Adopted By Kevin Olusola

Chapter 4

KEVIN's POV
"Hi, Kyra!" I said.
"Hi," she said. Her voice was weak. I looked at her and saw something that I hadn't noticed in the bad lighting at the orphanage, she was very pale and she had huge dark circles under her eyes. I looked down at her shirt and saw that she was skinny as a twig. She noticed that I was looking down at her and coughed, subtly. I snapped out of my thoughts.
"I like your shirt," I said, trying to act normal, "Did you know that I helped design that shirt?"
"No...I didn't," she said, still not buying that I was looking at her shirt.
The situation was getting awkward, so I turned on my phone and played music through my BlueTooth speaker.
"Pick a song," I told Kyra.
She picked our cover of "Starships" and we sat and listened to it until we got home.
"Okay, Kyra. I haven't told anyone that I was even thinking about adopting. I have had to lie to them and they have been getting really angry that I haven't been able to do anything with them, so don't be offended that they don't know who you are."
"Okay!" Kyra said, "Kevin, I want to thank you for picking me. I have been in and out of 17 foster homes in the past 5 years. Ever since my parents passed away, I have never felt loved. Now I finally feel like someone cares." We were both crying happy tears. I hugged her, and to my surprise, she hugged me back.
We walked in the house together after crying for 5 minutes in the car.
"AVI!" I screamed.
"What..." Avi mumbled like he had just woken up.
"I have a surprise for you!" I said, trying to hide my excitement.
Avi stumbled into the living room, still not able to see Kyra. "Did you buy me dragon shaped chicken nuggets?"
"Even better," I said.
Avi saw Kyra, "Is that your niece?" He asked, "She doesn't look anything like you!"
"No," I said, "Avi, this is Kyra, my adopted daughter."
Avi stared at me then at Kyra. Out of nowhere he came and gave us a huge bear hug. "I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!" Avi screamed, breaking our eardrums.
"Thanks Avi!" Kyra said, "It's so good to meet you. Your voice is so amazing!"
"Are you a fan?" He asked.
"Not to sound creepy," Kyra said, "But I am kind of obsessed with PTX!"
"Awesome my little dragon!" Avi said as Kyra giggled.
"C'mon, Kyra!" I said, "Let me show you your new room."