8 years later

I roll over in my bed and look at the clock which reads 6:00 am. I'm supposed to get up in an hour to go to school. I sigh and get up anyways. I go and grab the book I'm reading. It's really cool. It's called "The Knife Of Never Letting Go". I read that for about an hour before my stupid alarm goes off. I get up and start getting dressed. I put blue gym shorts on and a shirt that my older sister gave me. It says "Be The Change." I go downstairs for breakfast. I sit down and start eating the waffles that my mom put down. My mom has brown hair and eyes. She's wearing a dress on today. It's the dress that my sister, Zoe, and I tye dyed one day. Zoe comes downstairs. She has her hair curled today. Her hair is brown with blue and green streaks in it. Zoe has on her own "Be The Change" shirt. She bought two so we could each have one. Zoe ruffles my hair. Unlike my sister I have blondish hair that's really straight. It's odd because none of my parents have blond hair. We just think I got it from my grandfather. Zoe grabs one of the waffles and starts eating. Our dad is already at work so it's just us. Once we finish my mom takes us to school. Zoe runs off to talk to her friends. I go to the school's library an start drawing wolves in my sketch book which is mostly full of wolves. I love wolfs. There my favorite animal. I put it up when the bell rings. I head to my classroom. Ms. Shelby is my teacher and shes pretty cool. I see my friend Dustin and go over to him. Dustin has brown hair and eyes. He hangs out with me most of the time.

"Hey Andy!" He says cheerfully.

'Hey. What do you think we will do today? " I ask him back.

Before he can answer back, Ms. Shelby has us take our seats and the morning news starts. Zoe is on it. Zoe is the best sister ever!! I watch and listen as Zoe and the other news reporters tell us the news.

The door open's and Lexi and her little "Group" walk in. They are the mean girls of the school.

"Your late girls please take your seats." Ms. Shelby says. The girls do.

Ms. Shelby starts her lesson. It's about how we all matter. We watch some videos as well. There about this lion cub named Apollo. He was killed. Apollo was the only white lion cub. I feel really bad about him. Apparently today's the 8th anniversary of his death. We kinda learn about it every year but it's always interesting. The day drags on slowly. At the end on the day I tell Dustin bye and go and look for Zoe. I see her and run to her.

"Hey Zoe." I say as I catch up to her.

Zoe is with her best friends. They all say hi. Zoe ruffles my hair. Our moms car pulls up and we go to it. We tell her about the day.

Zoe and my mom talk and I read my book. I hear them say some words like "adopted" "how will he react." I just shrug them off. Little did I know, those words would become very clear.