MISSING: THE LAST FOSTER

Chapter 1

"Bye mommy, bye daddy, bye everyone, enjoy guys," Shekinah said, shouting, while running down the stairs putting her backback on her shoulder.

"Are you sure you really don't wanna go?" Her mom, Carmen, asked, while handling her – her car keys.

She gives her mom a promise and assurance smile that made her mom pout. Shekinah's face went to a straight and thin lips too quick.

Shekinah was about to turn her heels back from her pouting mother when she spotted from her peripheral view the youngest of their family, scrubbing her eyes with a messy hair and in her pajamas.

Her little sister changed her mood that easy and a smile like a saucer was drawn in her face. With a backpack on her back she bow down and lift her sister up.

"Aww, why are you so heavy. You're growing up too fast, Jasmien," she said, and give a peck of a kiss in her sister's cheek.

"Why are you dressed up and I'm not? I'm still in my pajamas," Jasmien complaint.

"Mommy too," she answered.

Jasmien take a look at her mother who's standing in silence with her arm crossed in her chest and intently looking at them.

"No good morning kiss to me first?" Carmen asked, raising her brows to Jasmien that is now climbing down from her and went to their mom.

Jasmien just got 4 yesterday and today is the said celebration s***h vacation of her birthday. She always wanted to go somewhere during her birthday and the family have the birthday as an excuse to file a leave from their busy doings.

Their family couldn't go on a vacation in any day. This vacation plan was planned way ahead. Her busy businesswoman mother and her dad that have the whole nation in his shoulder, they couldn't just go in a vacation leave like other families. Good thing, their parents will always find a way to hava a family time. 24 hours together is a big thing.

Her brother, Gio, is yet to be found, probably in his bed still sleeping his lazy ass soundly. Shekinah gave a glance in her wristwatch and a smile c***k in her face. She still have much time to piss his brother, little brother.

Gio is 20 getting 21 in the next 4 months and in his 2nd year in college, 3rd in the next school year.

"But why are you dressed up, Shenah?" She heard her little sister asked before she was able to go upstairs to piss her sleeping brother.

Jasmien can't pronounce Shekinah's name correctly. So from the first time she called her Shenah way back when she was 2 she did not forget it and until now, she is still calling her Shenah.

She find it cute so she didn't mind.

"Because, I have to attend my summer class?" she tells humming and smiling.

"Why? Aren't you coming?"

She looked at her mom for help and again, she just went to have her face straight and thin lips when her mom only gave her a shrug. She and mom were like bestfriends, they would mock each other like they're in the same age. Her mom was so cool, she would definitely join her dancing in the mirror and that, disgusts the boys in their house but that's the best though.

"I can't come, little Jasmien. I have classes to attend. If I go with you guys, I'll be absent and I won't graduate like mom and dad in the picture," she explained, pointing their parents college graduation picture that are hanged in their living room like the old house of their grandma.

Her friends once laughed seeing those graduation pictures in-line in their living room. She didn't find it disturbing neither luminous when you roam around your sight the whole house. It was something interesting to stop your sight in there though.

"Who will be joining me during swimming?" Jasmien spoke, lonely. She held her sister's hand and squeeze it gently to make her feel at ease.

It was her that usually joined Jasmien in her activities. Boys, you know, doesn't want to join girls thing but today – maybe Gio doesn't have a choice but to swim with this little Foster.

"Gio?" she replies with her eyebrows raised sending an unknown message to her little sister's eye.

The kid giggles and their mom shakes her head like she couldn't believe the two of them having a team up right in this moment. Shekinah offered her two palms up here and Jasmien giggles peppered her hands unto hers.

"But where is Gio?" Jasmien realizes Gio isn't around.

Shekinah lean on the kid's ear and whisper, "in his room, sleeping his ass lazily."

"That would start trouble in this house, Shekinah," their mom retaliates.

Shekinah and Jasmien glanced each other – giggles together. Shekinah took her backpack off and throw in the couch like a cotton. They pretended they didn't hear their mom and holding each other's hand, they run together upstairs to Gio's room.

