EDITED

Ever since the art contest last week things were starting to look up for me. I showed Ms. Adwin my ribbon and she showed it to the whole class, while it was a little bit embarrassing I couldn't help but feel proud of myself.

Unfortunately my other classes were going horribly, the only class that I'm doing well in is art. That's one of the problems with Foster Care, it's really hard to get good grades when you're switching schools all the time.

It's not that I don't want to do well, I really do. I want to be able to go to college one day but I can't do that unless I get good grades. Even if I do get into college I would have to go on a scholarship, I don't know how I would pay for it otherwise.

Even if I didn't want to go to college I would still have to work on getting my grades up. After my first session with Dr Picani Thomas and I talked about my classes and my grades. Basically he told me that he wanted me to work on getting those grades up.

Normally I couldn't care less about what my Foster Parents wanted but there was something about Thomas that made me really want to make him proud. During (and still after) the art contest he kept saying how proud he was of me, "his kid" as he said. And now I really wanted to make him proud of me again. So here I am, at the public library, in a attempt to study,

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I sipped my ice cold water, wincing as it touched my teeth. I had gotten my braces tightened a few days ago and things were still sore, as they always were. I walked through the library to my usual stop to sit and study, the tables hidden behind the advanced astronomy book.

I frowned as I heard footsteps enter my usual table, see a person sitting at one of the tables. That was odd, I never had seen anyone sitting here before. That's why this was my favorite spot. As I got closer I recognised the person as Patton's foster brother, Virgil. I didn't talk to him that often, despite him sitting with us at lunch everyday. Though it seemed like him and Roman were starting to get along better.

I sat down at a table nearby Virgil's and began to pull out my things from my backpack. I tried to study but my eyes kept looking over at Virgil, who seemed to be having trouble with something. Finally I stood up and walked over to his table.

"Hello Virgil," I said. The fellow teen's head snapped up and his eyes met mine.

"Oh uh... hey Logan. What are you doing here?" He asked.

"Studying, and I am planning on looking at some books later that I wish to check out."

"Oh.. that's cool." Virgil said "yeah, I'm here to study too."

"It seems you are having trouble." I said, eyeing Virgil's notebook.

He sighed "yeah, unfortunately."

I frowned to myself before walking back to my table and packing up my things, I then went back to Virgil's table and sat down across from him. "What are you having trouble with?"

"What?"

"What are you having trouble with?" I repeated "am I not making myself clear?"

"No, you're plenty clear." Virgil said "but why are you asking me what I'm having trouble with?"

"Because maybe I can help," I answered.

"Why would you want to do that?" Virgil asked.

I shrugged "do I need a reason?"

"I guess not."

"So I will say again." I said "what are you having trouble with."

Virgil sighed "mostly math and biology."

"I see." I leaned over and pulled Virgil's worksheet over so that I could look at it. "Ah, Pre-Algebra. This I pretty simple."

"Well, not for me it isn't." Virgil said, and I noticed that his voice grew hard.

"Of course, that's understandable. Math is hard for many people." I explained "what I had meant to say is that it is easy for me. So I won't have much trouble helping you."

"Oh, okay."

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I'm not sure why Logan decided to help me study but I wasn't going to complain. It turns out that Logan is really smart and was a really big help in explaining to me what I was having trouble with. As we worked the two of us started talking. I didn;t talk to Logan all that much so I found out many things that I didn't know about him.

Logan told me all about his favorite author (Agatha Christie) and his favorite TV show (Doctor Who), Logan had gone on a long rant about his favorite jelly brand, Crofters.

But when I had asked Logan how he had become friends with Patton I found out one of the more shocking things about him.

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"So, how did you become friends with Patton?" I asked.

"I met Patton and Roman in Middle School '' Logan said "unlike most of the other students who were all in the same Elementary School together I was not. When Patton found out about this he was quick to become friends with me and latter introduce me to Roman."

"Why weren't you in the same Elementary School?" I asked.

"Well," Logan pushed his glasses farther up his nose "while I did go to the same Elementary School as Roman and Patton. I wasn't in the same grade as them. I skipped the Fifth Grade."

"Wait, really?" I said in shock and Logan nodded "so how old are you then? Does that make you thirteen then?"

Logan shook his head "no, I recently turned fourteen a couple of weeks ago on the third."

"Huh." I said, thinking about what Logan had just told me "well, that's really cool Logan."

Logan gave me a small smile "thank you Virgil."

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It was a little over an hour before the two of us decided to stop. I began to pack up my things "thanks again for your help Logan."

"Of course, it wasn't a problem." He said "if you ever need my help again or someone to study with feel free to text or call me."

"Yeah sure," I said "can I get your number?"

"Of course," Logan quickly wrote down his phone number for me.

"I should get going." I said, checking the time.

"I should as well," he said.

The two of us exchanged good byes and I walked home. I don't know what it was but I felt a lot more confident in both my school work and in my social life. 

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A/N: Hey guys, happy holidays I hope you are all doing well. I hoped you liked this chapter, once again the tittle comes from the song 'Good Kid' from the Lightning Thief Musical.

So I know I said that I want to finish and move on with the sequel by New Years but due to finals I don't think I will be able too. I will do my best but school work comes first. I can promise to finish by the end of January! Take it easy Guys, Gals, and Non-Binary Pals. PEACE OUT!-Isabel