Diary of a Daughter (Based off of "Moments")

One: My Adoption

Dear Diary,

My name is Emily. I am 8 years old and this is my diary. 3 years ago I was adopted by 2 Dads named Mark and Sean. It felt weird having 2 Dads at first and a new family, but I got used to it.
I live in a house outside of the city. Besides my Dads, I live with my dog named Chica. I also have several Uncles who stop by and visit sometimes. I have my Uncle Matt, Uncle Ryan, Uncle Bob and Uncle Wade. They're all super cool! I love my family!
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I was a 5 year old girl at Little Ladies' orphanage in downtown Los Angeles. My grandmother apparently had to separate me from my parents after I was born, but I never knew why. But she took me here, where I am now. The only thing she left for me from her was my stuffed doll, which I named Emmy.

I was playing with my Emmy Doll in the playroom area with one of the workers, Anna. I only played with her, none of the other girls. But I didn't care, I loved playing with Anna, and she seemed like she enjoyed playing with me.

Every day, we get many people coming in, looking to adopt children. Many of them were husband and wife, who were looking for kids. Mostly all the parents who came in adopt at least one kid.

Today, however, it was a little different, especially for me.

Two men came into the play area where we were. One had pink hair and one had green hair. Anna stopped playing with me so she could introduce herself. I stayed behind her.

"Hello, my name's Anna, I'm working here today." Anna smiled.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." The man with pink hair said. "My name is Mark, and this is my husband, Sean."

It surprised me to see that they were both married.

"You guys seem familiar..." Anna responded. "Aren't you two from the Internet?"
"Yes, we're both YouTubers." The man named Sean replied.

Those two are famous? I thought to myself.

Suddenly, I noticed the same guy looking at me.

"Hello there!" He smiled, waving to me. I slowly raised my hand and waved.
"Don't be shy." Anna insisted. "They're nice people!"

I slowly came out from behind Anna and approached the men.

"Aw, she's so gorgeous!" Mark said.

I smiled, that's the first time I've heard that. It's not that nobody has ever called me ugly, I've just never actually been around other strangers to be called that.

"What's your name?" Sean asked.
"Emily..." I murmured.
"Emily!" Mark smiled. "That's a beautiful name."

I smiled.

"Sorry she doesn't talk much." Anna explained. "She hasn't actually been around people before."
"That's perfectly fine." Mark replied.
"How old are you Emily?" Sean asked.
"Five" I murmured again.

Sean looked up at Mark and smiled. Mark then looked over at Anna.

"So what's Emily's story?" Mark asked.

Anna then looked at me and then to the two men. She then took them out of the room. I waited for about ten minutes, when they finally returned. Mark and Sean looked over at me and smiled.

"I think she might be the one..." Mark responded.

I looked over at Anna, who smiled at me.

"Do you hear that, Emily?" Anna asked. "These two men are going to adopt you!"

I looked over at them. I became a lot more scared than I should have been. Usually kids get excited to go to a new family, but I loved being with Anna, and going with two strangers seems scary, especially since you hardly know them.

Anna then picked me up and put me on her lap.

"If you don't mind, we're going to give it a few days before you can finally take her." Anna discussed. "Mainly so that she can get used to it."
"That's fine, we totally understand!" Mark responded.

The two of them waved goodbye to me and then left. I looked up at Anna.

"I'm scared Anna..." I responded. "I don't want to leave you."
"Sweetie, don't be scared! You're gonna go to a new family and have lots of fun!" Anna explained.
"I don't want to leave you..." I mumbled.
"Sweetie, don't worry about me. I am going to be just fine!" She assured me.

I stayed quiet and nodded. She then took me into another room where she took a photo of me and did fingerprints of me. It made it look like I was going to prison, but apparently it was all for approval. Afterwards, she took me into my room where she began packing my things, keeping a few extra things out just in case.

"Am I leaving today?" I asked.
"No..." Anna said. "If you get approval tonight, you might leave by tomorrow, if not, the day after."

I nodded. I then went and got dinner with everybody else. We were all then taken to the play area where we would watch a movie before bedtime. However, half way through the movie, Anna took me into my room.

"Good news, Em... You've been approved!" She smiled at me. "I want you to get as much sleep as possible for tomorrow, okay?"
"Can you stay with me until I fall asleep?" I asked.
"Of course..." She nodded.

She stayed with me for the hour it took me to fall asleep. It usually took me ten minutes to fall asleep. But knowing this was my last time she would ever stay with me, and knowing that tomorrow I would be going with two men to my new home, made me both sad and scared.

I would miss Anna so much.

Early the next day, the two men, Sean and Mark, came by and took me and my stuff to my new home. I hugged Anna one last time before I went into their car and began driving to my new home.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE!

So for those of you who are confused, there will be a diary entry at the beginning of most chapters (some chapters will continue from the Diary entry a chapter before like the next chapter) and then a flashback of that moment afterwards!

Hope it all makes sense and I hope you guys enjoy!

More to come!
~Jackir30