The first week was torture. I spent most of my pacing in my room worrying about them hating me. I was so sure that I had said something wrong and they would find another kid. I thought about how boring I was. How they hated me. How they would forget about me and I would regret this for the rest of my life. My heart rate picked up I couldn't breath. I stumbled over to my iPod, knowing YouTube would calm me down. It opened to a Dan and Phil video and I thought about how much I would miss out on. I gave away my only chance to not die forgotten. Tears started streaming down my cheeks. YouTube auto-played to another video.
"Hey guys, this is kinda an update video. Dan and I have some important things going on right now. So we might be behind on making videos and updating on twitter." My head jumped to conclusions. 'Were they adopting someone else' 'It's only been a week' 'Could they be adopting me?' I pushed the last one out of my head. Of course not. I had built a wall around myself. Blocking out all hopeful thoughts.
There was a knock on the door. I scrambled to compose myself. I opened the door to see Ms. Lewis standing there. My mind went crazy of what could happen.
"Follow me into my office we need to talk." I followed her mindlessly. I took a seat across from her.
"Mr. Howell and Mr. Lester-" I braced myself for the worst. On the outside I looked fine but on the inside I was falling apart. "Have been approved as acceptable parents. All that's left is the legal stuff. That could take a couple months." This was not happening. They actually wanted me. I nodded or shook my head when she asked a question. I was consumed in my own thoughts. I had a home, for now. Until they witnessed my first melt down.
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When It Gets Good
Teen FictionQuinn is an average orphan girl who's fate is set on being alone forever. Until two people change that. Can she live with her problems and mistakes?
