The boys without a home

Chapter 1

An orphanage burns down, many orphans and staff die in the fire but a majority was able to escape while firefighters extinguished the flame and medics attended the injured , four boys sat on the pavement across the burning orphanage, one of them had his knees to his chest,his arms around them and bowed his head between them , another was looking at a specific part of the orphanage, the boy dorms he was recollecting every memory they made in those rooms from being grounded, late night chat sessions, to sneaking in and out plus the times they managed to bring girls over some from outside and some stolen from the orphanage's girl dorms , the third was looking at the medical team tending to the injured, there were so many injured that they had to divide them up based on severity, they had three ambulances racing back and forth from the hospital to the orphanage, they prioritized the children over staff and started with those with third degree burns, they tried to fit as many as possible into each ambulance.

The fourth boy was looking at the majority that made it out unharmed, they all were standing around the pavement of the orphanage, almost 300 children left without a home , the orphanage caretakers were focused on the injured so some of the much older kids were going around comforting the young ‘ The city will not take all of us ‘ the fourth boy announced, having everyone turn to him except the first boy who kept his head between his knees ‘ They'll probably send some to other orphanages but they are all already over crowded and underfunded so no more then a hundred will go , foster homes were already maxed out so thats really all they can do , they'll probably prioritize the youngest and try to push the ones sixteen and above into the work force , minimum wage . They will not rebuild the orphanage at least not this year, not even next year, there are elections after that so maybe as a stunt one party will rebuild it , the building at least , that's all they need to say they're working on it ‘the boys were quiet for abit , all turning back to where they were focused on .

Night came, the fire was extinguished and all of the injured were taken to the hospital , the media had came and taken all the photos they needed for their stories then disappeared just as fast as they had appeared,a single police car remained , a police woman sat on its hood looking at the huddle of orphans squeezing together on what used to be their playground ‘ What will happen to them? ‘ she asks her partner inside the car , he didn't answer .