Echo McCall

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T R U D Y

"Uncle Peter!" I shouted as I jumped into his arms. He held me tightly and I pulled away. "What are you doing here?" I asked and he smiled at me, "I've come to take you home of course!" I giggled and hugged him again. "Um excuse me, but I need identifiction please?" Mrs Robinson asked politely. Uncle Peter sighed and pulled out his driving license and she smiled, "I'll send the papers over later" I nodded at her and pulled Uncle Peter with me to my room.

"Hey Trude, where are we going?" I giggled at pointed to the sign on my bedroom door. 'Trudy' he nodded and we went in. I packed all of my belongings, which actually means, my toothbrush, hairbrush, teddy bear and my favourite pair of clothes. I finished packing and grabbed Uncle Peter's hand, "let's go home".

As soon as we were outside the orphanage, I ran across the grass and jumped in the air. "We weren't allowed outside!" I squealed as Uncle Peter watched me with an amused face. "I've got a surprise for you in the car" I perked up and ran over to him."What is it?" He smirked at me. "More like, who is it?" My face morphed into a massive grin. Peter told me to close my eyes as he guided me into the backseat. "Okay you can open them"

I slowly opened my eyes and my smiled got even bigger, if that was even possible. "Isaac!!" I yelled and engulfed him in a hug. "You came, you came!!" He smiled at me happily and I returned it. "How could I not?" The entire car journey back home I couldn't keep still, my feet were constantly swinging or I was fiddling with my fingers. Everyone at the orphanage thought I had ADHD, whatever that is. I just ignored them.

"Before we go home, we are going to see some friends." My head tilted in confusion. "Scott?" I questioned and he nodded. "But why can't I go straight home and see Mummy and Daddy?" Their faces went pale and lifeless. Oh no. That's not good. "What happened to them?!" I yelled and they covered their ears. "Please don't yell Trude" I nodded and slid back in my seat, trying to think of all the bad things that could have happened to Mummy and Daddy.

We got to Scott's place and I ran to the front door. "Scotty, Scott!!" I shouted. "Open the door!" Eventually after all my banging and shouting, someone opened the door. "Hayden? Where's Scott?" She was shocked I was here but she let me in and lofted meinto her arms. "I'm so glad you're okay" I hugged her and she returned the hug.
"Please can I talk to Scott." She nodded and put me down. I wasn't on the ground long because Isaac lifted me up from behind.

He led me into the sitting room, where everybody was sitting, everyone but Mommy and Daddy. "Where's Mommy and Daddy!" I shouted, my lungs are going to explode soon. No one answered me as I sat on one of the sofas and started crying. "Where are they!! Someone tell me!" I cried. I hand was laid on my shoulder, I expected it to be Hayden, but when I looked up it was Liam. "Leave me alone, only talk to me if it's about Mommy and Daddy" I snapped at him, he left me alone and so did everybody else.

Except Allison. "Allison?" I asked and she nodded. "Where are they? I miss them and I want them back!" She rubbed my back in a soothing manner. "They're not dead. Your mummy is really sick and your daddy isnt coping very well" I cried out.
"Please can you take me to them?" I said through cries. She thought about it before nodding. I hugged her and she led me to her car. "Are we going home?" She nodded and started driving away.

"What do you remember about your parents" I looked down at my feet dangling off the seat. "Their faces when the man took me away, the way mummy would sing to me every night while daddy was cuddling me." She smiled and petted my hair. "You're home now" She said as we arrived at the loft-Home. I ran out the car and knocked on the door. "Who is it?" It was Daddy, but his voice seemed darker and more rough than I remember it.

I didn't want to answer to spoil the surprise and knocked again in our secret code. It was for when I beat Mummy out of the car and Daddy was still at home, he doesn't let anyone in unless he knows them.

Knock, knock knock,tap,knock,tap.

Derek's POV

What? That was a knock only one person knew- Trudy. But it can't be her, she was taken away from Echo and I. I repeated the same knock but on the other side of the door. When we usually did this there was another part of the knock that nobody knew. If this person is Trudy, she'd know it.

Knock, knock, tap, fist, knock.

Trudy's POV

Daddy finally believed me and opened the door. He stared down at me before opening the door completely. I don't think he fully believed it was me. "Trudy?" He said in a shaky voice. I nodded and jumped into his arms and squashed him in a ginormous hug. "I missed you so much" He whispered into my hair, we had both started crying and he was holding me tighter than before.

"I'm finally home"

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