To love a teacher 14
Hey guys, six more chapters and then this story is done. Timeline wise they are in 2014 so Danny would be 24 and George would be 21.
It is still AU so I can make anything happen and the ages of anyone can be changed to suit how I want this to go.
G.p.o.v
The idea of parenthood was one of the more difficult things we discussed after the honeymoon. Danny was against becoming a father at first, he was so scared that he was going to turn out like his parents. Then I reminded him of how much he cares about Drake and Talia and he is persuaded to reconsider his initial answer. He agreed in the end, we were going to look at adopting a child or two today. I know Danny has a heart of gold and he would adore our child and never think of hurting them.
Once we got back from our honeymoon we had a surprise. The wedding present from our new management team (the other one went bust and we were starting to dislike them) was a four bedroom house. We had our own house, no offense to the others we love them like brothers but this house was what we dreamed of. We wanted somewhere to call our home and we wanted Jorel and Jordon's children to have their own rooms and stuff like that. Danny was also getting stressed out since he never really settled properly.
Plus the chance to have sex without someone walking in on us was an opportunity I couldn't resist. The amount of times someone walked in while we tried was becoming an issue. I wasn't sure if they did it deliberately but I didn't like it either way. It killed the mood and we don't have sex that often anyway. Not since Danny told me more about his abuse and how frequent his mom did it with him or his dad did it to him. He was recovering fine and I am not obsessed with having sex with him. It is an occasional pleasure.
It was an hour before we had to go to the adoption center. Danny was still fast asleep on top of me, his favourite place to sleep apparently. I don't complain since he has good nights of sleep this way and no nightmares. Now I have to wake him up so we can get ready for the day. "Danny, come on babe," I tell him and his eyes flutter open and he gives me a sleepy smile. "Morning George," he says voice thick with sleep. I smile back. "Good morning Danny, we got stuff to do remember?" I ask. He sits on my stomach as he rubs the sleep from his eyes.
"Yeah, we get to bring a little boy or girl home today," he says with a smile. We had two of the spare rooms set up as unisex for now but we will get the child's input on what they want in their room. We did two because I was pretty certain we are getting two children today. Danny is pretty nervous but I promised him we were going to be fine, he'll love the children and never dare hurt them. We got ready and pretty soon we were there and signed in.
The lady took us to a room where several small children were happily playing and she clapped her hands to make them all pay attention to us. "Mr Murillo and his partner are here to adopt two children today so be nice and let these lovely gentlemen look around and talk to you," she says and then leaves us alone to do some exploring in our own time. Our attention is more drawn to a pair of young girls, probably sisters I wasn't sure. The smallest must have been a year or two old whereas the older girl looked about three or four.
We walked over to them and the other children paid no notice. They were content to play on their own or with their own little friends and less interested in us since we were not going to talk to them. Well I went and talked to a couple of the boys but they weren't who we had in mind. Danny got down to the little toddler's level and the older girl immediately came between him and the younger one. I stood to one side, Danny has got this and he'll be fine. He knows I am just a few steps behind him if he needs me.
"Hello, my name's Danny. What's yours?" he asks, speaking softly. Of course the man who has been around small children as a teacher knows what to do. He has covered for a lot of kindergarten classes lately and he enjoys it even if he was nervous at first. "Ava and she is Scarlett," Ava says and then looks to me. "I'm George," I tell her and she lets us get a better look at her sister. Scarlett was a very small female version of Danny I'd say. She had short curly brown hair and brown eyes and her facial features matched Danny's a bit. Ava looked like a mini female me. She has slightly longer hair than Scarlett but her's is blonde. Her eyes were almost exactly like Scarlett's.
They were both so cute anyway. Scarlett was looking at Danny and she tilted her head to one side and Danny copied her which earned him a giggle from both girls. We got to know them some more and played with them. By the end of the hour we were given it was clear who we were going to adopt. Those two were way to cute, we'd possibly have to get some extra stuff on the way home but it didn't matter. The place said they were going to supply car seats for a small fee and anything else we needed we could probably get from Target or Buy Buy baby and it wasn't going to dent our finances too much.
