Kajos: Happy ending as promised!
The alarm went off and Merlin opened blurry eyes. Arthur behind him groaned.
"What time did you set that stupid alarm for?"
"Nine." Arthur nuzzled the back of his neck.
"Lets, just go back to sleep it's Saturday." Merlin blinked at the date on the clock.
"Arthur, we need to get up."
"Merlin, shut up." He rolled away on to his over side. Merlin sat up and shook him..
"Arthur, it's the 3rd."
"And?"
"The third of March. Ring and bells."
"Shit. Already?"
"Yes." Said Merlin smiling
"We need to get up." The two young men rushed around each other dressing and getting breakfast before climbing in to the new BMW saloon car. Merlin glanced at the back seat. Everything was ready. Arthur drove.
The building was depressing but Arthur and Merlin didn't notice they were too happy. They had been waiting for what seemed like forever for this day. The woman behind the desk directed them to an office. The social worker was waiting for them.
"Well all the paper work is sorted. We can go straight through." Merlin gripped Arthur's hand painfully tight as they walked down the corridor to a small room full of play toys. "Mr Pendragon Mr Emrys `I would like you to meet Ben." The child was at the uncertain age between baby and toddler. Sat on the play mat mouthing a rattle quietly. "He's no trouble at all. Very undemanding."
"I really don't care." Merlin said seeping down to pick up the lad from the floor and hugging him. Ben gurgled in surprise. Arthur just laughed.
"Thank you so much Mrs Fine. You have no idea how much this means to us."
"Don't worry, it's s nice to see children like him placed in a good home."
"He will certainly have that." Said Merlin, Ben now sat on one hip. Arthur moved closer and took the boy.
"Strong little lad isn't he?" he said as Ben grasped a handful of hair. Merlin smiled and gave Arthur a quick kiss.
"Well, now he's our little lad." They went back down and signed on the bottom of the form.
"I know your all ready for him."
"You bet. Merlin went on a shopping spree." They pulled a tiny jacket on to him and carried him out to the car. "We are so lucky so have him."
"Yeah but Arthur eventually we'll have to tell him what happened to his parents." His mother had been raped and died in childbirth.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Till then we have year of parenthood to enjoy."
Kajos: The next bit is sort of the alternate ending but follows on from this one. It's not so happy; I just had to write it though. If you wanted the happy ending, don't read on.
Ben was well established now; he had started to walk and was even making particular sounds for things. Merlin knew that very soon he would talk. He and Arthur shared care Merlin worked Monday and Friday and Arthur worked the rest of the week. Merlin's mum was helping as well. She loved her grandson to bits. It was a dreary afternoon when there was a nock at the door. Merlin was expecting his mum so he scooped up Benny and went to answer it.
"Well how about this. Two things that belong to me." No, it couldn't be. He was locked up. This couldn't happen. It must be a nightmare, a bad dream. So why wasn't he waking up. Benny was crying, Merlin was frozen and there was a wicked grin on Jasper's face as he stepped inside the door.