I watch the kids run about the yard as the car drove up the winding road to the orphanage.

"This is where my brother is?" I asked my father. I had been thinking the whole car ride to the orphanage. Father jumped. Guess he must have thought I was asleep or something. Mother looked back at me and smiled.

"You sure you want a brother? I thought you wanted a sister," Mother said.

I shook my head no. "I want a brother. We have to way many girls in the family as is," I said. I had six cousins and all of them were girls.

"Okay then. We're here," Father said with a chuckle. I smiled as Father parked the car and we got out.

"Pick anyone you want," Mother said.

I nodded. The kids were still playing as I walk towards the playground. All but one of the boys were playing. The little tanned skin, yellow eyed, sliver haired boy sat by the main doors, crying.

"Hey there. What's your name?" I asked the little boy as I sat down beside him.

He pulled away. "Oh... I'm... Tsubasa," he said slowly. I smiled gently at him.

"My name's Tracy. It's nice to meet you Tsubasa. How old are you?" I asked. He smiled nervously at me.

"A-are you looking to adopt?" Tsubasa asked. I laughed so hard I fell off the steps. Tsubasa just stared at me.

"No Tsubasa. I'm only 16. I'm here with my parents. They're the one's who are adopting. But I'm picking out who we adopt," I said. Tsubasa's eyes lit up.

"I'm 8," He said proudly.

I studied him. He had a lot of Asian features to him, but his skin tone was Africa. I didn't know if he knew his ethnicity, so I figured I'd ask the head of the orphanage. Tsubasa gave me a nervous look.

"What?" He asked.

"Oh! Um I..." I said. Then I spotted my parents. I smiled and stood up quickly. Tsubasa jumped to his feet.

"Mother! Father! I've decided!" I shouted to my parents. They quickly raced over to me. Father looked excited. Mother in the other hand, didn't seem pleased.

"Is this him?" Mother asked me.

"Yes," I said sternly.

"I will not be mother to a mixed race child," Mother said turning away.

"Mother! I'm mixed race!" I screamed.

She gasped. "You are not!" She screamed back.

"I am too! Father told me! He's German!" I screamed. Mother was fully Scottish.

"Well yes but..." Mother started.

"No buts! I want Tsubasa!" I screamed.

Mother sighed and smiled at me. "You're right. Tsubasa I'm sorry. Please forgive me," she said.

Tsubasa his behind me. I kneeled down and hugged him. To my surprise, Tsubasa said, "I love you sister. Please take me home?"

"I will," I said picking him up.

From that day on, Tsubasa called me sister. I called him brother. He will always be my baby brother.