Indestructable
2 Months Later and Another Adoption Day
In 3 days I'll be 15 but hell it's just another year I'll be without my parents. Meg, Crane, and Kane were sneaking around while Britt kept me busy with random shit. I know what they were doing so why fucking hide it. They always arranged a party for my birthday. I don't like surprises anymore since that night and they knew that. I always put on a fake surprised face just to please them. Oh I was definitely not looking forward to my birthday.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3 DAYS LATER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today is my 15th birthday and I woke up earlier than I expected but I always woke up early on adoption days anyways so I didn't care. I looked at my clock on my Ipod and it was 9:45 am. I groaned and dragged myself out of bed. Meg was already up which wasn't a surprise to me. I grabbed me some clothes and went to take a quick shower. The warm water rolled down my back and relieved some of the pain and stress I had going on and it relaxed me slightly for the day ahead. I quickly showered and got dressed into my TRIPP pants and a black Three Days Grace tank top.
I sat down on the bed and put on my black with neon green skull converse and brushed my hair letting it air dry like always. I got off the bed grabbing my Ipod and notepad with pencil before heading out to find Meg. I looked all around the building and finally found her alone on the basketball court. She seen me and started smiling.
"About time you woke up. It's nearly 11 in the morning." Meg said chuckling. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
~I had to take a shower...sue me.~
"I just might so don't tempt me." She joked.
~You wont get shit from me.~
She laughed but I kept my serious look. I never laughed. We stood there for a little while longer before she looked down at her watch. She motioned me to follow her and I reluctantly did. Who knows what she has planned. I followed her to where people were setting up for the big Adoption Day bullshit. I rolled my eyes at the sight of people running around getting everything ready. Kids were running around and just waiting to be adopted. She ran into a little secluded spot behind some trees and I ran after her. I stepped into the spot and all my friends were there. There was everything needed for a birthday party. I put on a faked surprised face and everyone bought it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MATT'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Val and I have been to almost every adoption agency in the country and just couldn't find a child we liked. Not one child we seen would fit perfectly with my lifestyle nor who would fit in perfectly with my family. Val and I were sitting in our hotel room, each of us surfing the web to find an adoption agency that we could find at one child that would be perfect for us. I clicked on an agency website and seen a bulletin in all caps.
WANT TO ADOPT?? WE HAVE CHILDREN FROM THE AGES OF 0 TO 17 LOOKING FOR GOOD HOMES AND IN SEARCH OF LOVING PARENTS. TODAY IS OUR ANNUAL ADOPTION DAY AT SAINT TERESA'S ORPHANAGE! COME TO THE ADDRESS BELOW AND OBSERVE AND CHAT WITH OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN. EACH CHILD HAS THEIR OWN LIFESTYLE AND MOST WILL FIT IN WITH ANY LIFESTYLE GIVEN.
It seemed interesting. I wrote down the address.
"Val there is an agency here in Alabama that is having their annual Adoption Day. Let's go check it out." I said smiling.
"Alright. You got the address?" She asked closing her computer.
"Yeah! Let's get going." I said closing my laptop and putting my shoes on. We packed our bags and headed down to the lobby to check out. I grabbed our bags as Val checked us out and I put them into the trunk of the rental car. Val came out seconds later and we both got into the car.
I punched in the address to the orphanage and we headed on to our destination. When we got to the place, there was a huge sign in the yard. I cut the engine and got out locking the door behind us. We walked through the front gate and was greeted by a woman. I think she is a nun or something.
"Hello and welcome to Saint Teresa's Annual Adoption Day. My name is Sister Lee." she said kindly and we shook her hand.
"My name is Matthew Sanders and this is my wife Val." I said smiling.
"Please enjoy your stay. If you find a child please come to me. I'll be sitting over there at that table." She said pointing to a table with other nuns.
