening “How about you take her outside and turn the hose on her?” Johnny smirked. Tee, Johnny's younger sister, looked at him shaking her head as the others laughed. Tracy ignored his comment and headed into the kitchen before rummaging through the cupboards until she came across a green box. Tracy smiled and looked at the box before running back upstairs, just as a huge splash was heard from the bathroom. “I think I lost the first round” Gina sighed coming out of the bathroom dripping wet. “I'm on it!” Tracy said reaching the landing and walking into the bathroom, brushing past Mike and a very wet Gina. Tracy walked in and saw Jody stood in the corner of the room, Tracy knelt down at the end of the bath and opened the box before pulling out a clear bag with green powder in it. Tracy began to poor the green powder into the bath “I'm not getting in” Jody said as Tracy poured in the powder. Tracy smiled and said “I'm not asking you to”
“What is it?” Jody asked as she came out of the corner looking at the bath which once contained bath water.
“Bath Jelly” Tracy smiled. Jody walked over to the bath and picked up a hand full of the green slim which was once bath water. “Ah You can't eat it!” Tracy said as Jody put the bath jelly near her lips. Jody sighed and dropped the bath jelly back in the bath as Tracy put the packet away. “What's it for then?” Jody asked looking at Tracy confused
“Squidging about in” Tracy smiled. Jody smirked
“You having a laugh?” She asked Tracy, smiling
“Nope” Tracy laughed, Jody then came up with a brilliant idea, if Tracy wanted her in the bath then she should get in herself
“Prove it” Tracy looked at Jody then back at the bath before standing up and lowing herself in, she then began playing around with the bath jelly. “Gonna give it a try?” Tracy asked rolling the Jelly around in her hands. Jody shook her head and stood back in the corner “Jelly's not the same as water” Tracy said with a smile. Jody looked at the bath before taking off her dark brown jacket and climbing in. She sat down and laughed before throwing the bath jelly at Tracy who threw it back at her. From outside the door, Mike and Gina had been listening in “Sounds like Tracy worked her magic” Mike said walking away from the door, Gina nodded in agreement before they both began to walk downstairs. Meanwhile Tracy had gotten out of the bath and was folding Jody's jacket and T-Shirt. While Jody washed herself using the bath jelly and a flannel. “Can I take this home with me?” Jody asked holding up the flannel so Tracy could see.
“Course you can” She replied with a smile, but was still covered in bath jelly. Jody smiled and went back to washing herself
“Wont hurt as much as a scrubbing brush” She said, not realising what she was saying.
“Your mum uses a scrubbing brush on you?” Tracy asked suspiciously.
“Only when the social workers coming round” Jody stated, still washing herself. Tracy looked at her before saying
“Is that why you don't like baths?” Jody was quick to answer.
“No, it's the water, I can't breath when the hold me under” Jody had no idea what she was saying and was letting more slip as Tracy asked her questions. “Who holds you under?” She asked. Jody shrugged
“Whoever is cross with me” Tracy looked at Jody, not asking any more questions in case Jody came on to her.
Else where in the house, Carmen and Lily where trying to convince Sapphire to give up her room for Jody to have “You can give it all the attitude you've got, I'm not budging” Sapphire said, her eyes wide and an angry tone was lurking behind her voice.
“But your only here until your flat dries out” Carmen said looking at her, once again fluttering her eyelashes, hoping it would convince her. “Yeah and I've got respite all the time” Lily said looking at Sapphire.
“That's not my problem” Sapphire said to Lily
“Yes but Jody's mine and she wouldn't be if you hadn't moved back in. She'd have this room which is why it's only fair that you give it to her.” Carmen said to Sapphire, still fluttering her eyelashes, making it look as though she had something in the eye.
“Excuse me but what's fair about asking me to move in with Elektra?” Sapphire stated, Carmen and Lily knew she was right but continued to argue against her. “Look Mike said it's only temporary” Lily said, her arms still folded as they where before.
“Oh Ok then you won't have to put up with Jody for long” Sapphire said looking at Carmen who gave her an upset look before looking at Lily, then back to Sapphire.