Number 1 rule in this household, don't lock your room. Clearly, they can surely piss their brother's lazy ass now. The two of them were so excited. However, when Shekinah pressed the knob to open the door widely, their jaws together with their shoulders fell.

Gio is awake, sitting in his chair, facing in his computer.

"What are you up to?" the guy asks.

Shekinah look down at Jasmien who is pouting and shaking her head. Jasmien crawls in Gio's bed and hid herself in his brother's comforter.

Shekinah let out a little laugh, "well, we didn't see you downstairs so we thought you were still sleeping, you know, your lazy ass---"

She stopped when Gio interrupted, "and you two came over here to wake me up?"

She nodded receiving a sharp look from her brother. The last time they did it, Gio gained a lot of bruises. Jasmien was never too easy to Gio, she always go on a wrestling everytime they wakes Gio up.

Shekinah shrugs, "it wasn't my idea," she defended and bringing her little sister to blame.

Gio was about to throw her the pen he was holding when they heard a little sobs. Their eyes widened and looked at their youngest sibling who is now the whole body is under the comforter.

They carefully took the comforter off revealing the crying Foster. Gio take a peek on her, she sent a deadly look to her brother.

Gio clears his throat before speaking, "Jasmien, baby why are you crying?"

Shekinah smiles while watching her two little siblings. Seeing how close the two of them warmth her heart. They may not have a perfect family, they may not be the richest family, they may not have the so called big happy family. But they have the best parents in the world, they have the parents that despite of their busy schedules and works they didn't forget that they have children waiting for them to come home at night.

And Shekinah being the eldest, she have to stand as her parents balancer to guide her siblings in the right path.

Jasmien wipe her tears after Gio made a promise – with his disappointed face– that he will go on swimming with Jasmien.

Shekinah hugs her siblings and kissed them both, telling them she have to leave now before she got late in class and get scolded by her professor.

"Your professor messing up with you?" Gio asks with his frowned eyes.

"Well, yeah, she's some kind of a pain in the ass. But I don't care, I didn't let them bully me by the way, no one dares," she replied.

"Your professor got a bunch of courage under her underwear, huh."

Shekinah chuckles and pinned his brother's ear making Gio groan in pain while laughing like an i***t. Jasmien who looks amused by the sight of Gio being the loser, she joined and pinned the left ear of their brother.

They then let go of him, rubbing his ears looking at them sharply but Jasmien knows how to play with her brother, she gave him a kiss his cheek and his face softens.

"You're still using dad's position to make other people back off?" she asked raising her brows to her brother crossing her arms in her chest.

"Bad people, yes, but even if I don't, my surname says it all plus our faces are all over the internet, magazines like were freak*ng celebrities," he retaliates making her laugh when he rolls his eyes.

"Whatever! Just don't tell the world that you're father is the President to have power. The President is dad, not you. Also, don't mind other people, if they knew that you are that son of the President the internet tells about, snob them----"

"What am I? A gay?" he argued.

"You're being unreasonable, Gio."

"Yeah, whatever, just tell your professor to take easy on you. Dad is fair but you know he won't let you get bullied, if dad hears that, that pity professor of yours will say goodbye to her beloved profession, mom alone can make her," he said, seriously.

She's a proud sister knowing how her brother can think matured. They were taught to be independent when they turned 18. While studying they were obliged to have work, their choice where and what, as long as they can manage their time. They learned to be independent in a young age.

Gio's right, her mom's power alone can make her professor said good bye to her profession. That happened before in Gio's teacher way back in his 10th grade. Their dad ain't the President of the country yet that time but the power of the Foster couple in the society is no joke.

Her mom kicked the teacher out in the school and forbid her to get another job in any school. Her parents are fair but if it's the family that person messes up, her parents won't be sorry.

Gio's teacher throws a chair on him after coming in her class late because he has to bring the 1 years old Jasmien in the hospital. Jasmien was on like on fire in hotness of having a fever and she wasn't able to move her body for she was struggling and fighting her back injury after falling while back riding a horse.

Now she's almost 23 and graduating in college, she will be soon taking over one of her mother's power, that's the condition.