And Then There Were Three - Adopted by Jizzie

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Katelyn
The next morning, I woke up at the crack of dawn. I don't know why, but I'd hardly slept that night. It could have been out of wonder and excitement about maybe having people be interested in me, but Mrs Thomas was probably lying about that one. I looked at my phone, 7:24am. We weren't supposed to go downstairs until 8am onwards, so I put YouTube on my phone and began watching one of Lizzie's videos. Once that finished, I decided to watch Joel's latest upload. As soon as that finished, I started to get dressed. I decided to wear some black skinny jeans, a coral short-sleeve shirt and white converse. I braided my hair then decided to go downstairs for breakfast.

After I finished my toast, Mrs Thomas came into the kitchen.

"Is everyone here?" She asked.

"Um, yeah." Lauren rolled her eyes.

"Lauren! No need to be like that." Mrs Thomas snapped.

Eva started tutting and rolling her eyes, but Mrs Thomas just let it slide.

"Right. The couple will be here in about three hours. So I need you to make sure your rooms are clean and if you finish, come down here and help me tidy a little, would you? I would like you all to be down here for 12:30, and then I'll talk to you again. Is that ok?"

"Yes, Mrs Thomas." Everyone chorused.

"Ok then, let's get cracking!"

I steadily went upstairs to my room. I put some music on in the background, then began to tidy and clean my room. It was quite tidy to be honest, just a few papers and packets here and there. The vacuum was just outside my room, so I got it and gave my room a once over. I put a couple of books away on the bookshelf. Finally, I sprayed my room with air freshener so that it had a clean smell.

Once I was done, it was half past eleven. I jumped downstairs and found Mrs Thomas in the main room.

"Do you want some help, miss?"

"Oh, Katelyn. I'd love some help," Mrs Thomas replied.

I grabbed some wipes and a black sack and started clearing up some of the mess. I was rubbing the table when Lauren and Eva came in.

"Oh look who's come out of the cave!" Lauren exclaimed.

"Um, Lauren. Stop with that now." Mrs Thomas said, annoyed.

"Lauren's right though, she's like a giant. She hides away in a cave and only comes out when she wants something. It's like she thinks she's actually going to get adopted," Eva butted in.

I just ignored them and carried on working.

"Katelyn, why don't you just go up to your room. You've been a great help down here, it's time for you to rest yourself a little before the couple come. Besides, I know that they might have some interest in you." Mrs Thomas nodded.

"Me?" I was shocked.

"Yes, you're a good age and fairly quiet. That's what they want!" She exclaimed.

"Me? Wow," I smiled, and Mrs Thomas engulfed me in a hug.