This entire story will be written in Niall's point of view. Yay my first story sticking to one specific view point xD.
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I sat around with some of the other lads in our shared room, telling jokes and stories that they had either made up or heard from television. Josh, my best mate in the orphanage, had come running into the room with exciting news.
"There's a family here looking to adopt!" He had shouted gleefully. "Unfortunately, I heard they're looking for a boy around their son's age, which I believe they said he was fifteen. I'm probably out of the question." Josh was a month and a half away from turning eighteen. He would soon be put out on his own. He wasn't really worried about it, though.
"Mrs. Sarah Rose will probably be in here soon," he added. Mrs. Sarah Rose was our house mother. She, along with Ms. Anderson and Mr. Kyle, made sure we were fed, happy, healthy, and in bed by ten.
"This could be your chance, Niall," Josh told me as we waited for Mrs. Sarah to come in.
"Don't get my hopes up, mate," I said back, smiling while I did so. It really didn't bother me if I got adopted. I enjoyed being in the orphanage with everyone there. I was mainly just worried about my future if I didn't get adopted. Would I end up homeless? Probably.
Before Josh could say anything else, Mrs. Sarah Rose came in with a cheery smile on her face.
"Wonderful news, boys," she said, her Scottish accent soft and ear pleasing, "there's an amazing family here from England looking to adopt a young boy between the ages of fourteen and sixteen. If you're a boy within that age limit, follow me toward the interview room. Seven boys, including myself, followed Mrs. Sarah.
"Line up here," she told us, pointing to the wall right beside the door to the interview room. "You will go in one at a time and have a one on one...well more like one on five....conversation with the family. There is a couple, man and woman, along with their three children; one boy and two girls. Be polite, and good luck."
I stood silently at the end of the line, straightening my shirt and fixing my hair. I coiled my tail tightly around my left leg, making sure it wouldn't be noticeable.
I waited for almost forty minutes before it was my turn. I slowly walked in, shutting the door behind me then took a seat across the table from them.
"Hello there," the woman said politely. "I'm Mrs. Payne, and this is my husband," she pointed to the man seated beside her, "and our three children, Ruth, Nicola, and Liam." The children smiled and waved at me. I shyly waved back.
"What's your name?" Mr. Payne asked me.
"Niall," I answered.
"You've a lovely name," Mrs. Payne told me. I smiled and thanked her.
"So Niall," Mr. Payne started, "how old are you?"
"Just turned fifteen last week, sir." He nodded.
"Do you have any hobbies?" I poked my tongue out, wetting my lips, and nodded.
"Yes sir. I like to uh, play guitar and write, doodle a bit as well sometimes."
"How are you in school?"
"Uh...I'm okay. I guess I don't really apply myself as much as I should, but I do pretty decent nevertheless."
"You have such a nice speaking voice," the girl called Ruth commented, making me blush. I whispered a thank you to her.
"Would it bother you, having to move to England?"
"Not really," I replied, shaking my head. "I've always wanted to either move there or to America."
"Would you be okay with starting a public school?" I nodded my head excitedly.
"I haven't been in a public school since I was seven. My foster mum homeschooled us. I think it'd be great, being in a public school."
"You seem like such a lovely young lad, Niall," Mrs. Payne told me. "I think we've heard all we needed to hear." I nodded and stood up from the chair, thanking them for their time then went back to the room.
"How'd it go?" Josh asked me.
"I think it went well." I loosened the grip my tail had around my leg, feeling much more relaxed after getting the interview with the family over. Josh pulled me over to my bunk and joined back in on the stories and joke telling.
Honestly, I was really nervous. I felt a connection with the Payne family, and I was really hoping their would adopt me. It was a long shot, though.
It was almost an hour before Mrs. Sarah Rose came back, a huge smile on her face. She held a newly bought suitcase in her hand and started walking in mine and Josh's direction.
"Niall," she said happily, "they've chosen to adopt you."
My heart stopped at her words. Thy chose me. Me. I didn't know what to say, my brain was frozen.
Josh grabbed the suitcase from her hand and began packing my things while I sat there in shock.
"They chose me?" I asked in a daze. She giggled and nodded.
"They chose me," I whispered to myself, smiling widely. After snapping out of my odd trance, I helped Josh pack my things. It didn't really take us long since I didn't have much.
I followed Mrs. Sarah out to the lobby, happily carrying my suitcase along. The Payne family stood their smiling at me, and I felt so at home in that moment.
"How do you feel, Niall?" Mrs. Sarah asked me.
"Really happy," I announced, smiling at my new family.
I followed them out of the lobby after saying goodbye to the staff and some of my friends. We all piled into a white rental van, and I was sat between Nicola and Liam.
We drove to the hotel where they were staying and went inside.they had ordered three rooms: one for Mr. And Mrs. Payne, one for Ruth and Nicola, and one for Liam, which I would be sharing with him.
"We're going back home in a couple days," Liam told me as we settled in. "Mum said tomorrow we're going to take you to get a photo identification card so that you can travel from here to England." I nodded, taking off my pants then lying in the bed next to Liam's.
"I'm glad you're my new brother, Niall," Liam told me, flicking off the lamp light. I smiled and closed my eyes.
"Me too."
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Awe so cute
How do you guys like the first chapter? I feel like it turned out pretty nice.
So I ended up getting 100 reads on the prologue. Whoa! For just starting out, that's pretty damn good.
This story excites me so much. In my head I'm just making mental notes of how each chapter is going to go and what'll be happening and I'm just so flipping excited!
Leave me some feedback and maybe recommend this story to your friends who are Narry hybrid af like myself c; c; c;
I'm quite happy with the feedback you guys left on the prologue and the multiple votes. It makes me really happy that you guys like it so far.
I'll update again ASAP. Hopefully tomorrow. (Probably tomorrow.)
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~Taylor :*
