Hey there. I'm sorry I didn't update earlier, and I thank everybody that reviewed the first chapter.

I'm not Kelley Armstrong, I don't own the Darkest Powers trilogy, and I don't own any of the characters.

So yeah, here's chapter two. I'm sorry it's so short but for now, it's something.

I sat in Mrs Talbot's office, drumming the arm rest of the chair I sat in out of nervousness. The fact that I couldn't keep negative thoughts out of my head made it worse. I worried that Andrew and Gwen – the couple that were coming to talk to me – wouldn't like me; that I wouldn't be good enough for them. It scared me to think about not having a chance at a good home.

The old door creaked open and I snapped my head towards it. A young woman walked in, probably around the age of twenty five. She was short – not much taller than me - and had blonde hair that ended just above her shoulders. She was followed by a man who was half a foot taller than her and had dark, greying hair which seemed to be strange because he only looked around thirty years old.

As I suspected, they introduced themselves as Andrew and Gwen Carson. I politely smiled at them and introduced myself, even though they knew my name.

They sat down on the other side of a small coffee table situated towards the back of Mrs Talbot's office. I nervously fiddled with my clothes and my necklace that my mother had given to me when I was young – she told me it would make the monsters and boogeymen go away.

Gwen's cheery voice interrupted my thoughts. "So, Chloe, I guess you know why we're here!" she accused. I smiled politely and nodded my head.

It was Andrew's turn to speak. "So what do you enjoy doing? What are your hobbies?" he asked.

"I really like movies and reading books. I spend a lot of my time drawing, too." Andrew's face lit up at my response. He revealed that he had a job in some publishing company and asked me who some of my favourite authors were.

We talked about books and movies for the next hour and before I knew it, our time was up and I was made to leave the room so they could discuss taking me to live with them.

I ran back into my room and sighed as I fell back onto my bed. Fifteen minutes later, a light knock sounded from the door which was strange, our carers liked to pound on the door as hard as they could just to scare us. I thought they got some kind of sick thrill from hearing us shriek and thinking we'd done something wrong.

I turned my head towards the door in time to see Gwen open it and peek her head through. She gave me a small smile, and for a second, she seemed to be hesitant. I felt my heart drop at seeing that, what if they didn't like me enough? Why didn't they like me enough?

My mental accusations were proven wrong when Gwen's smile widened as she stepped fully into my room. "Chloe, we're going to come back and take you home tomorrow, okay?" she said. I felt my eyes widen at her words.

"Are you sure?" I asked. She laughed at this and reassured me that she and Andrew were one hundred per cent positive that they would be happy to invite me into their family.

Before I knew it, I had flung myself off of my bed and trapped Gwen in a hug. She stumbled back a little but regained her balance quickly and let out a small chuckle, then hugged me back. I mumbled a 'thank you' into her shoulder and let her go. She told me she'd be back the next day at one o'clock and with that, she closed the door, leaving me with my excitement.

When her words finally sunk in, I grabbed my back pack and shoved all of my possessions into it. I didn't have many things, only some clothes and my sketchpad. I cleared my dresser of my clothes and shoved them in my bag, not bothering to fold them, and left out an outfit on the top of the dresser to wear the next day.

Rae walked into the room as I was packing. Hearing her walk in, I turned around and ran at her to give her a hug.

I pulled back and saw tears in her eyes. The sight of her tearing up made me do the same.

"Girl, you're so lucky!" she said to me. She gave a small laugh.

"I guess I am. I'm going to miss you so much, Rae. I promise I'll call and come to visit though. We can e-mail too." my voice was shaky as I started sobbing.

"Do you promise?" she asked, letting her tears flow down her cheeks.

"Rae, you're my best friend. Of course I promise." I let out an unsteady laugh as I felt a fresh round of tears making their way to the brims of my eyes.

I gave Rae one last hug and we left our room to tell my other friends that I was leaving. It was sad, but they were all really happy for me after knowing how long I had been there.

Because I was leaving, Mrs Talbot gave me the honour of choosing what we all ate for dinner. I thought this was ridiculous because anything they ever gave us to eat tasted like crap but I decided on lasagne. The meal wasn't as bad as I expected it to be, thankfully.

After dinner everybody headed off to do their own thing. I stayed down in the recreation room with Rae and Brady. We just sat there, talking and watching the television. Brady couldn't believe that I was leaving, and he made me promise to keep in touch with him as well.

Before I knew it, it was ten o'clock. Rae, Brady and I walked up the stairs. We said good night to Brady before heading to our own room.

I pulled on my pyjamas and crawled into bed. Rae and I continued to talk for just over an hour before she told me that she was going to sleep. We said goodnight and soon enough, her snores sounded throughout the room.

I sighed and rolled over to face the wall, I was really excited about the day to come. I couldn't wait to be accepted into a family and move out of the orphanage.

I felt the darkness of sleep pull me under, and after a while, I was dreaming of all the different scenarios that my future would hold now that I had a chance at a real life, and having a real family.

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Thanks guys, I'll be sure to update soon!