A few moments later I heard the old voice of Florence saying come in. I opened the door and sat down in the chair she was pointing. "So Sutton we need to talk"...
"You want to stay here at orphanage still right" Florence said sternly.
"Well yes of course I have no where else to go." I could feel my hands becoming sweaty. Florence makes me so nervous when I talk to her. She could kick you out if she didn't like a little thing about you.
"I figured. The only way you can stay here is that you have to do more chores."
"But why would I have to do more chores?" I said very confused.
"You need to because your almost 17 and once your 17 your on your own. But I thought I could help you so I'm letting you stay only you do one more chore than usual. Because were losing a lot of employees. Now don't expect me to treat you special this is a one time thing."
"Thank you so much now what is the chore I have to do?"
"You have to clean dishes everyday for 2 hours. You start today with another girl your age. Now run along I don't want you in my office anymore. Make sure you go straight into the kitchen your shift starts now."
Harsh.
She pointed to the door and glared at me until I was out of her office.
I made my way to the kitchen where I saw a older lady and a girl who was my age.
As soon as I approached them the lady started talking. "Ok ladies you know how to clean dishes now get to work your 2 hours start now. I would get to know get each other sense you will be with each other everyday for 2 hours until you get your own place to stay. Oh, and by the way my name is Maria."
After she was gone I turned to the girl she said "Hello love my name is Alice what's yours?"
"Sutton."
"Well Sutton it is nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too. Uh.. Sorry to ruin the moment but I think we should get to cleaning."
"Yes, right but maybe we should get to know each other while we clean.. Like Maria said."
"Oh yeah um sure." I feel bad cause I'm so shy and I barely say anything and always make people feel like I don't like them hopefully Alice doesn't think that.
"So what's your favorite color?" Alice said while laughing.
I laughed too. "Red" she had lots of energy but she is also awkward. We took turns asking random simple questions until our 2 hours were up.
"Well I guess were down now. I'm glad that your the one I get to work with."
"Thanks I'm glad I get to work with you too" I said with a smile.
"Well I got to go do other chores. We should hang out sometime anyways bye."
"Bye." I said as I watched her walk out of the kitchen. Well now I have a friend my age at the orphanage.
Finally.
I made my way to my room sense I had no chores and nothing better to do. When I got to my room Claire, one of the girls I watch as a chore, was standing in front of my door.
Oh crap I forgot to tell her I couldn't hang out because I had to do dishes. I made a plan with her that a certain time each day I would hang out with her and that certain was when I was cleaning.
"Oh sweetheart I am sorry I had to do dishes."
"It's ok can we at least hang out now?" She said all happy.
"Yes of course we can."
