A/N: I hope I do not become stressed with all the stories I'm releasing lol. I started watching shameless during the beginning of this summer and fell in love. It only took me two weeks I think to finish all four seasons, and I regret nothing. First I was going to write a story about Lip but then I thought Lip has enough on his plate with the girls he's dealt with. Then I couldn't possibly break Ian and Mickey apart plus there's plenty of fics out there on them. Carl is probably my favorite character out of shameless and I wanted to do a story on him which is the reason behind this story. Don't get me wrong I like Bonnie and Carl I heard that she'll be coming back for some episodes in season five? Buuut I love writing OC's if you haven't noticed lol. This story will take place a little after season four...pre-season before season five(I don't think I worded this right but you get what I'm saying right)? So Carl is apparently 12 years old in season four so he's 13/14 during season five depending on his birthday. Debbie is 14 and Korinna is 14 as well.

This is ALovelyEccentricSoul and I only own Korinna Rokos.

Korinna Rokos lay on her mattress on her back staring at the shitty ceiling above her. The ceiling had water damage making the yellow wall(which used to be white) hang loosely in the air just waiting for the fall. The fourteen year old rolled onto her side reaching for the alarm clock to see the time. It was three in the afternoon which meant Korinna missed a day of school, she brushed it off not worrying about it since it was Friday after all. Korinna roughly placed her alarm clock on the floor next to her laptop and took a deep breath before pushing herself out of her bed. She raised her arms above her head holding a breath as she stretched before exhaling allowing her fingertips to slap down against her thighs. The dark haired girl stepped onto her mattress to peak through the dusty curtains out into the Chicago streets. She saw a group of men across the street, two chatting, four throwing dice, and one standing on the steps his eyes trained on the window blowing smoke into the air. Korinna turned her eyes into slits, it's like that guy knew when she would peak out the window every single time. Leaning back she pushed the curtains back and went over to her closet sliding the doors open to find something to wear. Korinna became accustomed to the silence and darkness of her house that it felt hauntingly enjoyable. Korinna left out of her room walking a few ways down before turning to the left entering her bathroom. She left the bathroom door open to gain a bit of light into the room, the first thing she did was stare at her reflection in the mirror. Her bags underneath her eyes looked heavier than usual, she knew she could easily cover that up. Sighing she went over to the shower turning it on feeling the cool water slowly turn warm underneath her skin.

Images flashed through her head, waves of water bubbling as she let out a loud scream. Snapping out of it Korinna started to strip out of her night clothes which only consisted of a large t-shirt that belonged to her older brother and her undergarments. Stepping into the shower she allowed the warm water to hit her face knocking all the tension out. After a brooding shower Korinna easily slipped into her jeans, pulling a cream thick sweater on. Korinna held one flashlight that was waiting on the counter towards her forehead area coloring in her eyebrows quickly and effortlessly. Ten minutes passed as she made her eyebrows even on both sides, she pulled out a liquid substance that matched her bronze skin tone blending the make-up underneath her eyes carefully. That's one of the things her mother taught her to do right, to cover up her bruises with the right make-up. Her mother was a difficult woman, very selfish, physically abusive and emotionally, she's an alcoholic, a meth head and sold her body on the streets. It's been two years since Korinna last saw her on the streets of Chicago on her way to another foster home. When her mother "accidentally" started placing her hands on Korinna she started teaching her only daughter the next day how to cover up when she sobered up as an apology. Her older brother Uriah protected her, and her two siblings for as long as he could. He became like a father figure for the Rokos siblings when their mother would disappear for days. Their father wanted nothing do to with his wife or children, he just became tired of his wife's ways and started having an affair behind her back. One day he was here and the next he disappeared back to Greece with his new woman not caring about his children. Uriah dropped out of night school so he could get two jobs to handle the bills since the money their mother made only went towards her meth.