Back in the bathroom Jody was still having fun and hadn't realised that Tracy had gone back downstairs and into the office. As she walked in and shut the door, Mike and Gina began smirking as Tracy tried to get Bath Jelly out of her hair. “Attack of the giant boogies” Mike sniggered
“Slimmed by bath jelly” Tracy said still trying to get it out of her hair
“Ah so that's how you got her in the bath” Gina said smiling at Tracy
“And now I can't get her out” Tracy stopped trying to get the bath jelly out of her hair “Do you mind if I shower in the other bathroom?” Tracy asked pointing to the door behind her
“Shower away my Elm Tree bath time genius” Mike said walking over to Tracy and grabbing her lightly by the shoulders before going over to the filing cabinet. “Right I'll go and sort out Jody” Gina said walking out of the room and up the stairs “Er Mike, why was Jody brought here?” Tracy asked as Mike looked through a folder
“Her mother and brothers assaulted a neighbour, Erm the trial in tomorrow and Jody's social worker thought it would be best to get her out of the way for a while, why?” He asked
“I thought it may have been because she was being abused” Tracy said
“What did she say?” Mike asked
“I'll write it all out when I'm clean, we where just chatting but she gave away more then she realised” Said Tracy opening the door just as she was about to leave Mike said “Carmen's the ideal room mate, I'm sure she'll settle soon”
“I don't know she's still pretty angry” Tracy said looking at Mike with one eyebrow raised.
“Alas she's a big softy” Mike said going back to the desk as Tracy went into the bath room. Lily and Carmen had given up on Sapphire and had gone to soften up Elektra just as Gina had got Jody out of the bath. “If you have Jody in your room that means me and Lily can share” Carmen said brightly, with Elektra not taking her eyes of the TV. Elektra smiled and nodded before saying “No” In her usual moody voice.
“Where am I supposed to go?” Lily Asked, just as Carmen stood up and stood in front of the TV, her arms folded yet again so that Elektra could not watch it “Do I look like a social worker?” Elekltra asked as Jody came down the corridor into the living room. “Move!” Elektra said to Carmen “No”
“Out of the way!” She snapped as Jody walked by, Carmen looked at her.
“What you watching?” Jody asked looking at the TV just as Gus stood up from the opposite table and came over.
“Is that my cardigan?” Carmen asked Jody
“I was cold” Jody said, sitting on the arm of the chair
“Take it off” Carmen said rudely just as Gus sat down next to Jody on the chair
“What's your name?” He asked. This was a usual question for Gus to ask people.
“Jody Jackson” Jody replied looking at Gus then back at Carmen.
“Now!” Carmen yelled just as Gus was about to ask Jody another question, yet again about her name.
“Do you spell that with a Y or an I?” He asked. Jody stood up and looked at Carmen.
“What's your Problem your not wearing it?!” She yelled. Just as Carmen had yelled at her but maybe louder.
“You can't just take other peoples Clothes” Lily said standing up from the sofa and walking towards Jody, swiftly followed by Carmen.
“ It's only a borrow!” Jody said standing on the sofa so she was taller then both Carmen and Lily.
“Keep it down!” Elektra said from the other sofa, Carmen looked over her shoulder at Elektra, then back at Jody.
“Take it off or I'll make you!” Carmen shouted leaning closer to Jody.
“So make me!” Jody said jumping off the sofa and running to the pool table.
“Get her! Jody come back!” Carmen said as Elektra looked at them and sighed, to her the TV was more important.
“Give it back it's not yours!” Carmen yelled running after Jody as Jody went to hide under the pool table.
“Your not wearing it!” She retorted running underneath it. Jody continued to yell at Carmen and Lily as they went to grab her from under the table. Gus was writing everything that was going on, down in his notebook, as Lily and Carmen stood up from the pool table. Jody crawled out the other side and ran to the other chair, where Gus and Elektra where sitting. Gus moved out the way just as Jody climbed over the chair and fell, where Gus had been sitting. Elektra grabbed Jody and pinned her to the sofa before saying “Jody have you seen our toy cupboard?” She said it with such an innocent voice you would of thought her and Carmen had swapped personalties.
“Didn't know you had one”
“Of course we do, do you want to go see it?” Elektra asked.
