"KATIE GET DOWN HERE NOW AND DO THE FREAKING DISHES!!"
I roll over in my bed and rub my eyes.
"COMING MS. DUECE!!"
Oh hi! By the way if you didn't catch it before, my name is Katie. I live in an adoption center in Minnesota. Ms. Duece is the manager.
I get up and run down the main stairs of the adoption center and run straight to the kitchen. I peek my head in, hoping Ms. Duece would be gone.
I don't see her so I walk in and close the door softly. I walk quickly, but quietly, to the sink and turn on the water, hoping not to run into the witch this early even though she called me down.
"I thought I told you to do these last night, Kate!" Ms. Duece half yelled at me. I didn't even know where she came from! All I know is she scared me!
"My name is Katie, and you did I just didn't do it because I was watching Youtube." I stated with sharpness in my tone while not looking at her but looking at the dishes I was washing.
"Well no Youtube for one day." As Ms. Duece said this, I slung my rather small body around to face her with my hands dripping with soapy water.
"What do you mean 'no Youtube for one day'?" I said air quoting with my wet hands sarcastically.
"Exactly what it sounds like. No Youtube for one day. Kate, I give you so much more slack because you are the oldest here in the center. If one of the other girls, like Elizabeth, didn't do her chores, I wouldn't let her have any food for a day. I am just simply not letting you get on Youtube."
"It's KATIE and I would rather go without food than having to miss a day of Youtube." I stress Katie so loud that Ms. Duece jumped alittle.
"Alright then I will take you up on that offer." She says, pointing her glasses in her hand at me. "No food for today, but you can watch your Youtube."
I want to smile but I don't because I know it would only make her mad and then she might take Youtube away for good. So I just nod my head and turn back to the dishes.
I hear the witch walk away and hear some more footsteps sneak in.
"Hey, Kate."
I look around and see Sadie standing next to me. Sadie is my best friend/sister/roommate here. Technically she isn't my sister, but we are that close. She is only a few months younger than me. I am 16.
"Hey, Say, how are you?" I smile and nudge her with my hip.
"I'm doing okay." She looks to the ground." I heard yours and Ms. Duece's conversation and I just want to ask if you are okay."
"Sadie, you know she doesn't bother me."
"I know but.." Sadie is interrupted by the attention bell ringing.
The attention bell is a bell that is rung when a couple had arrived, a new kid was put into the center, or roll call.
Me and Sadie drop everything we are doing and run to the bottom of the stairs where Ms. Duece does roll call. The rather old woman is standing with her clipboard in hand. She has on the SAME thing she wears everyday, her tight back pencil skirt with a white blouse tucked perfect along with black heels. And her blonde hair tucked perfectly into a low donut bun with glasses on her face.
"Alright," She starts counting heads in the room. "It seems as if everyone is here so let's get started. I have some people who are looking to adopt. They want one older girl. So Katie, Sadie, and Miranda stick behind while the others start their daily chores. The others are dismissed."
She gives everyone a sick, perfect smile and the kids scatter, leaving me and the other two girls standing in the middle of the room.
"Okay girls you have 20 minutes to get ready to impress these people. Good luck and DON'T be late." She looks around at us. "Alright you are dismissed."
We wait for her to walk off and then we start freaking out together. Well, me and Sadie freak out together.
"OMG WE MIGHT ACTUALLY LEAVE THIS PLACE!" Sadie says, yelling in my ear.
"I KNOW, SAY, LET'S JUST HURRY UP AND GET READY!!" I yell back in her ear.
"Would you two just cool it. She said the people were here for ONE girl. Not two. Not three. So let's calm down and get ready for either rejection or acception. Got it?"
Me and Sadie nod our heads in agreement.
"I call upstairs bathroom and you two can work out where y'all will go." Miranda says then stomps off in a huff up the stairs. I turn to Sadie.
"Okay you pick where you wanna get ready. Downstairs or basement bathroom?"
"Downstairs if you don't mind."
"Alright see you in 15, okay?"
"Okay love you!!"
"Love you too, Say!"
I run to the basement, grabbing my load of laundry out of the dryer. I run into the bathroom and quickly wash my hair and body. I run back to my basket of laundry and grab my blue high waisted shorts and Arizona Tea tank top and throw them on. I quickly blow dry my hair and put my blue beanie on.
I run back up the stairs, leading to the first floor from the basement and wait for Sadie on the bottom staircase leading to the second floor.
"5 MINUTES GIRLS!!" yelled Ms. Douche. Oops I mean Ms. Duece.
I wait for about 3 minutes pacing back and forth when I realize I forgot my mascara. I ran up to mine and Sadie's room and grab it. I quickly apply some in the downstairs mirror while waiting for Sadie.
She finally comes running around the corner and grabs my hand, dragging me along with her. We run so fast through the halls just so we would be on time. I feel my back pocket and realize I forgot my phone. I tell Sadie to go on; I would meet her there. She hesitates but then quickly runs off.
I run up to our room and grab my phone quickly, and I also grab my pennyboard. I shove my phone in my back pocket. I slide down the railing of the stairs and cruise my pennyboard to the adoption room. I open the door to the adoption waiting room and slip in quietly.
I guess I wasn't too quiet because Ms. Duece comes bounding in the waiting room with fury in her deep, brown eyes.
"I specifically said be ON time." She whisper-yells at me.
I just stare at her. Behind her, I see blinds peek open and see cute little eyes and a huge adorable smile staring at me. I am trying so hard not to laugh.
"Okay Miranda since you were here first you may go in." The witch says, but not taking her eyes off of me. She finally walks in after Miranda into the adoption room. I bust out laughing and readjust my beanie. I pull my phone out and log in on Twitter.
I guess I was too zoned out because Sadie had to pull my phone out of my hands to get my attention.
"Gurllll you are up to go in there!" Sadie says with a smile on her face. I laugh at her dorkiness and stand up, giving her a hug.
"Why are you smiling?" I ask with confusion.
"You'll see!" She skips out of the room, her perfect ponytail bouncing around.
I laugh and walk into the room staring at my phone. I sit down in the chair. Knowing the drill for adoption, I cross my legs, rest my phone in my lap, sit up straight, and place my hands neatly in my lap.
Ms. Duece smiles at me and walks out, closing the door shut behind her.
I quickly uncross my legs, drop my shoulders, pick up my phone, and slump in the chair. I don't even look at the people in front of me.
"Wow." A man speaks.
I set my phone down and look up at the man sitting in front of me.
"Look, I'm sorry for being like un-girly and all but that's not me. The girliest I get is mascara and I only wear that because I look like I don't have eyelashes without it," The cute boy I saw watching me earlier is now laughing from the back. "As I was saying, I have been through this adoption thingy 17 times. I have been adopted and brought back 5 times, besides the time I was left here for the first time."
I glance around at the 4 boys in the room. I take a mental picture of each boy. I finally figure out why Sadie was so happy...these four boys are from Youtube. The boy I am assuming looking to adopt, aka Connor Franta, speaks up.
"Can I ask you a few questions? Or nahhhh?"