Ben dragged me to a car and put me in the front seat. I sighed and said, "How do I know you're not going to kidnap me?"

"Addison-"

"It's Edison. Sorry, the accent makes my name sound a little funny. I'm from Ireland, by the way." I said.

"Sorry. Edison, uh, have you ever heard of Superstore?" Ben asked.

"No?" I said, confused. Ben laughed and said, "I forgot, you're eleven and not even from this country. Anyway, it's a TV show I'm starring in."

"Oh. Cool." I said. Judging by Ben's expression, I think he was hoping for a more enthusiastic reaction from me. But I was too worried about where I was heading to care. I knew I made a stupid mistake by getting in a stranger's car. I've gotten warned about it when I was little, every kid has. But I guess when you're homeless and alone, you really have no other choice in the matter.

"Tell me more about yourself." Ben asked me as he pulled into a car wash. "What do you like to do?"

"Well, um, hi, I'm Edison Ruth Fraser, I'm eleven years old, I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, I have an older brother East, and uh...I like school?" I finished, not knowing what to say for the most part. Ben nodded and looked at my outfit. "Nice tie."

I looked down at my clothes, which was my old school uniform from my school back in Ireland. I always kept it on because not only did I not have any clothes, I had a little feeling of hope inside me that my parents would change their minds. But six months later, they didn't.

"Thanks." I said, not wanting to tell Ben about what had happened to me. He didn't need to know my entire life story quite yet.

I stared out the window for a solid 15 minutes until Ben tapped me on the shoulder.

"Huh?" I said, snapping back to reality.

"We're here!"

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I was gathered in front of a group of random adults I've never seen before, and truth be told, it was awkward and a little intimidating.

"Everyone!" Ben said. "This is Add-Edison! Edison! I finally got the name right! Gah!"

"Were you about to call her Addison?" someone said.

"Yes, Lauren, I was." Ben snapped. I smiled softly at the group, then Ben turned towards me. "Okay! Edison, take it away!"

"Hi...um...my name is Edison Fraser, I'm 11 years old and was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Uh...and I like um...breathing and blinking like any other functioning human?" I said. The last part earned a laugh from the group, despite me not saying it to be funny. I guess I'm a comedic person. Huh.

"Okay, uh, Edison, this is America, Colton, Lauren, Nico, Nichole, and Kaliko." Ben said, pointing to each of the people. I waved awkwardly until America raised her hand.

"Ben Feldman, where did you find this kid?" America asked.

"Uh...remember when I went out to get a burger?" Ben said.

"Oh my God." Colton said. "You seriously kidnapped a child off of the streets at a McDonald's, didn't you?"

"No, it's nothing like that. Edison was working there." Ben said.

"Isn't she..." Nichole started.

"ELEVEN?" the entire group finished for her.

"Well, I was homeless and alone for the past six months. If it wasn't for Sawyer's, I'd be dead!" I laughed. No one was amused by my joke.

"Alright then, I'm thinking of taking Edison in." Ben said.

"Wait. You just met me...and you're already planning on...fostering me?" I asked.

"Yep. You seem like a good kid, Edison." Ben said. I smiled softly and then Ben cleared his throat.

"We'll get you enrolled into school soon, okay?"

"Okay."

AN: So I wasn't evil this chapter, you're lucky. But I will promise Edison's story will get evil by chapter 5. Hope you enjoyed and catch ya later! Love you all!