orphan (2009)

Part 1. The Orphanage

(TW: This story has graphic depictions of violence, sexual activity strong language, and/or other mature themes, it might not be now but more later.)

I've been in an orphanage for a while now, its so boring here. Everyone having fun with they're friends then theirs me. Stuck up in the classroom all the time, painting. I guess I just never seen the point of it. Tomorrow sister Abigail says a couple is coming to check us out. I wonder whos going to go home, I hope it's annoying Kianna. She's always bothering me and my peers and asking us stupid questions like "what was the last thing you ate" like she knows they serve us all the same food right..? Anyways I'm going to go back to painting it's the only interesting thing here.

Next day everyone's outside or downstairs playing but what day aren't they doing that? I sit in the classroom and gasp my way into painting. After a few long minutes I hear a car pull up, I get up and look at the window. A couple comes out of the car. I forgot about them honestly, I stare at them passionately. Suddenly the women looks up at the window as if she could sense me looking at her. I gasp and get down from the window quick. Oh geez that was so embarrassing. I try to just forget about it and get back to my painting, I'm almost done with it which gets me super excited. About 8 minutes pass since the couple was here and I hear foot steps and someone lurking on the door. I say "hello" trying to signal for them to come in.  A tall bright clean beautiful man comes in. I realized he was the man I saw earlier. He's one of the parents who came here to look for children!! I said in my head. I try not to freak out much. He approaches the paintings right next to me on a table. He asks if they're all mine. I say "yes, do you like them?". He says "Yes! They're remarkable". I say thank you. My names Esther what's yours? He smiles and says "John" then we shake hands. He asks if he may take a seat. I say of course! He watches me paint and asks how I got the idea of the one I'm currently painting. I say my paintings always tell stories, this one's about a sad mother lion who cant find her cubs. John says, "but she's smiling". I say, she's dreaming of her babies, it's the only thing that makes her happy. John says "I hope she finds them". I said, she will.. look. While painting I say, they were lost in the jungle and they were so scared because they didn't have a mother and father, just when they thought they'd be alone forever, they found their mother asleep under a tree. Now when she wakes up, her dream would come true, she'll have her family again. John said, "that's amazing you came up with that story?". I nod and smile as I say yes. I hear footsteps but I don't think anything of it. Soon I see John get up and looking behind us, so I do the same. john says "Hey I want to introduce you. This is my wife Kate, Kate this is Esther." I see the women I saw earlier from the window! With sister Abigail. Kate comes up to me and says "hello, how are you, nice to meet you" while rushing towards me and shaking my hand. I smile. John says "she painted all these" and points at my paintings. She says "really? these are fantastic, these are really wonderful." I say thank you. Kate asked where I learned how to do this. I said, I just had lots of time to practice I guess, its really boring here. Kate repeats, "its boring here? Hey if your so bored why aren't you down at the party?" I said I never really seen the point of it, nobody's ever talked to me before, I guess I'm different. Kate says, "Theirs nothing wrong with being different you know?" John then makes a joke, we all laugh. After a few seconds I say, I think people should try to take the bad things that happened to them in their lives and turn them into something good. Don't you? I said. John confidently says "yeah". Kate smiles and says "Absolutely". After we talk for a bit then well.. they leave with sister Abigail. After a few minutes a hear word from sister Abigail that they would like to adopt me and would be here in 4 weeks! I was bursting with excitement. All that stress I felt? Gone. I felt free for once. Today was one of the best days of my life.

(next chapter coming soon!)