AN: *Checks myself for a fever* I must be sick or something to update AGAIN this quickly! What is that the third time this week? I'm on a roll! I am sad to say that our story is coming to an end very soon! There about six chapters left!
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One Month
Chapter Nine: Papers
May 19th, Monday
"Kanda, we have to hurry! Kate will be her in and hour! You should've finished this yesterday afternoon!" Allen scolded me. I sighed in response.
"Well if someone had been here," I grumbled, "Where did you go anyways?" I asked truly curious.
"To meet a friend. I invited her to the party as well. I promise you'll recognize her instantly." Allen's evil smile told me that it might not be a pleasant meeting. I just hope it wasn't that one Fa Lo Pa or whatever her name was. I didn't like the way she drooled over Allen.
"Che. Whatever." Twenty minutes later Katelyn's birth parents showed up.
"Good morning Kanda, Allen." Michael said shaking both of our hands. I did my best not to glare at him and his wife, Tara.
"Remember. You're just family friends." I said seriously.
"Of course. We understand. Thank you for letting us be here." Tara said smiling widely. Mike and Tara hadn't given up Katelyn because they wanted to, they did it because they had to. They were barely able to pay rent for their little studio and were skin and bones at the time, despite Tara being pregnant, from lack of food.
They reached out for help and received it from us. We told them they could come around so long as the fact that they were her parents were kept secret. We all decided we would tell Katelyn when she was older. Then she could choose which house to live in.
"What are you talking about, Tara? It's not a problem at all! You helped raised her from the time she was in diapers, of course she wants you guys here!" He said with a wink leading them in. "We're just finishing a few things up."
"We'll help out." Mike offered. Allen and I nodded in approval.
Another ten minutes passed and Katelyn's friends began arriving. After all of the guest aside from Lavi, Kate, and Allen's mystery guest arrived everyone got into their hiding places and the lights were turned off. Some of the props glowed in the dark giving the room a magical glow. As we waited for Kate to arrive the parents all made small chat.
"I didn't know Katelyn's parents were gay. She seems so normal. I don't think she'll be spending the night again." I rolled my eyes at the whispers I heard from a certain group of parents.
Allen walked over to them and I watched as he whispered something inaudible to them. The women began blushing and mumbled their apologeze.
"What did you say?" I asked as he took his place next to me.
"Nothing, just that this was for the kids and if they were going to be too caught up in insulting our sexuality and our daughter they could wait outside while the kids be kids." I smirked.
"People can be ridiculous." I said grabbing his hand. He let out a quiet shocked gasp before smiling.
"They're coming! Oh wow I haven't seen her in a long time." I wondered who she was talking about but my questions were answered when the trio walked in the door.
Everyone cheered and yelled "Happy Birthday!" when Katelyn strolled in on Lavi's shoulders with Lenalee smiling beside them.
"I told you you'd recognize her." Allen said, amused.
"Why'd you invite her here?" I asked.
"Lenalee and I are back to a friend status and I asked a favor of her. She's gonna be sticking around for a while. I hope you don't mind. I also got another ticket for her to go to Disney with us. Michael and Tara bought their own and plan to go on the same day." He said as if it was the most normal thing in the world. I gawked at him.
"Allen! It's good to see you again!" My expression must have been priceless when they hugged because they both burst out in laughter.
"You look like you've seen a ghost." I could've sworn horns grew out of Allen's head. "Go on, greet her, you are.. very close right?" His expression changed into just the slightest of hurt but he covered it well.
"Ah, hello Lenalee." I said hesitantly.
"Hello Kanda! Can't wait to go have fun at Disney with your family. Thanks again by the way Allen. It means a lot." He just shrugged before leaving the two of us to go greet Kate who was currently bragging to her biological parents about how well she had been doing on test because I had been helping her.
I directed my attention to Lenalee.
"What are you doing here and why are you and Allen acting all buddy-buddy? You hate him." If she was planning on hurting him in some way we were gonna have problems.
"Yeah, that was until we met up and got all of our feelings out in the open." She replied looking after him. "You know, I think I may like Allen more than you. I wish I had fallen for him back in high school instead. Then again he is gay without a lick of straight in him. or more like Kanda-sexual." She laughed to herself. "But then again so am I." She shrugged.
I just looked at her trying to process everything. It was highly unlikely for them to just... be friends. After 13 years of building up hatred how could Allen make her change her mind in one day?
"Don't hurt your brain too much thinking about it, hun." She ruffled my hair before walking out the door towards Lavi's car. I just huffed in confusion before walking to the bedroom and pulling out two presents from the closet. I made my way to the heavily decorated living room. There Katelyn was opening different presents from her friends consisting of kid make up sets and other girly toys from her friends, books from Lavi, some sort of video game from Fou, and a couple things of jewelry and clothes from some of our high school friends that stayed around.
I handed Allen the two boxes.
"Here open Daddy's first." I watched as she happily opened the box within a box within a box within a box and so forward until she got to a ticket with the Disney logo on it. She shot up from her spot and practically tackled it.
"Thank you Daddy!"
"Hey, it was Papa's idea, thank him, too." I chuckled. She then wrapped her arms tightly around him. Suddenly I remembered something that had slipped my mind. I exited the room as Kate opened up the scrapbook of all of our family memories that Allen and I had made since we had first adopted her.
In the office on the desk was a piece of paper. Lavi walked in while I looked over it smiling.
"Hey, the great Yuu-chan grins!" He said playfully. I rolled my eyes.
"Hey, tell Allen to meet me in our room. I have something for him." Lavi nodded and left the room. I entered our room and sat on the bed impatiently. My eyes quickly darted to the door when Allen entered. Without a second of hesitation I offered the paper to him.
"What is this?" He asked. I watched as his eyes filled to tears as he read the contents of the paper. "You're calling it off?" He asked.
"I have been planning to give this to you for almost a week but never could find the right time." On the piece of paper my signature was at the bottom next to the blank space for his. It was the papers disregarding our divorce. Before I could react I was tackled in a hug.
"Thank you." He cried happily. I handed him a pen and with a shaky hand he signed the paper. I planted a kiss on his lips.
"What do you say we get back to the party?" I asked. He nodded happily and we continued back out to help with the cake hand in hand.
AN: So it seems, although a bit late, our couple is getting their temporary happy ending!
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