For the sake of this chapter, imagine a time jump of a few months as I have jumped straight into Adam and Kono adopting Tilly as I had no idea how an adoption process works. #creativeLicence
Thank you all for the reviews. I finished my first term at university today! yay! so I have more time to write. please feel free to give me prompts for new stories and one shots as after Christmas I will be in production mode so I don't know how much time I will have to write.
Chapter four
Kono and Adam stood in the foyer of the children's home waiting for Debbie to bring Tilly down stairs to start her new life. Kono was bouncing on her toes with a worried expression across her face.
"What's up babe?" Adam asked curiously as he placed a gentle hand on Kono's shoulder to halt the bouncing.
"I ermm I'm fine." Kono muttered not taking her eyes away from the stairwell.
Adam gently grasped Kono's hands and pulled her to look at him. "You're not fine, something's bothering you, talk to me." Adam pleaded lovingly.
Kono smiled knowing Adam could read her like a book. "I'm just scared I won't be a good mum, and what if Tilly doesn't like living with us." Kono said sadly as doubt filled her mind.
"Listen to me Kono, you will be a wonderful mum. Tilly already adores you, and I don't doubt we will hit bumps along the way, but we will deal with them together. I'm pretty certain she will love living with us, were awesome." Adam said with a chuckle, lighting a smile from Kono.
Kono smiled and hugged Adam, turning back to the stairs to see Tilly padding towards them as she tried to rush down the stairs as fast as her little legs would carry her. When Tilly reached the bottom she smiled brightly and called Adam and Kono's name, before running into Kono's arms as she knelt to catch her.
"Kono! I gonna live wiv you and Adam!" Tilly exclaimed excitedly as Kono wiped a tear.
"You sure are" Kono said with a watery smile.
Tilly grinned at Kono before looking at Adam and trying to hug him with one arm as she also tried to hold tight to Kono's shirt.
"Are you all ready?" Adam asked after a few minutes, noting the little rucksack she wore on her back and the bag Debbie had placed on the floor.
"Ahuh!" Till nodded. "Wait" She said suddenly as she scrambled out of Kono's arms and ran to Debbie.
"Fankoo" Tilly said happily as she hugged Debbie's leg.
"You're going to love living with Adam and Kono!" Debbie said with a tear in her eye. She had become fond of Tilly over the past few months that she had lived at the home.
"Let's be getting off Tilly" Adam said as he collected her things and Tilly grabbed Kono's hand.
As the three left Tilly turned and waved at Debbie with a happy grin on her face.
Adam, Kono and Tilly had returned home a few hours later after buying some new things for Tilly's room to make her feel at home. Adam walked into the house first followed by Kono and Tilly.
"You okay sweetheart?" Adam asked as he noticed Tilly cling to Kono's jeans and hide behind her legs.
"It's big" Till commented as she eyed the house.
"Hey will show you around darling." Adam said as he scooped Tilly up into his arms.
Kono giggled as she saw Tilly's face light up at the faces Adam was pulling.
"Shall we go check out your room?" Adam asked as Tilly nodded happily.
The three entered into Tilly's new bedroom, Kono and Adam smiling as Tilly's face lit up. Tilly stared at the freshly painted blue walls that mirrored the ocean waves, the toddle bed complete with a blue duvet with a pineapple pattern across it. The fluffy teddies and toys in a glittery pink toy box and the wooden letters that spelt Tilly above the bed.
"Is it all my room?" Tilly asked innocently.
"Yes sweetie! Do you like it?" Kono asked as she kneeled down to Tilly's level.
Tilly leaned into Kono and nodded excitedly. "I wuv it!" Tilly said as she hugged Kono.
Adam, Kono and Tilly sat around the dining room table eating their dinner. Tilly had become exceptionally quite once again and Kono was starting to worry.
"Sweetheart is something wrong?" Kono asked as she swept Tilly's hair out her face.
Tilly frowned and batted Kono's hand away, taking her by surprise. "Go away!" Tilly yelled before throwing her knife and fork on the ground and jumping down from the table, running away towards her room.
"Tilly!" Kono yelled, shock covering her face at the sudden outburst from the tiny four year old.
"Kono" Adam said as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"What did I do?" Kono said as tears filled her eyes.
"Nothing sweetheart, she's just trying to adjust." Adam said as he pulled Kono into a tight hug and kissing her on the head.
"I told you I would be a bad mother" Kono said sadly as she bowed her head.
"Hey hey, don't you dare do this to yourself, you are a wonderful mother but we both have to learn slowly." Adam said as he kissed Kono on the lips.
Kono nodded her head sadly. "Should I talk to her, do you think she needs to be punished?" She asked quickly, unsure how to handle the situation.
"Why don't you clear up dinner and I'll go talk to her, she needs to know what she did was wrong but I don't think a punishment is necessary yet, and we haven't laid down any laws for her to break technically." Adam said calmly as he headed to Tilly's room.
Adam entered Tilly's room quietly noticing the young girl was hidden under her duvet, a soft sob coming from her. Adam walked over to the bed and sat down.
"Hey Tilly its Adam, can we have a chat?" Adam asked softly.
The duvet moved as Tilly nodded her head before removing the duvet.
