It was an early Monday morning, the day almost everyone dislikes. I wasn't fully awake, but enough to see the sun was shining through my grey curtains. I decided to get up and walk over to my closet. I picked out a black tank-top and a pink cardigan along with a pair of ripped up blue jeans to wear for the day. I went into the bathroom and got a quick shower. Afterwards, I grabbed my hair straightener and plugged it in, and got dressed while waiting.
Shortly after straightening my black hair, I could hear the crunching of gravel outside my bedroom window, and I went to see what it was. I could see a car driving up to the foster home, and I smiled. I wasn't sure if it was someone coming to adopt, or just one of Mrs. Wheeler's friends coming for a chat. "I need all of the girls to come down please." I could hear the headmistress call out. All the girls, youngest to oldest were lined up. It went Lilianna; 5, Chelsea; 7, Rosie;10, Marissa; 13, Christine(Me); 14 and Lilian who was the oldest at 17.
I somehow ended up in the back of everyone going down the stairs; This sucked. I wanted to know who was waiting for us. Was it a mom, or a dad? Could it be moms or dads? I wasn't sure and didn't think for one hell of a second that I'd get chosen to go home with the people. Finally, I was downstairs. We have lined up once again, and put into age groups; Teens and Kids. I looked up and immediately saw a gorgeous woman, with an ombre dress, going from white to the top, to a light shade of purple on the bottom. I knew her face and knew her name. "Lana Parrilla?!" It just came out of my mouth, without even thinking about it. She smiled and looked over at me. In return, I smiled back and slightly waved, pushing my hair behind my ear and blushing. I was so nervous at this point.
" will be coming around to each of you, so she will ha. She will then decide who she wants to adopt." It sounds rude, but it's what she said, and she meant it. As Lana went to the younger girls first, I stood there with a huge grin on my face, like an idiot. She was my idol, and I've always wanted to meet her, and here she is, willing to adopt one of us. I looked to Lilian and sighed. "I don't think I'm going to be chosen." It came out of my mouth like i wanted to be chosen, but knew i wasn't. I was too old to be wanted. "Don't lose hope," Lilian smiled down at me, and by down, i mean she was almost 5'11 and I'm the short one at only 5'1.
Lana finally made it to me, and just stared. I looked to Lilian then to Marissa, and then back to Lana. "Hi," I said the first words. I couldn't believe i was actually talking to her. "You". Is all she said and smiled after doing so. "What?" I was confused and couldn't figure out if that was a good you, or a bad you. "I want to adopt you." She smiled and hugged me. "Omg! Is she really adopting me?"Is all I could think about. Was this really happening?
Ms. Wheeler told me to go up to my bedroom and pack all of my things, and that she would grab the papers for . I immediately ran up to my room and packed all of my things as fast as I could. As I was packing, I heard footsteps coming up the stairs. It was the sound of heels, which I knew none of us had, so it had to be Lana.
I turned around "Hi Lana." I said in a nervous tone. Looking around my room and noticing how messy it was, I was embarrassed. "Sorry for the messy room," I said right after. "It's alright sweetie." She told me. My mouth dropped, and there it was; my weirdness, and my obsession for her. She laughed a bit and sat on my bed and motioned me to sit with her. "So, Christine, tell me about yourself." I nodded and told her all about myself, literally everything. It was an hour later, and I had said bye to all of my friends that I had come to love, and they felt like family. I had all of their numbers listed in my phone so that I could talk to them whenever.
Waving goodbye, Lana and I had walked out of the building with all of my stuff. "Shit. I'll be right back." I told her, and ran back inside. I went to find Lilian and hugged her. "I'm going to miss you," I whispered. "Thank you for helping me never lose hope." I looked up to her as a friend, sister, and mentor. She wasn't famous, otherwise, she would've been gone a long time ago. I just look up to her, she's a great person in general.
"Bye, you little freak." She laughed and smiled. "When I leave this hell hole, I'll come and say hi." I pulled from the hug and smiled back. "Really? That means a lot." "Of course! Now go, your new family awaits you." She said pushing me off but in a polite way. "Bye!" I ran down the stairs and said my last goodbye to the others, and told them that I would miss them, and they could text me whenever.
I went outside and saw Lana standing at the driver side of the car, smiling at me. I smiled back and hurried over to the car. We both got in and sat there for a moment outside of the foster home. After a few minutes, we buckled up and drove off. I looked back and thought about the new life I would soon be living.