"We will. Thank you." Val said smiling and we walked off. There was so many kids running around. So many to choose from. This was going to be a tough one.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AME'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We finished my party and I went to my regular spot where I always sat at during this stupid day. I saw this couple walk through the gate being greeted by Sister Lee. I seen Meg talking with a family and hung my head. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to see who it was. It was the man who came in just a few minutes ago. He had his lip pierced on the side. His hair was short and jet black. His smile was stretched out by his dimples and I couldn't see his eyes because of his sunglasses. He wore a sleeveless shirt that relieved his dozens of tattoos and it made me awestruck. He sat down beside me in the grass.
"Hello my name is Matthew Sanders. What's your name?" he said smiling.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MATT'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I walked all around the place and didn't see a child that peaked my interest. Val and I split up to cover more ground. I looked all around and finally seen her. She had jet black hair with neon green streaks and a strip of white down the middle of her head. She was sitting on the ground alone under a oak tree looking out into the crowd of people. She looked over at a family talking to a girl and she hung her head. I was guessing it was her friend. I walked up and tapped her on the shoulder. She looked up at me.
"Hello my name is Matthew Sanders. What's your name?" I said smiling.
"She don't talk." a voice from behind me said. I turned and seen the girl that was talking to a family a second ago.
"Oh? How come?" I asked the nameless girl.
"I don't know. She writes down all her answers and questions. Sometimes whole conversations. I'm Meg by the way and this is Ame." she said smiling.
"I'm Matthew Sanders. Nice to meet you." I said shaking her hand.
"Same. I'll let you two alone to talk." she said and walked away. I turned back to her and smiled.
"Nice friend you got there." I said and she started writing like her friend said.
~Yeah. She's cool.~
"Sure is! Is it alright if I ask you a few questions?" I asked and she nodded.
"How long have you been here?" I asked.
~12 years.~
"That's a long time. So how old are you?" I asked.
~I turned 15 today.~
"Happy Birthday! Why don't you talk?"
~I don't talk about it.~
"That's perfectly fine. You have and hobbies?"
~I play guitar, write songs, listen to music. Stuff like that. Music is my life.~
"Awesome! What's your favorite band of all time?"
~Avenged Sevenfold.~
"You must know who I am then."
~You're M. Shadows.~
"Exactly. Who's your favorite in the band?"
~You and Synyster Gates.~
"Sweet I get top billing!" She smiled and when she did I knew I wanted to ask her the big question.
"I have one more question."
~Shoot.~
"How would you like to live with me and my wife?" When I said that her eyes got huge.
~HELL YEAH!~
"Great!" I said standing to my feet. I extended my hand and she took it. I pulled her to her feet and we walked hand in hand to towards Val. She spotted us and came running.
"Who is this?" she asked smiling.
"This is Ame. The new addition to our family." I said smiling down at her.
"Awesome! I'm Val, Matt's wife." she said smiling and extending her hand. Ame shook Val's hand and we went to find Sister Lee. We got to Sister Lee and she looked surprised.
"Hello Mr. Sanders. I see you have chosen Miss Satan. Don't let her last name fool you. She's a perfect little angel." she said smiling.
"Yes. She is a great little girl and I would be honored to have her be apart of my family." I said smiling down at her again. She was smiling for ear to ear.
"I'm glad to hear that. Ame, go pack your belongings and say goodbye to everyone and meet us at the front gate." she said and Ame nodded her head and ran off. She was so happy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AME'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I ran off to find Britt and Meg and luckily they were standing over by my oak tree talking. I ran over to them jumping beside Meg. She looked at me like I was crazy.
"Ame calm down. What is it?" Meg and Britt said in unison.
~MATT ADOPTED ME!!!~
"That's great!" Britt said hugging me and smiling.
~Help me pack!~
"Alright." Meg said and we ran straight into the building and up to my room. The girls helped me pack everything that I had in my room. I looked at them and they couldn't stop smiling but hell neither could I. When we finished, each of us had a bag. I had my backpack on my back and guitar. Meg and Britt had a duffel bag with all my clothes and shoes. We made our way out and to the front gate.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MATT'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I watched as she ran over to her friends so excited. They disappeared into the building seconds later.
"So what do we need to sign to make this official?" I asked smiling.
"There's something we need to discuss first." Sister Lee said.
"What is it like medical problem? If that's the case then we have a wonderful doctor that makes house calls." Val said.
