February 4th, 2029.
Lucy shook Astrid in an attempt to wake her.
"Astrid. Wake up." She whispered, a hundred butterflies in her stomach. Astrid groaned a little and sat up.
"What… What time is it..."
"It's 10 to 5 and we're gonna go get our files." She stood up and began fidgeting.
"But it's so early, Lucy." Astrid rolled out of bed and landed with a thud. "Ouch."
"Come on, we've had this planned for weeks. Let's go figure out who our parents are." Lucy couldn't stay still. The idea that she might actually find out who her parents were was amazing beyond imagination.
"Alright alright." Astrid said getting off the floor, picking up her glasses before standing up. "Alright, I'm good now." Lucy walked across the room and put her hand on the door handle.
"And Lucy?" Astrid said. She turned.
"Yeah Astrid?"
"Happy birthday."
The girls quietly walked downstairs and picked the lock on the office door.
"You go J I'll go H." Lucy whispered handing her a torch. Astrid nodded and they found the correct drawers. Taking their files, they quietly made their way back up to their room, shutting all the doors behind them. Both the girls found it hard to stay quiet walking back upstairs. They got to their room and locked the door before looking at each other.
"We open them together?" Astrid suggested.
"Yeah." Lucy nodded, "On three?"
"One." Astrid started.
"Two..." Lucy continued.
"Three." They said together and opened the envelopes.
The girls eyes both scanned their files, following each line meticulously as if it were a murder mystery and they had to find the clues. They both got to the bottom and Astrid smiled. Lucy sighed and sat looking down on her bed.
"Anything?" Astrid looked over at the other girl hopefully. Not looking up, she shook her head.
"Nothing. All I know is that Lucy Hite isn't even my damn name." She bit her lip and threw the file across the room. The neckless (which Lucy had missed) flew out and hit the wall with a clink before falling to the floor.
"I'm sure y- hey what was that?" Astrid stood up and picked up the paper and the necklace. "Did you see this in there?" She handed Lucy the necklace and put the file back in the envelope. Lucy examined the necklace.
"No… but it says something here, see?" She pointed at the inscription.
"It looks like Russian… We can find someone to tell you what it says. Right?" Lucy nodded, her eyes fixated on the necklace. She looked at it for a minute or so longer before putting it around her neck.
"What'd yours say, Astrid?" Astrid smiled a little,
"It has my mom's name and where she works. It says its just outside Albuquerque in New Mexico." She showed Lucy the paper.
"Well then… What're we waiting for? We should go find her." Astrid looked at Lucy in disbelief for a moment, Lucy was completely serious.
"But that's over 1300 miles away Lucy. How would we do that?" Lucy handed back the paper before standing up on the bed. She removed one of the roof panels and pulled down a box. Upon opening the box, Astrid could see it was full of money.
"I've got cash. We can go to New Mexico if you want to." Astrid smiled, she didn't want to ask Lucy where she got the money from.
"Lucy, you're the best." She hugged the smaller girl for a moment before remembering she wasn't a huge fan of hugs and letting go. "Sorry. I just… Thank you. When can we leave?" Lucy pulled her backpack out from under her bed and began putting the money into different parts.
"As soon as we get our things together. And its okay. Best friends means forever, right?" She opened the closet and started pulling out some of her things. Astrid couldn't wipe the smile off her face. She got out her backpack too and began getting her things. She was going to find her mother, this was the moment she'd waited for her whole life.
A/N- it's starting to get good nowwwww! Will Lucy and Astrid make it to New Mexico? Comment what you think so far guys I'd love some feedback :) xoxoRiley