The girls were a little upset that we were leaving but we told them we'd see if we could come back with a surprise for them. We got taken to an office where the lady had two files and a couple of clipboards. "You two have been the only people to interact like that with them," she says, sadly. I guess she knew what we wanted to do. "Scarlett is one, she rarely talks and they were dumped in an alley six months ago. Ava is her sister and is three, she is very smart for her age and very protective over Scarlett," she says and it hurts us a little.
Those poor children have been through worse than I have. It also made us more determined to adopt them since we got clearance a week ago. "We'd like to adopt them and give them a home for as long as we live," Danny says and he smiles at her. She hands us the clipboards "Fill these out and you can take them home as soon as they are ready which shouldn't take too long," she says and leaves the room. "My guess is we get a crib for Scarlett and keep her in our room for the first month or so then slowly move her into her own room and Ava might want to stay with us too," Danny says.
I nod, "Those poor girls, we'll shower them in love all day as long as they know they are safe with us," I tell him. Luckily we weren't touring until we have settled the girls and they get used to everything. They'll have the same babysitter that Drake and Talia have when we go away. We quickly filled the paper work out and the lady came back with a man, two bags, two car seats and two nervous small children. Scarlett was on the lady's hip since she wasn't walking yet but when she saw us her eyes lit up and she made grabby hands for Danny.
That stunned everyone; she wasn't that close to him when we played a little while ago. Danny happily took her onto his lap, Ava came over to me nervously but I pulled her onto my lap and hugged her gently. "These two men are going to be your daddies, they are going to take you to your new house and play with you all you want," the lady explains. Ava looked at us and we nodded. "She's right Ava, we won't leave you or Scarlett I promise," I tell the small girl who hugged me tightly and mumbled thanks over and over.
The man put their stuff into the trunk of the car and installed the car seats while Danny handed over the money. Scarlett was reluctant to be put down but Danny had his ways of keeping her calm. Both girls fell asleep shortly after we pulled away. We needed to go to Buy Buy baby and buy the crib for Scarlett and a stroller which Danny did within half an hour. Then we head towards Target so we could get the basics and clothes that Ava picks out for herself. We'll get Scarlett some new clothes and things too. The people at the store helped him set up the stroller so we could use it straight away with Scarlett which was nice of them.
I picked Ava up once I undid the buckles on the car seat and she seemed to wake up then. I picked her up and carried her to the store and the carts while Danny put Scarlett in the new stroller and strapped her in. The car is now locked. Scarlett was still sleeping when Danny met up with us. "She is way too cute," he says as we walk into Target. Ava was watching me and I messed around a little bit but she also kept an eye on her sister from time to time. "It's okay Ava, she isn't going anywhere," I tell her and she smiles.
She picked out the cutest outfits for her age and Danny picked the best outfits for Scarlett. She had some clothes which matched ours and a few girly choices. Ava did the same she picked some things we told her we had a version of in our sizes and then she picked clothes with things like butterflies on them. We also got some essentials that we didn't get before like bottles and Sippy cups as we didn't really know how old the children we were getting were before now. We got some more basics like diapers, pacifiers and that formula stuff designed for babies Scarlett's age.
It seemed Scarlett was in full nap mode as she didn't wake up once during the whole shopping trip. She only woke up when we got home two hours later. We put her in the living room while Danny set up the baby gates and I put the shopping away. Ava was keeping an eye on her, well I thought she was until I heard little babbles as Scarlett crawled into the kitchen and stopped at my feet. I picked her up because I was done with the shopping. "Hi Scarlett," I tell the infant and start tickling her, Danny smiles when he enters the room and Scarlett didn't notice because she was too busy laughing.
Danny put all the clothes the girls now own, which isn't a lot on to wash and looked to me. "And you thought I was going to be her favourite, she loves us both the same," he tells me and hugs me while out new little girl was in between us smiling. "We need to arrange a family photoshoot since we are one now, it will be a cute way to introduce them to the fans when it is time," I tell him and he nods. The highchair was something I was going to do so I put Scarlett in a walker that Jorel bought us as a gift since he guessed we were going to have a young child.
She was content to stand in it and hit the toys more than try walking around but that was fine by us. Danny hopped onto the counter and watched as I built the highchair for our one-year old. I walk up to him once I'm done. I hugged him while he was sitting on the counter. He kissed the top of my head. "I'm so proud of you Danny, I told you that this was going to be okay," I tell him. He smiles, "I know but I was always going to have that fear in the back of my mind and I still will," he tells me. I kiss him, starting off slow and then we ended up making out.
