Adopted By 5SOS ( English Translation )

Chapter 3

Sofie POV

So I'm going to be adopted again. That boy who was standing next to my bed looked friendly, but he said: "WE want to adopt you." I think there were more people standing at the door, but I wasn't able to see them very good.

I stand up from nu bed and walk towards my 'closet'. I find my backpack and put my clothes inside. When I'm finished, I walk back to my bed and grab the box with the knife from under it. "You're probably gonna need that in the future," a voice in my head says. I hide the box at the bottom of my bag.

I swing the bag over my shoulder and close the door behind me. When I walk down I see 4 boys waiting for me downstairs. I immediately recognize the boy who had been standing next to my bed. I stare at the other three. Will they become my new 'fathers'? They actually look pretty young.

One of them has bright red hair that looks like it's been mauled by a hurricane, it just looks kinda scary. Another one has messy light brown hair and the last one has blonde hair and blue eyes... He looks exactly like... "Lucas," I whisper. He's back! But he was dead! How is this possible?! THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!

I quickly run back upwards and start breathing heavily. When I reach my room, I slam the door behind me and drop to the ground. My breathing becomes faster. What's going on? Why is Lucas here? "Come on, Sofie, ghosts do not exist. Lucas is dead, he can't be downstairs," I tell myself.

Then I hear a knock on the door. "Sofie?" I hear a voice say, it sounds like Calum, the boy who was standing next to my bed. I feel him trying to open the door. I stand up from the door and act like I'm searching for something. Slowly my breathing becomes normal again.

The door opens. "What's going on?" Calum asks.
"I thought I had forgotten something," I lie.

Calum POV

"I thought I had forgotten something," Sofie says. I nod, but I don't believe her to be honest. I won't forget the fear I saw in her eyes when she was standing on the stairs. Something's wrong and I'm going to find out what. I wished she would trust me enough to tell me what it is.

"Are you ready to go?" I ask. She nods slowly. I take her hand in mine carefully and she doesn't pull hers away. When she stands right next to me, I notice she's actually very small! Together we walk down, but when we've come downstairs, she remained at a distance. Is she afraid of one of the boys?

Sofie POV

I walk down together with the boy. He's holding my hand, but it actually makes me feel comfortable. When I come down, I see Lucas again. A wave of chills flows through my body and I stay behind Calum. I just don't understand how it's possible that he's still alive and healthy standing in front of my nose. I don't dare to look at him. Would he still be the same as a few years ago? Would he still yell at me? I don't hope so, but I'm afraid he will.

Calum and I reach the others and we walk outside. "Is she really eleven years old?" I hear the red haired boy ask Calum. Ugh, I've been estimated too young again, I hate being small so much.

When we walk outside, I see a black van with darkened windows standing in front of the door. I swallow. "I-is it a very long ride?" I ask.
"A small 15 minutes I think," Calum answers.
"You can do this. Try to control your breath and everything is going to be OK," a voice in my head says.

We go inside the car. I'm sitting between Calum and the boy with the light brown hair. The others are sitting on the front seats.

The car starts and I feel myself getting nauseous. And when I look around, I see the walls of the car coming towards me. Closing me in. I've been scared of small rooms since the fire occurred. And I hate it.  "Please, not now!" I beg myself, closing my eyes tightly.

This is going to be a long ride...