"Hey Jerome, do you remember that old orphanage down the street?" I ask my boyfriend. He looks at me confused, but nods anyway. "Well turns out it's closing down. And there are still 8 kids left." I tell him, with a plan forming in my mind. He just shrugs and grabs an apple. I run upstairs and get all the girls together.
"You guys remember that old orphanage down the street?" I ask them, and they nod. "Well it's closing, and there are still eight kids that need to be adopted. But I have an idea. Why don't we just raise them here? Trudy can help, she loves kids. And we are 16-18 years old, so we're old enough. C'mon, please?" I beg. All of them smile and nod except Patricia, who looks at me like I'm insane. Which I probably am.
"Joy, I don't know." She groans. Meg looks at her with puppy dog eyes, and she gives in. "Fine, but only if the guys and Trudy agree." All of us smile and run to get the boys. Meg and I explain the situation to the boys. Everyone but Eddie and Jerome agree reluctantly. I give Jerome the face, and Meg (Eddie's younger sister) begs Eddie. They eventually agree. Trudy agrees too. She's even the one to call the orphanage and says that we'll adopt the kids. We're picking them up tomorrow.
At the orphanage
"Hi, you must be the Anubis kids. Come in and meet the kids." The owner says when she opens the door. She seems really sweet, but exhausted. "Girls! Come down here, there are some people adopting today." She yells up the stairs. Six girls come tripping down the stairs. One girl walks down the stairs rolling her eyes, and the other (Who looks much younger than the others) quietly and shyly steps down the stairs. They stand in a line and face us. The first girl steps forward.
"My name is Briella. I'm 6." Briella has blonde hair and brown eyes.
The second girl steps forward. She's the one that was rolling her eyes. "My names Levi. I'm 10 and I really don't wanna be here right now." She has red hair and blue eyes.
The third girl. "I'm Darcy, and I'm 6." Darcy has brown hair and blue eyes.
The fourth girl is clearly the youngest. "My name is Pwimwose and I'm two." She has brown hair and baby blue eyes. The minute I saw her, I knew I wanted to adopt her. She is the most adorable little thing ever. She's clutching a toy sheep in her hands
"I'm Halley and I'm 9." Halley has dark brown hair and green eyes.
The sixth girl looks much younger than everyone except Prim. "My name ith Kitty and I just turned three." Kitty has curly brown hair and green eyes.
"My name is Flora and I'm 8." Flora has long strawberry blonde hair and grey eyes. She's wearing a flower headband.
"I'm AJ. I'm 9." She has curly brown hair and brown eyes.
"Okay, that's everyone. I'll give you a few minutes to decide and talk to the girls alone." We all nod and go outside.
"Okay, what'd you guys think?" I ask, praying no one wants to adopt Prim.
"Well, I've fallen in love with Kitty." Meg says. Brian nods in agreement. Him and Meg lock eyes for a second and he looks away blushing. I know they aren't dating, but it's obvious they like each other. But they're like Nina and Fabian from 2 years ago. Except they are together now, Meg and Bry aren't.
"Joy and I like Primrose." Jerome blurts. They all look at us. I nod and look at Prim.
"Fabes and I like Halley." Nina tells us. All the others except Eddie and Patty say who they choose.
"I guess we'll take Levi." Patricia mutters. I give her a look. "Trish, don't even try to pretend you didn't want her, she's like a mini you and Eddie. It was obvious that you wanted her since the moment she walked down the stairs." She glares at me, but she wasn't mad.
"Ok, now you can go and meet your new little girl personally." The lady tells us. All the kids pour in, except Halley, Kitty, Prim, and Levi. Halley finally walks in, dripping wet, holding hands with Kitty and Prim. Levi is still nowhere to be seen. "Levi poured milk over Halley's head. So Levi's new parents can go and meet her upstairs." I give Patty an 'I told you so' look, and she sticks her tongue out.
Jerome walks over with Prim in her arms. "Hi. my name is Joy and this is Jerome. We're gonna adopt you okay sweetie?" I ask her, and she smiles. "Can I call you mommy and daddy?" She asks. I laugh and nod. Jerome nods too. Kitty runs over holding Meg and Brian's hands. "Mommy, Daddy, thith is my betht friend Primrothe." She says smiling.
Patricia
"Hello? Levi?" Eddie calls. I look down the hall and see all the doors open except one. I open it slightly and see Levi fuming on the bed, but with some tears falling. She hears the door and turns.
"What do you want? You here to make fun of me too?" She yells, angrily wiping tears away. I shake my head and sit on the bed.
"Who was making fun of you?" I ask as Levi leans against me. I wrap an arm around her and hold her, letting her cry.
"Halley and AJ. They were saying that I'm a goth, a vampire, and a witch. And then Halley says that no one wants to adopt a person that's crazy. Do you think I'm crazy?" She asks me.
"Yes. But I'm a crazy vampire goth pixie witch, so we can be like that together. Ok?" I wipe away the tears and she smiles. Then I notice Eddie standing in the doorway. "So what's happening here?" He smirks.
"Girl stuff, so get out." Levi and I say together. We laugh and watch as Eddie looks at us, completely confused. "So why don't we go downstairs and finish those papers. And about the pouring stuff on people."
"Let me guess, you're gonna say to stop it." She groans. I laugh and shake my head. "Just the opposite. I do it all the time. Just ask Eddie, or Nina, or KT, or Amber, or Willow. I've done it to all of them. Feel free to do it to anyone if you need to. Except Kitty or Prim. They're way too young. But everyone else is fair game." This time it's Levi who laughs. "I'd never do it to either of them. They're probably the only ones I can easily handle here. Brie is way too girly and prissy, Darcy and Halley think they know everything, Flora's just plain crazy, she's either obsessing over auras or aliens. And AJ is just annoying." She says.
"That sounds exactly like Anubis. Amber is the girliest and prissiest person ever, Mara and Nina think they know everything, Willow and Alfie are constantly obsessive too, and KT bugs me all the time. Joy's my best friend and Meg's Eddie's sister. So we get along." She nods in agreement and we head down stairs to meet the others.