Meeting the Goblinz

A pain erupts through my abdomen as I'm kicked and I fall onto the gravel. I cough in pain with the gravel digging into my skin. I look up and see Raymond and his girlfriend Casey with her minions looking down at me with a smirk on their faces, soon they burst out laughing when I am not able to stand properly. I scoff at them, dusting my clothes I stand up and gather all of Sister's belonging which have been scattered on the ground.

Casey the queen bee of this orphanage with blonde hair and a petite frame, blue eyes and skirts so short that she'd flash someone if there was wind, takes a step forward and in her annoying shrill voice says,"oh look Ray! What the cat dragged in?" And her minions Ashley and Gabriella burst out laughing. Raymond steps forward and comes closer to me he grabs my shoulder, yet his hold is gentle.

Wasn't he the one who kicked me? He leans in and whispers near my ear, "I wasn't the one who kicked you now I'll distract her , you leave and make sure to visit the infirmary" to this he gives me a soft shove and turns to Casey. Raymond stands tall with almost 6ft height, brown hair, grayish blue eyes, a decent jawline and a nose a little crooked as if once broken, he seems pretty smart I wonder what he's doing with the snotty Malibu Barbie and her goons? I look at him and sigh deeply and then I look away. Raymond sighs barely audibly but I catch the soft opening of his lips.

The three goblins leave, not before Raymond looks and me and nods his eyes holding an apology. I nod at him and manage a weak smile. He's reluctant to let go but he turns and leaves.

I make my way inside, the corridor leading to the main hall that holds the receptionist and the offices of Manager and the Trustee is adorned with the photographs of happy children standing with families who adopted them, the now fading brown wallpaper conveys the age of this building, I make a left and after passing the school rooms reach the stairs that leads to the dorms, I climb the stairs with the Wooden floor boards creaking under my steps, I reach my dorms on the other side of the hall. No one is here I breathe a sigh of relief. There are twenty beds in each room. There are three rooms for girls and three for boys. My bed is the last ironically I got a bed next to a window at least. I keep my bag on the bed and Stand in front of the mirror. I hesitantly lift my shirt to expose a now purplish bruise and sigh. I slowly trace it with my finger and gasp at the sharp shooting pain.

I turn and find a black haired guy sitting in my bed more like lying in my bed. I shriek in fright jumping at least some feet in air "god! Where did you come from!?" I screamed to this he just chuckled the nerve of this person' ,He looks at me with those golden eyes as he says,"you could've fought back…" I shrug now not as scared as I was starting to calm down,"if I had fought back she would've needed more than one operation to look human, and I don't want to waste the orphanage money."

He laughs. His laugh is like a deep melody. I go to my bed as he shifts and sit beside him. I look at him and smile, " you never told me your name"

He chuckles and then with a little hesitation says," my name… ? Aza…" He stops suddenly like he remembered something and then after a moment says, "Zacharius" and smiles.

I smirk,"you mean A..zacharius?" He laughs his voice echoing through the room as his head bends a little with little crinkles by his eyes, his eyes brightens as if he would have laughed after a long time. "You're too good and smart to be true" he says still recovering. He reaches over and holds my hand with his thumb stroking my skin. Suddenly, He composes himself and looks at me with a serious expression,"Accept the offer Vivian" as he looks at me with a longing emotion the door to my dorm bursts open.

Sister Melia stomped her way in, terrified I looked around but found myself alone. There was fury etched on her face. "Vivian!" I sat straight fixing my state,"yes sister?" I asked in a little shaky voice. "Where's my work?" Her brown eyes still blazing. I handed her the bag. "I'm sorry sister I didn't come to you straight away but Mr. Jones has asked me to meet him after dinner so I came up to freshen up." She hummed, and turned around to leave,then she turned around ,"Vivian, my dear, think twice before deciding" and she left.

This made me think, what the offer would be? Is it that important that my acceptance would change something? I sighed in exasperation.

Unknown P.O.V

I lean against the tree waiting for him to come back. I look down to a single sapling turning brown, I bend down and touch it and there's small sting I'm my chest I ignore it.

The shadows shifts, as I straighten.

"Did you tell her?"

"I did"

I look at him his black hair cascading his face, among all of us he's the only one with the darkest hair.

"Thank you" he says in a soft voice. Though might show that he's tough, that his horrifying front hides his vulnerable sweet self, we all know that.

"It was my honor Az.."

He subtly nods, I reach over and rest my hand on his shoulder

We sift to four sulking grown men and one happily making dinner. Weird.

All eyes turn to us and a looking at Az smiling , everyone's rejoiced.

I think let's hope she says yes