Only to be interrupted by Scarlett a couple of minutes later. "Ah" she says which makes us stop suddenly. "Guess we are going to have to get used to that," I tell Danny who smiles. "Yeah, that's what happens when you have children," Danny tells me and he hops off the counter and walks over to our daughter. "Do you not like it when daddy and papa kiss and leave you out?" he asks the tot who doesn't answer. He picks her up and walks over to me as I get my phone out, I opened the camera app.
We both kissed Scarlett on the cheeks while I took a couple of pictures then Danny put her back in the walker and went to go find Ava. A squeal and some giggling later Danny appears carrying our four year old and we do the same so we sent some pictures to our close friends and bandmates who told us how cute the kiddos are and we looked like amazing parents. It helped Danny's doubt but it will always be there I think. I don't think he'll drink around the girls ever. He left out the back door and onto the back porch, closing the door behind him.
"Papa? Why is daddy sad?" Ava asks me, she saw Danny's mood change from happy to sad which I didn't until he left the room. Oh god, how do I explain this to a four year old? How do I tell a four year old her daddy is afraid to be like his dad? I'll just have to explain the best I can to her for now and get Danny to tell her when she is older. "When daddy was little like Scarlett, his mummy and daddy were mean to him. He is scared that he is going to be the same and I know he isn't," I tell her and she looked to me then the back door.
You could tell I wasn't prepared and my explanation was probably the worst but I was a little pushed for time. "Daddy won't hurt us, I know it too," she tells me and I smile. I don't know how much of that she understood but I guess we can always find out when Danny comes back. I looked out the window to see Danny was smoking, the thing he always does when he's stressed out. I was going to let him have some private time so I take the girls into the living room and play with them for a while.
He came in an hour later and looked a little calmer but I knew he was still a little worked up. Ava spotted him at the same time I did. "Daddy," she shouts running towards Danny and hugging his legs tightly. Danny was stunned and it took him a few minutes before he reacted and lifted Ava up for another cuddle. "I love you daddy," she says and hugs him tightly. He waits a minute before he returns the hug. "I love you too Ava," he tells her and I smile. He hands Ava to me and picks up Scarlett.
"I love you Scarlett," he tells her and she smiles. She can't really talk yet but we knew she loves us too. We've only been a family for a short amount of time but it was always perfect, I loved all the time we had as a family already and it's far from over. "I love you papa," Ava says and I smile. "I love you too Ava and Scarlett," I tell them and they both smile. Danny joins in our game until it's time for someone to make dinner. We were set on helping Scarlett take her first steps. I had the camera on my phone and I was recording the moment when she finally did it.
She was practising with Ava's help one moment then she sat down a little distance from Danny. She then got up and took the unaided steps to Danny who looked in shock again. He lifted her up high and then brought her down for a kiss. "Well done Scarlett!" I cheer and we all smile. I decided to make the dinner, Danny doesn't seem completely with it but I'm sure the girls will be fine with him for twenty minutes while I make some pasta. I closed the app and locked my phone before stuffing it in my pocket. I walk up to Danny who was still holding Scarlett; she was on his lap this time watching TV. "I'm going to make dinner okay?" I tell him and he nods.
We are probably going to have a chat after the girls fall asleep. He doesn't need to bottle up the stress anymore we worked through all of this. Jorel was ringing me just after I got the main bulk of prep done. "Hey George," he says once I answer. "Hey Jorel, sup?" I reply and start making the pasta sauce. "Not much, just checking on the new parents. How are the girls?" he asks and I smile. "So well behaved, we just taught Scarlett to walk," I tell him and he squealed. "That's so cool, they'll be chasing everyone around in no time," he says.
There was another reason why he called; I could tell he was hesitating on something. "Danny's playing with them in the living room while I make dinner," I tell Jorel, hopefully prompting him. "How is Danny coping with all of this?" he asks and I knew that was what he was hesitating with. "He could be better but it's the first night where we are parents, he's been stressed and he knows the girls love us," I say and then stop myself. Jorel knows everything about Danny, they have been close since they first met and he was the one to introduce Danny to the others and the first to suggest our names to be in the band.
