Sigh I don't like this chapter that much...Maureen and Joanne seem so OOC...but other then that, it is a happy chapter!
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Chapter 20
After sharing the good news with the rest of the bohemians, Maureen and Joanne headed down to the adoption agency in hopes of getting Jake back.
The two walked into the office, Joanne quickly slamming her left hand down on his desk.
Mrs. Shworts looked at the hand, his eyebrows turning in confusion. His eyes then went from Maureen, and then back to Joanne. "Can I help you?"
"We're engaged." Joanne said, and then held up her hand to show him the ring.
"Now give us Jake." Maureen added.
Mr. Shworts smiled as he took in the beautiful white gold ring. "That's sweet. But just because you're engaged doesn't mean I'm going to hand Jake over to you. What if this is a fake engagement. I mean you did lie and pretend someone else was Maureen…"
"It's not fake!" Maureen said. "I want to start a family with Joanne, and we want our first child to be Jake."
"I don't know…" Mr. Shworts said.
"Come on please!" Joanne begged, tears threatening to roll down her cheeks.
Mr. Shworts thought about it for a second, his mind finally made up as he came to a decision. "No, not until after you two are married."
Joanne threw her hands in the air. "We're never going to get him."
Maureen watched the tears start to pour down the lawyer's face, Joanne now exiting the office. Maureen stayed behind, her eyes watching as the upset lawyer disappeared outside. Once the doorway was clear, Maureen turned her attention towards Mr. Shworts.
"You're not going to hit me or anything, are you?" Mr. Shworts asked.
"No." Maureen quietly answered. "I'm going to ask you again. Can we please have Jake?"
Mr. Shworts didn't answer as he watched Maureen walk forward and take a seat in front of his desk, sensing that she had more to say.
"Look, I know I made a bad impression, and I told you I wanted to un-adopt him. But after a lot of thinking, and after spending time with him, and seeing how much Joanne loves him, it changed my mind. Thinking of life without Jake it just seems…wrong. And come on you seen how Jake is with Joanne…he loves her."
Mr. Shworts stared at Maureen, his face softening. "He loves you too…"
Maureen smirked a little. "He's comfortable with us. You seen how shy he was at first, he broke free from that with the help of Joanne and I, and I want to help him break free from more things, and watch him grow into a man, I want to be there for him when he needs me, and just basically care for him. Joanne wants that even more then me, and it would break her heart if you kept her from that, and nothing pains me more then when I see Joanne hurt, both emotionally, and physically." Maureen then snickered. "Wow that was really cheesy for me…"
Mr. Shworts couldn't help but grin, a sigh now escaping his lips.
"Well…" Maureen asked with hope.
Joanne stood out in the hallway using the back of her hand to wipe the falling tears, her mind racing with anger, until a voice broke her thoughts.
"Joanne?" Maureen called out softly.
Joanne slowly turned around, her puffy eyes meeting Maureen's. "How much damage did you do to him? Do I need to be your lawyer?"
Maureen giggled while she walked closer, her thumbs wiping some extra tears away, before she simply replied, "We got him."
A look of shock spread over Joanne's face, her body going numb. "What?"
Maureen nodded. "We got him. Mr. Shworts is giving him to us today…"
"Maureen? How…what did you say to him?" Joanne asked a small smile on her lips.
Maureen shrugged. "Does it matter, we get to start our family now…"
"Oh Maureen…" Joanne gasped while she engulfed Maureen into a hug. "I love you! I love you so much!"
Maureen grinned wider while Joanne placed small kisses all over her face. "Okay, okay…come on we have to go sign some things, and then we can take him home."
After a lot of paper work, Joanne and Maureen were led down the hall, and to the same play room they had Jake. Joanne hurriedly opened the door, and ran into the room.
"Jake?"
"Joanne?" Jake replied with excitement, his body now leaping into the lawyers arms. "Am I coming home with you today?"
"Yes!" Joanne said while her arms encircled him.
"You did the right thing." Maureen told Mr. Shworts, before she joined Joanne and Jake in a three person hug.
"Can we leave now?" Jake asked with hope.
"We sure can." Maureen answered.
Jake bounced with glee, as he ran and grabbed his stuff, he then ran back and took hold of Joanne and Maureen's hands, and pulled them towards the exit.
"Someone's in a hurry." Maureen giggled.
Mr. Shworts smiled, he's mind satisfied that he made the right choice in letting the couple adopt Jake, his approval only rising as he watched the three walk out of the building as a family.
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One - Two more chapters left...I'm not sure yet...so don't be surprised if the next chapter is the last...