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The Arrival
Hilda awoke early the next morning. She couldn't wait. She was a little apprehensive, but it was soon replaced by her excitement. She was glad that Amanda was coming on a weekend, because she wanted Zelda and Sabrina with her. Their support had been great over the past week, and she couldn't imagine doing this without them. It's only 7:00 it feels like 12:00. This day is going to be a long one. She stayed in bed for another hour before she decided to get up.
She walked down the hall and looked into the spare room. She had to make sure everything was right. I hope she likes it. "I knew you would be up early." Hilda jumped and then turned around. "Sabrina you almost gave me a heart attack. Yeah I woke up and then couldn't get back to sleep." Sabrina walked up to Hilda and gave her a big hug. "Today's the day did you think it would ever come?" "No, this week has seemed like an eternity." "She'll be here soon enough. Let's go make some breakfast. That should keep us busy for awhile."
Hilda and Sabrina went to the kitchen and made a big breakfast together. Zelda walked into the kitchen and said, "What smells so good?" "Well well look who finally woke up" said Hilda laughing, "Sabrina and I made breakfast this morning." "I'd say you did, it smells great." "Thanks."
They all sat down, ate together, and talked about Amanda. They were all excited. This was going to be a new chapter in their lives. After breakfast, they cleaned up and tried to have a normal day, but the anticipation only made the day seem longer.
At 12:30, Hilda became restless. With every minute that passed, she seemed to grow more and more nervous. She began to pace in front of closet door. "Hilda, no matter how much you pace, she's not going to come sooner." "I know; I'm just a little nervous." "Nervous about what?" "Zelda, what if she doesn't like me?" "She'll like you. I'm not going to say she'll like you right away, but over time, she'll come around. Just keep this in mind; this is probably going to be really hard for her." "Five till one she should be here soon", said Sabrina as she walked up the stairs. They stood at the door and waited.
At Exactly 1:00, the door opened. A tall man walked out of the closet. He was dressed in all black and had a deep voice, "Is this the Spellman residence?" "Yes", said Hilda as she walked up to the man. "Are you Hilda?" "Yes." "Here she is as promised. Come." Then Hilda saw her. A girl walked hesitantly through the door. As soon as she got through the door, the man walked back inside the closet and was gone. "Not much for manners, is he", said Sabrina. Hilda stood and looked at the girl. She was different than she expected. She looked rough, as if she had been through a lot in her short life. Her hair was a dark black and looked as though it hadn't been brushed in a while. It also looked like she hadn't had a shower in some time. Her clothes were covered in dirt and were torn in several places. But, the one thing that Hilda noticed the most were those beautiful brown eyes. They looked just as beautiful as they did when she was born.
Hilda walked up to the girl and said, "Amanda?" The girl looked at her and said, "Yeah?" "My name is Hilda, and I'm your mother." "Yeah I know." Hilda sensed some tension in the girl so she held out her hand for the girl. The girl reluctantly took her hand. "This is your aunt Zelda and your cousin Sabrina." They both nodded and said hi. "Let me show you to your room." Hilda led Amanda to her room leaving Sabrina and Zelda alone.
"This is it", said Hilda, "We didn't decorate it since we figured you would like to do that yourself." The girl said nothing she just nodded. They walked further in the room and the girl walked to the bed and felt it. She sat on the edge of it and teared up. "Is there something wrong with it?" asked Hilda concerned. "No." "Are you ok" "I'm fine, I just think I need to be alone for a while." Hilda was hurt by this gesture, she wanted to comfort the child, but had a feeling that it wouldn't be a good idea. "Ok I'll leave you alone then. The door over there leads to the bathroom. There are some fresh towels in there and there are a few outfits in the wardrobe that should fit you. Feel free to have a look around I'm going to be down stairs."
The girl nodded as Hilda turned and left the room. Hilda slowly walked down the stairs and into the living room. "Hilda are you ok?" Hilda sat down on the couch next to Zelda and said, "She hates me." "No, don't say that." "She told me that she wanted to be alone." "I told you that this might be a little difficult for her to take. I don't know if you noticed, but it looked like she had been through a lot lately. Just give her some time. She'll come around." "I'm not so sure about that." "Well all we can do is wait."