A/N: Okay, so this chapter is practically fluff. Just PADDISON baby fluff. We like fluff. We Love fluff. Especially PADDISON fluf. Even better if babies are added into it. Okay, I'm rambling now, I'm in a weird mood, think it was the vanilla latte, I better watch out for doors tonight, could prove to be dangerous. Okay, now I'm shutting up, jsut go read, enjoy, review!!
Pete smiled down at Leah and Courtney who were lying on their mat in front of him. It had been a week since Leah came to them and everything was working out really good so far. Addison stood in the doorway and smiled at them, smiling wider as she saw Pete tickled their stomachs. Pete smiled and looked up at Addison.
"They look so cute together." Addison smiled and walked further into the room.
"Yeah." Pete smiled as he looked down at the two little girls. Addison sat down next to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. Pete smiled at her.
"It'll be weird when they find her a family." She watched the girls.
"Hmm, yeah." He nodded as he looked down at Leah. Addison sighed and let her chin rest on his shoulder as she watched the girls. They waved their tiny hands in the air and looked up at them. Addison smiled and took hold of each baby's hand. They gazed at her and wrapped their hands about one of her fingers. She smiled wider and kissed each tiny hand. Pete smiled as he watched them. The doorbell rang, interrupting them.
"I'll get it." Pete stood up and walked towards the front door.
"Thanks." Addison smiled at him and turned her attention back to the girls.
"Hello." Pete looked at the men in front of him as he opened the door. "What can I do for you?"
"We're from social services. Are you Peter Wilder?"
"Yes." He nodded.
"We're here about the baby that you and your wife are currently looking after."
"Oh. Did you find a foster family?" Pete looked at them.
"No. That's the problem. We have no foster families where the mother is breastfeeding."
"Oh." Pete nodded and looked at them.
"Yeah."
"And what are you going to do now?"
"She'll either have to go to a hospital so she can be fed, or she can stay here with you."
"No, we're going to keep her here until you find someone."
"Okay." The man nodded. "If that is okay with you and your wife, but it could quite a while before we find anyone."
Pete nodded. "Okay."
"It could be months."
He looked at them. "But we won't let her go to the hospital all alone."
"Okay sir." The man nodded at Pete.
Pete nodded as well. "Call when you find someone."
"We will. Goodbye sir."
"Bye." Pete closed the door behind them.
"Who was that?" Addison looked up at him as she entered the living room again.
"Social Services." Pete walked further into the room.
"Oh. Have they found a family for Leah?"
"No." Pete shook his head. "They can't find a family where the mother is breastfeeding. They said that it could take months."
"Okay." She nodded. "So what are they going to do until then?"
"Well they said that she'll either have to go to the hospital or she can stay here with us."
"I'm not going to let her go to the hospital."
"I know." He nodded. "I told them that she'll stay here with us."
"Good." Addison nodded and looked down at Leah. Pete sat down in front of them again. "At least with us she'll have a family."
"Yeah." Pete nodded as he looked down at the girls. Addison sighed and leaned into him. He wrapped an arm around her as he gazed at Courtney and Leah.
"They've become attached to each other I think." Addison watched as the girls gurgled at each other.
"Hmm, yeah looks like it."
"It's not going to be easy to part them."
"Yeah." He nodded. "Not if she's really going to stay for a few months."
"I know." Addison sighed.
"But who knows if it's really going to take them that long."
"Yeah." She nodded. "It could be quicker."
"We'll see." Pete smiled as he took hold of Leah's tiny hand. Her tiny finger instantly curled around his thumb and she looked up at him. Pete smiled down at her and with his other hand he reached for Courtney's hand. She did exactly the same as Leah and gurgled at him. He chuckled as he looked down at them.
"They're so cute, look at their hands Pete." While they were holding onto Pete's thumbs, their other hands were close and their little fingers linked together.
"Yeah." He smiled as he looked at their hands.
"I don't think we're going to be able to part them."
"We'll have to if they find her a family." Pete looked at her.
Addison looked back at him. "Do we really have to though?"
"What do you mean? Do you want to keep her?"
"We could adopt her Pete, she's already been living here with us and she's settled in perfectly. Courtney adores her, I do, and I know you do." Pete looked at Addison before he turned and looked down at Leah. "She's got no one Pete, no one but us. Can you honestly tell me you won't miss her when she's gone?"
He thought about it as he watched the girls. "I will, I guess... but I don't know."
"Pete, I might not be able to conceive again. And the girls are attached to each other. Look at them. We can't part them now. I don't think I can let her go." Addison looked at him.
He looked up at her and nodded. "I knew from the beginning that you wouldn't be able to let her go again."
"I'm sorry Pete."
"You don't have to be sorry."
Addison looked at him before looking down at the girls. "Do you want to adopt her?"
He looked down at them as well. "Yeah, let's adopt her."
"Really?" Addison grinned. "You really mean that?"
"Yes." He nodded. "Let's adopt her."
"Thank you Pete! Thank you so much!" Addison flung her arms around him and kissed him.
"No problem Addi." He chuckled and kissed her back.
"I love you so, so much Pete." She kept on kissing him.
He smiled as he kissed her back. "I love you too."
"Thank you Pete." She smiled and looked into his eyes. He just smiled back at her. "Can we go to social services tomorrow and start sorting it out?"
"Sure." He nodded.
