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Lia wished that her life would just go right for once. Seriously was being a freak not enough she had to go and get a detention. It was her first detention and it was because she sneezed, sneezed, during a math's test. Of course it was from the Teacher who hated her guts but she did it in the middle of class for sneezing.

"Lia martina what did you do?" Her best friend Kates voice drifted through the door of the cupboard she was hiding in.

"Go away and leave me to wallow in my misery." Lia told her.

"No, thank you." Kate said and flung open the door, plopped herself now on the floor across from Lia and kicked the door closed again. "What happened Lee?" She said again.

"I got a detention." Lia groaned.

"For what?" Kate asked bemused. Kate was one of those clever people who skipped grades so she wasn't in Lia's math's class.

"I sneezed." She said.

Kate burst out laughing. "You got a detention for sneezing."

"Yes, don't laugh its not funny." Lia muttered.

"Sorry but it is pretty funny." Kate said.

"Fine." Lia huffed "maybe it is a little funny."

"Come on, let's go back." Kate said pulling her to her feet.

"What am I going to tell matron?" Lia asked her.

"The truth." Kate answered simply.

"How can I tell her the truth?" lia said

"well…" Kate started but Lia interrupted "don't be a smarty pants."

"Fine, just come." Kate muttered pulling her out the door.

Lia heard the scrape as the window opened; she turned to find Kate sitting on the windowsill.

"Hey." Lia said looking at her.

"So what's the verdict?" Kate asked.

Lia rolled her eyes. "You make it sound like a court case." Kate raised her eyebrows. "I got off lucky, I have to do the dishes for a week but that's it."

"Really lucky." Kate said gloomily.

"What's the matter?" asked Lia looking at Kate, who was posed as always ready for flight.

"My mom wants me back." She said gloomily. Kate unlike every one else in the orphanage had a parent. Lia used to be jealous of her but then she had found out that Kate had it worse than any of the orphans. Her mom had been clinically insane since Kate was three; her father left when she was five leaving her to took after her mother. Kate had never told her what happened in the time between then and when her mother was placed in prison and Kate in an orphanage. Kate had traveled from orphanage to orphanage; she had been in at least 8 in the two years since it happened.

"She can't do that can she?" Lia asked worried.

"I don't know do I." Kate snapped. Lia must have looked shocked and hurt because Kate whispered "Sorry."

"It's fine, you're worried." Lia whispered taking her hand "it's choosing day tomorrow, if you get chosen your mom can't take you."

Kate snorted "like anyone wants 14 year olds."

"Be positive." Lia said as she watched her best friend climb out the window.

lia sat down next to Kate at breakfast the next day and groaned. "Where's the bacon and coffee." Kate laughed at her.

"I can get you the caffeine you desire but you have to make do with coke." She said.

"Fine, bacon." She asked as Kate handed her the glass of coke.

"Don't push your luck." She said handing her the milk, a bowl and cornflakes before shoving the rest of her own cereal down. It was disgusting, the cornflakes were stale and the milk was warm. Her coke however was delicious.

Having now fully woken up Lia asked. "When are they coming." it was more of a groan. contrary to the saying things seemed bleaker than they had last night.

"Now." Kate said checking her watch. The doorbell rang and matron yelled at themto all go through to the living room. So they did, aren't they obedient little things.

When the couple came in there were a lot of gasps and whispers, they were gay so what. The one on the left was tall, had a tan, blue eyes and blond hair. The other had black hair, black eyes and an olive complexion. They looked at all of thembefore whispering together then one of then pointed at Lia and Kate. The other one nodded and they turned to matron said something to her and she nodded, sighed. She turned to us and said "Lia, Kate come." Lia and Kate stared at each other in shock.

"Well come." Matron said "Hurry up." They stood up and followed her out of the room and into her office. The two men were there sitting at matrons desk.

"Hello." The black haired one said, "I'm Nico and this is Will. Who are you?"

Lia wanted to tell him it was rather irresponsible of him not to know their names but she said "Lia."

"Kate." Kate said.

"Well Lia and Kate we're going to adopt you with immediate affect." Will said with a smile. They looked at him blankly.

"It means" Nico said, "Pack your bags, unless you don't want to of course."

"I do." Kate said "But I can't speak for Lia."

"Go pack." Matron said.

"I do to." Lia said. Kate smiled grabbed Lias wrist and pulled her up the stairs. Lia laughed. They split at the top of the stairs "five minutes?" Lia asked

"Yup, see you in five." Kate said. Lia ran the rest of the way to her room. When she got there she shoved her few possessions into her school bag. Lia met Kate at the top of the stairs.

"You ready." Kate asked.

"Yes, you." She replied.

"Yes." Kate said taking deep breaths "come on." They flew down the stairs but when they reached the bottom Kate grabbed Lias wrist and threw her a sharp took that said slow down. Lia nodded took a deep breath and slowed to a walk. When they reached the matrons office they found Nico and Will waiting at the door for them.

Nico smiled "Come on, let's get out of here."

"Yes." Lia said.

As they left Lia looked back at the orphanage and new she was never coming back.

TO BE CONTINUED