Last year Korinna lost Uriah because he was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. He was mistaken for someone else and was brutally beaten by the police leaving him brain dead. Their mother came around then hoping to get money from her child's death and took him off life support. Korinna learned to never trust her again especially when she's done such horrible things to her and her family. She tried forcing Korinna to sell her body on the streets to older men for money. Her mother was supposed to watch her baby brother Jesse knowing that he would be fine with her other older brother Dacey there to watch over the two. When she returned home her mother was gone and the ambulance greeted her with Dacey yelling that their mother allowed their three year old brother to run out into the street to get a ball, he was hit by an pick-up truck killing him instantly. Korinna blinked out of her daze turning the flashlight off leaving her bathroom. Korinna didn't bother to check her fridge as she went down her steps heading straight for her door. Squinting her eyes she paused on the top of her steps trying to get her dark eyes to adjust to the blazing sun.

"Hey, get over here!" A voice called as Korinna started jogging down her steps.

She brought her eyes to stare at the men across the street. The one standing at the top of the stairs waved his hand at her blowing his smoke out through his nose. Sighing Korinna checked both sides of the streets before crossing to meet the man, a hand grabbed her waist before she could start up the steps. She was greeted with a chest causing her to lean her head back to stare into a grinning boy with gelled up dirty blonde hair and a smile that could make your heart stop.

"Hello, sweetheart." He greeted.

Korinna rolled her eyes, "Hi Vito, how are ya?"

Vito shrugged his shoulders chewing on his gum, "Alright. How have you been, haven't seen you around lately?"

The man standing at the top of stairs glared at Vito's head, "Are you fuckin' serious right now bro? I'm trying to talk business with her and you're just flappin' your gums not giving a shit about anyone else as usual. Get the fuck outta her face so we can chat," The dark haired man snapped.

Vito looked up at his brother smirking knowing that would iritate him, "Relax. I haven't seen our girl in awhile either, all I'm doing is chatting no need to get a fuckin' attitude Nicky."

Nicky clenched his jaw getting ready to argue back before Korinna held up her hands at the two Italian brothers with a grin playing on her lips, "Guys...enough!"

Vito shrugged his shoulders placing a kiss on both sides of her cheeks, "He fuckin' started it," Before going back to chat with a chubby man.

Korinna smiled at the man who gave her a two finger wave before turning to argue with Vito about something she didn't care about. The 5'4 girl walked up the steps grabbing onto the held out hands in front of her. The man leaned back holding onto her cheeks to check her over, "How you doin'? Good?"

Korinna nodded, "I'm fine."

Nick gave her a long look which she returned not flinching underneath his gaze, he taught her well. Nick made a promise to her brothers Uriah and Dacey to watch over her since she was on her own. Of course he knew that Korinna would never be alone since he pretty much took care of her and was aware that she spent most of her time with the Gallaghers who were fond of the girl.

He let go over her face, "Alright. I took care of the bills for you so the lights should be back on some time today."

Korinna gave Nick a nod. Nick started paying the bills for Korinna after he found her staying in the house hiding from foster care. They always seemed to search for the girl when they had nothing better to do. Some times the system forgot about the Greek-African American a few days after she managed to escape but they would find her sometimes. Nick and Vito started paying her bills after the girl denied staying in the house with them since they're were into the whole thug life situation. Nick was not happy about it and wanted to force her to stay with them opposed to Vito who took Korinna's side. They had people who could watch her every move when the two brothers were busy with work.

"Thanks," Korinna squeezed Nick's hand.

Nick tossed his cigarette to the side pushing her dark hair that had hints of red and brown when the sun hit it, "I made a promise to take care of you so that's what I'm doin'. No need to thank me, what's on your agenda today?"

Korinna shrugged her shoulders shoving her hands into her back pockets, "I'll probably head over to the Gallaghers."

Nick's eyes were on the car that slowly passed by causing Korinna to stand still knowing not to turn her head.

"Alright. Vito and Banks will walk you there, see you later kid." He placed a kiss to her cheeks walking past her towards the car.