“Yes” Jody said clambering to her feet with help of Elektra. Elektra took her hand and pulled her out of the room, Lily and Carmen exchanged nervous glances before following Jody and Elektra up to the toy cupboard, not having a clue what Elektra was planning. Elekra opened the toy cupboard door and turned the light on which flicked for a few moments. “And I can play with any thing I want?” Jody asked “Mm Hm and you bring as much downstairs as you can carry then come back up for more, enjoy” Jody hastily began grabbing anything she can, and Elektra slowly began to shut the door, being so indulged by the amount of toys, Jody didn't notice. Elektra locked the door from the outside meaning that Jody was trapped and could only come out when she unlocked the door. Lily looked at Carmen with a nervous look on her face before turning back to Elektra just as she said “Job done, I'm going back to watch TV, you coming?.” Then her, Lily and Carmen all went back downstairs to watch TV leaving poor little Jody Jackson shut in the door cupboard. But Jody didn't know she was locked in and continued to grab toys until her arms where fill to burst. Jody then went to open the door, but it would not budge. “Hello? Any one there?” She called out hoping for an answer. She then dropped all the toys in her hand and began to bang on the door “Help!” She cried “Help!” Jody once again tried the door handle hoping someone had unlocked it, but they hadn't. She then began banging her shoulder on the door, before kicking it “I'm stuck in the toy cupboard!” She yelled as the light began to flicker, Jody looked up just as the bulb went out. She was now trapped in total darkness. The noise of her banging on the door rang out through out the entire house but no one heard it, Tracy was in the shower and Mike was cleaning the bath. So no one heard Jody's screams for help. She continued to bang on the door screaming for help but no one came, so she tried kicking the door again “Somebody's locked me in!” She yelled. Just as Gina was on the phone about her mum's trial. Jody then sat down on the floor and began kicking at one of the panels on the door, hoping it would break. And with one big kick the bottom panel of the door came of. Jody sat up and looked at it before squeezing her tiny body through the gap and going downstairs, picking up one of Gina's plants as she went into the living room. Seeing Lily, Carmen and Elektra sat on the sofa Jody walked in and went over to Elektra before pouring the soil from the pot, over her head and chucking the plant at her. Then she unzipped the jacket and threw it at Carmen “You didn't have to lock me up for it!” She yelled at Carmen as she threw the jacket.
“Elektra did it!” Carmen yelled back.
“While you watched!” Jody said before walking out of the room. Elektra slowly turned her head towards Carmen and Lily before standing up and throwing the plant at them. Little did they know, Jody had already left the dumping ground and was heading back home. Elektra left Carmen and Lily in the living room to clean up the mess Jody had made and went up to the bath room to get the soil out of her hair.
Meanwhile in the office Tracy walked in no longer covered in Bath Jelly and spoke to Gina. “Did you get Jody out of the bath Ok?” She asked as Gina was getting a file from the shelf.
“Mm a lot easier then getting her in” Gina smiled
“Good, I'll go see how she's doing”Tracy said
“Sure” Gina replied looking at Mike, Tracy turned away and walked towards the door.
Tracy walked into the Living room to see Carmen and Lily cleaning the soil off the floor “What happened?” Tracy asked crouching down to there level "Nothing” Carmen replied quickly
“Have you seen Jody?” Tracy asked. Lily and Carmen exchanged glances but did it without looking suspicious.
“Why? What's she said?” Carmen said before going back to cleaning, the floor with Lily.
“Nothing, what's going on?” Tracy asked.
“Nothing” Lily replied.
“So have you seen her?” Tracy asked.
“Nope” Replied Lily.
“Sure?” Tracy asked again.
“Why wouldn't we be?” Carmen said looking up at Tracy. Tracy sighed and stood up before walking out of the room and going upstairs into Carmen's room. She opened the door and looked in but saw no sign of Jody.
She left the room and headed towards the bathroom saying Jody's name, hoping it was her but it was Elektra. “Knock” Elektra said as she saw Tracy out of the corner of her eye. Tracy sighed and knocked on the door. “What happened to you?” She asked
“Trying out a new conditioner” Elektra replied with a smug look on her face. Tracy leaned against the wall with her arms folded.
“Have you seen Jody?”
“Yep, she's down the plug hole” Elektra said trying to get soil out of her hair.
“Thanks Elektra” Tracy said in a sarcastic tone before walking away and going down the hall.
“Your welcome” Elektra said, but by then Tracy had gone. Tracy walked down the hall until she saw the panel off the toy cupboard lying on the floor, she picked it up and looked at it before walking away. Tracy went back down into the office to tell Mike what she has seen. “I've looked everywhere” She told Mike as she walked into the office.
“So Carmen and Lily are acting weird, A mud splattered Elektra a smashed door and no Jody” Tracy nodded as her repeated everything she just told him as he said it in the exact same order she had. “It can't be a coincidence, I reckon she's done a runner” Tracy said leaning on the desk. Gina immediately joined the conversation “Shall I call the police?” She asked walking away from the desk she was leaning on. “Not Yet” Mike said looking at her
“Maybe she’s gone home?” Tracy suggested as they began to wonder where she could of gone.
“After what she's been through?” Mike said, slightly confused.
“It's the only thing she knows” Tracy replied shaking her head at Mike, hoping he now understands where she was going with her crazy theory. “Right what's the address?” She asked Mike picking up her car keys. “Come on lets go” Mike said as Tracy headed out the door, Gina followed them hastily wanting to talk to them. “Wait, Wait. You know what that family's like, you'd be safer if the police where with you.” Gina butted in. Tracy looked at Mike and said “Look, she's got to learn how to trust us, and I just don't think that is going to happen if the police are there”
“I'll go with Tracy and if she's not there , I'll call the police myself” Mike said as him and Tracy where walking out the door, with Gina watching.
