Chapter 1 Meetings
A/N Okay so this is the first chapter of my new story. Please let me know what you think. It might be depressing at times but it might get better.
Evan's POV
I laid on my bed reading from my latest book. The book was yanked from my hands causing me to look up at my friend Cody.
"Get ready, McMahon wants us downstairs." he told me.
Mr. McMahon was the owner of the group home that I was living in. Every weekend he would host events for potential families that were looking to adopt. The group home had children from the ages eight till seventeen years old. I have been in the states care since I was eight. The state finally took me away from my mom after multiple complaints from family and neighbors about child abuse and neglect. It's not something I like to think about. It took me awhile to adjust to being in the group home. I refused to play or talk with any of the kids. I locked myself in my room and after a couple of weeks being there I finally talked with Mr. McMahon. I thought he was a scary guy but after getting to know him he turned out to be a nice guy, unless you do something your not supposed to be doing. Mr. McMahon put me into therapy and eventually I started playing with the other kids. I met Cody when he came to the group home when I was ten and we became instant friends and we were also roommates.
I nodded to Cody and put my book away. I fixed myself up and followed Cody downstairs. The event was in the back of the main building so we didn't have to walk far. There were a lot of families here and I wasn't surprised. Mr. McMahon did his best to male sure children that lived in his group home got adopted. However the hopes of me getting adopted were low. Since I have been here since I was eight I was now fifth teen, so I have been here for eight years now. I didn't even know I wanted to get adopted. I still remember the family that I had become I was taken away and I couldn't deal with a repeat of that. I let out a loud sigh,
"Cheer up Evan, maybe this will be your weekend." Cody told me.
I shrugged and made my way to sit at an empty table. Cody decided to walk around.
I looked around at how the kids were interacting with the adults and I knew there were going to be a few families that were going to be adopting this weekend.
"Hello, May I sit here?" I heard a man ask.
I looked up and saw a middle aged man smiling at me. He had shoulder length blonde hair and a cowboy hat was on top of his head. I nodded and he sat across from me. It was normal for people to come up to you and start talking to you. I was always nice and tried my best with talking with them.
"So huh my name is Shawn." he said.
"I'm Evan." I said as we shook hands.
"So have you been in this home for awhile?" Shawn asked me.
"Yea since I was eight. I was taken away from my mom." I admitted.
"Oh have other families tried to adopt you?" Shawn asked.
I had to give it to Shawn, he sure was blunt about asking questions. He just got right to the point of things. The families that I have talked to me in the past never brought up those kinds of questions.
"Yea, but I guess when they find out how quiet I am they loose interest. I said.
"I don't think quietness should be a reason for you not to get adopted." Shawn told me. I shrugged and looked down at my hands.
"Evan tell me about yourself? What kinds of things do you like to do?" Shawn asked.
"Well I mostly like to read, I like to sometimes play video games and sometimes listen to music." I shyly said.
"How do you feel about school?" Shawn asked.
I looked up at Shawn and smiled. "I love school, I get really good grades." I told him.
"That's good. School is important. I wish my son felt the same way." Shawn said
"You have a son?" I asked.
"Yea, he's sixteen, it's a nightmare trying to get him out of his bed for school." Shawn said.
I laughed. "He sounds like my friend Cody." I said.
Shawn smiled, Shawn was a pretty good guy. We were only talking to each other for a short time but I could tell he was interested in adopting me. I wondered where his wife was?
"Hey Shawn." I looked to see another middle aged man standing next to Shawn. He also had shoulder length blonde hair but he had a small beard.
"Hey Hunter. Did you talk to anyone?" Shawn asked.
"No, I was just looking around. Who is this?" Hunter asked looking at me.
"This is Evan. We were just talking getting to know each other." Shawn said.
Hunter nodded and sat next to Shawn.
"Hey Evan, I'm Hunter." Hunter told me shaking my hand.
"Are you two friends?" I asked.
"No we are partners." Shawn said.
"Partners?" I asked.
"Yes, as in lovers. We are married." Hunter told me.
My eyes widened "Oh" I mumbled.
"Evan are you okay with two men being married?" Shawn asked me.
I heard of the people of the same sex getting married and I didn't really have a problem with it. If two people really love each other than they should be able to be together regardless if they are the same sex. It was just weird because this was the first time I ever spoken to anyone who was gay.