"No. You might want to sit down for this." she said sitting down at the empty table. We sat down as well.
"Is there something wrong with her? I mean because if she needs a specialist, money is not a problem." I said with worry in my voice.
"No Mr. Sanders. It's about what happened to her when she was 3. It's the reason why she doesn't talk." Sister Lee said.
"Why is that exactly? I mean why she doesn't talk anymore? We will do anything we can to help her." Val said with concern. Sister Lee sighed deeply.
"When Ame was 3, she witnessed her father being murdered by 1 of the 3 home invaders. One of the men pinned her mother to the floor and they each took their turn before all of them shot her mother in the head. From what I've read in police reports, she was hiding in the closet and the men never knew she was there. She was shipped here from Tennessee to live in this orphanage until she found a new home." Sister Lee explained. My blood began to boil but I had to quickly calm myself for Val and Ame.
"Did they catch the men that did that?" Val asked shocked.
"Yes and Ame gave her testimony and all 3 men are on death row." Lee said.
"We will help her Sister Lee. I will love her like a real father and make sure she doesn't have to live with the memory and I will definitely love her unconditionally." I said honestly. Sister Lee smiled and opened her file and pulled out the adoption papers. We signed them and she walked with us to the front gate. We stood there with smiles as we watched her and her friends walk towards us. I grabbed her bag from the 2 girls.
"Matthew can I speak with you privately for one moment." Meg said and I nodded and followed the 2 girls.
"How may I help you?" I asked. They crossed their arms over their chest.
"We just want to let you know that Ame is a sweet girl but at times she will fight and not back down. If you ever hurt her, I'll rip your balls off and feed them to you." Meg said.
"Don't worry Meg. No one will ever hurt her and I promise that to you." I said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Good because Britt and I love her and we don't want her to hurt more than she already is." Meg said smiling.
"Oh I wouldn't doubt that for a second. I better get going. You girls take care of yourselves." I said and walked back over to my girls. I loved the sound of that. My Girls. I picked up her duffel bag and threw it over my shoulder as we walked over to the rental. Val popped the trunk and I put her stuff in before closing it. I opened the door to the backseat and she got in. We headed for the airport so we could go back home to Huntington Beach, California.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3 DAYS LATER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today is my 15th birthday and I woke up earlier than I expected but I always woke up early on adoption days anyways so I didn't care. I looked at my clock on my Ipod and it was 9:45 am. I groaned and dragged myself out of bed. Meg was already up which wasn't a surprise to me. I grabbed me some clothes and went to take a quick shower. The warm water rolled down my back and relieved some of the pain and stress I had going on and it relaxed me slightly for the day ahead. I quickly showered and got dressed into my TRIPP pants and a black Three Days Grace tank top.
I sat down on the bed and put on my black with neon green skull converse and brushed my hair letting it air dry like always. I got off the bed grabbing my Ipod and notepad with pencil before heading out to find Meg. I looked all around the building and finally found her alone on the basketball court. She seen me and started smiling.
"About time you woke up. It's nearly 11 in the morning." Meg said chuckling. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
~I had to take a shower...sue me.~
"I just might so don't tempt me." She joked.
~You wont get shit from me.~
She laughed but I kept my serious look. I never laughed. We stood there for a little while longer before she looked down at her watch. She motioned me to follow her and I reluctantly did. Who knows what she has planned. I followed her to where people were setting up for the big Adoption Day bullshit. I rolled my eyes at the sight of people running around getting everything ready. Kids were running around and just waiting to be adopted. She ran into a little secluded spot behind some trees and I ran after her. I stepped into the spot and all my friends were there. There was everything needed for a birthday party. I put on a faked surprised face and everyone bought it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MATT'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Val and I have been to almost every adoption agency in the country and just couldn't find a child we liked. Not one child we seen would fit perfectly with my lifestyle nor who would fit in perfectly with my family. Val and I were sitting in our hotel room, each of us surfing the web to find an adoption agency that we could find at one child that would be perfect for us. I clicked on an agency website and seen a bulletin in all caps.
