One Call Can Change a Life

Chapter 1

     My "real parents" have waited so many years to hear about me.
I am an orphan.
They gave up on me but still want to see me.
I am 15 and still no one wants me.
I have one real friend, Zoey.
Everyone else is a brat( in my view).
Zoey is a wonderful friend but sadly she found a family like 2 days ago and she will be leaving soon.
She told me that we would always be close and she would never leave.
But she is.
I was really sad but happy when she told me.
I was sad because I didn't want to tell her that I know, we will never see each other again.
She always told me I would find a family first but things change.
She is leaving tomorrow and I don't want to ruin it for her.
She is so exited and that's what I want to feel every now and then.
I guess you could say I'm jealous but how could I not be.
I have been looking for a family ever sense I was a baby and she got here like 2 months ago.
Like how is that fair!
My parents have been calling the orphanage for months now.
I told the nuns I didn't want to speak to them.
When I'm 16 they pretty much kick me out because of space.
They get new orphans every week and it's starting to get crowded.
My birthday is next week, which means I have one week until I'm out of this dump.
I have never been out to see the real world.
I have never been to the doctor, the dentist, or even a park.
All the doctors come to us.
I refuse to let them touch me though.
I have only read about what the outside world is like.
The nuns only let us look at books for 10 minutes a day so we couldn't know what real life felt like.
If there is something they don't like, they throw the book away.
We only have under 20 books because of that issue.
Now that Zoey left I have no one to talk to.
I have 4 days left and I am counting it down.
The nuns won't stop bothering me about my parents.
They told me that they wouldn't force me to talk to them, but they are really trying.
I decided that I would only talk to them once.
One time.
They called me to the main nuns office, so I knocked very quietly.
She slowly opened the door and peaked her eye through a little crack.
She opened the door fully and the door creaked so loudly that I'm pretty sure everyone in the orphanage woke up.
She greeted me and told me to sit in-front of her desk.
I was kinda scared I think I might of been shaking.
She finally made eye contact with me.
She told me that my parents were thrilled when she told them about me.
I half smiled and look at my hands.
She picked up the phone beside her desk and dialed a number.
She held it to her ear for a couple of seconds and then she handed me the phone.
The phone was cold when I put it up to my ear.
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes.
I sat there for a minute, but no one answered.
I felt my heart drop to my stomach.
I had never felt that rush of energy in my whole life.
I handed the phone back and she said that if they called she would let me know.
I faked my smile and got up to shake her hand.
I wanted to punch a wall and bury myself 6-feet under the ground.