"Shawn." Hunter said. I snapped out of my thoughts.
"What? I need to know if Evan has a problem with it." Shawn said.
"I don't have a problem with it." I said.
"Good, Hunt lets go." Shawn said getting up from the table.
"Why? Are we leaving?" Hunter asked.
I looked on, confused because I thought I was getting along with them fine.
"No we are going to go see Mr. McMahon. We need to sign some papers." Shawn told him.
"Shawn we didn't even talk about this." Hunter said.
Hunter smiled at me "Excuse us for a second." he said getting up from the table and pulling Shawn a few feet away. I watched as they talked and a few minutes later they walked back to the table.
"Evan how would you feel about Hunter and I adopting you?" Shawn asked me.
I was shocked. I thought this was never going to happen. I wanted to be adopted but I was scared the same thing that took me away from my mom was going to happen again. I needed to get rid of this fear. Shawn and Hunter were nice people.
"Listen kid, you have been here long enough, its time for you to start a life with a family." Shawn said.
"Yes, and we could give you a good life." Hunter said.
I looked at both Hunter and Shawn. They had hope in their eyes and sincerity. I smiled at them and nodded.
"Okay, I would like to get adopted by both of you." I said.
Shawn and Hunter smiled
"Okay well we have some paper work to do, we'll come find you when we are done." Shawn told me. I watched as Hunter and Shawn walked inside the building.
I saw Cody and ran over to him. "Cody guess what?"
"What?" Cody asked.
"I think I'm getting adopted." I told him.
I said think because Mr. McMahon has to approve Shawn and Hunter before they could adopt me.
"What? Really? By who?" Cody asked.
"These two men that I was talking too. Shawn and Hunter, they are married.
"Two men that are married to each other want to adopt you?" Cody asked. I could tell he was confused.
"Yea." I said.
"You don't mind that they are married?" Cody asked.
I shook my head "No they seem like good people and they must be if Mr. McMahon invited them here today. " I told Cody.
"Yea I guess your right. So what are they like?" Cody asked.
"Shawn seems nice, I haven't really talked to Hunter but he seems nice too. Shawn asked me straight out how long I have been here for. He liked that I like school and that I get good grades. They have a son, he's sixteen." I told Cody.
"That's good. They sound like good people. You will have someone around your age to talk with." Cody said
I could see the sadness in I his eyes but he had a smile on his face.
I saw Shawn and Hunter walk back out. "I'll see you later Cody." I said walking over to Shawn and Hunter.
"Mr. McMahon wants to talk to you." Shawn told me. I followed them to Mr. McMahons office.
"Evan please sit down. Looks like we need to talk about a few things." Mr. McMahon told me. Hunter and Shawn were waiting for me outside of his office. I sat down in a chair across from Mr. McMahon.
"You probably already know that Hunter and Shawn would like to adopt you. Mr. McMahon said.
I nodded "What do you think about that?" he asked me.
"It's oaky with me sir. I think Shawn and Hunter are good people." I said.
"Does them being gay and married bother you any, and be honest." Mr. McMahon asked.
"No, I don't care about that. Everyone deserves to be happy and have a family no matter who you marry. I said in all honesty.
"Okay. Thank you Evan. We should be able to move on and file the adoption papers." Mr. McMahon told me. I was about to get up and leave when Mr. McMahon stopped me.
"Evan you deserve to be happy as well. I know you have been through so much with your old family. I know this time it will work out, just don't push away the people that want to care for you. Give them a chance and you will find out that not all people are bad. There are good families out there." Mr. McMahon told me.
I nodded and left his office.
Hunter and Shawn were still outside Mr. McMahons office.
"I told Mr. McMahon that I would like for you two to adopt me." I said.
They both smiled "That's great." Hunter said.
"Yea we will come see you during the week, maybe go out to lunch." Shawn told me.
"Okay." I said.
"We should get going now but here don't hesitate to call us if you need anything or just want to talk." Shawn told me handing me a piece of paper with two cell phone numbers on them.
"We look forward to seeing you again and you coming to live with us." Hunter told me.
I nodded, "Me too." I said.
Shawn and Hunter left and I decided to go back to my room. I was tired and I didn't want to go back to the even that was still taking place. I had found a family that wanted to adopt me, or it was more like they found me.
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A/N I wonder who Shawn and Hunter's son is?