Chapter 3! hope you like!

Disclaimer: I own none of McFly.. though one day, Dougie will be mine!

It was 6:30, when Mrs. Poynter was telling me to wake up. I almost forgot it was her for a second "why so early?" i asked "Let me sleep!" Then i remembered "I mean..."

"It's okay, Amber, i'll make you breakfast, what do you like?"

"umm..." i said

"we have eggs, or i can make pancakes!" she told me

"Pancakes sound good, thanks" I said.

I had decided that these people were nice, taking me in like this, so i was going to make an effort to be nice to them. Not that i was saying it wouldn't be hard. I couldn't imagine having a new life. But i would have to try.

At breakfast, no one said much. I was wearing my best jeans, but they weren't very good, i barely had any clothes. "We can go shopping whenever you want Amber," said Mrs. Poynter "just tell me when"

She was very nice. i didn't know what the kids thought of me though. I hoped I wasn't invading on their family. I thought about what i would have thought if my parents adopted a kid. I liked being an only child, even though i got lonely sometimes. But i wouldn't want an adopted brother or sister. 30 minutes later, i was sitting in an empty seat on a school bus taking me to St. Marcus Catholic High School. Great. A catholic school. I wasn't catholic. I had never been to church in my life!

Jazzie sat in front of me, and Dougie sat behind. They both had friends already, but i didn't. So i sat alone, looking out the window. Luckily, the bus ride was only ten minutes, like Mrs. Poynter said. We got to school, and Dougie showed me to the office. I could tell he didn't want to be there, though. i didn't say anything as we walked. Dougie said hi to friends as we passed. Seems he was popular. We arrived at the office, and i gt a schedule and a map. "you have periods 2 and 3 and 6 with me" said Dougie. I looked at my schedule, math, english, and religion. my other classes were, science and geography, phys. Ed, and Art. We had a lunch break after period 4.

Off to Science, after being pointed there by Dougie. "Thanks" i said.

He nodded and walked off. I held back tears as i walked in the classroom and went to see the teacher. "i'm A-Amber," then stopped as i had no clue if i was still Wilston, or if i was a Poynter now. I looked at my schedule "Amber Lynn Wilston" whew. "Wilston" i finished.

"Hello Amber, I am Miss Boyce"

She showed me to my seat. As I walked by, i heard students whispering, and I hoped it wasn't about me. I sat down. I had gotten a couple of binders, pencils and paper, from Mrs. Poynter. I made a section for science, and started taking notes. Faster than i would've thought, the bell rang, and i was off to my next class. Well, i walked out the door, and realized i had no clue where i was going. Math, right. now, where was that? I looked at my map, it didn't look too far away.

"Hey Amber, this way" I looked up to see Dougie calling me. He sounded impatient. "sorry" i mumbled. The rest of the classes were okay, Dougie showed me where to go after period three, but then it was lunch. Everyone had to eat in the cafeteria. I got my lunch out of my locker, and walked to the caf with everyone else. But when i got there, i didn't know where i was going to sit. I saw Dougie, but didn't think he would want me to sit with him. But he saw me and called me over.

"Hey Amber, you can sit with us!" As I walked over, i looked to see who he was eating with. It was a group of guys and girls. Dougie introduced me to everyone, but i didn't remember very many. They seemed nice, and continued their conversation as if i was there everyday. I didn't talk, but i listened and was glad they accepted me. Maybe i wasn't as freakish looking as I thought. I had been a mess for the last two months, and i was hoping that this was a new beginning, as much as I hated the thought of it. The rest of the day went okay, and some people that I ate with at lunch pointed me in the right direction when i needed it. Finally we were home. I went upstairs to arrange everything, and try to memorize my schedule. I didn't want to have to walk around checking my schedule after every class. I didn't have much homework, so i didn't know what to do. I didn't want to hang out in the Attic all afternoon, but i didn't know what the Poynters usually did after school. Or what they did period. So i went downstairs to find Dougie or Jazzie. I saw Dougie on my way down.

"hey" he said

"hi"

"Do you have any homework?" he asked "no,"

"I do" he grinned "but you can hang out with Jazzie, she's in the living room."

I walked slowly downstairs, and saw Jazzie.

"Hi!" she said when she saw me.

I was happy she sounded happy.

"hi, what are you doing?" i asked "Just watching TV" she replied, "wanna join me?"

"Sure"

But everything felt out of place here. i didn't feel like i belonged. I pretended i was at a friend's house. I didn't know what we were watching, but during the commercial, Jazzie said quietly "I always wanted a big sister"

I was surprised.

"Well that's good, because I've always wanted a little sister!"

which wasn't totally a lie. i had thought of it before.

She smiled at me, and then we turned our attention back to the TV. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.