Disclaimer: I do not OWN Harry Potter or any of its characters that are referenced here.
Summer was dull and long for me. There was nothing to it but sitting in a half-empty orphanage and awaiting the arrival of an interview with people who wouldn't bother to adopt such a strange girl. Unfortunately, those "interviews" never showed up. As they say-here in the orphanage-soon to be teenagers don't get adopted that easily.
I sat upon my bed and stared up at the ceiling as a couple of the other girls came in to grab some things out of their bags.
"Lakota, aren't you going to come to dinner?" the girl asked. She stared at me with a puzzling expression.
"No, I'm not hungry." I said flipping myself over and hugging my pillow.
"Suit yourself. We're swimming afterward, you're sure you don't want to come?" the girl said, walking towards me. I could hear her flip-flops making a popping noise as she walked.
"No. I'm fine." I said once again. The girls looked at each other and shrugged. Once they were gone, I sat up and looked at the wall. There is absolutely nothing here for me. My mom probably didn't want me. I mean, who would? I thought to myself. After a while, I decided I might as well go swimming. There was nothing to do in here anyway. I grabbed my bathing suit that was supplied by the orphanage and went to change.
I walked out of the orphanage building and onto the old-fashioned London street towards where the orphanage brought us to swim. It was a run-down pool and was kept up by the orphanage during the summer only. During the winter, they let it go. Chain-link fences that made us believe we were their prisoners surrounded the pool. I laughed to myself at the thought of us in shackles and nearly stumbling towards our doom.
As I set my stuff down on the concrete pavement, the orphanage volunteers looked at me with big grins across their faces, enjoying the fact that I'm outside for once. I laid on the concrete next to the pool and dipped my finger in. The water was cool and soothing compared to the hot temperatures that London brought us. I climbed in and had the best time that I had had in years.