Korinna turned around placing her head down as she walked down the steps towards Vito's waiting arms. He threw his arm over her shoulder leading her down the street with Banks following after them.

"What shit are you guys gettin' into now?" Korinna asked titling her head to glance at Vito.

Vito kept his eyes trained forward, "Watch your mouth...and it's nothing you need to worry your pretty little heart about."

Korinna rolled her eyes as they stopped at a stop sign before crossing the street, "I'm not that scared little girl anymore. I'm not a kid, I'm practically a woman."

Banks snorted from behind her but kept quiet after that. Vito placed his free hand over his face playfully groaning, "Ugh. I don't want to hear shit about you practically becoming a woman."

Korinna laughed wrapping her free arm around Vito's waist, "You, Nick, and Dacey are in denial. I'm fourteen which means four years away from eighteen I'll be legal."

Vito led her down another street, "And your point is?"

"You can't hide me from the truth much longer...I'm smarter than you think. I don't understand why you just can't tell what it is that you guys are doing."

Vito shrugged ignoring the question completely, "Never said you were dumb. We don't allow too many dumb ones in our family."

"Whatever," Korinna mumbled folding her arms as they crossed another street.

Korinna could see the Gallagher's light blue house coming closer to her sight. The warm air brushed against the young girl's cheek blowing her hair into her face which she didn't bother to push away. Banks waited across the street while Vito turned her to face him, she stared up at him with her oval shaped eyes.

"Trust me kid, the longer you stay out of this life the better you are." Vito says brushing her hair out of her face.

Korinna sighed, "I've seen enough things in my life to prepare me for whatever you guys are involved in."

Vito nodded, "I get that I do but Uriah wanted better for you and we're gonna do that shit for you. When your eighteen we're gonna get you out of here and you're gonna be something. You're gonna have the chance to be better than us."

Korinna frowned, "I should be the one to make my own decisions!"

Vito didn't like arguing with Korinna like Nick did. He was more playful but could be serious when he wanted to. He ran his hand over his hair turning to see Korinna glaring up at him, it was like he couldn't say no to her...it was hard to.

" Yeah you're right but your still a kid and under our care so for now we'll be making those decisions until Dacey get's out. But...I'll talk to Nicky about it but that's not a yes," Vito answered.

Korinna leaned in to press a kiss to Vito's cheek, "Thank you."

Vito sucked his teeth, "Like I said that doesn't mean it'll fly with Nick. Now get in there and give Fiona a kiss for me."

The twenty year old had a soft spot for the girl and knew he would get chewed out for getting her hopes up when he told the rest of the family. He watched as Korinna pushed the gate open running up the steps to greet Debbie Gallagher, he smiled at the girl before making his back to Banks. Korinna hugged Debbie noticing that her brown eyes were watching Vito who went back in the direction they came from.

"Are you dating him yet?" Debbie asked Korinna.

Korinna laughed, "Vito?! Hell no he's like the cousin I never asked for and he's twenty!"

Debbie shrugged her shoulders, "You should think about dating him."

Korinna crossed her arms as she stared at her friend, "I'll stick to guys around my age group."

Korinna knew about Debbie's interest in her ex-boyfriend Matt who was twenty-two. Korinna told her it was a bad idea when Debbie asked her true friend about what she thought but Debbie ended upset when she didn't receive encouraging words. Debbie tended to hang out with the neighborhood sluts while Korinna barely had any friends which did not bother her. Of course she had Debbie and Carl but she didn't bother to socialize with anyone else.

Debbie glared up at Korinna as she went down the steps.

"Where are you going?" Korinna asked the reddish brown haired girl hoping that it was not to see Matt.

Debbie walked backwards as she answered her friend, "To see Ian. I'll be be back soon but keep Carl company while I'm gone, maybe you can cheer him up he's been a bit sulky."

Korinna went into the house wondering why it was so quiet. She went into the kitchen after finding the living room empty and searched the fridge finding a banana that looked a bit sketchy. Korinna peeled the banana sniffing it before taking a small bite out of it, she found that it tasted decent enough before heading over to the steps.

