Chapter 5 The Adopted and The Searching
"Well it looks like we're about to lose another one of our kids." Matron said talking to all the orphans. "A family has said they would like to adopt Zell. I told Zell and he said yes very quickly. Before you kids even ask he has not left yet he will leave tomorrow when the boat docks at noon."
"Where is Zell Matron?" Selphie asked curiously.
"He is in the bedroom packing his things. But do not disturb him too much. I am not saying you can't go in and ask him just a few questions." They all headed for the bedroom door when Matron spoke loud enough for them all to hear, "but don't all of you go in at one time and ask him so many question he comes to me all right and seifer."
"Matron." He said innocently.
"Do not I repeat do not tease him got it?"
"Got it." Seifer said. He had a devilish face on and Edea knew he was probably lying.
Zell was packing his things and thinking back on all the good times he had with his friends. He tried to block out all the bad things that had happened and all the teasing he got from Seifer. But he couldn't block all of the bad things because that was about all that ever happened to him in the orphanage anymore.
"What are you doing Zell?" The beautiful child voice was of Selphie. She was standing at the doorway with Irvine standing behind her and Seifer with a smirk on his face beside her.
"Didn't Matron tell you?"
"Yeah she told us but we want to ask you a few questions about the family." It was Seifer who said it with his eyes narrowed and a smirk on his face.
"I don't know anything about them." Zell said trying his hardest to not show that he was lying.
"Oh, but I think you do. What's the families last names?" Seifer asked him slyly.
"Yeah and where do they live?"
"Do they have any other kids?"
"What about pets do they have a dog?" "Do they."
"Stop!" Zell said quickly. "Just leave me alone I don't want to answer any questions."
By this time all of the other orphans have come in to ask questions. Zell starts screaming for Matron. Matron comes rushing in and shoos them all out of the room so he can have some peace.
The next day at noon the boat docks and Zell gets on to be taken back to the docks of Balamb where his new family will pick him up to take him to his new home. Again as the boat leaves the orphans wave him off to his new home probably to never see him again.
It is always the same though. Edea cries those happy tears to know that another child has found a world of happiness and family that will bring that happiness closer and closer until it can no longer stay away or be pushed away by anyone or anything. 'It is a great sight and sometimes brings people to tears of joy because the person with that happiness is contagious and you just can't help but smile yourself.'
The boat now could no longer be seen on the horizon. Edea came out of her thoughts as selphie was now pulling on her long black dress.
"Matron I am getting hungry. What are we having for lunch?" Selphie asked her with her sweet little voice that seemed to have a slight twinch of hunger in it but even more then usual.
Edea realizes it is already 12:30 and sees that she had been off in a daydream standing on the dock with every one starring at her.
"Matron are you ok?" The innocent Irvine asks.
"Yes, Irvine I am fine. Now it is past noon lets go have some lunch. How about we have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich." Edea says with a great smile on her face.
"Yeah!" All the children say at once.
They all leave the dock in hopes of seeing Zell again some day and having the chance to be adopted just like Zell someday. Edea makes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the children and herself for the late lunch they were having that beautiful sunny day.
The children finish their lunches and go to play. Edea washing what dishes had not been finished and had been used before and during lunch.
She had just finished rinsing the last dish and put it in the drainer. When a knock was heard at the door. She dried her hands and went to answer the door. As to her surprise at the door was a very young very handsome man. He told her he was looking for a girl named Ellone. Edea knew this man must have been with the Esthar or the Galbadian army to know about her so she told a half lie.
"I do not know where she is someone came not to long ago and took her away. I am sorry I cannot help you." Her lie was more of a half-truth than a half lie but anyway you look at it. It is still the same either way.
He argued with her a little after she took him beside the house so the children could not hear them. He was reluctant but finally he gave up and left the orphanage. She watched him as he left in the car he had arrived in. As she watched she wondered if she had done the right thing. What if what he said was the truth and not a lie to find her and take her back to Esthar or Galbadia.
