Artie pov.
The two ladies take us to a very big building where inside they tell us to sit on some chairs and give us a book to read while they try to find where we belong, I read the book to Maddie as people wander around the desks in the room. I hope they find our mommy and daddy I really want to go home because I'm really sleepy and so is Maddie.
It feels like a really long time has passed when one of the nice ladies comes over and tells us they've found somewhere for us to sleep for tonight then they'll explain everything to us tomorrow, we hop of the seats and follow them out the building where they put us back in the car and start driving us through the busy streets, we huddle together in the car because it makes us feel safer to be close to each other. We finally arrive at another bulding and the lady stops the car outside then helps us out and guides us inside where we follow her to a big desk that another lady is sitting at, as the two ladies talk to each other we look around the room we are in, it's pretty empty just a couple of chairs and the big desk. After a while the two ladies stop talking and the lady behind the desk comes around it and smiles at us.
Hello little ones I hear you need somewhere to sleep so why don't we see if we can find you a bed to sleep in upstairs She says.
Yes miss I say shyly.
Come on then follow me she says.
We say goodbye to the lady who brought us here and then follow the lady out of the room and up a set of stairs when we reach the top of the stairs we're in a long corridor filled wth doors on both sides, we follow the lady down the corridor and past several doors before she finally stops and opens one we follow her inside and she leads us to two spare empty beds and stops beside them.
Here we are this is where you will be sleeping until we find a new home for you she says.
Isn't our mommy and daddy coming back why do we need a new home I ask.
Oh it's nothing to worry about or be scared of we will make sure that your new mmmy and daddy will love you and give you everything you need I promise everything will be just fine so why don't you both get some sleep and then we'll get you some new clothes and a bath tomorrow she says and runs her fingers through each of our hair.
We get in to the beds and she goes back to the front of the room where she switches the light of and closes the door. We close our eyes but I struggle to sleep I open them again to see Maddie is fast asleep good she's had a long day we both have I try closing my eyes again to see if I can get some sleep and after a few minutes of deep breathing I manage to slip into a restless sleep.
My eyes flutter open at the sound of the door to the room opening and the lady enters I wonder if we'll find out what her name is today, she claps her hands and kids that I didn't notice where here last night start getting out of the other beds around the room. The lady comes over to our beds and gently shakes Maddie who is still in a deep sleep awake, she tells everyone to follow her and we all form a line and follow her out the room, we walk for a few minutes before we arrive at a lunch hall type room with long tables and she instructs us to sit down at the tables and start eating our food.
Maddie and I sit together and I look into the bowls in front of us, they are filled with poridge my favourite, we pick up our spoons and start to eat and my belly rumbles in happiness to get some food it tastes really good not to thick but not to milky either in fact it's just like the way the mommy made it. Once we finish eating our food the lady comes and tells us to follow her again, this time she leads us into a room with toys and chairs there's also a lot of grown ups there and Maddie moves closer to me in shyness.
Ok little ones here are some families who would like to meet you don't worry they're all very nice people who just want to get to know you the lady says to us then she turns to the grown ups.
Welcome everyone thank you for coming today these are the children we have available for adoption please feel free to talk to them and join them on the carpet with the toys they'll be a bit shy at first but just take things slow with them and I'm sure they'll come around and maybe we'll get to see some of them go home with you but there is also presure either The lady says to them.
She turns back to us and ecourages us to go and play with some of the toys on the floor Maddie and I stick together and go to the jigsaws, we pick a small dog jigsaw and taking the pieces out we start to work out which piece goes where we jump slightly when a man and a lady sit down beside but we settle a bit when they give us kind smiles.
Hey there do you mind if we help you build the jigsaw the women asks.
If you want to that's the picture there Maddie explains and shows them the box with the picture on it.
Alright lets see what we can find here The man says and starts looking through the pieces.
So my name is Jenny and this is my Husband Mark what's your names Jenny asks.
My names Maddie and this is Artie we just got here last night we lost our mommy and daddy Maddie explains.
