Hey! So, this is my first fanfic, so please, only constructive comments. Well, nothing much more to say here so…
Disclaimer: I don't own Big Time Rush. If I did, Lucy and Kendall would SO be a thing!
"Just because others are around doesn't mean you can't still feel empty."
~Unknown
Ricker POV
I waited in the over-crowded bedroom of Ashley Orphanage for my adoptive mom. I'd only been here nine days and I was getting adopted, let alone the fact I'm sixteen. They say that I'm lucky, that being adopted at sixteen was a one in eighteen shot (AN: Feel free to correct me), but I didn't feel lucky. In fact, I felt the exact opposite. I was beyond upset. I didn't want to leave my old life behind, didn't want to leave here. I had made a new best friend, Ryan, at Ashley orphanage. But I knew I had no choice.
"Riker," Marie shouted from the front door,"Mrs. McCormick is here!"
I groaned, but then smiled. The last real smile I would ever have.
"…Great! And—Oh, Riker, this is Mrs. McCormick."
She looked at me, her eyes full of warmth and love. "Hi Riker. Let's go out to the car and we can head back to the house."
When we sat down in the front seats, Mrs. McCormick started conversation to avoid an awkward pause. "I have kids your age, Aliha and Kendall. They're twins and adopted, so you guys could relate." I could tell she was trying really hard to get me to feel comfortable. "I also have a seventeen year old, James. He's my own kid. And a fifteen year old, Ella. She's also my own kid." She pulled into the driveway and stopped the car, but didn't get out. "Riker. Please tell me why you don't want to talk."
"I don't want to be here," I said, frustrated.
"You're not the only one, Riker," She quietly mumbled. This caught me off guard.
"You don't wanna be here?" I questioned the older lady.
"Oh, you thought I meant me? No. It's just, when Aliha and Kendall came here, Aliha wasn't exactly happy. She was like you. Didn't want to open to anyone and scared."
I sat there feeling a little guilty. Did Mrs. McCormick think I was scared, that I felt the need to close off? "I'm sorry. I just don't like the fact that it happened to me, you know?"
"I know, Riker," She said while she began getting out, "Ready?" I took a deep breath.
"Yeah."
So, boring first chapter, I know. But it will get better.
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