After cleaning up the mess in the Living room Carmen and Lily headed out to the den, which is a little area in the garden the kids can go if the need alone time. “I've just had a brilliant idea” Carmen said to Lily, while holding a plant pot. “Why don't we ring your social worker?” She suggested.
“No” Lily said walking to where Shadow was sat
“The minuet they found out about Jody taking your bed, and how upset you are” Carmen said following her.
“Look I'm not upset” Lily said heading back to Carmen
“Yes you are, Aren't you?” Carmen asked her forcefully “Lily I thought you loved coming here for your respite care” Carmen said, feeling a little bit upset and hurt by Lily's response. “I do” She said smiling sightly.
"Then why aren't you willing to fight for it?” Carmen asked.
“Because if I start ringing my social worker and banging on about respite care, he's going to think that dad can't cope” Lily said with a more serious face then before. “Yeah but he can, Can't he?”
“You know what just forget it” Lily replied looking at shadow who was sat nice and comfy on one of the chairs. “Come on Shadow” She called, Shadow looked at her as Carmen and Lily walked off.
Meanwhile Mike and Tracy had just pulled up outside Jody's house, an old building with a messy front garden and big green metal door. “There it is” Mike Pointed out as the pulled up.
“Are you sure?” Tracy asked him feeling a little bit confused that the state of the house was actually fit for human habitation.
“Yeah” Mike said climbing out of the car, shortly followed by Tracy. They walked over to the door and knocked loudly and waited for a reply, Tracy saw the door was open a little bit and went to walk in. “I'll go first” Mike said pulling the door open and stepping in, Tracy nodded and shortly followed. “Hello?” Mike called out as he stepped inside. “Mrs Jackson” He called looking around.
“Jody?” Tracy called as they looked into what they could make out was the living room.
“Any body home?” Mike called looking into the next room and not seeing anyone, not even Jody. “Let's try upstairs” He suggested, Tracy agreed and the pair of them headed upstairs. “Hello?” Mike called out again as the walked up the stairs.
“Jody?” Tracy called. And followed Mike up the stairs
“Anybody there?” Mike said as he and Tracy climbed the stairs.
“Jody!” Tracy said reaching the top of the stairs.
“Hello, Jody are you here?” Mike called as the walked onto the landing and looked around.
“Hello?” Tracy said echoing Mike. Tracy then heard a noise coming from one of the rooms and went to find out where it came from. She walked and saw Jody huddled up in the corner of a room. “Jody!” Tracy said as she went in.
“They've gone. My mum and my brothers” Jody sniffed
“I'm sorry” Tracy said, trying to comfort her.
“The took the dog, but they never took me.” She sniffed, Jody put her arm around her and tried to comfort her, but it didn't work, Jody had been abandoned by her whole family, nothing was going to cheer her up at that moment. Tracy sat there as Jody cried softly, while leaning against the wall.
Back at Elm Tree house Gina had called a house meeting to find out what people knew. “So, the toy cupboards smashed, Jody's missing and no body knows anything.” She said looking around the room. Carmen, Lily and Elektra where all sat on the pool table, trying not to look nervous. “I know something” Gus said.
“Well I can't wait to hear it Gus” Gina said putting her hand on the back of his chair.
“Jody's cold so she is wearing Carmen's cardigan, Carmen's angry because Jody won't give the cardigan back.” Everyone turned there heads to look at Carmen.
“Thank you Gus, so...” Gina began.
“I haven't finished” Gus said “Carmen's chasing Jody about the cardigan, Elektra is angry because she cannot watch Television, She's taken Jody to go see the toy cupboard. Carmen and Lily and following Elektra and Jody out. I've finished.” Gus looked up at Gina who looked at the girls, as well as everyone else in the house. “That was very helpful Gus, Thank you” Carmen put her hand to her head as Elektra sat there not bothering that she had just been caught.
Back at the house Mike and Tracy where getting ready to leave, “I'll make a few calls when we get back, see if we can track them down all right?” Mike said walking out of the door
“I'll stay here until my mum comes back” Jody said standing in the door way
“Sorry Jody, can't let you, your mum will find you, meanwhile we'll look after you” Mike said
“No, your not my family” Jody retorted trying to get them to let her stay where she was.
“We can still look after you, they took me away form my mum when I was about your age and Mike looked after me” Tracy said. Jody stood in the door way shaking her head, determined not to move.
“I don't want to” She said in a timid voice.
