REDEMPTION // ADOPTED BY SCARLETT JOHANSSON

Chapter 9.

・⎯⎯ ⭔ HANNAH'S POV:

I observe scarlett's face as she's reading the email.

'Scar?' Lizzie asks apprehensively.

Scarlett's jaw drops, and she grins.

'I am your mom. I'm your mom.' She looks back and smiles to me, i look up at her, my mouth hung slightly agape and my eyes wide. How does one react to something as absurd as this?

'If you want to, I can adopt you, I can take you back. But it is up to you.' She gives me a choice even with the hopeful gleam in her eye, basically begging to let her take me home.

'I... would love that.' I smile to her.

She sniffles, crying a little bit, Lizzie is smiling so wide. I lean forwards so that I can hug her.

'Right okay. I'll email my lawyers now. They'll get in touch with your social workers and we'll take it from there.' Scarlett rambles out loud as she types on her phone like a madwoman.

'This is crazy!' I exclaim.

'It is! We'll check out of the hotel tomorrow. I live in New York, so we'll have to book tickets tonight.' Scarlett says. 'Wait, what?' Did she just say she lives in New York?! 'I'm living in New York.' She says again.

'But what about school? And Dana? My friends?' I frown and so does she as a more melancholy feeling falls over us. 'I'm sorry honey...' Scarlett says looking back to me. 'It's okay, we'll figure it out...' I sigh.

We drive back to the hotel. It's about two o'clock now. I don't know how to feel about leaving Atlanta, my everything is here. It's all I've ever really known. I want to be with scarlett, but it's all moving so fast.

'Okay tickets are booked. My lawyer will meet me tomorrow when we're home, then he'll contact your social worker.' She says, i nod and go back to looking at the blurry hedges and fields we're driving past.

I open instagram and a lot of the cast has followed me now, which is making me blow up even more.

'Scarlett can i post the photos of us from the weekend?' I double check. 'Yeah sure I don't see why not.' She smiles.

I post the photos I got with the cast, they instantly become popular. A lot of fans have posted photos of me on their pages which is weird.

We get back to the hotel and meet a ton of paparazzi. The super invasive kind. Lizzie reaches back and gives me her glasses again. I put them on along with the cap.

'Here give me your hoodie.' Lizzie says. 'I'll use it to cover your face.' She explains. 'What about you?' I frown. 'I'll be fine honey don't worry.' She smiles comfortingly.

Her and scarlett get out first and shield me as I get out, I bury my face into lizzies side and scarlett holds the jumper over me, I think the hassle is a bit much considering everyone knows what i look like now.

They're all shouting at us, lizzie is telling them to move, they're not listening though. I grip onto her shirt a bit tighter.

They're blocking the entrance to the hotel.

'Hannah im picking you up, scarlett is going to put the hoodie over you.' Lizzie tells me.

Before I can even begin to debate I'm already lifted off my feet, I bury my face into lizzies hair and just go with it. Scarlett is behind us with the hoodie over my face and hair, Lizzie trying to barge through.

Security finally comes and push them back, it took them a while considering how many were there.

We finally get into the lobby and I'm still hugging Lizzie like a koala. Scarlett takes the hoodie and glasses off of me.