Adopted by who??

Chapter 3

My heart was beating so fast, I was sure I was going to die at any moment. I slowly opened the door and found Harry sitting in a chair next to Polly.

As I looked around her office, I saw it was very clean. Polly pointed to the chair closest to Harry and asked me to sit down.

I slowly sank into my chair and stared at the floor. I felt their eyes burning holes in my head.

There was a long pause before Polly finally spoke up. "So you want to adopt... Ruby?" she said with obvious disbelief. Polly had never exactly liked me.

"Yes Ma'am." Harry's voice was shaky. He must have been scared of Polly.

"Strange..." Polly's eyebrows furrowed. She must have been organizing some sort of plot to make him change his mind.

"Not really." Harry replied nonchalantly.

Harry and Polly seemed to have a long mental battle, which I found quite amusing.

"Whatever, take her." Polly finally grunted.

Wait, WHAT?!

This just got scary...

Harry stood up, walked to the door, and opened it for me.

"Grab your stuff, we'll be waiting at the door."

I didn't really understand what was happening, but when I finally did the only thing I could think of was how to get away. I concluded that I would stay in my room forever.

5 MINUTES LATER

I heard a light knock at my door and Josh peeked in. When I gave him the O.K, he ran in to hug me, tears rolling down his cheeks.

"What's wrong?" I asked, tears starting to form in my own eyes.

He didn't say anything at first; he wanted to savor the hug.

"Doesn't anybody want to adopt me?" His voice was shaky and scared.

"Yeah, lots of people." I answered, not sure of where this would lead.

"Like who?" He asked, sitting up.

"I would! Just you wait, the right Mommy and Daddy will come for you soon!"

"But I want a Mommy now!" His voice went crazy again and he buried his head in my arms.

"I'll be your Mommy!" I said quickly. Before I could process what I had just said, he lifted his head and smiled.

"I love you Mommy." He said before hopping into my bed and immediately falling asleep.

With more important things to deal with, I plopped down on Caitlyn's old bed and listened to Josh snore calmly.

Then the blond guy barged into my room to speak with me. He seems nice, I thought to myself before sitting up.

"Hey, are you ready?" he asked.

I ignored him, hoping he would get the message and leave me alone.

Nope.

"My name's Niall." he said as he sat next to me.

"What do you want?" I mumbled.

"Excuse me?" Niall asked.

"Nothing."

"Would you like some help packing?"

"Pack-"

"We aren't going to hurt you," he stated.

I ignored him and asked him what I should pack.

"Um... toys, clothes, whatever you want."

"No." I argued.

Josh suddenly sat up. He mistook the situation and giggled.

"Hiiiiiiiiii!" Josh said to Niall and winked at me.

Josh ran up to Niall, grabbed his face and said "Leave my Mommy alone!"

Niall gave me a confused look. "Harry said you were only fourteen..."

"I am." I said.

Niall smiled at me before turning serious again.

"Don't worry; she's not my real Mommy. She adopted me ten minutes ago." Josh stated smiling.

"Okay. Finish packing, we'll be downstairs."

I smiled. Adopting me would be the worst decision they ever made.