"Carl?" Korinna called as she walked down the hallway.

The hallway looked messier than before, pieces of broken glass and food covered the wooden floor. Korinna squealed as she slid on some tomato sauce but managed to catch herself as she pushed open the door to Carl, Ian, Lip, and Liam's bedroom. Korinna munched on her banana as she stood in front of the bunk bed seeing a lump underneath the covers. Korinna placed her hand on her hip, "Carl?"

When the boy didn't answer Korinna kicked her shoes off and stood on the wood part of the bunk bed leaning over to snatch the cover's off of Carl's body. His glossy sea green eyes met hers allowing Korinna to believe that he had been crying, Korinna pouted as she punched Carl in his shoulder. "What's the matter? Are you crying because I didn't go to school today?" She asked sarcastically tossing the peel on the floor.

Carl glared at his best friend before giving her the finger before reaching for the covers to cover his face again. Korinna grabbed onto the cover pushing them further away from him. She pulled herself onto the top bed sitting on her legs, "What's up your ass?"

Carl rolled his eyes playing with a piece of lint beside his pillow case. Korinna didn't know what to do with a quiet Carl, he's never been quiet before. It kinda shocked Korinna to be honest, she moved around on the bed resting her head on a small of the pillow pulling the covers over the two.

"Well I'm not leaving until you talk to me so..." Korinna trailed off as she eyed Carl's ceiling.

The Gallagher's ceiling looked much better than her ceiling. Korinna began to space out until she felt pressure apply to her chest, she glanced down to see Carl's head resting against her chest with his eyes closed. Korinna ran her fingernails through her hair towards his scalp waiting for Carl to talk.

"Bonnie's gone," Carl whispered.

The young boy didn't know a thing about love but when Bonnie came into the picture he felt ecstatic. Bonnie's life was just as messed up as Carl's and she was different and reckless and he liked that about her. He didn't know if it was love yet but he wanted to find out, he liked hanging out with her but she was only here for a little while before disappearing and that hurt Carl. Korinna held her breath as she stopped messing around with Carl's hair but when he lifted his head she started playing around with his hair again so he couldn't see her facial expression. It's not like Korinna hated Bonnie or anything she just hated that the girl could just come into Carl life and take all of his attention. When Bonnie came around and started sharing a bed with Carl while bringing her siblings in the house she knew that this girl had Carl's heart. Korinna thought maybe someday Carl would wake up and see what was right in front of his face. She's always been there, always had Carl's back but as soon as Bonnie came into his life it was all about Bonnie and Carl instead of Korinna and Carl. Debbie was thrilled to spend some time with her friend again as soon as Bonnie came into the picture but Korinna was not like her usual sarcastic self. Debbie demanded to know what was up but she had an idea on what it was. Korinna was stubborn and would not budge but when Debbie suggested that she knew what was wrong with her Korinna's face said it all.

Carl was like a tornado, Bonnie was like a hurricane, and Korinna was the earthquake. A Tornado and a earthquake fit better than a tornado and a hurricane if you really thought about it. Bonnie would not take Korinna's spot she wouldn't let it happen, she thought about hurting the girl but at this surprising news Korinna found that she didn't need to do anything. Korinna rubbed Carl's back, "Ah...you were better off without her anyway. You wanna go blow up something?"

Carl lifted his head wiping his cheeks (hoping that he wasn't crying because he wasn't a punk) before giving Korinna a grin, "Hell yeah."

He crawled over Korinna's body not noticing how her breathing hitched and jumped down onto the floor. Korinna pushed the covers back jumping down beside Carl following him out of his bedroom.

"Your boobs are really comfortable by the way," Carl winked.

Korinna scowled hoping her bronzed cheeks wouldn't turn red as she started chasing her friend around his house. Korinna was determined to bring out the best in Carl Gallagher.

A/N: What do you think? Should I keep this going - if I do...this probably won't be updated until after the first episode of season five. Let me know.