centerMorning After

It started off as your average Saturday morning. Adriana woke up to

the sound of breakfast on the stove downstairs, as well as the smell of hot, crispy

bacon. Adriana stretched her arms high in the air and let out a huge yawn. Just last

night she had celebrated her eleventh birthday which was actually before that on

Wendsday the 17th of July. She got up out of her bed, went to her desk in the corner

was, and opened her porcelain music box and hummed the tune which accodring to her

parents was guarantee to calm her down and stop her crying when she was a baby.

It was this and her name, her parents once told her, that her real parents wanted to

stay with her. Adriana made a slight jump when she heard her mom knock at her door

gently. " Driana I know your up sweetie I hear that music box," her mother said

through the door as Adriana quickly shut her box. She had been daydreaming once

again of what her real parents might be like. No one knew anything about them just

that they left her at the adoption agency when she was but a few months old. She did

love her Mom and dad don't get her wrong it's just that she knew she was a little

different from other people and was sometimes known for strange things to happen

around her whenever she got particularly frightened or mad. She figured that her

real parents might be able to tell her why. "Breakfast is ready and served up. Come

on downstairs to eat," her mother said opening the door this time. Adriana lept up off

of the floor replying ok and rushing downstairs. She grabbed a chair at the table and

started to pile on bacon and scrambled eggs onto her empty plate.

"Hungry today aren't you," said her father with a warm smile on his

face. Like her he was still in his pjs sipping on a mug of hot coffee. "Did you sleep

ok," he asked conversationally.

"Yeah great," replied Adriana," I was exhausted after everybody went

home from the party yesterday night. By the way you really outdid yourself on

breakfast this time it tastes great Dad." Unlike in your usual family in the

Kentwood household the man did the cooking as her mom hardly ever produced

anything slightly edible in the kitchen besides cereal. The family finished the rest of

their meal in silence scarfing down almost every last scrap of food on the table until

they each met their fill.

Other than the coincidence of strange things occasionally happening about her only a few other

things made her really stand out from others. One was her amazing looks, she had just got done hitting 5'0

and of course was still growing. She had dark blue eyes and raven colored hair her complexion was tan

from spending alot of time outside not just during summer but all year round, she loved playing outside

with friends. Two was her talent, she was absolutley in love with the arts and dreamed of being in a play. She

particularly liked musicals to other people they might seem dorky, but to her they just looked like a whole

bunch of fun. Anyway after all of the food had been consumed her Mom collocted the dishes and her dad

asked," Would you mind checkin the mail Driana I gotta take a dump."

"Eww, dad too much information. Yeah I'll go check it," Adriana replied. She got up from the table and walked

towards the front door slipping on her favorite pair of lime green flip-flops before opening the door.

It was sunny outside and already starting to get a little bit hotter. Some people were already out there mowing

lawns or just hanging out on their front porch reading, talking on the phone, or smoking a cigarette. She

walked up to her mail box which seemed to be completley hidden under the massive vine of purple

and magenta colored flowers. She tooked the mail out and briefly flipped through it. "Bill, bill, junkmail,

junkmail, catalog, and...a letter for me," she said to herself quietlyin a slight surprise. It's probably

nothing important she thought to herself while walking back into her house. She set the rest of the mail down

on her kitchen counter and went upstairs to her room to open her own letter in privacy.

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*thought i'd leave ya w/ a little cliff hanger about her reaction. I mean I know you know that that's the letter from hogwarts. Pretty predictable no?