Art Museum

BOOK SEVEN

"This is my friend from school, be nice to him" Isabel introduced Zeliya to Joshua. Joshua smiled at Zeliya as she began to introduce herself. "Hello, my name is Zeliya" Joshua began to shake Zeliya's hand. "Hi Zeliya, I'm Joshua, it's nice to meet you" "It's nice to meet you as well, welcome to our home" "Well, why'd you want to hang out at my place?" Isabel asked curiously. "I just want to get to know you..." Joshua began to speak until he got interrupted by Zeliya. "Isabel, can you please go to the store for me? I need a new notebook for school" Zeliya already has a notebook for school, why would she need another one? Is she just helping me make a friend? What a devious yet smart little girl. "Um, yeah, sure no problem, come on Joshua, let's go to the store" Joshua began to follow Isabel out her room to walk to her front door. "So, um, why are you depressed?" Joshua started a new conversation that Isabel didn't expect to hear. "Well, it's just, I feel like no one cares about me, like my parents didn't care enough about me to keep me, so I stopped caring about myself" "You should care about yourself" "I don't, I don't matter, I'm nothing, this world would be better if I weren't in it" "Never say that, none of it is true" "I don't care about myself so why should anyone else?" "Just because you don't care about yourself doesn't mean that everyone else stopped caring about you" Isabel realized that Joshua was right. She should be able to believe that other people care about her despite the fact that she doesn't care about herself. "You might not realize it yet, but you're cared for deeply. Maybe your real parents had a good reason to leave you in front of the orphanage. You'll never know, but don't think about the negatives in life, think about the positives. You got adopted, and you're still here today, Keyla provided you shelter and she gave you a family. You should appreciate that" "You're right, thank you for that, really, you made me realize so much" "It's not a problem at all" Isabel had another feeling in her heart, she didn't know what it was, but it was something positive. Joshua felt like a hero, he finally said something to make someone feel important. He loved making people feel special about themselves, it brought him joy. Finally, Joshua and Isabel reached their destination.