ADOPTED.

CHAPTER FOUR.

We all arrived at the charity hall is the place where we have all our general gathering, its the only place apart from the dining hall that can hold us all and its the fanciest place in the orphanage it's used for any fancy gathering maybe this is a fancy gathering also.

I and my friends sit at the back of the hall during fancy gatherings we love sitting at the back where no attention will be drawn to us and we don't like fancy gatherings it makes us feel uncomfortable.

"Settle down everyone," Mr. Bright started which makes the hall very quiet "We have some special guests in the house today and they are here for adoption I expect you all to be of good behavior," He tells us looking around the room.

Mr. Bright is a man in his early forties, he's good-looking with his short red hair with beards he's brown eyes, and pointed nose, he's putting on a black suit with a white shirt beneath making him look professional. He and his wife have been married for fifteen years and counting with just two kids.

"I want all the sixteen years olds, both boys and girls to move forward the rest of your should please go back to your rooms please," He requested moving away from the mic stand to observe the movement of those leaving the hall.

The sounds of chairs and feet dragging on the floor and the mumbling of the other kids fills the halls and in less than 30 minutes the once filled hall was reduced to a handful of us, I and my friends moved in between the kids of our age carefully not wanting to draw attention to ourselves.

"I want you all to have your seat and listen to me carefully," Mr. Bright said to us once the hall was quiet again we all took our seats "the guests we have for today are very special and we have the most influential couples in the country amongst them so I expect you to be on your best behaviors please," He pleaded with us looking at every one of us with a small smile on his face.

"Although, they have been shown all your pictures and they've read your files their choices have been made, but they want to see how their choice relates with other kids don't forget they are influential and we have the most influential amongst them," He said looking directly towards where I and my friends were seated, the once quiet hall is now filled with different murmurs from all corners.

"Silent please, best of luck to you all be on your best behavior, and to those chosen I wish you the best in life." He smiled at us and walked out probably to invite the guests in whomever they are the way Mr. Bright talks high of them they must be very important, no matter whom they each chose am very certain the kids lives will change for the best.

Still engrossed in my thought I felt something placed on my lap looking beside me I see Sky smiling. "We can't just be sitting here looking useless not when we have exams to prepare for," He said smiling at the book he placed on my lap.

"We better continue reading Literature is very essential if we want to get that scholarship," Oceania backs him up opening the book on her laps. I smile at my best friends and we buried our faces into our books.

The sound of chairs been dragged out didn't distract us from our reading and neither did the scream of the other kids or the silence sound been made by someone to stop the noise, the feeling of people looking at us didn't distract us from our books either still reading I heard Oceania mumbling about not understanding a chapter with my head still buried in my book.

"What chapter Nia," I asked her. "Chapter 8, about the Shakespeare poems," She replied to me " Am also trying to understand that chapter it's convincing Hazel", Sky speaks up also.

It only then did we notice how quiet the hall was it was as if we were the only ones in the hall, looking up to see the reason for the silence I was met with a pair of hazel colored eyes staring back at me with tears and longing in her eyes, I jumped up in fear I heard my friends also screaming in fear looking at the couples sitting in front of us with smiles on their faces the sound of coughs brought us back from our frightened states.

"Am sorry Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, the Blacks and the Walkers for their behaviors," We heard Mr. Bright apologizing he looked at us with expectations but we didn't know what he wanted us to do. So, we did the only logical thing we felt was right which was taking our seats and apologizing for our behaviors.

"Can we talk to her privately?", the man in front of me asked Me Bright not talking his eyes away from me with curiosity in his voice, "Of course you can talk to her in my office or anywhere you prefer sir," he responded almost immediately tensed "William we will be in the garden, if that's alright with you," the lady in front of me replied to Mr. Bright damping the tears that escaped from her eyes with a napkin. "That will not be a problem, Mrs. Marshall," he responded looking at her in worried.

"William we will be in your office then," the man in front of Sky says standing up "I will be honored Mr. Black," he responded with a little smile on his lips.

"I love the view in the fountain guess we will be there," the woman in front of Oceania said also standing up, "It's a nice view, Mrs. Walker," Mr. Bright replies smiling. "Kids go along with them you are in good hands," He said to us looking at me with confusion present on his face.

It was then I noticed the empty hall, we were the only one in the hall aside from a guy whose name I don't know but he's among the prep group in school with a couple with him. I saw some men in black suits, black sunglasses, and a listener in their ears they remind me of a secret agent show I see on the television and they are more than ten of them looking around for any upcoming threat.

I looked towards my friends who were also nervous as I was we nodded at each other and walked out with each coupling half of the men in black led us out while a few followed us behind. I looked back at my friends asking myself "who are these people?" I walked towards the garden with the couple looking at the man consoling the woman, I walked behind them not wanting to intrude in their family matter.

I felt my right hand being held by someone I looked up to see the owner of the hand who turned out to be the woman, she smiled at me showing me her very white set of teeth she stopped walking and pulled me into a hug squeezing and inhaling me, "Am sorry." She whispered to me and pulled away damping her tears again.

"Why is she so emotional and what is she sorry for?" I keep asking myself maybe she doesn't want me anymore why is she sorry? I knew I wasn't going to be adopted. I hope my friends are getting a better life than me.