Hello wonderful people who actually read this A/N!
We are pleased to say that chapter 9 is finally here! Both Andriana and I were so surprised with how this storyline is building up. We thought that this would be just some ideas written down, but it ended up as a cool story!
Anyway, I should let you move to the chapter if you haven't already. I hope you like it and don't forget to review!
-Joan xxxxx
Chapter 9:
Before on Lost And Hidden:
Five minutes later and Rydel, Ally, Austin and I are all outside waiting to see where the hell Rocky's gone. He arrives and we see him with a packet of crisps. We all stare at him unamused.
"What?" He says, with a mouthful of crisps. I roll my eyes and nod to the others to get in the car. I start the engine, Rydel sitting beside me, with only one thought in my mind.
The life of these two kids, is about to change.
Now on Lost And Hidden:
Austin's POV
After a fifteen minute ride we are finally there, in front of the building that could change our lives forever. My anxiety almost made the whole awkwardness of the ride to go away. For some reason Rydel kept eyeing me the whole way there...
'Ally' and I glance at each other worriedly. We don't know what to expect behind those walls, we can suddenly find out that we're from Sydney, Germany or even Africa. Although I don't think our 'family' would care for us enough to adopt us from another continent. They probably just found the nearest orphanage and picked the first two kids they saw.
Pushing these thoughts aside, we start walking towards the main entrance. Me and 'Ally' exchange looks for once more before taking a deep breath and entering the unfamiliar building. The receptionist looks at us with confusion but she didn't say anything. We look around at the inside of the building not knowing what to do next. Then the receptionist calls us over to her desk. We walk towards it slowly trying to gain some more confidence.
"Hello, how may I help you?" The lady whose name card read 'Julia' says.
"Um... Hi... Julia... I... They... I mean we would like for you to like... search into your computer and find what you can for these two thirteen year olds..." Riker says.
"Eh... Depends on what you need." she answered kindly. Rydel looked at me and sighed.
"We want to take their birth certificates. I brought some signed papers to access them, I heard that's what they need to get them." Rydel says handing Julia the papers.
"Well, let me see!" Julia says taking them from Rydel's hands and turning towards the computer. Sweat is starting to drip from my forehead as I hear her typing in slow motion. She finally turns around and I instantly grab 'Ally's' hand...
"I'm sorry to disappoint you kids but there is no 'Austin Monica Moon' in here." she says and my whole world crushes under my feet. I knew that this could happen but I never imagined how it would feel to know for sure that even my name was a lie...
"W-what about Ally Moon? I-Is there an Ally Moon?" Riker says worriedly. She looks at us weirdly...
"Middle name?" She asks, as if it is the most obvious thing in the world.
"I-I don't... I don't have a middle name..." Ally stutters. We all looked at Julia who stares back at 'Ally'.
"Oh... It's just weird not to have a middle name in California." She answers turning back to her computer and typing 'Ally's' name. She turns back at us and shakes her head.
"There's nobody named Ally Moon here... Why aren't you two in the list? You can't just not be in the list... Are-oh god that sounds stupid but-are you sure that's your name?"
We all gulp... What do we say now?
"Well um we most probably were adopted..." I choked out.
"Adopted huh?"she asks herself and continues. "I'll need you to find a place to sit, because as I look at you two, I think you are going to faint... But I'll be back as soon as possible." she says and runs off. We slowly make our way towards the waiting seats. None of us dares to talk. Talking is just going to make things worse. I turn to 'Ally' and examine her face. She looks so pale and tired. She really needs to sleep,but if I tell her to sleep she won't. The best thing to do is wait for her to fall asleep on her own.
Just as 'Ally' is about to fall asleep, Julia comes running in.
"I'll need you all to go to that office on the right." she says out of breath. "We need to talk about this with Dan" she drags me by the hand to the office. Who the hell is Dan?
"So, Dan, that's them! Do you want me to stay here or you're fine?" she asks.
"Thank you! But, I got this. You can go!" Dan says and Julia nods leaving to her post. He has a British accent and short brown hair. He looks too young to be working here... "Kids, I heard your problem and to identify you, I need an adult and your foster parents' names." We don't have an adult with us! "But I also know that you brought that form with you so I can accept that and not the presence of an adult. So tell me your foster parents' names." he says pulling a paper from a small notebook.
"Um... I-It's Michael James Moon a-and Mimi Darla Moon." 'Ally' answers shakily. Dan notes the names down and turns to his laptop. He types in the names and looks blankly at the screen.
"Okay so... I've found your foster parents... And what I suppose is your birth certificates..." Dan says cracking us a small smile on the way, trying to reassure us.
"What do you mean you 'suppose'?" Rydel asks, while I play on my mind Dan's words to realise he had in fact said 'suppose'. Dan sighs and looks at us sympathetically.
"You see... Your foster parents illegally changed your names without telling the government anything about it for it to be noted in our list like supposed. But here it says that your parents adopted two children, a boy and a girl, who are around your age. Your biological parents named you otherwise, that's why you were not in the list." he explains awkwardly at us. Rydel furrows her eyebrows confusedly.
"What do you mean 'around'?" she says, giving attention to Dan's choice of words once again.
"You know what? I'm going to print these and let you find out yourselves..." he says quickly printing our certificates and copying them. He puts them in two different envelopes and extended his arm to give them to us.I stare at the light brown envelopes not daring to touch them.
This paper is the miracle that 'Ally' and I have been waiting our whole lives.
Ohh god the story is moving! Chapter 9 is finally here!
I hope you liked it. We tried to write it as best as we could. Sorry on the late update, but this moth has been filled with exams which for both of us ended at the 12th, so that has been fun and wonderful (note: sarcasm).
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