Changing Me

My new life...

We pulled up to the curb of a apartment building. As i got out of the car a man walked out of the front door and walked over to Shannon and kissed her on the cheek. he was about 35 years old, tall, brown hair and light brown eyes. she looked over at me and said " Derek this is CeCe" He looked at me and smiled and said that it was nice to meet me. He open the car trunk and started to grab my things. then he noticed the box. He looked at me and said this box goes great with your new room.

Shannon held the door as we walked into the building i said which apartment is yours and she said "oh this isn't an apartment complex this is our house."  I Looked around and noticed that there wasn't any doors with numbers on them. It was well decorated, with a open concept. She took me down a hallway and opened a door. She said "this is your new room i hope you like it, i decorated it last minute i didn't really know how old you were."

I sat my things on the floor and looked around it was colorful with red and pink walls and light brown wood floors. there was a single bed and a desk. there was two doors side by side on the opposite wall i opened the left one it was a closet, it was full of designer brand clothes. then i opened the right one and it was a simple bath tub with a big tub. looks like I'm going to need to get use to this.

I walked back down the hall and into the room Shannon and Derek was in. I guess it was the living room. There was a big couch and two chairs. the room was decorated with old black and white photos of children. Behind Derek there was a little kid about 6 years old she was holding a little box with a bow. she walked over to me and said "are you my new sissy?" I said "yes" and she put the box in my hand and gave me a hug. I guess that's what families do when they let a stranger into there home. give them presents and hugs.

Shannon told us all to sit down. we started to talk about how things would work with me living there with them. she said that it wouldn't be easy but that it could work. She asked what i like to do and some other questions. But i wasn't paying that much attention i kept thinking about the box. Derek said that he had to go to work and that he would be back later. Shannon asked what we would like for dinner and said that she wanted to make something special for me. I told whatever she felt like making. 

I never really had a home cooked meal. it was always fast food or take-out. I think she realized that. Then the little girl came back to me and said "i'm lilian what your name" i replied "CeCe" she started to smile and said "do you want to play a game?"