Part II: The Interview
Lewis was in high spirits, his interview with the reporter went great and his life was changing. He won the Inventco Science Fair but that meant nothing to him. His mind was set on the face he has been longing to see, his mother. 'I will find her no matter what it takes.' his thoughts remained in that direction as all the excitement of the science fair came to an end and he made his way to the orphanage.
Upon reaching the orphanage he was greeted by Mildred.
"Lewis hurry up and get cleaned up, your interview is in 10 minutes."
Lewis' smile fell, "Mildred I don't need to be interviewed anymore, I saw her." he says excitedly.
"Saw who?" she asks confused.
"My mother." he states proudly and before Mildred can interrupt, "I'm gonna find her no matter what it takes." stating his earlier thoughts.
"Lewis.." she says almost desperately, "you need to go to this interview and forget your mother."
"What!? I can't"
"You can and you will. I heard you won the science fair and am very proud of you as this family will be equally proud of you. Please Lewis, just go to this interview. If.." she hesitates "If it doesn't work out, I promise to not have anymore interviews for you and you can search all you want to for your mother."
Lewis only heard the last part as he nods excitedly, "Ok it's a deal." and he runs off to get cleaned up.
10 minutes later
Lewis entered the interview room and sat in the seat he's come accustomed to as he waited. He didn't have to wait long.
The door opened as Lewis looked up at a strangely dressed man. He seemed to be wearing all his clothes backwards and next to him was a women who he recognized from the science fair.
He blinked and gave the two a smile as they sat down. The man spoke first.
"No my clothes aren't on backwards, my head is." and he laughed loudly. Lewis just gave him a look and turned to the women who was holding a hand to her mouth in mirth.
"Don't mind him, he's always like that." and she screamed out of the blue making Lewis jump.
"Sorry caffeine patch, it's equivalent to 12 cups of coffee" she says as she lifts up her sleeve to show that her arm is covered in the patches.
Lewis laughs nervously, "So.."
Bud interrupts "So I hear you're an inventor."
"Yes"
"So are we."
Lewis smiles and finally feeling relaxed he brings out his notebook and gives it to them. "What's your name again?" he asks while blushing slightly
"I'm Bud and this is Lucille Robinson" he said pointing to himself then his wife. Lucille nodded and said "But you might remember me as Dr. Kruncklehorn. I prefer that for my work. You may call me Lucille."
"Nice to meet you Bud and Lucille" Lewis says shyly.
Bud and Lucille smile and look through the notebook. "These are some pretty interesting ideas you got here. But how do you plan on making such things?"
"Well" Lewis blushes and admits "I don't know, I mean there's only so much I can do here at the orphanage and now that I know what my moth.." he gasps and quickly says "I just don't know." And he looks down sadly.
Bud and Lucille give each other a knowing look, and Bud speaks "well we really enjoyed our time talking with you Lewis." he stops and ponders for a second changing the subject. "You don't look like a Lewis."
Lewis stares at him as if he's nuts.
Lucille looks towards her husband in worry right before Bud snaps his fingers, "I got it!" he yells startling both Lewis and Lucille, "Your name shall be Cornelius and we would like to adopt you." Looking proudly at Lewis and then his wife deciding this all on his own.
Lucille used to this just nods in agreement, "Yes, Lewis would you like to be a Robinson?"
Lewis looked about ready to faint. ' This is the first time that a family even came close to wanting to adopt me, I don't know what to do. Go, be a Robinson or look for my mother.' "I.." but before he can answer Bud interrupts once again.
"We will support you in any decision and no matter what we will help as much as we can with an invention or problem you may come across."
"Yes, dear, we want you to be a part of our family, we want you to be a Robinson."
"I would like that." Lewis says timidly.
Bud and Lucille smile big and stand to walk to Lewis where they give him a nice big family hug.
Lewis takes it all in.
Over the course of a month or two
Lewis' name was officially changed to Cornelius but he still preferred to be called Lewis, which most people did but his new parents loved to call him Cornelius.
Bud Robinson bought an old abandoned observatory and on the day it was sold, he, Lucille and Cornelius all went to there new home. There they showed Lewis or Cornelius as they liked to call him his future lab.
Lewis was tested and showed to have an exceptionally high IQ, so doing what was best for their new child they had him sign up for college classes and at the tender age of 13 he was excepted into one of the best colleges around.
AN: Thanks for all the reviews
Since Bud was never there to see Lewis' invention work I think he may have been the 2'oclock interview Lewis had later that day of the science fair. The interview could have gone on and on but I thought that would have been quite tedious.
