"Adopted By" Oneshots!

Original Adopted by Falsettos First Chapter

AN: Ignore the not-so-creative title, but a lot of you asked for this, so here's the original first chapter of Adopted by Falsettos! Before Josie became the cello-playing, bisexual mess of a nine-year-old we know and love today, she was a four year old who was left on the streets once Samantha kicked her out. So basically, same backstory, just aged down a bit. Let's go!

Book: Adopted by Falsettos
Josie's Age: 4

"And stay out!"

Why does Auntie hate me? One moment she was hugging me when she picked me up from preschool, the next minute she was screaming at me over something called "college," picked me up, and set me down on the front steps and slammed the door.

My Mommy and Daddy were gone. They've been gone for a while. Auntie told me that they died a long time ago, when I was just a baby. So, I've never met them and I probably never will meet them.

I was in the big city walking around. I had never been to the big city before. It's scary. There's a lot of people walking around. Some of them look at me weirdly. I wonder why. Probably because there was a four year old walking down the streets in the city with no mommy or daddy around.

I stop walking when I see a woman kneel down next to me. She looks nice. I stop in front of her and she smiles at me.

"Hey, sweetie! What are you doing out here alone? Where are your parents?" the woman said.

"Mommy and Daddy?"

"Yes, sweetie?"

"Dead." I said. I walked off and said, "Bye-bye, weird lady!"

The lady laughed a little and stopped me. "Hey, sweetie, how about I take you into my work, doesn't that sound fun?"

"O-okay?"

"Let's go, then!" the weird lady said. She picked me up and said, "What's your name, sweetie?"

"Jo-se-phine!"

"AWWWWW! Aren't you the cutest little thing? My name is Stephanie?"

"Steph-nee? Hi, Steph-nee!"

"Aww! You adorable little thing! Come on, we're here now." Steph-nee took me into this weird building with a lot of people in it. I didn't like people. People scare me.

"Everyone, this is Josephine!" Steph-nee said. 

"CAN WE CALL HER JOSIE?!" this strange man yells.

"Josephine, are you okay with that?" Steph-nee asked. I squealed a little and yelled, "YEAH!"

"AWWWWWWW!" all the people said. Why were people fussing over me? That never happened before. Auntie would always leave me alone unless she had to pick me up from preschool.

Steph-nee told me all the strange people's names. I forgot their names right away. But they all seemed nice to me. Why were adults being so nice to me lately? Adults have never been nice to me. I don't deserve that.

"Tracie, can you watch this child? I can't watch her all day." Steph-nee said. The woman named Tracie came and picked me up, and then five minutes later. I fell asleep on her shoulder.

"Aww."