“I'm sorry Jody but you have to come on” Tracy said trying to reason with her, it didn't work unfortunately, it just made the situation worse. “Jody, sorry but you have to” Mike said going into the house. He went to pick up Jody “No get off me Mum! Mum! Help!” Jody said clinging onto door frames. “It's okay don't worry you'll be Ok” Mike told her. Mike managed to pull her off and carried her to the car. Jody continued to scream as Mike went out, Tracy slowly shutting the door behind them. On the way back Mike phoned Gina just as she was talking to Carmen and Elektra. “Right, Ok” She said before putting the phone down “They've found Jody, Her mum's gone away and left her” Gina said standing up and walking towards Carmen and Elektra who where leaning against the shelf without looking interested “Yawn my mum did that to me all the time” Carmen said, not seeming to bother that Jody was younger then her and was less likely to know what to do to protect herself. “What on earth did you two do to that poor girl?” Gina said
“It wasn't me” Replied Carmen. “Elektra locked her in” Carmen and Gina both looked at Elektra.
“You snitched on me, Again?” Carmen looked away and sighed as Elektra looked at Gina just as Mike, Tracy and Jody pulled up outside. Mike and Tracy climbed out of the car and Tracy went to open the door for Jody. “You coming in?” She asked just as Mike shut the front door.
“She was lying, all those times she said I was her best girl” Jody rolled her head sidewise and climbed out of the car just as Carmen was talking to Lily. “So how did you get on?” Lily asked as Elektra brushed past her. “I was sanctioned and..” Carmen stopped when she saw Tracy and Jody walk in and stand behind Lily. Tracy sighed loudly “Look whatever it is, just leave it” She said putting an arm around Jody. The walked away from the hall and Jody went to the kitchen as she was hungry. “Jody we're really sorry about what happened, we didn't realise you'd been locked in” Tee said looking from Tyler back to Jody. Jody ignored her and took the biscuit barrel with her as she left the kitchen. She walked past the living room. “Jody. Hey, Jody wait, that was rough” Rick said as Jody threw herself up the stairs. Jody reached the landing tried some random doors until she found one that opened, she looked inside before hurrying up the stairs and sitting on them.
In the kitchen, Carmen was making a sandwich talking to Lily about her respite care. “Look Lily, she's definitely here for good now, it's our last chance. Unless you want to go with Elektra” She said
“No and No, How many more times Carmen, just leave it!” Lily replied getting annoyed.
“It's not going to hurt to ask Tracy is it?” Carmen suggested.
“Ask me what?” Tracy said walking towards them.
“Lily wants to know if she can have her respite care at yours” Carmen said, not thinking about Lily at all.
“Carmen!” Lily said
“What? You may as well find out
“Actually, that's not such a bad idea” Tracy said
“Really?” Lily replied, slightly puzzled by the answer. So Lily and Tracy went up to the office to talk to Mike about this new proposal for Lily's respite care. “Cam's not your foster mother any more Lily, you can't just chop and change” Mike said putting a file away on the shelf.
“Oh, Ok. Sorry” Lily said before walking away.
“You don't need to apologise, we can find somewhere for you here” Tracy smiled.
“I am not moving in with Elektra!” Lily replied quickly looking at Tracy.
“Actually, Lily this might be the right time to rethink your respite care”Mike said
“What do you mean?” Lily asked, slightly confused.
“Well you and your dad have been doing so great at the moment” Mike said not taking any interest into how this might effect Lily.
“Your stopping my respite care?” Lily asked
“Steve seems to be managing well now, he probably doesn't need it any more” Mike said putting his glasses on and looking at another file. “But your more then welcome here any time though.” Tracy nodded hopefully.
“It's Ok I get it” Lily then left the room and sighed loudly.
Jody was now sat on the steps to the attic munching on biscuits and feeling isolated from everyone else but things where about to get a lot worse. At that précised moment Carmen had entered her bedroom and saw most of her clothes ripped up on the floor. “No” She said quietly bending down to look at them. Just the Jody walked in “What happened?” She asked seeing Carmen and all her best clothes cut up in a heap. “What have you done?!” Carmen snapped not taking any consideration at all into who might of done it.
“I didn't” Jody stuttered
“You did don't deny it!” Carmen said standing up and looking at Jody
“I swear I never” Retorted Jody
“Your a liar!” Carmen yelled pushing Jody over. Jody looked at her before standing up and running towards her. Carmen backed out of the room and pulled Jody to the floor pinning her down. “You ripped my clothes!” Carmen yelled as Jody struggled against her.
“I didn't!” Jody yelled before scratching Carmen near her eye.
“Ow!” Carmen cried
“You started it!” Jody said
“Jody that's it!” She yelled attacking Jody once again.
