Adopted By LDShadowLady

Chapter 3

We begin to drive away. Away from Brooklyn. Away from Mrs. Abbot. Away from what I called home for three years of my life. I stare through the windshield, almost in tears. But why should I be? I have a family now. And believe me, they're the best family I could ask for. But I miss everything anyway. Mostly Brooklyn. I miss her. But I still miss the family I had. I could have saved them. I could have at least saved my baby sister. She died in a raging flame, curled up in my mother's arms. Wailing. Burning. Falling for eternity.

I snap out of my flashback. The leather of the seat cools my sweaty back. The car comes to a stop in front of a large house.

"Wow." I gasp.

"Well, home sweet home!" Says Lizzie. We unbuckle ourselves and open the car doors. Joel yanks the keys from his pocket. He unlocks the door and we step into the house. The floors were hardwood planks. It seems cold, and empty. But it isn't. Candles are lit everywhere around the room. The smell of gingerbread and mint fills the warm air.

"Let me show you your room, M'lady!" Lizzie says. I giggle and follow her into the most beautiful room I have ever seen. The walls were a pale green, the flooring a creamy brown color. The bed was composed of a light blue blanket and some yellow rose shaped pillows. There was a deep majestic purple rug on the floor. In the corner there was a beautiful white dresser with gold swirly patterns on it. There was a vanity in the corner, covered in lots of lipsticks, lip gloss, and eye products. There were shelves hanging from the walls, covered in adorable stuffed animals. There was a HUGE walk in closet on the left wall. The whole room screamed cute and gentle. I loved it!

"Do you like it?" Lizzie asks nervously.

"No." I say. Lizzie looks down in defeat.

"I love it!" She looks back up and smiles. I run forward and embrace them both. Lizzie smiles.

"Joel and I are going to go cook dinner; tommorow we can go shopping together!" I smile and they leave the room. I twirl around and flop on the bed. I feel something lumpy under the pillow. I pull it out. It looks like a present box! I open it eagerly but carefully. It was an iPhone X!

I dash into the kitchen and start screaming.

"THANK YOU SO MUCH ERMAGERSH!!!" Lizzie and Joel just grin.

"It is our first gift to you! Don't worry, there will be many more!" Joel says. I run into their arms, so thankful.

"You ought to finish unpacking. You don't have much, I think you can finish before dinner." Lizzie says. She shoos me out of the room and we all laugh.

I return to my room and quickly start unpacking my suitcases and bags. I had packed all of my belongings, so it took a while. I put my makeup in the drawers of my vanity, making sure to be neat. I pick up some of my old pictures from the orphanage, like me standing on the roof at sunset. I set them on one of my empty shelves. I load all my clothing into the closet, but my fair amount of clothing only filled a quarter of it! I set my iPad and my MacBook on a little desk next to a large bookshelf. I don't have very many books, but I put what I had in them anyways. I slipped my guitar in a corner. Did I mention I even had a guitar? Probably not. I forget things. If you're wondering how I have a guitar- it had been at a friend's house during the fire.

"Dinner's ready!" I hear Lizzie shout. I quickly tip-toe down the stairs. I plop myself down in the extra chair at the table.

"You know, I never thought I'd be adopted by my favorite youtubers, let alone meet them." I say.

"And we never thought we would find the perfect daughter." Joel says. I smile. "Anyway, who likes tacos!?" Lizzie shouts. I grab my phone and start playing "It's Raining Tacos".

"I'm going to take that as a yes!" Lizzie giggles. I should probably stop thinking of her as Lizzie, and begin thinking of her as my mum.

"Alright, so tomorrow I think we can go shopping." Joel sighs.

"Do I have to go?" He whines childishly.

"No." Lizzie replied. "I will take her alone, so you don't disrupt shopping time." She says it with a fake fancy accent, which makes me and Lizzie burst out in laughter.

"What's so funny?" Joel asks. I give him the "I've got my eyes on you sign", and we all burst out laughing. I fall out of my chair and start crying I was laughing so hard. I clamber back onto my seat to eat my taco, when Joel's ring tone came on. Which just happened to be raining tacos. Curse you Parry Grip, curse you!

We finish our tacos and begin talking about our plans for the week.

"First thing tommorow we'll get dressed and go shopping. No sitting around in the house with no shopping." Said Lizzie.

"Yes, Sergeant Lizzie." I hold my hand up in a mock salute. We both giggle.

"Oh, I get it now." Joel says. We all start laughing our heads off at Joel's comment. It takes a while, but we all calm down and continue talking.

"Wednesday I'll take you to see the pixel pact. We'll have to find some way to get everyone together. Thursday we can introduce you to the viewers."

"If you want to of course!" Joel says, quite quickly too.

"Don't worry, I'd love that!" I say honestly. Lizzie slapped herself in the face.

"Ummm Lizzie, why did you slap yourself in the face?" Joel says, concerned.

"We forgot to get you a youtube account and a Minecraft account!"

"Ohhh!" I gasp. We all laugh at my obliviousness.

"Ok, I think I better get ready for bed, I'm getting kind of tired from all the crazy stuff that happened today." I say, yawning and stretching my arms.

"Alright love, go ahead and get ready, come down when you feel like saying goodnight." Joel says.

"Alright." I reply. I walk up the stairs slowly, then step inside the wardrobe. I slip on a little flowered night-gown, then go to the bathroom to wipe the makeup off my face. I slowly descend the carpeted stairs.

"Goodnight!" I say. I hug both of them and yawn. I climb the stairs and collapse into bed.

"Goodnight." I whisper to myself. I drift in to a hazy sleep.

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