"Hey what's with the tears?" Adam asked as he pulled Tilly into his lap, wiping gently as the falling tears.
"I got sad" Till said innocently, unaware of her poor grammar.
"You want to tell me why?" Adam asked softly, not wanting to push Tilly.
Tilly rubbed her tired eyes as she continued to sniffle. "I miss mummy" Tilly mumbled.
"Oh sweetie, it's okay to miss mummy but you need to remember that she is looking down on you from heaven. I bet she wishes she had a room like this!" Adam said as he tickled Tilly.
Tilly giggled softly and snuggled into Adam. "Is mummy in the clouds?" She asked innocently
"Ahh yes she is. I bet she's bouncing around from cloud to cloud and sleeping in the fluffy white puffiness of the clouds!" Adam said animatedly as he bounced Tilly on his knees.
"I like the clouds." Tilly said with a grin.
"I like the clouds too" Adam agreed.
Tilly settled herself back into Adams arms as she patted his Chin where the day's facial hair was.
"Hey Tilly Tot, we need to have a little chat about what you just did in the dining room." Adam said with a little harshness to his voice.
Tilly bowed her head into Adam's chest. "I was bad" Tilly confirmed.
"Yeah sweetheart. It's not very nice to shout at people and it's not good to throw stuff." Adam said as he tilted Tilly's chin to meet her gaze.
"Are you mad?" Tilly asked
"No sweetheart but Kono is upset." Adam said
"Sowie" Tilly said sadly.
"Your forgiven darling but you must not do that again okay" Adam said. "I think it time you went to bed anyway, you look tired. How about we get your jammies on and in the morning you can say sorry to Kono yeah?" Adam asked.
Tilly nodded as she let Adam help her brush her teeth and change into her pyjamas.
Adam pulled the covers over Tilly before kissing her good night.
"Nigh nigh Adam." Tilly said sleepily. "I'm glad you're my daddy now" She said groggily as her eye's closed.
Kono stood in the door way, wiping a tear at the thought that Tilly liked Adam more than her.
"Is she okay?" Kono asked as she lay in bed later that night.
"She fine, just adjusting." Adam replied.
"I saw you from the doorway. I heard Tilly call you daddy." Kono said sadly.
"Sweetheart, she didn't really call me daddy, besides she's never known her real dad so I guess she would find it easier to accept me as her dad, whereas she knows her mum so it must be tough for her to accept that she has another mum." Adam said with reason.
Kono nodded her head before lying down and going to sleep with Adam behind her.
"Kono... Kono?" Tilly called as she stood next to Kono and Adam's bed, tugging gently at the duvet by Kono.
Kono could hear her name being called repeatedly, her consciousness taking a while to kick in before she noticed Tilly standing next to her bed.
"Sweetheart what's wrong?" Kono asked as she saw Tilly hiccupping and rubbing her eyes.
"I wet the bed." Tilly mumbled as she looked to her tiny toes.
Adam stirred next to Kono. "What's going on?" He asked as he sat upright.
"She had an accident." Kono said sleepily as she kicked her legs over the side of the bed and took Tilly's hand.
"Do you want to clean her up and ill change her bed?" Ada asked as he also got out of bed turning on the bedside lamp and heading to Tilly's room.
Kono too in Tilly's wet pyjama bottoms then her scared face. She knelt down in front of Tilly.
"Hey Sweetheart, it's okay, accidents happen it's nothing to worry about." Kono said reassuringly as she led Tilly to the bathroom, stopping to pick up some fresh jammies.
Once Tilly was in new pyjamas Kono picked her up and carried her back to her room.
"Can I sleep wiv you?" Tilly asked quietly.
Kono looked to Adam who smiled in response.
"I'm sure one night won't hurt." Kono said as the three headed back to Adam and Kono's room. Tilly settled herself between Adam and Kono but turned into Kono, grasping tightly at her pyjama shirt.
"I'm sowie I was bad and shouted and made you sad" Tilly mumbled as she looked up at Kono with her doe eyes that matched Kono's.
"All is forgiven sweetie. I just wish you would talk to me if you're sad." Kono said as she stroked Tilly's hair back.
"I was sad coz I don't want to forget mummy" Tilly said softly.
Kono and Adam were both slightly shocked at how aware a four year could be.
"Sweetheart you'll never forget mummy. We have lots of pictures and you have one next to your bed." Kono said as she kissed Tilly on the crown of her head.
Tilly sighed before climbing onto Kono's stomach, straddling it and looking down at Kono. Both Ada and Kono chuckled lightly at Tilly's position.
"Do I call you mummy?" Tilly asked as she took a hold of Kono's shirt again.
Kono was slightly unsure what to say. "Well you can call me Kono or mummy" Kono said softly.
"Adam's my daddy now. I never got a daddy before!" Tilly said as Kono's face dropped slightly as Tilly moved on from her.
"Adam's a great daddy." Kono said with a smile that was lost in the darkness of the room.
Tilly nodded before leaning to kiss Adam. "Nigh nigh daddy." Tilly said before moving to kiss Kono goodnight and moving to lie on Kono's chest.
Kono held Tilly tight and let out a peaceful sigh.
"I fink I'll call you mummy." Tilly said before squeezing Kono as tight as she could.