"Yeah, he still thinks he is going to turn out like his parents. We all know he won't but the doubt is going to be there for so long. He's afraid to rough play with our two and he'll be the same with the girls. We just need to let him prove to himself that he isn't. You're already helping by giving him one on one time with them," Jorel says and I smile. I was cooking while he was talking but I decided to check on my family. I could hear giggling and when I walked in I saw Ava on Danny's back and he was tickling Scarlett with a smile on his face.
I left before they saw me. "He's smiling and playing with them, Ava is on his back and Scarlett is being tickled and I think I saw diaper changing stuff out," I tell Jorel and I knew he was smiling on the other end. "I knew he was good with kids, natural dad right there. A lot better than his was for sure and you've been dads for how long?" Jorel asks and I laugh. "About seven hours, but it feels like longer Jorel, it really does." I tell him. I can hear Jorel laughing in the background. "That's because you were meant to be parents George," he says.
"Yeah whatever, we'll come over once the girls have settled more and we tell them all about you," I tell him. I was nearly done with dinner so I had to hang up or else I would burn it. I had served the girls so it could be cool enough for them to eat but mine and Danny's was nearly done. "Yeah that would be good, take your time though there is no rush," Jorel says. I served Danny's food then my own. "I know, but I have to go now. Dinner has been made," I tell him and he chuckles. "Alright, see you," he tells me. "See ya," I reply and hang up.
I put the food on the table. I walk into the living room and get their attention. "Dinner's ready guys," I tell them when they look at me. "Okay," Ava says and runs to the kitchen. Danny holds Scarlett's hand while she becomes more confident with walking. I managed to kiss his cheek as he walked past. Soon we were all enjoying dinner. The girls loved the spaghetti I made even if half of Scarlett's ended up on her than in her. Messy mealtimes are a precious childhood memory that Danny would never experience himself.
It broke my heart when he told me he was punished for being a kid, he had to be a clean eater since they never bathed him and he had to learn how to be independent because they never cared about him. It made me angry that they had gotten away with it for so long but I was also reminded that it could have gone worse. I wouldn't have my sexy hubby if he didn't run away at nine and all the things that happened after that. Danny did the washing up for us while I ran the bath for the little ones.
It was the first time I bathed a child ever. I was soaked by the end of it and Danny was on the floor laughing. "Thanks for the support babe," I call as I watched him laugh at my expense. "You're welcome Hun," he says during the pause before I get splashed again and Scarlett joined him with the laughter. He wasn't even stopping himself laughing so I counted it as a win. I wasn't going to get mad or complain all that much. All I wanted was the happy Danny and the happy Danny I had at this moment.
He helped me get the girls into their pjs and then set up the crib in our room. We also have to talk with Ava about sharing a room with us or going in her own room. "Hey Ava, I need to ask you something," I tell her as she looks around upstairs. She turns to look at me and smiles. "What papa?" she asks. I crouch down to her level. "Ava, do you want to stay in our room or your own room?" I ask her. She started thinking about it, we don't know what the sleeping arrangements were in the adoption place so it is really up to her.
"Will I be okay in my own room?" she asks, curious. I don't think she has had her own room before. "Yeah, you'll be fine in your own room baby girl. We'll always be in here if you need us," I tell her. She says goodnight to Danny and Scarlett and I take her into her room. "We will be painting this to how you like it soon," I tell her and she smiles. There are some girly bed sheets on her bed so that made the yellow room a bit better. We have a few stuffed animals as well for her to cuddle. She picked a lion up and climbed onto the bed.
"Do you want me to read you a bedtime story?" I ask her. She nods and climbs off the bed to pick the story I was going to read her to sleep with. While we cuddled on the bed I got a selfie to send to the other and I saw Danny had done the same which made me proud. He tends to be camera shy at times but not right now. I read her the story about Cinderella until she fell asleep on me. I moved carefully so I didn't wake her up and I joined Danny back in our room where Scarlett was sleeping in the crib. She was also holding a lion teddy.
"What's up Danny?" I ask him, I knew he was feeling the same way as before and I had a rough idea of what caused it but I wanted him to tell me. There was no use guessing or having rough ideas. "It's nothing, just my brain being stupid again," he tells me and I hug him gently. "No Danny, being afraid isn't stupid. It's our first day being parents so there will be nerves. You're doing great and they love you just as much as I do. We'll forget about this worries soon enough," I tell him and that seemed to have been what he was thinking about.
