Adopted By Sleeping With Sirens

Chp.2

Marisol

The very next morning, I had woken up with so much pain on my left hip. That's where she constantly kept kicking me at. The headache had faded but my head still lightly throbbed. I sat up and fell back down. My head felt like shit once I rushed to get fully up and out of bed. I fought the pain and got up. I grabbed a pair of clothes and went to the bathroom. Most of the day when Julie isn't here, I try to enjoy myself or hangout in the living room with other orphans. Julie goes to her friends and doesn't come back only to sleep and torture me. Just looking at her, she makes it a huge deal!

I stripped my clothes off and then jumped into the shower. I scrubbed my hair and head very softly because the places she pulled and where I hit it, hurt so much. The current feelings I am feeling right as I take a shower are very unpleasant. I put my hand down to wash my body now and saw red. On my hand. I squeezed my hand with panic. I squeezed it until it turned yellow. What the fuck? Was my hand red? I got scared so I tried to ignore it. Hm maybe it was a little scratch. I put my head under the water after I washed up and saw a darker red color. "What the actual fuck?" I whispered harshly to myself and got out. Im pretty sure it is just a little cut, nothing worse.

I changed into my pierce the veil tie dye shirt and put some blue cut up jeans and slipped on some of my black ankle socks. I opened the shower curtain and rinsed the tub because there was some blood still by the drainer.  Soon it was gone. No one needs to know my business. After all, it looks like period blood.

I did my make up with a little bit of red eye shadow, added glitter to my eyelids, winged eye liner and some nude lip stick. I covered all the bruises with foundation and concealer. The cuts on my forehead was still obvious so I let my hair down. In the shower, what had been bleeding was a fresh wound on my hairline. When I had hit my head on the wall, I had also scratched it on something. It bled for a while but stopped. I grabbed my wet towel and put it in our dirty bin. We do laundry every week. I dont put my clothes in it becasue I could be adopted anytime and forget that pair of good clothes. I barely have any but a good ol' pair of worn out shoes.

"Marie come downstairs! Somebody is here for you!" Dara yelled and I rolled my eyes. She was using an annoying, nice and fake voice. I sat on my bed and remembered why Julie had hurt me. I didn't listen. I inhaled and got up and walked to the door but Julie blocked my way. "Now this time, are you going to listen?" She said and I nodded and she moved out of the way and let me out to go downstairs.

I walked downstairs looking down and didn't bother to look up because some of the make up didnt hide my cuts and bruises. "Sweety, this young man is interesting in adopting you dear" she said. I looked at his shoes and felt a little weird that it was a man and not a family instead. Living here, in Michigan was never fun because you don't know who to expect to adopt you. The orphanage we grew up and lived in was a well known one and it had perks to a few things. But right now, I instantly knew I'd be adopted and brought back. So that could be my fourth time being adopted and brought back.

My eyes connected with him. My head began to race in my ears and I could almost not even hear. If I could see myself, my eyes would be sparkling and my ears would be peeking up like a dog. My eyes grew big and he smiled. "Hello my name is Kellin Quinn and I am interested in adopting you. What is your name hon?" he asked and I began to blush deeply. Please do not stutter Marisol.

"My name is Marisol Fuentes. This is stupid to say but I've heard of you. I'm a bit shocked" I added and instantly regretted it. "Oh no I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. I-i don't know of you I mean." I gushed with words. Kellin's began to chuckle and shake it off. "No it's truly okay. Katelynne couldn't be here because she had work. You know a woman with good attendance right?" He tried to joke and I awkwardly laughed.

After I showed Kellin around and he got to know a bit more about me, we reunited with Dara in her office. "Right this way" she said and we followed her. "You're old enough to hear this so that is why I am letting you hear, okay Marie?" She asked and I nodded. Feeling grateful. "This has been in the process for a few weeks now, you haven't taken temporary yet, so you are allowed to take her today or anytime you want but she can't just be automatically adopted right on the spot. You will have a court day and I will schedule it to become something if you are really ready to legally become a father to Marisol." She said handing Kellin a packet of papers and Kellin intensely listened. I for once, I was truly smiling, even at Dara and she smiled back. Was she happy she was getting rid of me?

As Kellin and Dara spoke, she turned to me as Kellin signed papers quietly. "Marisol" Kellin called my name as his eyes were on the papers. My heart jumped and I looked at him instead of my hands. "Why don't you go upstairs and pack up all your things. You're coming to your new home today." he said and I was nearly dead. I began smiling again and didn't know what to say. "Yeah s-sure. I'll get on that. Right now" I said trying to be calm. He knew I was so excited and laughed.

I obeyed to his mission and went upstairs to go pack up. I naturally always keep my stuff neat and some packed because I've never felt like home here so I keep my stuff together. I grabbed my two back packs and went downstairs. Luckily Julie wasn't in there. I had everything in my bags. Fuck. I went upstairs and grabbed my soap I left in the bathroom this morning. I also grabbed my phone and charger with my head phones wrapped around my phone. I have an iPhone 11 max . It's truly amazing but I forgot how I got it..

I was going to run back down stairs to meet Kellin and Dara but right before I made my way down the first step, my hair was yanked. I was taken back so much that I gave out am shocked sound. Julie was behind me. "Shut up" she whispered harshly and pulled me and my hair back into our room. "Where the hell you going huh emo slut?" She said quietly to me. I hesitated to tell her but she waited and her face began to drop each time I made her wait. "I was adopted this morning.." I said and she laughed. "Thats odd. Honestly, who would adopt a skank like you?" She said and I looked at her feeling betrayal. "Don't look at me like that. You know I'm right. Family? Male? Female?" she asked and I flinched at her words. At this point, I was afraid to say because she'd use it against me.

And that's when she swung at me. For not speaking quick enough and because of her jealousy. It was her first punch she had ever actually threw at me. I flew to the ground and layed there holding my cheek and under my eye. I'm glad it wasn't on the nose. I got up quickly only to be shoved again to the floor.

"Leave, come back, and I will hurt you even worse. You make my life so miserable by being here." she said and I got up slowly, only to fall back down. She harshly pushed me to the wall. I attempted to push her off of me but that made her angrier. "You little whore!" She pushed me again and yelled. "No one is ever going to truly love you. You are going to always be objectified and have no rights of your own. People only petty you and like you because of your looks. Not you. Keep being Miss Piggy, high and mighty while some of us still have to struggle. I swear if murdering wasn't illegal, you'd be my first" She said inhaling heavy. At this point, I felt bad for her. She slowly got up and sat in silence. Before I walked out of the room, she hit my back. That last hit took the air out of me. I inhaled deeply trying to breath and she backed up and left the room. I turned to my side trying to breath and tears came down my cheeks.

I hurried downstairs wiping my tears, and Kellin's was at the door waiting. "You be safe" Dara said. "Wait Marisol," she added. I turned around and looked at her. "Wipe those tears and act normal. This is your only chance, do not fuck this up for me." She whispered harshly in my ear. I nodded and continued out the door with my stuff and put a hoodie over my head. We got into his vehicle and he seemed excited. My mood had been dropped. "Okay c'mon kiddo. You excited? I've been waiting for this day" Kellin said and I quickly answered. "You have?" And he nodded and held me in his shoulder. He was giving me a side hug while smiling. "Yes, absolutely." He said as we pulled out of the driveway and left. For once, I was safe and free for now.

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