The Orphanage

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Hey, I'm typing this in 2024, almost six years after this was written to warn you.  This story is so cringe.  Like the kind of cringe that makes you want to rip your eyes out.  I am sorry in advance.  I think I was 13 when I wrote this.  I am now 18.  So just... sorry.  turn back while you can.  

                    Life sucks, doesn't it.  Your parents die before you even get to meet them. You only have one real friend, which is music.  And now your not gonna get adopted.  No one wants me, so why should it be different today?

                    "Delilah! Get down here! The adopters are coming in half an hour, so you better look nice!  We're also out of waffles, so I made you toast." 

                    "Alright!" 

                   I pulled on some black jeans and looked in the mirror.  I had an average body shape, I guess.  I was sorta medium.  Some of the kids in this place are absolute twigs, which I don't understand.  I slipped on a Sleeping with Sirens t-shirt and put on some BTS socks.  I tied my brown hair into a ponytail, and brushed the red dyed tips.

                  I ran downstairs to eat breakfast, but slipped, and fell all the way down the stairs on my butt.   I knew that I should have put on some converse before I ran down the hardwood stairs, but I was hungry for toast.  

                 I hit the last step with a thud before moaning in pain.  Hardwood stairs really freaking hurt against your tailbone.  I opened my eyes and saw four pairs of shoes on the ground.  Some converse, some boots, some Nike's and some weird camo boots.  I looked up...


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