WANT TO ADOPT?? WE HAVE CHILDREN FROM THE AGES OF 0 TO 17 LOOKING FOR GOOD HOMES AND IN SEARCH OF LOVING PARENTS. TODAY IS OUR ANNUAL ADOPTION DAY AT SAINT TERESA'S ORPHANAGE! COME TO THE ADDRESS BELOW AND OBSERVE AND CHAT WITH OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN. EACH CHILD HAS THEIR OWN LIFESTYLE AND MOST WILL FIT IN WITH ANY LIFESTYLE GIVEN.
It seemed interesting. I wrote down the address.
"Val there is an agency here in Alabama that is having their annual Adoption Day. Let's go check it out." I said smiling.
"Alright. You got the address?" She asked closing her computer.
"Yeah! Let's get going." I said closing my laptop and putting my shoes on. We packed our bags and headed down to the lobby to check out. I grabbed our bags as Val checked us out and I put them into the trunk of the rental car. Val came out seconds later and we both got into the car.
I punched in the address to the orphanage and we headed on to our destination. When we got to the place, there was a huge sign in the yard. I cut the engine and got out locking the door behind us. We walked through the front gate and was greeted by a woman. I think she is a nun or something.
"Hello and welcome to Saint Teresa's Annual Adoption Day. My name is Sister Lee." she said kindly and we shook her hand.
"My name is Matthew Sanders and this is my wife Val." I said smiling.
"Please enjoy your stay. If you find a child please come to me. I'll be sitting over there at that table." She said pointing to a table with other nuns.
"We will. Thank you." Val said smiling and we walked off. There was so many kids running around. So many to choose from. This was going to be a tough one.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AME'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We finished my party and I went to my regular spot where I always sat at during this stupid day. I saw this couple walk through the gate being greeted by Sister Lee. I seen Meg talking with a family and hung my head. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to see who it was. It was the man who came in just a few minutes ago. He had his lip pierced on the side. His hair was short and jet black. His smile was stretched out by his dimples and I couldn't see his eyes because of his sunglasses. He wore a sleeveless shirt that relieved his dozens of tattoos and it made me awestruck. He sat down beside me in the grass.
"Hello my name is Matthew Sanders. What's your name?" he said smiling.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MATT'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I walked all around the place and didn't see a child that peaked my interest. Val and I split up to cover more ground. I looked all around and finally seen her. She had jet black hair with neon green streaks and a strip of white down the middle of her head. She was sitting on the ground alone under a oak tree looking out into the crowd of people. She looked over at a family talking to a girl and she hung her head. I was guessing it was her friend. I walked up and tapped her on the shoulder. She looked up at me.
"Hello my name is Matthew Sanders. What's your name?" I said smiling.
"She don't talk." a voice from behind me said. I turned and seen the girl that was talking to a family a second ago.
"Oh? How come?" I asked the nameless girl.
"I don't know. She writes down all her answers and questions. Sometimes whole conversations. I'm Meg by the way and this is Ame." she said smiling.
"I'm Matthew Sanders. Nice to meet you." I said shaking her hand.
"Same. I'll let you two alone to talk." she said and walked away. I turned back to her and smiled.
"Nice friend you got there." I said and she started writing like her friend said.
~Yeah. She's cool.~
"Sure is! Is it alright if I ask you a few questions?" I asked and she nodded.
"How long have you been here?" I asked.
~12 years.~
"That's a long time. So how old are you?" I asked.
~I turned 15 today.~
"Happy Birthday! Why don't you talk?"
~I don't talk about it.~
"That's perfectly fine. You have and hobbies?"
~I play guitar, write songs, listen to music. Stuff like that. Music is my life.~
"Awesome! What's your favorite band of all time?"
~Avenged Sevenfold.~
"You must know who I am then."
~You're M. Shadows.~
"Exactly. Who's your favorite in the band?"
~You and Synyster Gates.~
"Sweet I get top billing!" She smiled and when she did I knew I wanted to ask her the big question.
"I have one more question."
~Shoot.~
"How would you like to live with me and my wife?" When I said that her eyes got huge.