He teared up as he hugged me back. "I know but I can't stop thinking that one day I'll turn out like them. That one day I'll become an uncontrollable monster that I can't change back," he tells me and I can tell he was really upset. He was barely holding back the tears as he spoke and once he finished talking he cried. I held him close and rubbed circles on his back so that he could calm down. "Danny, the way you have held and cherished your moments with our girls today tells me you'll never be like them. You're so much better than they are because you have so much love in your heart," I tell him.
Scarlett slept through our little chat. I carried Danny downstairs and we had a monitor to watch Scarlett on in case she woke up. I wanted to cheer him up, he has stopped crying now but he is still upset. I put him down on the couch then sit on top of him. He gives me a weak smile and a blush. I can make him blush so easy. I loved it when he blushes because it brings out the cuteness in him. I start kissing him all over his face and leave hickeys on his neck. He tried to keep the moans in but one slipped out.
He kissed me back and we had a heated make out session. Danny's hands went under my shirt and they explored the smooth skin on my back. My shirt was now removed but I know we won't go too much further. I did the same thing with him but his skin was covered in scars which made his back different. I explored all the different bumps on the skin. I didn't take his shirt off him because I knew how he feels about his scars. I've seen them so many times but I respect how he isn't comfortable with them. We never stopped kissing while we explored each other's back but we had to break the kiss to breathe.
"I love you, you're too good to me," he says, a bit breathless from our little make out session. He rests his forehead against mine and he smiles the heart-warming smile I love. That certainly cheered him up. "I love you too bear, you're the best thing that ever entered my life," I tell him. Obviously our girls are the best as well but right now I wanted to cheer him up. He grinned and I smiled back, my little adorable bear. I put a film on and snuggled up to him on the sofa. He was so happy and relaxed.
I played with his hair, another thing which I know relaxes him and he might even fall asleep. I wouldn't mind if he did because I'd carry him to bed. He isn't that heavy compared with me and I've carried him before. He is also a little shorter than me still so it doesn't look too weird when I carry him. He was dozing off while the film was playing, and I couldn't blame him really. The film wasn't really interesting; it was disappointing if I was being completely honest. "Are you feeling sleepy lion?" I ask him as I look down. He was much more interesting than the film, but of course I'm being a little biased in saying that because he is mine.
"A little bit, is it okay if I sleep on you?" he asks, giving me a sleepy smile. I kiss his forehead and smile back. "Of course it is lion, I'll carry you up to bed when I go and your snuggles are the best," I tell him and he reaches up to kiss my lips and with a little struggle he does. I kiss him back and he lies down on top of me to make it a little easier for me to carry him upstairs. I changed the film so I can enjoy snuggling him while he dozes off into dreamland. He has recently started mumbling in his sleep but he'd usually mumble cute sayings or something that I can't really pick out.
He doesn't mumble every night but if he had something on his mind during the day then he will mumble a couple of times during the night or all night. It all depends on how bad the stress is. Today he has been a bit stressed as you can expect when you adopt two children and you have the anxieties Danny has. Most of the mumbles I couldn't pick out what he was saying. It wasn't upsetting him too much which was a bit relieving for me. I really don't like it when he gets upset.
The film was soon over and it was time to carry my little lion to bed. Scarlett was so far sleeping through the night without issues and realising we aren't in the room. I looked into Ava's room after I had a toilet break and she is also fast asleep which is nice. It is always exciting or nerve wracking to be in a new house and sleeping there for the first time. Danny didn't stir as I carried him upstairs. We had already gotten changed when we got the girls ready for bed. So I just put him under the covers.
I know that I'll have to pick my shirt up off the floor when we go downstairs tomorrow morning but right now I don't have the energy to do it right now. That and I didn't really want Danny to wake up even though he seems out for the count at the moment. He did stop mumbling after a while but the mumbling never bothered me or prevented me from sleeping in the first place. He is so quiet and he always has been even as a teacher, he never really yelled at us either. I get into bed after checking on Scarlett again. She was still fast asleep. I snuggle up to Danny and fall asleep myself within minutes.
The end of chapter 14/20 of this story.
Yeah I know it takes my way too long to update the chaptered stories but I am busier this holiday than I expected so I hope to try and get two updates done on Sundays if possible. It is going to get a bit more dramatic with the next few chapters.
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