Adopted By a Romanian Teddy Bear

Chapter 2: Rewritten

^Griff's outfit and sketchbook
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By now, adoption day has come and gone and the sky is slowly getting darker. As Peter and I are hanging out in the courtyard, reading one of my comic books together, we start to feel a few raindrops on our heads and arms, so we decide to head inside. Since it's almost time for dinner, we decide to wash our hands before all the other kids are racing to wash their hands and get to the table first. Once our hands are washed and dried, we help Ms.Ava set the table before telling the other kids to wash their hands.

As Ms.Ava serves the spaghetti, she starts telling us about how one of us has been adopted and will be picked up in the morning. All the kids start getting excited, hoping that they're the ones getting adopted.

"Hey, guys, why don't we wait for Ms.Ava to tell us who is going home, it could be any of you. So, let's quiet down and listen." I tell the kids who listen and quiet down.

"Thank you, Griffin. As for who is being adopted, it's actually you, Griffin. Congratulations." Ms.Ava says. This shocks me beyond belief. I almost scream at her, asking who adopted me. "By Sebastian, the man you were talking to earlier today." Ms.Ava tells me calmly, despite my not-so-calm energy. In an instant, Peter is out of his seat and sprinting upstairs.

"Thank you, Ms.Ava, but may I be excused?" I ask, she nods and I am instantly running up the stairs after Peter. I rush to Peter's room, but don't find him anywhere in his room, so the next place I check is the attic where we sometimes hang out. When I climb up the ladder to the attic, I find Peter curled up in the corner, crying into his arms. "Hey bud." I say, gently, as I walk over to him.

"I don't want you to leave me!" Peter sobs. I smile sadly at him as I sit next to him and pull him into a hug, letting him cry into my shoulder. Eventually, Peter's sobs quieten and his breathing evens out. I look down at him and see that he fell asleep, so I carefully carry him down to his room where I tuck him into his bed. I quietly leave his room and close the door, so that the other kids don't wake him as they play in their rooms or downstairs. I head backdownstairs inhopes of finding a small snack to eat, since I didn't get to eat dinner, but as I pass Ms.Ava's office, she calls me in.

"Oh good, I wanted to talk to you before you went to bed. Is Peter alright?" she asks, sounding concerned. I nod and tell her that he was just upset about me leaving tomorrow. Ms.Ava nods, undertanding how Peter feels.  "Don't worry, I'll take care of him when you leave. By the way, Sebastian, the man who adopted you, will be here at 11:00 tomorrow morning and he drove by while you were upstairs with Peter, and he dropped this off." She hands me a box with wrapping paper on it with a note taped to it. I thank her for the box and leave her office. I quickly stop in the kitchen and grab an apple before I head back up to my room. I read the note on the box as I walk into my room, 'Can't wait for tomorrow. I hope you like your present. -Sebastian'

I sit down on my bed and tear the paper off the box, revealing the box of an iPhone 11. I gasp, not expecting to have gotten an iPhone 11 from the man who just adopted me. I quickly turn the phone on and see one contact already in the phone. I tap on the contact and send a quick text, 'Hey, it's Griffin'. I put the phone down so I can start my nighttime routine, but I hear the phone buzz, so I pick it up and see that Sebastian has texted me back. 'Hey Griffin, I'm excited to see you tomorrow. I hope you like the phone.'

I smile and lay back on my bed, texting Sebastian for a few minutes before I decide I should really get off my phone and go to bed, so once I text him that I'm going to bed, I put my phone down and quickly get ready for bed. In the middle of the night, I feel someone shaking me, I open my eyes and see Peter standing next to me, visibly shaking with tear stained cheeks.

"Peter, what's wrong?" I ask as I pull him into a hug, which causes him to start crying. Peter cries into my shoulder for a few minutes before he pulls away. "Okay, can you tell me what's got you so worked up? I can't help until you tell me."

"I h-had a nightmare. Y-you l-left and I-I never s-saw you a-again a-and y-you forgot about m-me." he hiccups. I smile sadly at him before I pull him into another hug and rub the back of his head as he starts crying again.

"Hey, you know that will never happen. I will never forget about you, and I will do my best to talk to you every day. Sebastian dropped off a phone for me while I was with you up in the attic, which means you get my iPod, I already added my email and number to the iPod, so you can use it to text me. With that in mind, I need you to head back to bed so you're not so tired tomorrow." Peter nods tiredly as he pulls away from me and wipes his eyes. I ruffle his hair before he turns and leaves my room, almost running into the doorframe as he leaves. I quickly fall back asleep, I'd say I had a dream of Marvel characters hanging out with me, but I don't dream, not anymore.

In the morning, I wake up on my own, nobody has poked me in the face to wake me this time. I reach over to my bedside table and grab my phone, seeing the time is 10am and I only have an hour before Sebastian is supposed to pick me up. I start panicking, wondering how I'm going to pack my belongings in less than an hour, but my worries fade when I hear a knock on the door. I tell whoever is knocking on my door to come in and when the door opens, Peter walks in, wearing his favorite Spiderman shirt and matching shorts.

"Hey, Spiderman, what villains are we battling today?" I ask, which makes him laugh.

"Ms.Ava sent me up here to help you pack, since you have an hour till Sebastian picks you up. I'll grab your bags while you get dressed. I nod and get out of bed, grabbing my black and white 'cheer like' dress and my Bad Omens symbols hoodie, I also grab my knee high socks before I head to the bathroom to get changed. Once I'm done in the bathroom, I head back to my room and find most of my clothes packed and Peter sitting on my bed, holding a small box.

"Whatcha got there?" I ask Peter, sitting down beside him on the bed. Peter hands me the box, so I open it and find a silver spider necklace inside the box. I smile as I take the necklace out of the box and put it on. "I love it. Oh, and I have a few things for you." I quickly walk over to my desk and grab my iPod and a comic book off it, handing both to Peter. "I know how much you like this comic book."

"When you're finished packing, can you read to me? Please?" Peter asks, pulling out the puppy dog eyes. I laugh and nod before I quickly finish packing the rest of my stuff. As soon as all my stuff is packed, I sit on the bed with Peter leaning against me, and I read him the comic book, doing funny voices for the villains, which always makes Peter laugh.
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Author Note:

Another chapter this soon? Must be magic!
I hope yall enjoy another chapter this soon. I won't be posting this quickly on a regular basis, but I wanted to get the next chapter out for yall.

Stay Weird, and remember, I love you all 3000.
-Griffin