The Luck of Perfection

Chapter 1

I sit on my neatly made bed with the covers tightly tucked and my suitcase laying next to me. I sigh and look around at all the other bunk beds. I got lost in thought till a voice that I knew very well had yelled my name. "Ashton!" The high pitched voice squeaked sounding like nails against a chalk board. "Yes madam Pomfree?" I asked trying not to cringe at the horrid sound which was her voice. Madam Pomfree was a medium height woman who had fat hugging her stomach and had very little neck. She had hazelnut hair that was in tight curls and the dullest of eyes. "Are you ready to leave?" She screeched in her thick British accent. "Yes madam I am." I said softly. I didn't have as thick of an accent as her but I kinda sounded like a British version of Andy Biersack as some of the girls at the orphanage had told me. "Good good." She huffed and turned away and walked out of the room. I sighed heavily and looked around at the room that once was mine.I can't believe that I'm actually leaving, that a family actually wants me. I stood up and grabbed my suitcase and walked out to join the rest of the kids so called getting adopted today.

Most of the kids were very young, what I expected of course. No one want a rebel teenager in their house anyways. Most of the kids that were getting adopted were around the ages from 6-10, more on the younger side.  "Ashton!!" Madam Pomfree shouted. I squinted and plugged my ear as so did the couple that was standing next to her. "This is Mrs and Mr....um what was your name again?" She asked as she looked back at them having the expression that she didn't care on her face. "Hightower." The woman said softly and her voice sounding so sweetly. I couldn't get used to that without Madam Pomfree's horrid voice interrupting. "Yes Mrs and Mr Hightower. Follow me and Ashton please keep up with me and don't wonder off." She said in sort of a begging tone that I've never heard coming from her before. So I did as she said and followed her into a room with a table in the middle. Kinda like an interrogation room in a prison so not that comforting. I sat on one side of the table as they did the other. Madam Pomfree left the room closing the door behind her. "So this is where we get to know you huh?" The woman said happily with a smile on her face. "I'm lily and this is John." She said placing her hand delicately on the mans chest as he weakly smiled. "So your names Ashton right?" The man asked. "Yes sir." I said giving him my full attention. "Do you play any sports?" He asked. "Well I did play football when I was younger." I told him not wanting to talk about my past. "Well why did you stop?" John asked. "Well you see I played it with my dad before he died." I said looking down at my hands in my lap. "Oh I'm sorry son. I didn't mean to." He said and before he could finish his apology I accepted it. "Uh um so is there anything you want to know about us?" Lily asked. "Do you have any kids?" I asked her. She smiled and answered cheerfully. "Why yes we have two. Ones a little boy named James he's 8. And the other is Avery she's 16. Your age, correct?" She asked me. I nodded indicating that she was correct.

The time passed by quickly with us just chatting. Soon enough I heard that terrible voice once again. "So sorry to interrupt but have you made your decision yet?" Madam Pomfree asked trying to pop her head into the doorway. The couple nodded their heads. "And?" Madam Pomfree asked. "Yes, we'll adopt Ashton." Lily said overjoyed. Once I had heard those words slip from her lips I gazed up at them with shock and joy. "Good good well we shall get Ashton's stuff and bring it at once." Madam Pomfree said leaving once again.

"Oh Ashton you'll love it where we stay. We'll get your records and get you ready for school and we can go shopping if you need more clothes. Okay?" Lily asked. I nodded with a smile on my face.