Hey, welcome back everyone! I'm finally caught up with the story! And I'm feeing sorry for you guys, so I'm going to have one or two fillers between major story parts. That way you guys don't gotta wait an entire month between parts. I'm also going to stop puting them all up at once, that way I can keep you guys in suspence. evil smile
Nitty: Oh crud. Diana's got the evil smile. rolls eyes
You've been really cocky since I ki-since you became my sister. What happened to the polite little thing I adopted?
Nitty: I'm still polite to other people... angel look
Anyway, here it is! The last manor part this month!
The Best Medicine
"Good morning, Nitty!" Diana said, hovering over me as she woke me up. I rubbed the last bits of sleep from my eyes.
"Good morning, Miss Diana." I yawned. She handed me my clothes.
"Stay up late finishing them." She said proudly before adding, "Hopefully they still fit."
"They probably still do." I said, staring down at them. They had been a bit large for me to begin with.
"Well, go change! We've got a big day ahead of us!" Diana practically sang. Her smile was larger than usual, and her eyes seemed to sparkle.
"Yes, miss." I said, walking into the bathroom. Then memories of the night before flooded into my head. As I changed, I tried to think of the best way to tell her I didn't mind going back, even though I did.
When I came out, Diana was sitting at her table in a long black dress, fanning a cup of tea sleepily. I walked over to her and looked straight into her eyes. This may be the last time I see them. I thought sadly. I had so been looking forward to having a real home.
"Oh! Hey Nitty, I didn't see you." she smile, before my expression sank in. "What's wrong?" She asked, her face filling with worry.
"Nothing." I said, faking a smile. "I just came to say that I'm ready to be adopted now." Diana's eyes widened and than she looked at the floor.
"Oh, ok. There's a few errands I need to run first, but we'll get you there later." she refused to look at me, and this confused me.
"What's wrong?" I asked. She just smiled.
"Oh, um, nothing. I don't mind, anything to make you happy, Nitty, my little kitty!" she exclaimed. She drank her tea and walked over to the door and slipped on a pair of red slippers. As she walked to the door, I had the feeling something was wrong, but I didn't know why.
The first place we went was the fishing hole. "I won't need these anymore, Logan. I'm giving up." She said, putting the bag of toys she had bought me on the counter.
"That's to bad. Li'l Nitty there seemed to like you." the old man said, taking the bag.
"Well it was her choice. Maybe I'm just meant to be alone for a few more years." she replied. We left before the old man could reply.
Next we went to a shop run by a woman with a tattoo and a belly button ring.
"What's wrong, Diana?" the woman asked.
"Oh, it's nothing, Moira. I just came to say I didn't need those tights I ordered anymore." Diana replied.
"Oh, ok. Do you need anything else?" the woman asked.
"No, I'm just bringing Nitty to the adoption center now. Maybe I'll be in later." Diana left after that. Then we slowly made our way towards the adoption agency and the orphanage.
"Can we stop for a second? My legs are cold." I asked, rubbing my legs. Why didn't she give my stockings back? I thought. Suddenly, it all clicked. She didn't want to send me back! She had ordered those stockings for me because she hadn't been able to fix mine!
"Miss Diana?" I said, "You don't have to send me back if you don't want. I'll be more than happy to stay with you."
"No, it's okay Nitty. I know you'll be happier if you go back." I say tears fall to the ground.
"You don't understand! I don't want to go back! I just said I did because I thought you wanted me to!"
"Just go, Nitty! You don't need to make me happy! I don't want someone around who doesn't want to be!" she yelled at me. She turned around to face me as she did, I saw tears were streaming down her face.
"Miss…" I said, reaching my hand out.
"Just go, Nitty! You don't know how hard this is for me, you don't need to make it harder!" She fell to the ground because she was crying so hard, and I chose that moment to run. I didn't run back to the orphanage, though. Instead, I ran to the shop from before.
"Miss, I think there's something wrong with Diana. She started yelling at me, and she's sitting on the ground crying right now."
The lady, I think Diana called her Moira, walked towards me with her arms crossed. "Did you say anything to her?" she asked me. I nodded.
"I said she didn't need to send me back if she didn't want to. I didn't want to go back to begin with, but I said I did because I thought I heard her tell her friend she wanted to send me back. Did I say something wrong?"
The lady sighed. "Yes you did. There's been something wrong with her head ever since the mistake with Ronnie. Come on, I better go see if I can help."
