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Jaz woke up the next morning feeling far less disorientated than previous mornings. Perhaps they were getting used to their new home. Rolling over, Jaz, noted that Penny was already up and gone for the day, so Jaz decided it was probably past time to get up. Getting themselves dressed in their normal clothes, Jaz made a face at the thin-ness of the fabric. It had been getting close to time for another thrift shop run, but that seemed out of the realm of possibility now. Jaz wondered if they should mention it to their new foster mom. After a moment of thought, Jaz decided not to. Things were still tense, and asking something about money just seemed.. wrong.
All dressed, Jaz headed down to the living room, and found their new foster mom, Mrs. Judd, hanging out with her daughter, Layla - while Layla watched some questionable TV. Jaz said good morning, and Mrs. Judd immediately told Jaz to call her Wendy, and patted the spot next to her on the loveseat.
"How are you settling in, Jaz? Any problems so far?" Wendy asked in a friendly tone.
"Oh, no, Mrs. - I mean Wendy - things are going just fine. I just miss my brothers. Especially the twins. They were fun to play with." Jaz replied, then continued, "I really appreciate you making room for me in your house, .. um. .. Wendy."
"Oh, Jaz, you are so sweet. Of course we have plenty of room for you. Perhaps you should talk to your caseworker, Kayla, and see if it would be okay for you to get the numbers of your siblings. I am pretty sure they're not in the office today since it's a Sunday, but you could always call them tomorrow after school?" Wendy suggested.
Jaz paused, thinking about Colin mentioning the same thing. "I think I will do that. Thanks, Wendy. Is it okay if I go grab some breakfast?"
"Of course, sweetie! There's some leftover pancakes on the stove, and they should still be warm." Wendy replied with a smile, then got up and continued, "Here, I'll go with you and make some bacon and eggs to go with them. We need to get some meat on your bones!"
Confused as to what "getting meat on your bones" meant, but unwilling to ask, Jaz followed quietly, equally unwilling to turn down freshly made food.
Layla shook her head to herself, wondering at her strange new housemate. This non-binary "they/them" thing was kind of weird, but Jaz certainly seemed like a sweet, genuine person. How sad they had lost their whole family in one really bad week.
Later that day....
The entire family packed up and headed to the park in the middle of Willow Creek. Jaz was handed a ticket for a concert, and looked at it curiously. They'd never been to a concert before. Heck - they'd never even heard of such a thing happen. This was terribly exciting.
Wendy immediately went to get some t-shirts, and some food for herself, while everyone else went to gather around the stage. Before long, the first performer showed up, and the music was ... unreal. Jaz had never heard live music before, and this was amazing.
The whole evening was utterly magical. Jaz would never forget it. Jimmy, the toddler in the household, seemed to be stuck to Jaz's side for most of the evening, and Jaz really didn't mind. He reminded Jaz of Brett and Braydon. Which was both a good and a bad thing. Jaz decided they would definitely have to talk to Kayla at some point this coming week... because losing track of their brothers was out of the question in Jaz's mind. Heck, Jaz even missed Phoenix, although telling him so wasn't exactly high on their list of priorities.
Once they all arrived home, everyone filed silently off towards their own area of the house, focused on getting ready for bed and just falling into sleep as quickly as possible.
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