Adopted by Simon Cowell

Chapter 3

    "Girls please come down and we will wait for the guests." Ms.Janet called in her nice voice she used with everyone else. I just sat on my bed because I knew I wasn't going to get adopted. "Harper get down here." I grabbed my earbuds and went downstairs. Everyone just stared at me with hatred as I made my way to the back of the room.
    I put my earbuds in and started listening to Maroon 5. I was half way though 'Daylight' when I heard the girls screaming. My first thought was that someone broke in, but then I heard some of them yell "Oh my gosh it's Simon Cowell!" I looked up quickly wondering why he was here.
    Some of the girls saw me staring and pushed me out of the way saying I would never get adopted. "Trust me I already know that without you reminding me every single day!" I said loud enough for mostly everyone to hear. I walked quickly up the stairs and into my room. I put in my earbuds and started to play the rest of 'Daylight.'

---------Simon's POV----------

    I went to the foster care in Lambeth because I kind of want to adopt a child. I just feel like I need a little change because I live in a house with a bunch of teenage boys. The foster home I went to was called Ms.Janet and Ms.Cady's girls foster home. Yesterday I gave them a little heads up that I was coming today. I knocked on the door and a lady about 40 years old opened the door.
    "Welcome Mr.Cowell. I am Ms.Janet and that is Ms.Cady. The girls are in the living room waiting. So let's go." She lead me to the room full of young girls. They all screamed when they saw me, but one. I looked at the girl. She looked very very familiar. It took me about 5 seconds to realize that it was Harper. The 16 year old girl who auditioned for The X Factor yesterday. I didn't know she was in a foster home.
    She was pushed by these two girls. They told her that she would never get adopted and she said... she knows. That kind of broke my heart a little bit hearing that. She walked up the stairs and out of sight. Ms.Cady noticied I was staring at place Harper was last visible and she whispered that she is mistreated by Ms.Janet and she does all the cleaning and cooking. She said that she needed a good home to grow up in not the foster care where she is treated like a maid. I looked at Ms.Cady about to say if I could go up, but before I could she nodded as if she read my mind.
    I went up stairs and heard her voice singing.

-------Harper's POV-------

   A fact about me is when I have my music playing and I'm stressed I sing out loud, but I don't really figure it out for awhile. I was singing 'Daylight' and it reached the end and I heard clapping. I toke my earbuds out and turned around to see Simon standing in the doorway with a smile playing on his lips. I looked down at the floor not wanting to meet his eyes.
   "That has beautiful. You really nailed it." I just kept looking at the floor. "What's that on your face?" I just remembered about the bruise on my eye. I put my hand on my eye and turned around and sat on the edge of my bed. "Harper? What happened?"
   "I can't say. Unless I want to get hurt again. Oh my gosh please don't tell Ms.Janet I said that." He stared at me with confusion written on his face.
    "I heard. Are you singing again you talentless girl. I told you if you let that slip you would be sorry." She said loud enough for me to hear. "I think it may be time for you to be put in another foster home. That would be nice."
   "There will be no need for that. I will be taking her." Simon had moved closer to us. Wait what did he just say? He just said he was going to adopt me.
   "Please don't" I said. He looked at me shocked. "Everytime I get adopted I alway come back and get more chores and punishments. I'm just saving you a trip back."
    "Finally you say something smart. She is useless. So let's just look at the other girls and we will get her things packed so you guys can get going."
    "No. I would like to adopt Harper." Ms.Janet was getting angry. "I would like to talk to her alone please before I sign the papers."
Ms.Janet turned on her heel and slammed the door behind her.
    During the whole dialoge that happened I never lifted my head up from the spot I was staring at. I heard Simon walk torwards me. He sat next to me on the bed. I still didn't look up.