Adopted

chapter 3

"I want that one." Mrs. Dahvie nodded her head. She pushed me over to two men that were much taller than me and looked like they just smoked a lot of weed. "I'm denis." One of the men said as they hugged me. "You can call me..." he paused for a moment. "Denis the dad." He said. "Okay." I said agreeing to his name request. Bret looked over trying to hold the laugh that almost escaped from his mouth. I smiled and looked back at my two new guardians. "I'm Ben." The other man said. He pulled me into a really tight hug I soon tried to struggle out of to get air, After Ben realized I was struggling with my breathing he let go. I looked over at shelby. She was in front of two men. One of the men pulled her into a welcoming, warm hug. "I'm Jaime." He said nicely. "You can call me jaime or dad #1, I don't give a fuck." Shelby smiled, she knew these men would treat her better than mrs. Dahvie treats us here. Bret looked up to see a man staring down at him. The man smiled, nodding his head with an evil stare. "I'm Jayy." The man said in a very low, darkening voice. Bret stood there, shaking in fear. Bret had no idea what deep, darkening secrets this man held at his house, in his car, in his pocket, what kind of abusing things were held in his voice, so he hoped for the best and took it all in. Mrs. Dahvie broke the fear and awkwardness by saying "Kids, pack your bags while these wonderful parents sign a few papers." We all nodded our heads as we went to our room. "I'm really really scared to go with Jayy." Bret said shaking in fear. I looked at him with a soft stare. "I promise you, if anything happens I'll text you my new address and you can hide from him at my place." Bret nodded his head and stopped shaking so much. I finished packing when shelby looked over. "Love birds." She said as she put one last essential into her bag, the bread roller. I rolled my eyes. "There's something called being a good friend." I said defensively. Shelby gave me that look. Just from staring into her eyes I could tell that she was saying "Yea, suuureee." I rolled my eyes again in annoyance. All three of us walked down the stairs into mrs. Dahvie's office. "It turns out shelby and Zoe will be going together, their new parents are friends and drove down here to pick you guys up in the same car." Shelby high fived me. Then I saw bret's facial expression. I knew he would be depressed and have even worse anxiety. "Time to go." Jaime and Ben said at the same time. We walked out but before I left I hugged bret tighter than his skinny jeans. Bret made serious eye contact with me and kissed my cheek. I blushed slightly as I waltzed out of the room. Shelby was already in the not a car but a tour bus! I jumped in and saw shelby in a bunk. "You can have mine." denis insisted as he pointed to the top left, right next to shelby. I hugged my new parent and walked to the bunk, threw my shit on the floor and hopped in the bunk. The bus started up and Before I knew it we were driving. My phone vibrated so I grabbed it from my pocket. Bret had texted me saying "hey." And then we started talking more. Zoe: Z Bret: B

B: Hey

Z: Hey

B: Jayy has a limo and shit, I was wrong about the guy.

Z: Cool, i'm in a tour bus rn

B: Lucky!

Z: Yeah

B: I gtg bye ❤

Z: Bye

(Conversation ended)

I looked over at shelby, very confused. She looked at me and just stared blankly. "What?" She said. I threw her my phone. "Read the last part." She read the whole thing, trying to be nosy but when she read the one text she looked up at me. "Who are you talking to?" "Bret." I said very embarrassed. She threw back the phone. Shelby went wide eyed. "Figures" she said, in a very unsurprised tone. I looked up. "Bitch" I said. "Asswipe." She said glaring back. "Dick" I yelled. "FUCKING IDGET" Shelby screamed. Jaime walked in. "PUSSY MOUTH." He said. Shelby was the only one laughing. "Oh, we're here." Jaime said nervously laughing when I looked at him with an angered stare. We grabbed our shut and walked out to see a huge house and an incredibly gigantic plot of land. "We all live in this house." Vic said. "Yeah, anybody who wants to live here, gets to live here." Ben added. "Nobody is blood related so date whoever." Denis said smiling. Shelby and I looked at denis with again, angered looks and denis quickly avoided eye contact. We walked into the house and a guy with brown hair was sitting on the floor eating rasins. "Hi, I'm Jc! Nice to meet you!" He said to both of us pulling us into welcoming hugs. I backed away quickly but shelby enjoyed every second of it. Jc escorted us to our rooms. Upstairs another guy walked up to us. "Hi, I'm ronnie." He said shaking our hands. "I'd talk but I have to go set up the instruments." He smiling, specifically at me. "Ok." I said. Jc escorted me to a room with black walls, bat lights, and neon splatters all over the dresser and the walls. I had a black light too. Jc turned on the black light. "We read your dream room request from the orphanage." He said. "OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!" I said as I ran into my room. Shelby was right across from me with the same styled room. I was so happy. Later that evening ronnie walked into my room. " how do ya like it here?" He asked kindly. "Based on my room, it's amazing!" I said. Ronnie laughed. "That's good." He said. "I'm gonna go to bed." I said. "Goodnight." Ronnie said as he pulled me into a surprising hug. I saw Jc hug shelby. Ronnie let go and nervously walked away quickly. I was curious about what he was doing. Why did he leave so sudden? I couldn't keep my eyes open much longer so I closed them slowly and dreamed of what ronnie is actually doing that he's not telling me. We only met today and I barely know him so that's probably why but still, I wonder.