Oh you poor little babies are you brother and sister Mark asks.
No we don't remember how we found each other we just woke up in an empty house all alone Maddie explains.
Oh my what a shame it was just as well they found you when they did you must have both been so scared Jenny says.
Maddie answers them again and she keeps talking to them the whole time they sit with us which is until we finish the jigsaw then they say they will be right back and that they want to go and speak to the lady for a few minutes, they stand up and give us one last kind smile before walking over to the lady and start talking to her after a few minutes they come back over to us with the lady and sit down in front of Maddie.
Maddie we have had a really nice time talking to you and we think you're a really nice litte girl and we would like for you to come home with us would you like that Mark asks her.
Can Artie come as well She asks.
Well we only have room in our house for one but we know a friend that might be able to give Artie a home that way you can visit him whenever you want Jenny says.
Is that ok Artie the lady asks me and I nod my head.
Ok well we'll start filling out the forms we need to take you home with us Maddie and we'll also speak to our friend about taking Artie home with them Mark says and they stand to walk away again.
The other people start to leave and we are taken back to our bedrooms where we spend the rest of the day until it's dinner time then after dinner we lie in bed and read until it's time to go to sleep. The next day is pretty much the same only when Jenny and Mark come back they have another man and women with them, they introduce themselves as Sarah and Joseph. I'm really shy at first but they smile at me kindly as they talk and it helps me trust them a little more and I start to talk to them as well then by the end of the day they say that they will also fill out the forms needed to take me home with them, I feel really happy when they say that because it means I get to stay with Maddie and can visit her all the time which they've promised to let me do. When I finally lie down in bed later on that night I sleep almost instantly because all my worries and fears are gone for the time being.
Maddie and I stay in that place for another couple of weeks before Jenny, Mark, Sarah and Joseph come back to tell us that everything is ready and we can go home with them, we don't have anything to pack up and take with us so we're basically ready to go we say goodbye to the lady who we learned was called Mary she was really nice and hs looked fter us the whole time we've been here once we've said goodbye to Mary we have to say goodbye to each other for now because we're going to seperate houses but they promise that we'll see each other again soon, we give each other a hug and then get into our nw parents cars and then we're off in opposite directions to our new homes.
As we travel home my new parents tell me that they'll give me a couple of days to settle in and do some shopping with me to get me new clothes and once that's done they explain that they'll start enrolling me in school so I can hopefully learn about all the things I need in life and to make some more friends I feel a bit nervous the idea of going to school again remember going when I was with my old parents but this will be a new school with new people and I don't like to be the new boy in the class because you never know how the other kids will treat you. It doesn't take long for us to get back to the house and they help me out of the car and led me gently to the front door, inside the house is spacious but not to big they give me a small tour of the downstairs then take me upstairs to see my bedroom.
I walk in to see it's like a whole new land and a little boys dream the walls are painted blue with red car stickers on them with a matching bed, toy cars and trucks are neatly spread around the room and there are comic books about super heroes on the shelves which are built onto the walls. I love it and I never want to leave it it's like my own little car land.
Do you like your new room Artie Sarah asks me.
Yes it's so awesome thank you can I keep it like this forever I ask them.
You can keep it like this as long as you want now how about we go downstairs for dinner then afterward we can bring some of these awesome toys downstairs and play with them together how does that sound buddy Joseph asks me.
That sound awesome I say and bound down the stairs with them behind me.
I sit and talk with them as they make dinner and when it's ready we all sit down at the table together to eat it, it tastes really good and I clear my whole plate which makes Sarah really happy and she says I'm a good boy, just like they said they let me bring down some of my toy cars and we sit in the middle of the living room floor and play with them until it finally starts to get a bit late so they decide I should go to bed, I take my cars up with me and put them away neat and tidy like they were before they tell me to choose a comic book and I do then snuggle into bed while they read me a couple of pages. By the time they finish reading my eyes are almost closed and they both give me a kiss on the forehead before switching the light out and closing the door as the leave the room. As soon as the door closes I am in a deep sleep.