"Stephanie! Andrew! Brandon! Anthony! Christian! Tracie! Betsy!" I screamed as I ran into the Walter Kerr theater after school. As everyone's name was called, they all ran towards me.

"Hey, kiddo." Brandon said. "How was school today?"

"Great!" I said, excited to tell them the good news. Stephanie laughed and hugged me. "Why are you so smiley?"

"I'm auditioning for a musical!" I screeched, throwing a flier in Stephanie's hands and skipping off. "I also signed up for tech crew and there's a chance I could be assistant director! Whizzer, my best friend, is stage manager for the show and is also auditioning! And so are Ivy and Lydia!"

And so was my crush, Amethyst, but I didn't want to tell anyone in the Falsettos class I liked a girl. All I really cared about was the musical.

"What musical?" Betsy asked.

"You're A Good Man Charlie Brown." I said softly, skipping off to tell my friends I was definitely auditioning for this thing. 

"Woah, kiddo, calm down. We want to know more about your day, besides this whole audition thing, of course." Andrew said, grabbing my arm and dragging me back towards the group. Ever since I got taken in, I've gotten bombarded about my days at school nearly every day. Which is something I wasn't used to. 

I grabbed my phone out of my back pocket, sat down, and texted my friends. This was before I felt someone tap my shoulder. I sighed, looked up, and put my phone down on the ground next to me. 

Brandon was smiling warmly at me as I peeked up from my text messages. I smiled and said, "Hi."

"Hey, kiddo. Now, come with me for a few minutes. I want to show you something." Brandon said to me. Now I was truly confused. I picked my phone back up and put it back in my pocket, following Brandon outside. 

"Where are we going? What are we doing?" I asked Brandon. We passed a Starbucks and I silently cheered. "Brandon, can we get a lemonade?"

"After this, Josie." Brandon said, stopping in front of what looked like a park. I squinted a bit, and realized we were at a cemetery. I looked to Brandon and smiled, and then he took my hand and led me into the cemetery, holding something behind his back with his other hand.

Brandon took me to a little area in the back and pointed to a gravestone near a tall, shady tree. I was confused and then I looked at the name.

Katrina Harford

"K-Katrina!" I screamed, sobbing and dropping down to my knees. "Brandon! H-how did you know w-where it was?" I asked.

"Josie, we all went to the funeral, remember? Stephanie told all of us not to tell you because she's worried you'll run here all the time. But you're a good kid, Josie. I'm trusting you." Brandon said. He pulled a bouquet of flowers from behind his back and put them down in front of Katrina's grave. 

"You promised me lemonade." I said, laughing while brushing dirt off of my clothes. Brandon laughed and walked with me back into the theatre, where the entire Falsettos cast was setting up for what looked like a party. 

"SHE'S COMING!" Anthony screamed, ripped banners and balloons off of the wall.

"Anthony, she can see what we were doing." Christian groaned. I laughed and said, "What's going on?"

Stephanie went over to me and put a manila folder in my lap. I gasped, having a slight idea of what was in that folder.

"Josephine Harford. Um, you improved the lives of everyone in this room, myself included, and it would kill me if I passed on the chance to give you a better life. So...would it be okay with you if I adopted you?" Stephanie asked. 

"YES! YES, YES, YES!" I screamed, hugging Stephanie as tight as I could. Stephanie laughed and pulled the papers out of the folder she gave me.  

"Josie, what's your middle name?" Stephanie asked, pulling the cap off of a pen. I smiled and said, "Trina."

"That's a cool coincidence-" Stephanie said, but Andrew cut her off.

"Stephanie, I don't think that's a coincidence. She's changing her middle name." Andrew said. Stephanie gasped and nodded, scribbling something on the paper. 

"Andrew's right. I am changing it. For you...and my sister. Katrina." I said.

AN: Josie's getting adopted! Josie's getting adopted! I'm so happy! Hope you enjoyed and catch ya later! Love you all!