I yawned. I had little to no sleep. And it wasn't the bed's fault. I was painting throughout the night. I wasn't even done yet. One wall down. Three to go.

I painted the sun setting in the west side of the room. I painted the colors yellow, orange, red, white, blue, and pink. I created a beautiful sun set. I step back to admire my work. I decided I would put some tress on the wall. A forest will be under the stars.

I'm not doing it now because I can't seem to focus on my painting and I don't want to mess up. It took a long time before I started to paint. A lot of pencil marks on the white wall.

The door open to Jerrold. "Did you do this?"

I turned around. I had paint all over my arms. Experimenting with the colors. "Yeah."

"That's amazing..."

"I guess. I was thinking of putting a forest down. I'll do that later."

Jerrold stood there. "You did all that last night?"

"Yeah."

"Cassandra!" Diana's voice came into my room before she did. "It's time for breakfast! Come on!"

We went down stairs. The paint on my skin and clothes went with us.

"Good morning, Cassandra. Would you like some eggs?"

"Yes please."

"I want some too mom."

"You can make your own Jerrold."

"But your making Cassandra's."

"I don't want to hear it."

Jerrold and I ate our eggs. "So, what do you guys do here for fun?"

Jerrold almost chocked on his eggs. I tried to match his voice, but completely failed.

"We usually hang out at the park. I can take you there later. I have to go to work." He goes up and kisses his mom in the check. He kisses Diana's forehead. He gave me a hug and yelled his dad a I love you. He was out of the house.

"Cassandra. I heard you were painting your room. How is it going?"

"It's going pretty good. I almost have the first wall done. Is it ok to paint on the wall? And the dresser? And the desk?"

"Honey, it's your room. Do what you like. Just no boys. Ok?"

My face turns red. "Don't worry about the boys. They won't come ten feet of me." She started to laugh. Not realizing I was serious.

"May I see your room."

I nodded my head and swallow the last of my eggs. I cleaned off my plate and placed it it the dish washer.

I followed Annabel to my room. She didn't make it through the door. "You did this?"

"Yeah." I slide my way through my room. "I'm going to paint a forest here. And start down the side walls. I plan on darkening the side then lighting them back up for the moonrise."

Nick came by the door and his jaw dropped. "This is amazing."

"Thank you."

"What are you going to do with the dresser and desk?" Annabel found her voice.

"Um... the top of the desk I'm going to draw a full moon and a forest from a side view. I'm thinking of putting a wolf running across and an owl in the tree. The moon shine is going to be on one side and shine through the tress. After I'm done painting, I'll stick some glass on top of it. That make the desk flatter and protect the paint.

"The dresser... I haven't decided that yet. I was thinking of constellations. The North Star. Stuff like that." I shrugged my shoulder.

"Cassandra. Haven't you ever tried competing?"

"No. Not really." I answered Nick's question.

"Well I have to go. My... um...  boss wants to see me. Bye Cassandra. Love you Annabel." Nick left and Annabel mention she would leave me alone when I paint, but want to see it when I'm done and taking breaks. I guess she was afraid to get in the way.

I spend the rest of my day painting in my room. Sometimes I'll go down stairs. Like for lunch or I feel I should talk to Annabel or hang out with Diana. I got about a wall done. I did two halves. One on either sides of the sunset.

I will have to go back through for all the details when I finish all four walls. I decided to take a shower. Jerrold should be back soon. I brushed my hair I putted into a high poney tail. I was wearing overalls when I was painting and I hanged those up to be use for later. I put on ripped jeans and a sweatshirt. I was ready when Jerrold came back from work.

I hopped down the steps. "Hey Jerrold."

"Hey Cassandra. How was your day?"

"It was good. I finished up some more on my wall and hanged out with Annabel and Diana."

"Nice."

"How was work? What do you do anyways?"

"Work was good. I'm an... assistant."

"Really. I don't see you as a organized guy."

"Lay off of me. I can be good at somethings. Don't doubt me! Ok... Now move out of my way. I want to see your progress!"

Jerrold went up to my bedroom, and I continue to the kitchen. Diana and Annabel were playing a card game.

"Was it Jerrold? I swear I heard his voice."

"He went up stairs."

"Is he checking your room? I'm coming too!"

They both run upstairs. There was nothing down here, so I went up there too.

"Mom, can Cassandra paint my wall!?"

"I'm about to make her repaint the whole house. This is beautiful."

They stayed there and Jerrold and I left to go to the park. My first time around the neighborhood.

"How many kids are here? How old are they?"

"There are lots of kids in the neighborhood. The ages is mixed. There's a group our age, and there is a middle school group, and an elementary school group."

This place is so much nicer than the orphanage. Everything is just better. We continue our walk towards the park.