and another, though this'll probably be written in the prelude/adoption background "fic".
"gabrielle?"
"-what"
"oh! gabrielle, oh gabi.. you've been adopted, gabi, you're adopted! -isn't that just lovely?!"
"i.. um i, i guess so? but why me? in two years i'll be 18-"
"i'm not sure, though the family, they did mention something about.. ..oh, what was it.., -i think it was (nyc) charity.."