~HELL YEAH!~
"Great!" I said standing to my feet. I extended my hand and she took it. I pulled her to her feet and we walked hand in hand to towards Val. She spotted us and came running.
"Who is this?" she asked smiling.
"This is Ame. The new addition to our family." I said smiling down at her.
"Awesome! I'm Val, Matt's wife." she said smiling and extending her hand. Ame shook Val's hand and we went to find Sister Lee. We got to Sister Lee and she looked surprised.
"Hello Mr. Sanders. I see you have chosen Miss Satan. Don't let her last name fool you. She's a perfect little angel." she said smiling.
"Yes. She is a great little girl and I would be honored to have her be apart of my family." I said smiling down at her again. She was smiling for ear to ear.
"I'm glad to hear that. Ame, go pack your belongings and say goodbye to everyone and meet us at the front gate." she said and Ame nodded her head and ran off. She was so happy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AME'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I ran off to find Britt and Meg and luckily they were standing over by my oak tree talking. I ran over to them jumping beside Meg. She looked at me like I was crazy.
"Ame calm down. What is it?" Meg and Britt said in unison.
~MATT ADOPTED ME!!!~
"That's great!" Britt said hugging me and smiling.
~Help me pack!~
"Alright." Meg said and we ran straight into the building and up to my room. The girls helped me pack everything that I had in my room. I looked at them and they couldn't stop smiling but hell neither could I. When we finished, each of us had a bag. I had my backpack on my back and guitar. Meg and Britt had a duffel bag with all my clothes and shoes. We made our way out and to the front gate.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MATT'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I watched as she ran over to her friends so excited. They disappeared into the building seconds later.
"So what do we need to sign to make this official?" I asked smiling.
"There's something we need to discuss first." Sister Lee said.
"What is it like medical problem? If that's the case then we have a wonderful doctor that makes house calls." Val said.
"No. You might want to sit down for this." she said sitting down at the empty table. We sat down as well.
"Is there something wrong with her? I mean because if she needs a specialist, money is not a problem." I said with worry in my voice.
"No Mr. Sanders. It's about what happened to her when she was 3. It's the reason why she doesn't talk." Sister Lee said.
"Why is that exactly? I mean why she doesn't talk anymore? We will do anything we can to help her." Val said with concern. Sister Lee sighed deeply.
"When Ame was 3, she witnessed her father being murdered by 1 of the 3 home invaders. One of the men pinned her mother to the floor and they each took their turn before all of them shot her mother in the head. From what I've read in police reports, she was hiding in the closet and the men never knew she was there. She was shipped here from Tennessee to live in this orphanage until she found a new home." Sister Lee explained. My blood began to boil but I had to quickly calm myself for Val and Ame.
"Did they catch the men that did that?" Val asked shocked.
"Yes and Ame gave her testimony and all 3 men are on death row." Lee said.
"We will help her Sister Lee. I will love her like a real father and make sure she doesn't have to live with the memory and I will definitely love her unconditionally." I said honestly. Sister Lee smiled and opened her file and pulled out the adoption papers. We signed them and she walked with us to the front gate. We stood there with smiles as we watched her and her friends walk towards us. I grabbed her bag from the 2 girls.
"Matthew can I speak with you privately for one moment." Meg said and I nodded and followed the 2 girls.
"How may I help you?" I asked. They crossed their arms over their chest.
"We just want to let you know that Ame is a sweet girl but at times she will fight and not back down. If you ever hurt her, I'll rip your balls off and feed them to you." Meg said.
"Don't worry Meg. No one will ever hurt her and I promise that to you." I said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Good because Britt and I love her and we don't want her to hurt more than she already is." Meg said smiling.
"Oh I wouldn't doubt that for a second. I better get going. You girls take care of yourselves." I said and walked back over to my girls. I loved the sound of that. My Girls. I picked up her duffel bag and threw it over my shoulder as we walked over to the rental. Val popped the trunk and I put her stuff in before closing it. I opened the door to the backseat and she got in. We headed for the airport so we could go back home to Huntington Beach, California.
2/18/13