“I didn't rip your clothes!” Jody cried trying to fight against Carmen as the rest of the kids gathered around and watched. “You did I'm not stupid!” Carmen yelled just as Tracy turned up
“Stop it the pair of you” Tracy yelled grabbing Jody
“Hey kids, stop, come here” Mike yelled grabbing hold of Carmen and pulling her back, as Tracy restrained Jody. “She ripped up all my clothes and look what she did!” Carmen yelled struggling against Mike and pointing to the scratch. “Smelly little brat!” Carmen yelled. Once again Jody went to attack her but got restrained by Tracy. “Enough!” Mike yelled holding onto Carmen.
“Get off!” Jody yelled at Tracy struggling to get free.
“I am not sharing my room with that!” Carmen yelled pointing at Jody who was still trying to get free.
After the fight, Jody went back to the attic steps and the rest went down to the living room, Tee and Johnny continued to play a board game. “I suppose I could have in with me” Tee said to Johnny.
“Are you mad? After she trashed Carmen's clothes and gave her a black eye?” Johnny said looking at her.
“They did lock her in the toy cupboard” Tee reminded him.
“And she's just lost her family” Sapphire butted in, while walking past them.
“What and you think that makes it Ok look I don’t see why she pick on me anyway. Elektra was the one who locked her in the cupboard!” Carmen said putting a plaster on her scratch. “Yeah well maybe Jody thought you would of stopped her” Sapphire said looking at Carmen. Carmen then had a think about what Sapphire had just said and maybe that is the reason why Jody keeps picking on her instead of Elektra.
Jody and Tracy where sat in Carmen and Jody's room talking about what happened to Carmen's clothes. “Look Jody, you've had a rubbish day, we get that so you won't be punished for destroying Carmen's clothes” Tracy said, trying to make Jody more relaxed about the situation “Are you deaf or what? I keep saying it wasn't me!” Jody said playing with a bit of fluff.
“Well who was it then?” Tracy asked.
“How would I know? I don't know who lives here” Jody said staring at the opposite bed.
After feeling bored in the house, Carmen went outside to join Lily and Shadow who where sat in the den. “This is actually all Jody's fault” Carmen said to Lily. “I reckon Mike's been thinking about it for a while, you know” Lily said
“Well yeah but he wouldn't of done anything if she hadn't turned up.”
“We don't know that” Lily replied.
“Why are you sticking up for her?” Carmen snapped.
“I'm not sticking up for her, you just gotta feel bad for her. Look, her mum's done a bunk, she's in a strange place, and her room mate don't like her” Lily said looking at Carmen hoping she'd understand.
“Of course I don't like her!” Carmen said pointing to the plaster on her face. “Look, She's split us up but it's all right for you because you have your dad to go to!”Carmen looked at the floor then looked up at Lily when she heard her sniff as if she was crying. “Lily?” She asked looking at her.
“I don't know what I'm going to do without a break” She sniffed
“Do what?” Carmen asked puzzled
“Look after dad. Sometimes it's just like having Poppy and Rosie back again. Look dad you can't wear that because it has a stain on it. You can't leave your towel on the floor because it won't dry. Don't leave shadows bowel empty. It's all right for a while Carmen, then I just get do sick of it” She sniffed, holding back tears. “Why didn't you say anything?” Carmen asked rubbing Lily's knee for comfort. “You've go to tell someone” She said
“No! It's bad enough if they think dad's not coping, If they think it's me, they'll split us up I know they will, you swear not say anything to anyone, you swear it” Lily replied
“I swear” Carmen said looking Lily in the eyes. Lily rested her head on Carmen's shoulder before deciding it was time to leave so she took Shadows lead and her and Carmen walked back through the house to the front door. “You going?” Tracy asked when she saw Carmen and Lily stood by the door.
“Yeah, I-I didn't want to interrupt. So I-I knew you where busy” Lily stuttered trying to get her words out.
“You Ok?” Tracy asked her.
“Yeah, Yeah, I'm fine Lily replied quickly.
“She's fine because she's going home to her dad, she's fine, why wouldn't she be?” Carmen said, her eyes darting between Lily and Tracy.
“Just asking” Tracy said.
“Tracy just stop fussing, you're fine aren't you?” Carmen asked
“Yeah, see you later” Lily said walking towards the door.
“Bye” Tracy said as she left, Shadows Lead clenched tightly in her hand as she walked home.
After Lily left Carmen went up to her room to look at the clothes that had been ripped up, Rick saw her looking at them, crying slightly and went to see her. “Bad time?” Rick asked after knocking on Carmen's door.
“Well Lily's not going to be staying her any more, and all my best stuffs ruined,So” She sniffed watching Rick as he knelt beside her.
“I know how you feel” He said looking at her.
