lisa ann walter adopts you

part 7

i  walk inside, while looking down at my phone. texts from the abbott gc asking if i'm okay and if i've gotten there safely. they seem mighty concerned about me for people who have just met me today, but i really appreciate it. quinta and lisa even offer to play imessage games with me once i get settled in. i wonder who will win. i feel like we're all equally competitive, so it'll be quite the challenge. i text them back. "we just got here!! and omg guys , i'm so up for that. just give me one minute! "
they text back emojis in approvement.
"oh hi, anna!" a 35-40 year old woman and a slightly older man walk in, friendly looking. maybe not too religious , but also not very hippie. like, the perfect middle, if that makes sense.
i shrink back a little into myself .
"hi."
i manage to squeak out. normally, as an actor, i'm able to mix well with people . i mean, you kinda need to have that skill. but with these strangers who i'm just going to live with, who could possibly secretly be abusive.. i'm not exactly the most outgoing.
"i know you've been through a lot. so it's okay if you don't want to do much together today, or even the whole time you're here. plus, i know you have a busy schedule. but we're here if you want to do anything together. and we already set up your bed and your room, we put led lights on and they change color, we can show you how the remote works if you need. the bed spread is pale pink, and we have a blue pillowcase , because we didn't want to assume on colors , but we tried to make it as  suiting for you as possible. we just want you to feel welcome. i understand from what i've heard that maybe you might be sensitive over what we give you to eat, so we also have some healthy foods , fruit , vegetables , chicken and rice, just have something, okay?"
"wow.. okay, umm. thank you so much , guys. im sorry im a bit awkward. it's been a long day. " i think to myself "i cant eat anything, not even the healthy stuff they have. i already had a stupid cupcake. "
i say out loud "can i just go to bed , please? i have an early morning. "
they look disappointed. "oh.. that's okay." the woman mutters. 
"let me show you to your room, hon."
mrs bryant leaves, satisfied that i've been settled.
i follow her to the room, up the stairs , with fancy wallpaper and deep curves , down the hallway, to the guest room at the very end, next to a bathroom. we open the door creakily, and walk inside it. the wall is white, the bed is as described earlier , and the room is a decent sized room, but not too big. there's a full body mirror on the small closet door, useful for when i want to body check. not much room to move around to workout, but i'll make it work. i sit down on the bed, bouncing up like a boomerang motion. it's nice , soft.
"so what do you think?" she asks me.
"it's great, thank you." i say respectfully.
"are you SURE there's nothing you wanna eat before you go to bed?"
"i'm sure." i say, faster then i can blink.
"okay, goodnight."
"goodnight."
i pick up my phone again, and see a text from the gc. once again, about me.
"anna, who's going to bring you to set in the morning love?" lisa asks.
"um.. idk . i hadn't thought about it. we were staying at a hotel close to set , so i just took myself today."
"okay. well , i can pick you up and bring you there, if you want . but you might need to let me call your foster parents to make sure it's okay, first. that way, they don't have to wake so early the rest of the week."
"okay, let me take you to them." i say.
i call lisa, and she picks up by the time i get downstairs to them. "hi, is this anna's foster hosts im speaking to?" lisa's voice rings loud and clear .
"yes, is this really .. " she looks up and down. "Lisa Ann Walter ? "
she says , with a bit of amazement trying to be hid in her voice .
lisa laughs. "yes, yeah it is . i work with anna on abbott elementary. we were thinking i could come this week every morning to take her back and forth from set to your house so you don't have to worry abt the extra gas money. plus, it gives us some bonding time. "
"okay , sure , that sounds like an okay plan. " my foster mom says.
"yay, okay great! " lisa exclaims. "now , anna , ready for our imessage game with quinta? i bet i'll beat both of you !"
"nooo , i'm gonna win!" i say excitedly.
"haha we'll see abt that." lisa chuckles affectionately.