"Wait, how do you know Diana?" I asked, looking up at her.
She turned around and said, "I know almost everyone in Gaia, but I know her pretty well because she use to ask me for fashion advice when she first moved here. I didn't say anything because I thought it was fun having some kid ask me for advice. Now she mostly comes in to talk about Ian, since she knows I'm friends with him. To tell you the truth, I think she has a crush on him. Not come on, before she freezes. She never had much common sense when it came to dressing for the weather."
"Come on, Diana. The kid didn't mean to make you sad. She just misinterpreted something you said." The lady said to Diana, who was still on the ground.
"Don't make excuses for her. I'll take her back if she really wants to." Diana sobbed.
Suddenly I got an idea. "Miss Diana, I'm sorry for making you sad. I really didn't want to worry you, and I'd love to stay with you." I said, wrapping my arms around her neck. "I don't think I'll ever find someone as nice as you. If you let me stay with you, I promise I'll stop listening to your conversations. I don't think I'll be able to live without you around." I let go to see a shocked look on her face.
"I'll just go now." the lady said, walking away. Diana and I just sat there in silence for a few minutes.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you, Nitty." Diana said eventually, giving me a hug.
"So, I can stay with you?" I asked, hugging back.
"Oh course! Now come on, there's something I have to do first." Diana had an evil look in her eyes as she picked me up and began walking towards the orphanage.
"What are you doing?" I asked, suddenly scared.
"We're going to pay Mrs. Cooper a little visit so I can give her a piece of my mind!" she told me, walking up the hill.
"Hello, Diana? Here to abandon another little orphan?" Mrs. Cooper said as Diana put me on the floor. She didn't even wait for a replied before reaching out to grab my hand. And saying, "Come on, Nitty. You better come before she changes her mind."
"Don't touch her!" Diana yelled, stepping in front of me. "I wouldn't want a scumbag like you touching anywhere near her, but I thought you ought to have a warning."
"What are you talking about now, Diana?" Mrs. Cooper asked, rubbing her head.
"Don't call me that! Only my friends can call me that!" Diana yelled back. "And another thing! I don't think your treating these orphans very well! They have all sorts of diseases and they can't swallow real food without getting sick! I just thought you'd want to know that I'm reporting you to the authorities for child abuse!"
"Please don't!" Mrs. Cooper begged. "The orphanage is poor! We can't afford to take good care of them. We can't help it!"
"Well, maybe if you'd stop drinking, you'd be able to afford more things for them! Come on, Nitty. We're leaving!" Diana and I began walking away.
"Nitty, you liked it here, didn't you?" Mrs. Cooper said in the way that usually meant we'd be in trouble if we didn't answer the way she wanted us to.
"Don't lie, Nitty. You don't live here anymore. As soon as we leave these doors, you're unofficially going to be my sister." She stooped down and added, with a smile, "You sort of look like me, too!"
"Nitty!" Mrs. Cooper yelled in the warning tone again.
I was about to lie to make Mrs. Cooper happy, but something told me it was better to tell the truth.
"No, I didn't. We were almost always sick, and the food was disgusting." I yelled at Mrs. Cooper. It felt good to say all the things I had been thinking, but wasn't able to say. "I feel sorry for the kids that have to stay with you!" With that, I walked over to Diana and we left. I looked back as we left and I saw a looked of horror and surprise on Mrs. Cooper.
"Good job, Nitty! I would have never expected you to actually listen to me and tell the truth!" Diana said when we left. I stared up at her. "What's wrong Nitty? Scared of your big sis?" She bent down to my level, winking and flashing a pointy smile to show she was joking around.
"No, it's just…Moira said you have problems because of what happened with Ronnie. I was just wondering, do you need medicine or something? To make you better, mentally, I mean?"
Diana smiled again and pulled me over to her in a tight hug. "I already have the best medicine imaginable. Your better than any medicine, Nitty. That's why I want you as my little sister." I smiled into her shoulder, hugging her back. For the first time, I was needed.
hugs Nitty I couldn't have written this without you!
Nitty: Diana? Your sqishing me. I'm still small, remember?
Oh sorry. Anyway, I'll put a filler up in a few days. Depends on how long it takes to get an idea... Anyway, Bye everyone!
Nitty: cutely waves Bye! See you later! hugs kitty
