Naia's POV
The days passed by easily. I knew Matt and Gabby had a ton of paperwork and appreciated how they still made time for us to do stuff together. Sometimes we'd watch a movie or we'd play a board game but I never felt like they were putting the paperwork before me. Plus, I knew the paperwork was for my adoption.
"Shay just texted me. The girls are getting together at her place and we're invited." Gabby said. "You wanna go?"
I nodded and smiled, "Yeah!"
Gabby laughed, "Alright then kiddo, I'll tell her we're on our way." I grabbed a hoodie to put over the t-shirt I was wearing and then put on my coat. Gabby grabbed a jacket and her keys.
"We're going to Shay's!" She called out and Matt replied with an 'okay' before we left.
When we got to Shay's, we were welcomed by Sylvie, Stella and Foster as well who were already there.
"So, what are we doing tonight?" Stella asked as we all settled down on the couch. I was wondering the same thing.
Shay smiled, "Well, Kelly's taking Matt, Otis and Cruz to Molly's later so we have the whole house ourselves. We can do whatever we want."
"Well, we are somewhat limited. Naia has school tomorrow." Gabby said and I nodded.
"Do you have homework?" Sylvie asked me and I shook my head.
"No, I finished it all yesterday. We get a ridiculous amount of homework for the weekends." I said. "It's easiest to do it in one go."
Gabby piped up with an idea, "We should go and get our nails done."
While the others agreed, I wasn't too keen on the idea but I wasn't going to say anything. If the majority liked that idea, then it was fine with me.
"When should we go?" Foster asked.
Shay looked around, "Now?"
"Sure," Stella said, shrugging. "Why not?"
So that's how I ended up here, in this comfy leather chair while someone named Vicky did some stuff with my nails. She was nice and had two dogs and a cat.
"What colour do you want me to paint your nails?" Vicky asked as she showed me my options.
I turned to Gabby who was sitting on my left. "What colour are you painting your nails?" I asked.
"Purple," Gabby said and pointed to the shade on the paper Vicky was showing me. "Shay and Foster are doing red and Stella's doing like a pinkish coral colour."
I nodded, "Oh, cool."
"I'm doing green," Sylvie said from my right and I nodded to show I had heard before looking down at the paper.
"Can I choose that colour?" I asked Vicky, pointing to a light blue and Vicky nodded.
"Of course!" She replied and scooted away on her rolling stool to get the colour.
Sylvie smiled, "Blue's a nice colour."
"Blue's my favourite colour," I said, nodding. "Ellie's was green, and Shane's was purple. Thomas' was orange."
"It's sweet how you still remember things like that about them," Gabby said when she heard me.
I shrugged, "I mean when you lived in that kind of environment, things like that kind of kept us together. Thomas loved cars and trucks. Ellie and I spent a whole week of lunchtimes in the library to learn the names of the trucks and cars so we could teach Thomas. When we walked home from school, he'd point one out and we'd tell him what car it was. Soon, he was calling out the names that passed the house."
"Are Shane and Thomas brothers?" Stella asked from next to Gabby.
I nodded. "Yes. There are two years between them."
"Their parents?" Shay asked tentatively.
I pursed my lips. "Killed in a car crash. I don't know anything beyond that."
"We should arrange for you four to meet up soon," Foster said and everyone nodded in agreement.
"I think that would be great," I replied honestly. "Ellie and I talked about meeting up soon. I was supposed to ask you about that." I directed the last bit towards Gabby.
Gabby nodded, "Matt and I will talk to her parents. Gosh, I forgot their names. Was it Danielle? Or was it Wendy?"
"Those are two very different names," Stella said, confused, "How did you mix them up?"
"I'm not the greatest with names," Gabby admitted.
"Oh really?" I asked sarcastically and smirked at Gabby who ruffled my hair.
"Watch it kiddo," She said and I laughed.