So weep the little children - part 1

Disclaimer:

I don't own Sophie, Peter, etc… I'm not using this for money… Yatsa, yatsa, and yatsa.

Claimer:

I own Xan Aleeza, Nickolas Francisco, and the entire Georgian family.

Summery:

When the adoption falls through, Peter will have to help fight for Emily to get the twins, but with a broken link in the chain of people, will they get it?

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So Weep the Little Children

Part One

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…The cat will mew, and the dog will have his day. – Hamlet (Shakespeare)

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August 4th, 2000

4:23 pm

"Why won't the agency let them adopt the twins?" Sophie asked, in shock. Emily and Bob had wanted to adopt Xan and Nick since they first went to live with them – and now they were being told that they couldn't?

"The judge that had told them that if the twins got their act together, he'd sign the adoption forms himself, died a month ago."

"So there has to be one then one judge who can sign a paper and say that the twins are theirs."

"It's more then that, Soph. It appears that since the twins' aunt Christine is alive, legally the twins should go to her. Plus, the agency handling the adoption says that the twins progress is good, but not enough."

Sophie looked at the ceiling, "That is a load of bullshit."

"I know. There's got to be someone, somewhere along the line of people who has something against them or their parents." And so, now Peter was determined to find out who was stopping Xan and Nick from having a family. The answer wouldn't come soon and it would be more devastating then anything in the world.

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August 5th, 2000

9:01 am

Xan watched Peter nervously. It had appeared to her that he and Sophie had been hiding something from them all morning, and it was more fear then curiosity that she wanted to know what it was. She knew that Emily and Bob had called – both she and Nick knew that – but there was something no one was telling them.

"What is it, Peter?" Xan asked, the man's pacing finally making her do so.

Peter looked at her, and sighed. He'd been waiting until she ate lunch, as he knew she would skip (or try to anyway) any meals after she learned this, but she'd asked. He sat down in front of her, and motioned for Nick to come over, "Emily and Bob called me to tell me…When they called it wasn't…"

"Come on, Peter." Nick said, scared.

Peter gathered his courage, curious why he was afraid all of a sudden (but then again, he was about to tell two teens, who were both still recovering for suicide attempts, that the adoption agency has denied their adoption papers.), "Emily and Bob's request for your adoptions was denied."

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9:20 am

Xan looked out the window. 'How could they deny our adoptions?' She thought, 'Emily and Bob are good parents and me and Nicky have cleaned our act up – somewhat.' The door shutting closed started Xan and she looked up to see Kat walking over.

"Sorry." Kat said, sitting down next to her friend.

Xan just sighed and then looked at Kat, "I thought you had to pack today so you can leave on Monday."

"Well, I just decided to change what I'm going to do. I got in touch with the administration and talked to the Dean of students. We had a good long talk, and in the end I decided to go to College for a few months, and if I like everything, I'll finish out the year, and spend the summer half here, half with my parents. But…"

"There's a but to this?"

"Yes. But if I don't feel comfortable with everything and want to have a vacation here every so often, I can have it, or I can finish out the year and put the next three on hold."

"You can do that?" Xan asked, wide eyed. She didn't know anything about college, aside from a few basics – there were forms to fill out, one needs good grades to get in, and it came after high school. This new fact was something interesting.

"The dean of students said that since I was the first to come from Horizon he'll give me a little leeway for awhile. You know, just to re-enter the real world and see how I like everything."

"I wish you could stay here."

"So could I." Kat looked at Xan, "Nick told me about Emily and Bob."

Xan sighed again, "I figured as much. Nicky was afraid of me being alone. Though, I thought he would've told Shelby first."

"I think he said he would tell her last. So, What time do you think that Peter will be on a flight to…where do your parents live?"

The teen thought for a second. She'd never heard anyone say that Emily and Bob were her and Nick's parents – but she liked the sound of it. She smiled and replied, "Niagara Falls, New York. Me and Nick usually just call it Niagara."

"That must be nice."

"It is. As weird as this sounds though, I miss Syracuse though."

"Well, Isn't that where you grew up?"

Xan grimaced, "Yes, but that isn't it. It's…" She paused and then began again, "Sammy is buried in Syracuse, and I haven't visited his grave in a long time. I think I was like ten the last time I went there."

"I'm sorry. Maybe Peter could take you and Nick there one day. I'm sure as long as you and Nick promised to not run away, he'd take you."

Xan nodded. 'Maybe.'

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11:26 am

"But just because Christine is their aunt, doesn't mean that they can't be adopted by someone else?!?!" Peter practically yelled into the phone, "I've already talked to their aunt, and she said that she can't take care of the twins."

A faint female voice is on the other end.

"They named Emily children, and they love Sadie and Zillah, why on Earth would the twins want to hurt them?!?!" He was quickly growing fustrated. He'd been on the phone almost an hour and a half with a woman named Katrina, who wouldn't let up. She quickly asked questions about the twins and their progress (and their setbacks), which was just as quickly making Peter mad.

The woman hung up the phone.

Peter looked up at Sophie, "I'm going to New York."

"Why?"
"I have to talk to everyone I can, so I have something to present to the agency and get the twins into Emily and Bob's custody."

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Cassie Jamie

noahXfiles@aol.com

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I know that this is short, but I've been having such a hard time writing lately that I wanted to just publish this and shart working on part two.