Adopted by Lierra~

Chapter 1

"Hey Phoenix!" Carter said, He was my best friend and the only one who was just like me, an outcast.

"Hey Carter!" I yelled walking towards him going to give him a giant bear hug.

Me and Carter always had this brother and sister type relationship, we were inseparable. We met just after a week of me being at the orphanage, back then I was super shy, and definitely really timid, he was just a few months older than me, he was about to turn 13.

"Wow Phoenix! You're strong!" Carter said while pulling away from the hug.

"Yeah yeah, whatever" I laughed at him because he was always pretty limp, it was our inside joke.

"Brought you something Phea!" That was my nickname he gave me, it was always weird to me, basically you're saying Pea, but just in an odd way.
"Ooh! Really? What is it!" My eyes lit up when Carter took out a box from his pocket.
"Here you go!" He said smiling widely. I grabbed the box and opened it, inside there was a silver necklace with a gold carved bird feather charm.

"Carter! This is so beautiful! Where did you find it?" I said while putting it around my neck.

"I have my ways, glad you like it Phea!" He leaned in for a hug and I hugged him back. He was always my favorite person in the whole wide world.
"Oh yeah! I made us lunch!" He reached behind him and grabbed a basket from behind him.

"What? Are we having a picnic in my room now?" I teased.

"If that's what you want it to be!" He smiled and laid down the food in front of me, peanut butter and honey sandwiches, my favorite.

"Thank you Carter! This is amazing!" I took a bite of the sandwich, same as always.

"Hey Phea?" I looked up at him and tilted my head sideways, I didn't want to talk with my mouth full, he got the hint and continued,
"What happens when we get adopted?" He said, I swallowed my food,
"I don't know, but who would adopt us? I mean we're practically teenagers. You know adults and how much they hate our humor and attitude!" I said.
"I know but, something tells me that you're going to be adopted and you're gonna leave me.." His voice trailed off, when I looked back up at him and I saw he was fighting back tears. I hugged him again,
"Carter, don't be ridiculous! Even if I did get adopted I'd still stay in contact with you!"
"Really? I mean that could be impossible!" He whimpered.
"Carter, I would do one of two things, get the number from the check in area, or make them adopt you too." He hugged me tighter and this time he cried.
"Aw Carter! It's going to be okay."

"Hey you two!" Abby said walking into my room, Abby was my only other friend here, she was nice, super tall like seriously she was at least six feet tall, and she was 16.

"Hey Abby!" I smiled brightly, getting up from my bed to go hug her.

"Hello!" Carter said.

"Guys we have the whole friend group here!" I yelled while they both nodded.

"Yeah! So what do you guys want to go do?" Carter said,
"Actually, Phea. There's a couple outside that want to meet you." My eyes widened.
"Abby, is that really true?" I said with a saddened tone, truth is. I never wanted to leave the orphanage, honestly it was just a big family to me.
"Yeah, I'm sorry Phea but I think you're going to go to a new home. They seem to really like you." I started crying, I jumped into Abby's arms,
"But I don't want to leave! I want to stay with you!"
"I know, but it's a new home and you'll have a much better time with them than here." Abby said
"No! Then I won't have you guys!"

"Come on Phea, get ready and just go talk to them! And please be polite and nice to them for me." Carter said. I let go of Abby and wiped my tears, I went into my closet and grabbed a football jersey and a light blue pair of ripped jean shorts. I went into the bathroom and got ready. I braided my hair and pulled a few strands out in front of my face.
"Come on Phoenix, you can do this." I said to myself, I messed with the necklace that Carter had gotten me just that day until I was satisfied. I left the bathroom and gave them both a giant hug, and then went to the front room where the couple would be.

"So you must be Phoenix." I heard a man say, I looked up and I couldn't believe my eyes.

"Uh, yeah that's m-me!" I said putting on a smile.
OH MY GOD IT'S LUKE HEMMINGS.
I wrapped my arm around my neck. I felt out of place.

"Hi Phoenix! It's so nice to meet you! I've heard a lot about you." The woman next to Luke said.

"H-hey, nice to meet you too!" I smiled trying to control myself.
SIERRA DEATON TOO?! What did I do to get this lucky?!
"So Phoenix, my name is Luke, and this is my Fiancée, Sierra."
"Yeah, I already know." My eyes widened, "W-Wait, it's not like I'm a stalker or anything, I um just really like your band!" I laughed nervously.
"Ah, so you already know a lot about me." He laughed.
"Y-yeah sorta."
"Well Phoenix, we really think you'd be a great addition to our household. Petunia is getting kinda lonely." Sierra laughed.
"I mean I'd love to but, I would be leaving my friends and I don't want to do that."
"I understand, but you can always talk to them because we can just give them a call." Luke said.
"Yeah, I guess."
"Well Luke, we should say that we want to adopt her." Sierra said.
I nodded and went to go pack my things, along with hugging Carter and Abby. I sure was going to miss them.

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