Lost

Chapter 8

Belle's POV

The days went by until it was already 3 years since I had first stepped foot onto the orphanage. Not much has happened since then. The first week was a bit of a disaster. I became too shy to talk to anyone. Bethany was the only exception. We became good friends after that-she made this whole experience somewhat bearable. There were only 14 beds in the orphanage, and now there were 15 girls. This meant I had to sleep on the floor, until a new bed arrived. Luckily, Bethany shared her bed with me and I avoided the cold hard dirty floor all together. Now I was very grateful, but the bed was so small and uncomfortable with the two of us both squished together that I almost preferred the floor. The food was pretty good. The mornings we had toast with jam and milk. For lunch, we ate sandwiches. Dinner was the meal I hated the most. Everyday they would serve us rice, beans, and chicken-sometimes the occasional turkey. I hated rice. On the bright side, there was always plenty to eat. There was only one bathroom and at first I was concerned, but it turned out alright. Apparently there's a schendule that everyone needs to follow it and if you need to pee during someonelse's bathroom time, well, that's why we have trees. Everyday we wore the same outfit and it was a uniform-a crisp clean white dress and shiny black shoes. I should be complaining, but they are actually very comfortable and anyway I love wearing dresses. All through out the day I did chores. At first it was boring...VERY boring. I dreaded the first couple of days so much, that is until Bethany and I made up a game to pass the time. I realize it seems a bit silly and not that entertaining as watching TV or playing actual games with a bunch of your friends, but sometimes the little things in life are good enough.

That summer, Miss Hableknuck (our orphanage 'mother' or what I call her 'Miss Bossy') said that we could start going to school in the fall, but for now we're stuck with chores. This cheered me up until Bethany told me that 'school' was Miss Hableknuck yelling at us for 5 hours about stuff. She would know after all, Bethany is 15 years old and she's been stuck here since she was 12. For the most part she was right, there was a lot of yelling involved, but I loved school and i always did well in Miss Hableknuck's classes, so I didn't mind.

Now it was spending time with the other orphans that I minded. Everyone except for Bethany resented me. Sometimes even Miss Hableknuck acted like she didn't like me or maybe it was just my perkiness she hated. For the first couple of weeks, the other orphans' hatred towards me made me feel sad and a little bit lonely. But soon enough, I learned to toughen up. That's right. I was through with crying. I mean sure it still made me sad to think that after all this time, my granny still hasn't come back for me. For a while, I wondered why? Why my granny didn't come back or why it's been so long. But that was over now.

It's been 3 years. It took me a whole 3 years to finally forget about the past and honestly I couldn't be happier. I was finally getting used to this never-ending cycle that is my life. Doing chores and going to school. That was my life now. As long as I had Bethany to love and take care of me, I was happy.

Of course, as orphans, there's still one thing we wanted...

Everyday, for 3 years, Bethany would tell me that one day she'd get adopted by a nice family and get out of this place, but this was just wishful thinking or at least that is what I assumed until the day actually came...today, about 3 years and several weeks from my 7th birthday.

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I wake up beside Bethany and we both start our daily routines as usual. When it's exactly 10 o' clock and we are both in the middle of scrubbing the floors with soapy water, there is a knock on our door. Miss Hableknuck enters with a smiling couple and all of us girls line up and greet them graciously by introducing ourselves. This of course takes a while so I'll just spare you the details. The couple murmurs something to Miss Hableknuck and in response she nods and motions to Bethany. Bethany looks back at me and smiles, sending me a message that probably meant 'today is the day.' Just like that, Bethany leaves the room and when she comes back she immediately begins telling me about the couple and how great they are...and how she is leaving me. Before I can change her mind, she packs her stuff, gives me a quick hug and wishes me 'good luck', then leaves out of my life forever.

The one person that actually mattered to me. The only person who cared...is gone.

All alone again...

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