“You and Tyler, make me feel even worse about that now.” Carmen replied
“That's not why I said it, and I doubt you would of burnt our stuff if someone hadn't put the idea in your head” Rick said. Which made Carmen think a little it more about who ripped up her clothes and the pieces of the puzzle slowly began to fix together.
When Carmen knew who it was, she got up from the floor and walked into Elektra's room. “I know it was you!” She said looking down at Elektra as she was lying on her bed.
“Yeah? Then why aren’t you downstairs snitching to Mike and Gina like usual” Elektra slowed down her speech as Tracy walked in to the room.
“No need” She said. Elektra sighed
“Right” She said to herself. Tracy then took Elektra and Carmen down to Mike so he could have a word with them. “Don't you think that girl has suffered enough without you duping on her as well?” Mike said to Elektra.
“I never said Jody did it” she explained
“You let everyone think that she had” Tracy said looking at Elektra with her arms folded tightly across her chest.
“Spare me the lecture and doll out the sanction” Elektra sighed before turning away, but she stopped by Tracy grabbing onto her arm
. “No! Your gonna get the lecture first” Mike said to her in a stern voice. Elektra sighed and Tracy went to find out where Jody was hiding. It didn't take Tracy long to find her. She saw the door leading to the attic was open so she went to investigate. “Got any squashed fly one's in there?” Tracy asked Jody as she sat there munching on biscuits. “Look, I know you didn't ruin Carmen's clothes” Tracy said.
“Told you” Jody replied taking another bite out of a biscuit.
“I know, I was wrong, I'm sorry. You know, Biscuits never quite fill me up when I'm hungry. Do you fancy a burger? Or some fish sticks?” Tracy asked Jody
“A Burger” Jody replied with a happy tone in her voice, the happiest, Tracy had seen her since she arrived. Tracy went home that evening and explained all that days events to her foster mother, Cam “Wow, tough, long day” Cam said
“Hm if the Jody thing wasn't bad enough, Mike stopping Lily's respite care” Tracy said handing Cam a cup of tea and sitting down on the sofa.
“But surely that's a good thing? If Mike doesn't think Steve still needs the break” Cam said sitting next to Tracy.
“Well you'd thing so but I'm pretty sure Lily had been crying before she left she kept trying to pretend everything was Ok”Tracy sighed sipping her tea. “Hmm are things okay at home? Maybe Steve's not been coping as well as you thought”Cam said looking at Tracy.
“He is, he's been amazing, otherwise Mike wouldn't off..” Tracy stopped mid sentence to think about what might be going on “This isn't about Steve, It's Lily, she's the one that's not been coping, I'll talk to Mike in the morning we'll have to care on with the respite care.” Tracy said sipping her tea. “But how? With the new girl there where's Lily going to go?” Cam asked.
Back at Elm Tree, Carmen has decided it was time to apologise to Jody for attacking her, so she went into the quiet room to talk to her, Jody was sat down playing a game. When Carmen walked in Jody looked up and reacted by climbing onto the sofa. “Look it's all right I know it was Elektra” Jody got down from the sofa and continued to play her game.
“You don't have to pretend to be nice to me, I know you hate me really” Jody said playing her game.
“Look Jody, I don't hate you, but no offence but you stank when you got here. You where all over my stuff, and then you took my best friends bed” Carmen explained.
“What do you mean I took her bed?” Jody asked
“Lily's dad, he's an ex-alkie and when they need time apart, Lily comes and stays here. She used to.” Carmen said looking down.
“Social worker grabbed me, I never asked to come” Jody said going back to her game. Carmen decided to help.
That night Carmen and Jody where having an interesting conversation about there mums. “She was fun when she'd been to the pub or had a win down the bookies” Jody said staring at the ceiling.
“My mum was fun when she was between boyfriends, and when she wasn't she was away a lot.” Carmen said. Jody sat up and looked at her.“So she used to come back for you?” Jody asked
“I wouldn't be here if she had” Carmen replied looking over. Jody laid back down in her bed and rolled onto her side. Carmen could hear Jody crying softly to herself. “Jody that doesn't mean that your mum won't” Carmen said sitting up. She reached over a took a pink feather bowa from her bed and laid it on Jody. “What's this for?” Jody asked sitting up and holding the feather bowa in her hand.
“Well pink always cheers me up, so I thought it might work on you to” Carmen smiled before laying back down in bed. Jody wrapped the bowa around her neck and smiled at Carmen, who smiled back. “Good night Jody” Carmen said as they both laid down to go to sleep.
“Night” Jody replied. They both slowly began to fall asleep.