"Thank you." Addison kissed him again and the girls gurgled at them. Pete smiled as he kissed back softly before they pulled apart and looked down at Leah and Courtney. "What do you two think about that?" Addison smiled at them. "Do you want to be sisters?" They just looked up at her and waved their tiny hands. "I think that's a yes." Addison grinned and took hold of their hands, kissing each of their palms. Pete smiled as he watched them.
Addison cooed and tickled their stomachs, blowing a raspberry on each one. They gurgled and waved their hands around as Addison grinned and continued to tickle them and blow raspberries. Pete smiled and ran his fingers over Courtney's cheek.
"Our two little girls." Addison smiled at him.
"Yeah." He smiled down at them. Addison grinned widely. Pete smiled and pecked her lips.
"I love you Pete. And I love the girls."
"I love them too." He smiled and kissed their foreheads. Addison smiled and looked at them. Courtney looked around her and yawned.
"Are you tired baby?" She blinked up at Addison and yawned again. "Let's put you to bed sweetie." Addison picked Courtney up and held her close. Leah looked up and started fussing. "Hey what's wrong Leah?"
Pete picked her up and laid her against his chest.
"I don't think she likes being parted from her sister." Addison smiled.
"Seems like it." Pete smiled and stroked her back.
"Let's go put them down for a nap then." They walked up the stairs and into the nursery where they laid them down in the crib next to each other. The two girls snuggled up to each other and closed their eyes, drifting off to sleep. Pete smiled at the sight and they quietly walked out of the room again.
Addison turned and kissed him tenderly. He kissed her back softly and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Thank you Pete. Thank you so much."
"You don't have to thank me."
"Oh I do." She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. Pete smiled and leaned down to kiss her again. "You have made me the happiest person in the world." Addison kissed him back.
"Well then that makes me the happiest person in the world." He smiled. She grinned and kissed him passionately. He kissed her back and pulled her closer.
"I love you so much Pete."
He smiled. "And I love you so much Addi."
"I am so happy we have our family."
"Me too." He smiled. Addison grinned widely at him. He smiled and pecked her lips once again.
"So what do you want to do now?"
"I don't know, what do you want to do now?"
"Hmm, I don't mind."
He smiled and pecked her lips again. "Me neither."
"You know, I think we're going to have to buy a twin crib. We'll definitely need another car seat and a double buggy."
"Yeah." He nodded.
"We could go shopping once they wake up?"
"Yes, we could do that." He smiled.
"Okay." Addison smiled and pecked his lips. He smiled and kissed her back gently.
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Two hours later and they looked through baby shops. Addison had Courtney strapped to her front while Leah slept in the buggy that Pete was pushing along.
"There are the car seats." Pete pointed in front of them.
"Yeah, we need one that matches Courtney's." Addison ran her hand up and down Courtney's back. Pete nodded and they walked closer. "This one." Addison smiled and pointed to the car seat. "It's just like Courtney's."
"Okay." Pete smiled and picked up the one she wanted up.
"Good." Addison smiled. "Now we need to look at cribs and buggies and I think we need more clothes." Pete nodded and they continued to walk through the store. "What about this crib?" Addison ran her fingers over the crib.
"Looks nice." He nodded.
"It's like the one we have now, but a twin one."
"Yeah." He nodded. "At least I know how to put it together now."
"You do." Addison smiled and pecked his cheek.
Pete smiled. "So this one?"
"Yeah, I think so." Addison smiled as well.
"Okay." He nodded.
"Shall we pick a buggy then get a salesman?"
"Yep." He nodded and they made her way to the buggies.
"Leah still asleep?" Addison gazed down at her in the buggy.
"Yes." He looked down at her as well. Addison smiled and ran her finger over Leah's cheek. "What about Courtney?" Pete looked down at his daughter.
"She's fighting the sleep, aren't you baby?" Addison placed a kiss on Courtney's head and looked at her. Courtney looked around her with small eyes. "Sleep baby." Addison softly swayed her. Pete smiled at them as they kept on walking. Addison smiled back at him. Suddenly Leah started crying in her buggy, throwing her head from side to side. "Hey Leah, shh baby, shh." Addison soothed and tried to calm her.
"What's wrong?" Pete looked at Addison.
"I don't know."
Pete walked to the side of the buggy and carefully picked Leah up. She continued to cry until she was led against his shoulder where she began to calm down and she snuggled close.
"Shh." Pete whispered and ran his hand up and down her back. Leah stopped crying and just snuggled close to him. Pete smiled and held her with one hand while he continued to push the buggy with the other one.
"I think she needed a hug from daddy." Addison smiled at him.
"Yeah." Pete smiled back.
"She's a really cuddly baby."
"She is." Pete agreed and gently kissed the top of her head. Addison smiled at them as they walked along. Once they reached the buggies and decided for one they got a salesman. They paid for the car seat, crib and buggy and had a salesman take them to the car. They put everything into the car, settled the girls securely into their seats and pulled out. Addison smiled and closed her eyes.
Pete smiled and reached for her hand. "Tired?"
"Yeah." She linked their fingers together. He smiled and ran his thumb over her palm. "I love you."
"I love you too Addi."
"And I love our girls."
"I love them too." He quickly glanced back at them and smiled.
"Our family. Our beautiful family."
"Yeah." He smiled happily. Addison smiled softly at him as they drove home.
