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When Sara and Charles walked into the orphanage the next morning, they were greeted with the sight of Ms. Carmen pacing inside her office with her head in her hands. Worried that something had happened with Cerri, they ran inside without knocking.

"Ms. Carmen! What's happened!" Sara asked, rushing to put her hand on the owner's shoulder.

"Oh! Sara, hello. Sorry, we're having some problems with the bills, nothing you need to worry about….really. You're pale, are you alright?"
"Oh, yeah," Sara laughed at herself, "I just thought maybe something happened to Cerri"

"No, love, she's fine. And she's all packed up and ready to go. Would you like me to call her in here or would you like to go fetch her yourself?"
"Why don't you call her in" said Charles, sliding into the conversation easily while wrapping his arm around Sara's waist.

"Alright, excuse me, I'll only be a minute" Ms. Carmen smiled and walked out of the room, leaving Sara and Charles to themselves.

"What was that all about Sara?" asked Charles, his eyebrows furrowed in concern.

"I don't know… I just… I don't know"

"You felt something had happened?"

"Yea, like, like she wasn't going to be here anymore"

"Don't worry Hun, she's not gonna go now. I know you're attached already, but, leave some time for her to get attached to you before you really get all motherly"

Sara laughed and stood on her tiptoes to kiss her husband lightly on the cheek just as Ms. Carmen walked into the room, followed by Cerri, who was carrying a suitcase and a small pot with a single rose stood.

Cerri saw Sara's eyes wander to the plant and raised her head, looking into Sara's eyes protectively and said " I don't go anywhere unless I can take part of my rosebush. Do you think I can plant it somewhere at the…. The house in London"

Sara smiled, seeing that Cerri had once more put up the walls around her heart and was trying to sound tough when in reality she was pleading. It would be quite the adventure for Sara and Charles to find out what was under that steely exterior.

"Of course you can, its going to be your new home, you don't even need to ask" said Charles, smiling as he took the suitcase out of Cerri's hands.

"All the papers are signed" Ms. Carmen smiled, "its time for you to go see your new home" She had been close to giving her whole usual speech to this new little family, but found she couldn't. Thing's seemed to already be out of her hands now.

"Do you have anyone to say goodbye to Cerri?" Asked Sara.

"No" Cerri looked down at the floor and shuffled her feet, "not really"

"Alright then." A huge grin rose on Sara's face. "Ready for a day of shopping in New York before we get going"

Cerri felt those butterflies in her stomach again, the exited jumping she was so unused to. She'd never been shopping before, not like what Sara was thinking. She looked up and faced Sara and Charles with a small smile and nod.

Charles laughed, thinking about how he was going to spend the next 12 hours shopping with two girls and surprised that he didn't much mind.

"Lets get going" he turned to shake Ms. Carmen's hand. "Thank you so much Ms. Carmen."

"Yes, thank you" said Sara, looking at Ms. Carmen with her big doe eyes. "It was a pleasure to meet you"

"The pleasure was all mine" Ms. Carmen smiled happily and walked over to Cerri, giving her an awkward hug. "Be good Cerri, you really couldn't ask for better" she whispered in her ear.

"Yea, I kinda got that" said Cerri with another small smile. Hugging her plant pot into her chest, she told her butterflies to quiet down as she turned around and followed Sara and Charles outside and towards their large blue Subaru while Sara started asking her what she would like for her new room and attire. Going on about how they would get all of the furniture in London but that the clothing in America was much better and worth buying here.

The day went by like fireworks shooting in front of Cerri's eyes. She hardly had time to think as suddenly she was pulled into a huge mall, Sara was laughing, giving her clothes to try on or getting her posters she liked. Charles was quiet as usual, but he was there, smiling, telling her she looked good in the outfits she was trying on. She had never been so happy, never had a real friend before, but Sara, Sara was amazing. She was so outgoing, so happy, with this twinkle in her eyes whenever she laughed. Cerri stayed quiet, and she never really said anything much, but Sara didn't mind, she saw it all in Cerri's eyes, and that was enough for now.

Finally, at around 9pm Cerri had enough time to realize how this was like a dream come true as she walked down the street with an ice cream cone in her hand, Sara and Charles walking next to her, holding hands. They were laughing, telling her how much she would like London, asking her all the questions they could think of, ranging from her favorite food to what she thought of school. She answered truthfully, but not in detail. When she told them how much she liked Greek Mythology, Charles was ecstatic, as it turned out that he was a professor of Greek Mythology at one of the University's in London. She found out things about her favorite goddess Aphrodite that she had never known and was really exited when Sara rolled her eyes and said that when they got home there would be books upon books for her to read about that kind of thing,

Home. When they got home. Cerri couldn't get the butterflies to go away, but she wasn't trying to hard. She guessed that she'd never really had a home, and now, in a matter of 42 hours, she had one. Not to mention that it was on a different continent all together, and that the home came with a loving 'mum and dad' and a whole new school life. Sara had apparently checked out her grades and was sure that she would to fine in English schooling, but that she would still have to work hard on getting back on track.

They continued to walk down the plaza and into the parking lot where their car was hidden, and as Cerri finished her ice cream, she found herself suddenly exhausted. This was a bit much, she realized, looking at the bags upon bags of clothes Sara and Charles were carrying, for her to wish for. She knew, in her heart, that things weren't going to stay this wonderful. Just as Sara did. Deep in the girl's hearts, they felt a forbidding trouble, but they ignored it; basking in the happiness they had now, trying to remember every moment so as to look back on the hard times. Now, Charles, he also felt the forbidding, but he knew why. In fact, he knew more that both Sara and Cerri did when put together. But that was his little secret, and he wasn't about to let it out.

When they got to the car, Cerri fell asleep instantly, curled up in the back seat. She'd never been so content, and she'd never fallen asleep so easily. Usually she had a small case of insomnia. But now, she just closed her eyes as Sara and Charles started talking about how they would pack all of the clothes for the airplane ride the next day and she fell asleep. Only to wake a few ours later in a large hotel bed, looking to her side and seeing the two forms of her new parents in the bed next to hers. She smiled and curled up in the covers, trying to imagine what it would be like to go to London. She'd never even been out of New York, let alone America.

She dreamt about a school the size of a medieval castle, ivy covering the walls, and a tall young man with nearly white hair and amazingly dark green eyes walking up to her with a secretive smile on his face as snow started to fall around them.

Well, once more, I finish telling you a part of Cerri's story. And I'm sure you're smart enough to take a hint, so I'm going to give it to you in the trust that by the next time I tell you another chapter of the story, you'll have figured something out.

Have you ever noticed that red Roses always go with white Snow Drops? By the end of this story, you'll know why.

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