I woke up to knocks on my bedroom door, I walk up and open the door revealing a girl who looked about 15
"Hi I just wanted to tell you Lunch is ready the bell rung I'm not sure If you heard or whatever"
"Oh okay thank you"
I began walking down the corridor with her
"So whats your name?" she asked
"Talia, you?"
"I'm Macey, and I am 14 years old"
"Oh okay well I am 12 years old"
Her eyes went wide "12! goodness your young"
"Thank you ?" I said confused
"Sorry I didn't mean it like that I just... never mind"
I just laugh "Its fine, and I am turning 13 in a few of weeks so"
"Well hopefully you stay long enough so we can celebrate it together"
"Why wouldn't I stay here?"
She hesitated before saying "Well most girls like you get adopted or moved quickly"
"What do you mean girls like me"
"Well you know the young and pretty ones..." she said
"But I suppose because of your eyes it will be hard for someone to love you" She says slyly causing me to pause
"Excuse me?" I say insulted
She laughs it off smiling "Don't worry I'm just joking, its what friends do, you look like you didn't have many"
"Anyway no one wants to adopt ugly girls or girls who are older than 15" She says
"Why not" I question
The girl just shrugs "That's the way it always has been"
"Well what happens if you don't get adopted"
She stops walking and looks me straight in the eye, she had a scared expression, "You either out grow the system and leave once your 18 but that is only if your lucky, most people get sent to different orphanages in different places, some are really bad"
"How bad"
"Really bad, I have heard stories of kids being mistreated and in some cases murdered"
I gasp shocked this happens in real life
"Exactly" she says
"And no one can stop it from happening because many of the places the kids are taken to don't actually exist"
"I don't understand what do you mean?" I ask
"There not registered, they can't legally be doing this and they use this as a way to hurt kids and even use them for money"
We walk to the food area silently
"Macey do you think your going to ever get adopted"
"Honestly I don't know Talia, I hope so I really do but I am 14 now and no one has been interested, I have seen many kids been adopted but no one ever spares a glance at me"
I go silent before hugging her tightly
"Well you have me now"
She smiles and hugs me back even tighter
Over the past 2 weeks, me and Macey really started to bond, we were best friends now, I told her everything about my past life and she told me hers
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Can We Be Fixed?
Teen Fiction"You are a mistake, no one could ever love you, Do I make myself clear?" Talia is a 13 year old girl, going through hell. She has always craved for a normal life but the world had a different plan for her. No one can see the pain her family is put...
