This is the story of how I was adopted by my idols.
I'm in my room at the orphanage, watching the new episode of the Hunger Games.
(VIDEO)
"Biggums, I need El Boost!" Mitch shouts, chasing after someone. Jerome laughs and jabs at his character with a fishing rod.
"Dude, he dropped freaking two diamonds!" He says, looking through the person's items. "Awesome!" Mitch replies and drops an iron boobplate. "For you, my love." He jokes. Jerome puts on the boobplate and runs off after another person.
(END OF VIDEO)
I love these guys. They temporarily bring me out of the hellhole that is my life.
Note that I said temporarily.
Mrs. Margaret walks into my room.
"Elizabeth, a couple has come to adopt a child. Get dressed and go to the multi-purpose room."
And then she just leaves.
I sigh and pause the video. I'll finish it later.
I get dressed into my "Power Moves Only" t-shirt, jeans, and pink sneakers, and walk down to the multi-purpose room. I sit down on one of the chairs, to see a girl walking over to me.
Claire.
She's like the school bully, but you know, in an orphanage.
"Oh, hello bitch." She taunts. I look away, not bothering to fight back.
"Whatsa matter? You scared? Why don't you just go with the guys? You might have a crush on me and kiss me! Ew! You're so disgusting! You should just ki-"
"Hey, stop it!"
I look up and see... Mitch?! Jerome?! What are they doing here?!
Claire wipes the disgusting scowl off her face and replaces it with a sickeningly sweet smile.
"Oh, hello! My name is Claire!" She chirps. Mitch and Jerome ignore her and walk over to me.
"Hi. What's your name?" Mitch asks happily. I wipe away my tears.
"I'm Elizabeth." I say.
"We'd like to talk to you alone." Jerome says, looking happy. I nod and lead them to my room.
Once we're there, I sit down on my bed.
"So tell us about yourself." Mitch says, smiling at me. I smile back.
"Okay. I'm twelve years old. I'm bisexual, I love MineCraft and my favorite color is green." I explain. Jerome smiles.
"That's so cool!" He exclaims. Mrs. Margaret walks in.
"Elizabeth, come. We need to have a talk." She says sternly. I mentally flinch. Whenever we have 'talks', I alwayss get bruises and stuff.
"I'll be right back." I say to Mitch and Jerome and prepare to be hit.
Mitch's P.O.V.
Jerome and I are in the parking lot of Mrs. Margaret's home for Orphans. I'm so excited! We've been getting ready for our new daughter for a while now, and we've made her room creeper-themed.
Hopefully she likes MineCraft.
But anyways, we've even given her a recording room, also creeper themed.
"You ready for dis?" Jerome asks, patting my hand. I smile and look up at him.
"Yep."
We walk in and a stern looking woman approaches us.
"Hello. Are you here to adopt?" She asks. I nod.
"Yes Maam." I say, smiling.
She leads us to a door with a sign that says 'Multi-Purpose Room'. We go in and I see a girl crying as another mercilessly taunts her. She's wearing a "Power Moves Only" shirt. I turn to Jerome and notice that he's watching her too. And he looks mad.
We walk over to the two girls. "Hey, stop it!" I yell. The girl who's teasing the other one turns to us and smiles.
"Hello! My name is Claire!" She says. We ignore her and go to the girl in the Power Moves only shirt.
"Hi, what's your name? I ask. She looks up and wipes her face.
"I'm Elizabeth." She says, smiling a little. Betty, I think to myself.
Jerome smiles back at her. "We'd like to talk to you alone." He says. The girl nods and leads us to a bedroom.
"So tell us about yourself." I say, smiling. The girl smiles back shyly.
"Okay. I'm twelve years old, I'm bisexual, I love MineCraft and my favorite color is green." She replies. I smile.
"That's so cool!" I say. The woman walks in.
"Elizabeth, come. We need to have a talk." She says. I see Elizabeth flinch a little bit before she gets up. "I'll be right back." She says before leaving with the woman. I see fear in her eyes.
This can't be good.
Elizabeth's P.O.V.
I come back after a few minutes, trying to hide my limp. I won't be able to hide my bruises though.
Jerome looks astonished as I walk in. "What did they do to you?! You're all banged up!" He exclaims. I look down. "I don't wanna talk about it." I mumble. Mitch looks at me.
"Listen, Elizabeth. If they're hurting you, we need to know." He says seriously. I start crying.
"She-She hit me again." I sob, not wanting to lie to my favorite YouTubers. The two go over to me and hug me.
"Listen, listen. We're gonna get you out of here, okay?" Jerome says soothingly. I look up at him, still crying.
"R-Really? Please don't be lying to me." I said, wiping my eyes a little.
Mitch smiles. "Of course! You're awesome!" He exclaims. They get up and Mitch helps me up off the bed.
"Follow us, Elizabeth." Jerome says, taking Mitch's hand. I walk after them. Claire glares at me as we go to the front desk.
"Makes sense for the gay bitch to be adopted by the fags." She says snottily. I tell Mitch and Jerome that I'll be back in a second and walk over to her.
"At least I'm getting adopted, which you probably will never experience." I say, walking over to them. Mitch is laughing, and Jerome is smiling like crazy.
As they sign the adoption papers, reality sinks in.
I'm being adopted by Mitch and Jerome, the kings of the Hunger Games.