((sorry I was gone for a while....life and all...anyway I'm back!))
"Yea, I guess." the boy replied, then went to answer one of the girls' questions. "I'm here because my neighbor, Mr. Lillie, found me near death and reported my parents, had them taken away form me. It's my faul, really...they only hit me because they care. They had no right to take them away, they did nothing wrong. I know they wouldn't really kill me.
Anyway, they think anyone living in 'that enviroment' would be screwed up so they sent me here to 'discuss my problems'. They thought maybe if I did well enough here that I might have a chance of being something in the real world."
Shawn was surprised on how much he told the girl he hardly knew. He pretty much just gushed out his life story. Embarr@ssed he asked her:
"What about you? What brings you here?"