Adopted By 5SOS ( English Translation )

Chapter 2

Sofie POV

"Flashback"

It's the middle of the night when I wake up by the screams of my parents. I stand up from my bed and walk down to find out what's going on. Lucas ( my brother ) has also left his room.
"What's going on?" he asks.

"I don't know," I answer. We quickly walk towards the livingroom. Lucas opens the door. A wall of smoke welcomes us. "DAD, WHAT'S HAPPENING," I say, but the smoke fills my throat and I start to cough. Suddenly I feel a huge heat coming toward me.

"GO WARN THE NEIGHBORS! I'LL FIND MOM AND DAD! THERE'S A FIRE!" Lucas shouts. I see the fire coming closer and closer. I have no idea where to go! I'm getting out of breath!

Eventually I find the door and I run outside, loudly coughing. I run to the house of our neighbors and knock on their door. Soon the door opens and an old woman stands in the doorway, with a sleepy face. "There's a fire!" I say. The woman runs inside again and calls the fire department. Within a few minutes I hear sirens. I see the firefighters run inside our house with a hose. After a while they run outside again, carrying my parents and Lucas.

"They probably won't survive, there's too much smoke in their lungs," one of the firefighters says.

And there I stand. Without parents, without a house. The tears flowing over my cheeks.

I wake up with weeping eyes. I had the same nightmare again. I've had this nightmare many times. It has been three years since the fire and I still mis my parents, but I'm not sure I'm missing Lucas. I was always scared of him, cause when my parents left, he screamed at me and sometimes he hit me. I was too scared to ask him why he did it and now I will never know.

I hear footsteps on the stairs. It's probably Yvon, who's coming to add more chores to my 'to do-list'. I roll myself into a ball again and act like I'm sleeping. I hear voices coming closer.
"This is the only eleven year old girl. You should think carefully before you adopt her," I hear Yvon say. I get cold sweats. Are there people who want to adopt me? I don't want to leave the orphanage! Even though I hate this place. I don't want to be adopted AGAIN!

I've already been adopted one time, but those people were so mean, I had to return to the orphanage. They were a woman and a man. When the woman left, the man mistreated me. It was horrible. It was a matter of time before the child protection service returned me to the orphanage.

My thoughts are interrupted by the bedroomdoor that suddenly opens. I close my eyes tightly. Just act like you're sleeping, a voice in my head says. I hear footsteps come closer and suddenly I feel a hand on my back. I cringe in terror.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't meant to scare you," I hear an unfamiliar voice say. "Are you Sofie?"

"Yes...," I say softly.

"We want to adopt you," the voice says. I slowly turn around. There's a boy next to my bed, I think he's around twenty. He's got a slightly tanned skin and friendly dark brown eyes. "I'm Calum," he says.

Calum Hood POV

The girl slowly turns around. She's got straight brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. It's visible that she's been crying. She looks friendly. Why did that woman say we have to think carefully before we adopt her?
"Can I help you pack your stuff?" I ask Sofie.

"Uhm... no, I think I can do it myself," she says softly.

"Okay, than we'll see you downstairs," I say and walk with the boys out of the room. Before I leave I turn around. "See ya," I say and smile.

I hope she's going to feel at home with us soon...