Amanda, Nick and Lux were at a kid friendly restaurant.
Lux was having the time of her life playing all the games and watching the shows.
Nick and Amanda are sitting at a booth table. Nick places his arm around Amanda.
"Forgive me" he whispers into her ear
His voice made her weak but she was still furious at him for the way he acted.
"you think it's that easy, you really hurt me Nick"
"I know and I'm sorry I was just scared, I'm still scared but together we can do it, we can raise her"
"where do we go from here?…..I don't even know"
"well we have to help her settle in"
"we still have a court date Nick…..I'm afraid they'll take her away"
"we're good people Amanda and we're her real parents"
"she doesn't even know that"
"we can talk to her tonight"
"what if she hates me"
"nobody could ever hate you love"
He smiles at her. She pretends to be mad but she understood why he was scared….she was terrified too.
"Come on, show me that big beautiful smile of yours"
She does a half smile and looks away.
He grabs her chin and turns her face towards him. He places a small kiss on her lips.
Lux comes back to the table. She smiles as she see their interaction.
"you ready to go kid?" says Nick laughing
"yup" answers Lux with a big smile
They all grab their things and head home.
Lux walks between them.
"Thank you" she mumbles
"what?" says Amanda
"Thank you" Lux says louder
"ofcourse sweetheart"
Nick couldn't help but smile seeing how natural mother instincts came to Amanda.
They get to Amanda's apartment. She has fixed a bed for Lux and has made sure she has everything she needs.
"Lux do you think we can talk for a few minutes" ask Nick as he sits down on the couch
Amanda sits next to him and Lux sits across them.
"Did I do something wrong?"
"no, no, no you didn't do anything wrong"
He begins "did you know that a long time you were adopted?"
"I didn't know"
"well the people you lived with were not your real parents"
"why, where are my real parents, didn't they want me?"
Amanda holds back tears "They wanted you more than anything Lux but it was hard for them to keep you and they thought they were doing the right thing….well your mom did…..you see your father didn't know about you when you were born"
Lux looks at them confuse
Nick steps in "your mom thought that there was a better family that could take better care of you she had no idea what would happen to you….I know that if she could take it back she would"
"so do you know who they are?" she says tearfully
"Lux, we are your parents"
Her eyes widen in Amazement and surprisingly she smiles
"you are….does that mean I can be here forever!"
"we want that more than anything" says Amanda
Lux hugs her "I understand mommy"
Amanda feels happiness rush through her body
Lux hugs Nick too
"Do you wanna watch a movie kiddo? He rubs her head
"yes please"
Lux felt so happy. She felt like her dream of a real family had come true.