''I'm Victoria and this is my husband, Dean.''The woman who looked in her early thirties shook Mrs Macy's hand. Everyone was out in the garden, the sun beating down on us, and Mrs Macy was just inside with the couple, where everyone could see and hear them.
''Honestly, we've been so excited about this! We want two girls. Big age differences, you know, so one can teach the other.''The man, Dean, said. Immediately there was a groan from all the guys sitting on the lawn.

''There you have it. I have no chance.''I said to Lily as we Claire tried tackling me to the ground. I fell onto my back to please her.
''Well Claire has a chance. Dont you want to see if they like her?''Lily tried to stop me from getting up but she didnt have to, Claire was too busy sitting on my stomach.

''No one is taking Claire from me. If she gets adopted you tell me straight away because I refuse to let her grow up without me.''I held Claire close to me as I sat up straight, all serious like.
''You know I was going to anyway. You will have to talk to Mrs Macy when I join you at the halfway house though.''Lily watched as the couple and Mrs Macy came outside and walked across the grass to greet us all.

A group of guys got up and stalked off inside. I stared as the couple went round and greeted everyone. When they got over to us Claire jumped off of me, winding me in the process, and shook their hands. Lily laughed and pulled them away, then shook hands with them. I smiled up at them briefly before looking down and picking at my jeans.

''I wanna play guitar!''Claire screamed and started playing air guitar. I could tell from the way she was doing it that she had American Idiot in her head.
''Oh my, aren't you a little bubble of joy?''Victoria said. Claire just ruined her chance of getting adopted I think. She was a fucking nut job and I loved her for it.

''Fwank play with me!''She yelled as she started head banging. I didnt really want to with all the other kids around. They didnt know we did this when the music was on.

''Okay. What are we playing?''I asked her as I got up.
''Doctor Alibi!''She stopped and waited for me to 'put on' my guitar. The couple were watching us with a deep interest.
''1 2 3 4!''She yelled and started going nuts. I smiled as I played along with her, watching her shred like a fucking boss.

''Sorry about these two. Complete weirdos.''Lily smiled.
''Oh no matter. They're absolutely adorable together!''Dean smiled and nodded his head and hummed along to my quiet singing. He knew the song. What a cool guy.I wondered if he knew American Idiot. Claire and I were definitely American Idiots right now. I grabbed Claire and swung her around like I usually did at that point in the song. I put her down and blushed as I realised everyone was staring at us. Claire hadn't noticed. Instead she was playing with Lily's necklace.

''Um... Sorry?''I blushed even more as Lily started laughing her ass off at me.
''Lily quit it its not fucking funny.''I glared at her. Victoria and Dean looked at me, shocked that I had sworn in front of Claire. They didnt know I did it all the time though and that she didnt care. She knew not to repeat them until she was at high school. I had taught her that a while ago.

''Frank you are adorable. Just adorable when you blush.''She grinned, wiping tears away from her eyes. I glared at her and sat down next to her again as Victoria said,''It was nice meeting you.'' and walked off to talk to other kids.

''Well that was a complete fuck up.''I grumbled.
''Frank. Do you realise what you just did?''She said as she took off her necklace and put it around Claires neck. She ran off to Victoria and Dean, telling them about the necklace and then rambling off about god only knows. I shrugged my shoulders at Lily.

''You just met new people and didnt lash out. Aren't you proud of yourself?''She asked me. I stared at her as I realised it was true. Whenever people come here looking to adopt kids I get so angry and upset because these people are literally coming here to judge whether they could love us or not. Whether we are good enough to be in their lives. I hate it. Claire distracted me with her awesomeness.

''Oh right... whatever... I guess...''I didnt look at her cause I was quite proud of her. I hated these people and usually ended up shouting at them.
''Not whatever. You're growing up.''She grinned at me.
''Hey, they wont leave for like, another hour or something so I can still do it if I want to.''I grinned back. She rolled her eyes at me and watched Claire show off her air guitar skills. I loved her so much.

''You are such a dork.''She sighed and fell onto her back, watching the light fluffy clouds go by through her golden hair that was covering her face.
''Fuck off.''I mumbled as I lay down next to her. It was a nice day for once instead of the usual dreary rain of autumn. We lay there, watching more and more clouds form a blanket over us until we realised that the nice day was gone and we were all about to get rained on.

''Lets go inside. I said as a raindrop landed on my nose. All the little kids were suddenly screaming and running inside. Claire came running to us and clutched my arm, trying to pull me to my feet.
''Come on Fwank!''She was pulling so hard I was actually a little scared she would pull my arm off.
''Yeah okay Claire. Come on Lily.''I said as I got up. I picked Claire up and with Lily, we all ran back into the house.

''Phew! It really rains on this side of town doesnt it?''Someone said behind me. I turned around and came face to face with Dean.
''Where do you live?''I asked him curiously.
''Right next to the high school, St Mary's. I dont know why but it hardly ever rains and when it does, its pathetic little drizzles.''He said.
''I want to live there! I dont like the wain.''Claire reached over to Dean, wanting him to hold her. I reluctantly handed her over.

''I'd love to live where theres no rain.''Lily came up behind me. I could see it happening already. My two best friends were going to leave me. This couple were going to choose them and I was going to be left here by myself for a week. Fuck that.
''I'm going to my room.''I sighed and left them as they started talking immediately while Claire played with Deans collar.

I got to my room and slammed the door. Hard. I regretted it as a crack sounded out loudly. I turned around and checked the door for signs of breakage. Right by the top hinge there was a crack going to the top of the door. I was too short to check it properly though. For fucks sake.

I lay down on my bed and sighed. I wanted out. I pressed play on the radio and my ears were immediately attacked with the sounds of American Idiot again. I closed my eyes and listened to the sound of the music, slowly falling asleep.