"Well it looks like we're about to lose another one of our kids." Matron said talking to all the orphans. "A family has said they would like to adopt Zell. I told Zell and he said yes very quickly. Before you kids even ask he has not left yet he will leave tomorrow when the boat docks at noon."
"Where is Zell Matron?" Selphie asked curiously.
"He is in the bedroom packing his things. But do not disturb him too much. I am not saying you can't go in and ask him just a few questions." They all headed for the bedroom door when Matron spoke loud enough for them all to hear, "but don't all of you go in at one time and ask him so many question he comes to me all right and seifer."
"Matron." He said innocently.
"Do not I repeat do not tease him got it?"
"Got it." Seifer said. He had a devilish face on and Edea knew he was probably lying.
Zell was packing his things and thinking back on all the good times he had with his friends. He tried to block out all the bad things that had happened and all the teasing he got from Seifer. But he couldn't block all of the bad things because that was about all that ever happened to him in the orphanage anymore.
"What are you doing Zell?" The beautiful child voice was of Selphie. She was standing at the doorway with Irvine standing behind her and Seifer with a smirk on his face beside her.
"Didn't Matron tell you?"
"Yeah she told us but we want to ask you a few questions about the family." It was Seifer who said it with his eyes narrowed and a smirk on his face.
"I don't know anything about them." Zell said trying his hardest to not show that he was lying.
"Oh, but I think you do. What's the families last names?" Seifer asked him slyly.
"Yeah and where do they live?"
"Do they have any other kids?"
"What about pets do they have a dog?" "Do they."
"Stop!" Zell said quickly. "Just leave me alone I don't want to answer any questions."
By this time all of the other orphans have come in to ask questions. Zell starts screaming for Matron. Matron comes rushing in and shoos them all out of the room so he can have some peace.
The next day at noon the boat docks and Zell gets on to be taken back to the docks of Balamb where his new family will pick him up to take him to his new home. Again as the boat leaves the orphans wave him off to his new home probably to never see him again.
It is always the same though. Edea cries those happy tears to know that another child has found a world of happiness and family that will bring that happiness closer and closer until it can no longer stay away or be pushed away by anyone or anything. 'It is a great sight and sometimes brings people to tears of joy because the person with that happiness is contagious and you just can't help but smile yourself.'
The boat now could no longer be seen on the horizon. Edea came out of her thoughts as selphie was now pulling on her long black dress.
"Matron I am getting hungry. What are we having for lunch?" Selphie asked her with her sweet little voice that seemed to have a slight twinch of hunger in it but even more then usual.
Edea realizes it is already 12:30 and sees that she had been off in a daydream standing on the dock with every one starring at her.
"Matron are you ok?" The innocent Irvine asks.
"Yes, Irvine I am fine. Now it is past noon lets go have some lunch. How about we have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich." Edea says with a great smile on her face.
"Yeah!" All the children say at once.
They all leave the dock in hopes of seeing Zell again some day and having the chance to be adopted just like Zell someday. Edea makes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the children and herself for the late lunch they were having that beautiful sunny day.
The children finish their lunches and go to play. Edea washing what dishes had not been finished and had been used before and during lunch.
She had just finished rinsing the last dish and put it in the drainer. When a knock was heard at the door. She dried her hands and went to answer the door. As to her surprise at the door was a very young very handsome man. He told her he was looking for a girl named Ellone. Edea knew this man must have been with the Esthar or the Galbadian army to know about her so she told a half lie.
"I do not know where she is someone came not to long ago and took her away. I am sorry I cannot help you." Her lie was more of a half-truth than a half lie but anyway you look at it. It is still the same either way.
He argued with her a little after she took him beside the house so the children could not hear them. He was reluctant but finally he gave up and left the orphanage. She watched him as he left in the car he had arrived in. As she watched she wondered if she had done the right thing. What if what he said was the truth and not a lie to find her and take her back to Esthar or Galbadia.