During the night Carmen woke up to see Jody's bed was empty and went into the spare bedroom to tell Gina that Jody had gone. “Gina, Gina, Gina wake up” Gina woke up and looked at Carmen tiredly. “Jody's gone” Carmen whispered. Gina immediately sat up, and her and Carmen went on a search through out the whole house to try and find her. But it didn't take long till they did. In the night Gus got thirsty and went into the kitchen for a drink, he had just opened the fridge and was about be get a drink before he heard a voice coming from under the kitchen table. “Turn it off!” Gus immediately dropped the carton of juice he was holding and looked underneath the table to see Jody lying on the floor. “Get out!” Jody yelled.
“You can't sleep there.” Gus said in his usual tone of voice.
“I can” Jody replied
“No you can't, you have to sleep on a bed” Gus said
“Don't” Said Jody tiredly
“Yes you do! This room is for eating not sleeping, Get out of there, go back to Carmen's room!” Gus yelled. Gina walked in shortly followed by Carmen and switched the light on. “Gus what's going on?” Gina asked
“Turn it off!” Jody yelled
“Jody, What are you doing?” Gina asked her, crouching down to her level.
“Sleeping till he woke me up” Jody said rubbing her eyes.
“What happened?” Carmen asked, bending down to look at her.
“I was scared” Jody replied.
“Scared of what?” Carmen asked looking at her slightly confused.
“Sleeping in a room with other people” As Jody spoke her lip quivered slightly.
“Carmen wouldn't hurt you babe” Gina said.
“But I could here her breathing, really close, it made me think of things, things I wouldn't want to think about!” Jody buried her head underneath the blanket. “The floors all sticky!” Gus yelled from behind Gina.
“Not now Gus!” Gina retorted.
“No it is sticky now!” He looked at Carmen “I didn't get a drink”
“I'll bring you one up Ok?” Gus nodded and went back upstairs to bed and waited for Carmen.
“Jody” Gina said leaning closer towards her, “come out babes, I'll make your bed in the quiet room”
“No, I've slept under a table loads before” Jody replied.
“I know but you'll be more comfortable” Gina held out her hand and Jody took it, so her, Gina and Carmen all set up Jody's bed in the quiet room, where she got a good night sleep.
The next morning, Tracy was telling Mike about what her and Cam had figured out that night before.“I can't believe I missed it! Mike said to Tracy. "We all did, Lily's pretty good at hiding things when she wants to” Said Tracy.
“Course it didn't need hiding till I took away her respite care, great catch Tracy” Mike smiled
“Thanks” Tracy smiled back. “Well that's means Lily can still share with Carmen, if Jody's getting her own room.” Tracy said.
“Yes, and Gina's seeing to it now” Mike smiled brightly.
“Why the smile?” Tracy asked suspiciously.
“We tossed for it, she lost.” Mike grinned before spinning round on the chair.
In the living room, Gina was telling Sapphire and Elektra that they have to share a room there exact reaction was. “No way!”
“Look I know it's not ideal, but you have to, for Jody's sake” Gina said.
“I can't believe you just gave into Carmen like that!” Elektra replied in her normal tone of voice.
“She didn't have any thing to do with it” Gina said.
“Oh after banging on about it all day yesterday? This Sucks!” Sapphire stated.
“Let's hope it doesn't last long eh?” Gina said. And with that Elektra was gone. “Sapphire I'll get the boys to help you but you need to move into Elektra's room.” Sapphire walked past Gina sucking her teeth “Listen do not suck your teeth by me!” And with that Sapphire was also gone.
Upstairs, Lily and Carmen where showing Jody her new room. “A whole room?” Jody asked
“All yours” Said Carmen with a smile. “And you don't have to share with any body.”“And we can help you decorate it” Lily said, also with a smile.
“Thanks Lily” Jody said before walking over to Sapphires paints and having a look.
“Get off” Sapphire said as she walked in to collect them and take them into Elektra's room.
“At least you two are happy, now you've got your room back, Is Mike going to let you keep the dog here?” Jody asked.
“We're working on that one” Lily laughed. Then her and Carmen went back to there room and waited for Mike, a few minuets later Mike and Tracy walked in. “I'm sorry Lily, I don't mind Shadow, visiting like yesterday, but she can't be here when your staying.” He said
“It's so sad Mike, she goes all mopy when I'm not around, Like someone’s abandoned her” Lily said
“And Steve always forgets to fill up her water bowel” Carmen added.
“There's even room for her basket” Lily pointed out.
“So next time Lily comes to stay, can Shadow please, please come too?” Carmen begged.
“Go on, how can you refuse that?” Tracy said looking at the girls.
“Ok” Mike agreed. The all smiled and gave a Shadow a fuss she will always remember
Written By Amelia Harper
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