A New Life•Adopted by LDShadowLady(SEQUEL)

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James darts into the living room.

"I'll just give her some alone time. She's really upset. Something about her brother raping her made her have flashbacks or something." he says.

"She has nightmares about it sometimes. It's best just to leave her alone when she gets like this." Lizzie says.

"Poor thing went through hell and back." James says.

I giggle because James usually doesn't swear.

"What's so funny? It's really sad." he says.

"No! I'm not laughing about that. You shut usually don't swear." I say.

"Well apparently a 20 year old male can't use foul language." he laughs.

"Or be in love with a 15 year old." I say.

"Don't talk about that." he says.

"Everyone thinks she's hot! I never get any attention." I frown.

"Oh no, you're beautiful. It's just that she's older and everything. I dunno." James says.

I smile because one of my inspirations to draw just said I was beautiful.

See, when I went it the orphanage, I was very depressed.

I thought it was my fault that this was happening.

But I now know that it wasn't.

My dad was usually drunk, but other than that he was just a jerk.

But then, I found James.

He pretty much saved my life.

I was thinking of suicide to get out of this fear and sadness.

But he made me realize that it would be alright.

I wanted to stay alive to watch his new videos every few days.

I decide to tell him all that.

"What you said was really beautiful. I can't believe I actually saved your life. I mean, you made the decision to save your own life. But I helped you." James says.

Lia comes into the living room.

"James, can we t..talk?" she asks.

"Of course." James says.

They go into Lizzie office because it's soundproof in there.
L I A
I lead James into Lizzie's soundproof office.

"Listen, I'm sorry I freaked out. I mean, I kinda like you too. But I have a boyfriend, and I love him." I say.

"That's perfectly fine. We can just be friends." James says.

"No more than friends." I clarify.

"Just friends." James agrees.

We walk out of the office.

"I was thinking we could go to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch." Lizzie says.

"I'm not a fan of that place." James says.

"What about McDonalds?" Lizzie asks.

"That's fine." James says.

"I'll drive there and pick up food. What does everyone want?" Lizzie asks.

"I'll have a Big Mac and fries. And Coke." James says.

"I want a quarter pounder, fries, and Sprite." I say.

"I'll have a chicken salad. And water." Hope says.

Lizzie goes out to pick our food up.

"I'm bored." Hope says.

"Uh, your favorite YouTuber is in our house!" I say.

"True." Hope says.

"Wanna record a video?" James asks.

"Yes!" Hope says.

"I'll upload it on my channel." I say.

We set up a camera and tripod, and decide to record Kiss Kill Marry.

"Hey guys! It's Lia here! I'm so sorry for not uploading in like 2 months. Lots happened. Anyways I'm here with Hope and TheOdd1sOut!" I say.

"Hey guys!" Hope and James say.

"So today we are doing Kiss Kill Marry! So pretty much what this game is is that you are given 3 people and you have to pick which ones you will Kill, Kiss, and Marry." I say.

"You go first!" Hope says.

"Ok, this one's for James. Kylie Jenner, Hope, or Jaiden." I say.

We are interrupted by Lizzie.

I stop the recordings and sit at the table.

Lizzie puts down our food.

James immediately gobbles down his burger.

Hope just plays with the chicken on her salad.

I see her cringe as she takes a bite.

After we finish, I try to talk to Hope about why she wasn't eating.

James hung out with us for the rest the day, and went back home.

We all now have his number.

We had a fun day.
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Hey!

Happy Friday!

This chapter took me about 4 days to finish.

#procrastinator

Turns out my crush hates me:(

He literally said ew when he had to sit next to me in chorus and some random dude had to sit next to me:(

Part of my thinks I'm not good enough, but whatever.

Boys suck.

Bye beautiful💕