Needing You

Cassie's pov

"Bitch!"

Brooke opens her mouth in disbelief. "Did you just call me a bitch?"
I look around, motioning my arms, "Well, no one else is here. So I guess I was talking to you!"
She crosses her arms, "I was nothing but good to you! You have no other friends!"
I restrain my tears from falling and feel my face go red in anger, "FUCK YOU! You weren't there for me! You were always out with your preppy little friends, and your boyfriend! When was the last time you actually spent time with me!"

She stood there, speechless.

"That's what I thought!" I spit at her.
I turn around to go in my house and leave her but she speaks up.
"You're not the only person with problems going on, you know?"
I roll my eyes, "What? Are your perfect parents getting divorced? Did your boyfriend cheat on you? Did they discontinue your favorite lip gloss?" I pout my lip in sarcasm, "You poor baby. Sorry it's been SO hard. I guess I know nothing about that!"

She looks to her feet. "Forget it."

I walk into my house, slamming the door behind me.
"I h-hate you..." I say, and I'm not sure if it's to myself or to my former best friend.
Even though she couldn't hear it, I hope she knows.

I'm right, though. She hasn't been there for me since my dad left.

She used to visit me at the House.
The House is what I call the adoption house (orphanage). I haven't been adopted after three years, not even a foster home.
Brooke would tell me that someone would adopt me soon. No one did.
I always thought my dad would come back for me. He became a drunk after we found out about my mums cancer.

Brooke was there for the first few months, but she started to come less and less, she was always out with her boyfriend or other friends. And her other friends didn't seem to care for me much.

Friendships fade, drift apart. But I've dealt with worst.

Ms. Rachel looks at me. "Go to bed, I have a family scheduled to meet with you tomorrow."
I stand and wipe my tears, "why try, I'm not getting adopted anyway." I mumble and walk up stairs.

I open my door quietly, so I don't wake up the other girls down the hall.
I get dressed and crawl under my sheets, slipping into a deep sleep.


~~~~Next Day~~~~

I wake up, sweating and shaking.

Another nightmare.

I look at the clock, 5am.
"Ugh..." I get up and quickly get dressed. I grab my purse and phone, walking out the door, and closing it quietly, hoping Rachel doesn't wake up. I guess she fell asleep on the couch while watching reruns of Friends.

I walk down random streets, wasting time, until I reach a old bakery.
"Hi, can I have a bagel and hot chocolate?" I ask an elderly lady behind the counter. She gives me a warm smile and hands me my cup and a bag, "Thank you." I pay her and leave a big tip in the jar.
I walk down a different road than I came from and finish my bagel, sipping my hot chocolate when my phone rings.

"Where are you?" Rachel asks, she's always worried about me.
"I just went for a walk."
She sighs loudly, and I can hear her faintly counting backwards from ten, "Please, just hurry back, the family came an hour early to see you. If you don't come, I have to send in Jessica."
I hate Jessica, she thinks she is so perfect... "I'll be there in ten minutes."

I run back to The House and Rachel swings the door open, and fixes my now wild hair. And I throw my hot chocolate in the trash.

Jessica gives me a glare from the stairs as I enter the living room.

What kind of family gets up at seven in the morning?
I think to myself, but my thoughts are interrupted as I see a man and woman on the couch, holding each others hands, as the woman's head is on his shoulder.
"Um...Hello?" I say and the two heads shoot up.

Their eyes meet mine and I sit down on the other chair.
"Cassie," Rachel starts, "These are the Payne's."
"Hi." I say again and the mom stands up and hugs me.
"Hello. I hope you like us. My you're pretty. Oh, I'm rambling." Mrs. Payne says in rushed words. I smile at her.

I sit through an entire interview. Two whole hours!
"Cassie..."
"Huh?" I ask, pulled from my thoughts.
"Well..."
"Oh-um, Yeah. Sure." What were we talking about?
Rachel smiles, "Go pack, then."
"Pack?"
Mrs. Payne hugs me tightly once again and I realize what I had just done.

"Right...I'll pack." I run upstairs and pack all my clothes.

Right as I'm about to turn around and leave, I see a car outside. It must be the Payne's.

I look closer and see three boys.

"Ready dear?" Mr. Payne says as I walk out the door with them, all three of us holding my belongings.
"Yeah." I turn to Rachel and hug her quickly, "Thank you."

When I notice all my stuff is packed away and I am sitting in the backseat of a car with the three boys, "Hey. I'm Liam, your new brother. That's Niall and that's Louis." He points to two other very nice looking boys. All three are dressed up, Niall in a polo, Louis in a button up shirt and Liam in a button up and sports jacket.

"You all look familiar." I say, trying to put my finger on it.
"I think you'll figure out soon." Louis says as the radio is turned up and Mrs. Payne speaks.

"Oh! One of my favorite songs!" She sings along to one I've heard before, Story Of My Life.

And it clicks. "Holy shit."
"Cassie?" Mrs. Payne says.
"Sorry, j-just....wow."

"S-so, you're my new brother?" I ask. He nods.
"Well, all three of us are. It was our idea to adopt you." Liam explains.
Mr. Payne speaks, "We just signed the papers. The boys had the idea."
"So, I'm adopted by One Direction?"
"Only the three of us, to be exact. Harry and Zayn didn't think it was a good idea." Niall says.

"Oh..."
"But, you'll meet them in a minute. You'll be staying at Louis and Harry's since they have the biggest house."

The car stops and Louis whispers to me, "Just don't tick Harry off."

Notes

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