Sorry this chapter isn't so long I was working on my main story but felt like updating this one more….Sorry…. Anyway hope you like it because it's mostly about Harlan
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Song~ Digging by Vanna
Ryland's Pov
I had called Kayla six times she never called me last night so I was getting a little crazy ever since she told me what happened I wanted to make sure she was okay so when she doesn't answer it makes all these thoughts go through my head. "Woah, what's wrong with you?" Dad said messing around with uncle Alec's guitar.
"Kayla never called me last night."
"Aw how adorable." Zach said sarcastically.
"Spencer punch him for me." He leaned over and tried to hit Zach but he pushed him back which caused them to bump into Gabe his burrito fell on the floor so Gabe did the most Gabe thing ever and jumped onto the two of them.
"Your fat fucking ass is crushing me." Spencer yelled and pushed him to the floor.
"Remember the good days like this?" Dad asked uncle Alec he laughed shaking his head.
"I remember you being crazy."
"Shut up." My phone finally rang I jumped up and ran out of the room everyone was making fun of me but I didn't care.
"Hey baby." Kayla whispered.
"You never called me last night I was worried."
"I'm sorry things got crazy yesterday."
"What kind of crazy?"
"We need to talk about something."
"Okay…"
"I can't come to New York next month."
"Why?"
"I am going to be busy."
"Busy doing what?"
"Just going to be busy."
"Kayla what's going on?"
"Okay if I tell you I swear you can't yell."
"...Okay?"
"I uh well I found something yesterday."
"Okay."
"And well I have fallen in love with said thing and I want to keep it."
"So keep it."
"It's not that easy."
"Why?"
"Because it's a child."
"I'm sorry come again?"
"I found a little boy yesterday."
"You found a child? Like a little human?"
"Yes Ryland a human."
"Where?"
"When Willow and I went out to eat he was there and all dirty but the sweetest little thing ever and he told me he's been sleeping in the park and he's all alone."
"You can't keep a child Kayla."
"Which is why I can't leave."
"Baby."
"I tried to leave when I brought him to the hospital but he screamed and begged me not to leave him and my heart broke for him Ryland."
"Where are his parents?"
"He said his mom went bye bye and his dad was the one that left him at the park because he was mad."
"What are they doing with him?"
"They called CPS and he's been begging all day not to leave him."
"So he's going to go into the system?"
"Willow loves him."
"Kayla you can't just decide to keep a kid."
"I know I can't and I've been trying to force myself to leave because if I don't I will cry like a big baby when they take him away but he's so sweet Ry and I'm scared no one will want him."
"Well if he's sweet someone will adopt him."
"But he's different and people don't normally want to adopt kids who are different."
"Different how?"
"He doesn't- never mind it's pointless to tell you."
"Kayla…"
"I'm going to go."
"What's his name?"
"It doesn't matter."
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah…"
"Kayla?" A little voice said. "Why are you sad?"
"I'm not sweetie." She said softly.
"Here don't cry." The boy said and Kayla sighed.
"Thanks Harlan."
"Welcome! Hey Willow what-" His voice trailed off.
"Are you okay babe?"
"Yeah I'm going to force myself to leave because I can't be here when they come to take him away."
"Babe-"
"Bye." She hung up the phone I sighed and uncle Alec came out.
"What's wrong?"
"Kayla…"
"Ahhh relationship problems, want to talk about it?"
"Kayla found a little kid on the streets and she fell in love and now wants to keep it." Alec didn't say anything just looked at the floor. "Uncle Alec?"
"Sorry I was thinking about Max."
"Oh…"
"What do you think about the situation?"
"I think it's insane."
"Keeping the kid?"
"I never thought about adopting a kid I mean Kayla is already in love with the little guy and now she's all heart broken I hate seeing her like that."
"Adopting a kid is a big responsibility."
"Did you ever regret it?"
"Adopting Max?"
"Yeah."
"It was the best decision I have ever made."
"Kayla says he's different."
"Different how?"
"I don't know she wouldn't tell me."
"What's his name?"
"Harlan, I think she wouldn't tell me his name but I heard him talk to her and she called him Harlan."
"That's a cute name."
"Yeah."
"I can't tell you what to do Ryland. It's different for everyone but I know you have a big heart with a lot of love to give and no matter what you and Kayla choose you will have the entire family supporting you."
"Do you think we should?"
"It doesn't matter what I think, you do what's in your heart Ryland."
"Are you two having a heart to heart?" Dad asked leaning against the doorway.
"We were."
"Ouch that hurts, you know I was right in there you could've just asked to talk to me."
"I'm sorry dad… Uncle Alec came out after I got off the phone with Kayla."
"Well do you want to talk about it with me? Then again I am just your father, nothing to special."
"Dad." I groaned.
"No, no it's okay i'll just go leave you alone." He dramatically put his hand to his head and sighed loudly.
"Kayla wants to adopt."
"Adopt what?"
"A kid or at least I think she wants to adopt him."
"And you don't?"
"I don't know it's not like I know anything about the kid and what if we don't even get along? Adopting a kid isn't like adopting a puppy if I don't like the puppy I could give it to a friend or something I would never do that because I love animals."
"What if you and Willow don't get along in the future would you give her to a friend?"
"Of course not she's my daughter." Dad looked at me and sighed.
"I've never been down this road although once your mother tried to get me to buy her a monkey maybe that's the same thing."
"No, I don't think it is dad." I said and dropped my head.
"And then after I said no to the monkey we started talking about adoption."
"Is this the part where you tell me one of us is actually adopted?" Dad laughed shaking his head.
"No, this was before we had Cecily."
"You guys were considering adopting?"
"Your mother said lots of kids need good homes with parents who would love them no matter what. Look at your uncles and how they raised three adopted children sure at times you won't get along but that's with every single child there were times when I just wanted to strangle you."
"Gee thanks."
"Teenage years mostly."
"But they were all young when they were adopted."
"It doesn't change the fact they had nobody to love them, i'm not telling you to charge head first into adoption but maybe take some time to think about it who knows."
"You wouldn't be upset?"
"About what?"
"I don't know I just feel like you would be upset because it's not really m-"
"Have you forgotten that i'm adopted?" He looked at me sideways and I mentally slapped myself.
"Actually yeah I did forget…" Dad laughed.
"Sometimes so do I, I miss my parents everyday Ryland but I also thank god everyday that I was adopted by the Lightwoods."
"You know what's funny?"
"What?"
"I was just thinking about how I wish Kayla and I had a son first because I wanted Willow to have an older brother to protect her like I did for Jessie."
"You do what you think is right to do Ryland follow your heart, get to know the kid and you will know if it's meant to be."
"How can I meet him when i'm here and he's somewhere else?"
"We have two days off next week fly home."
"I'll think about it…"
"I will support whatever decision you make."
Kayla's Pov
Willow was currently napping in a little crib the people at the hospital were nice enough to let her use it, Harlan was watching her carefully waiting for the moment she woke up so the two could play, I was still trying to gather up the courage to leave but my body wouldn't cooperate with me. "Harlan?"
"Yeah Kayla?"
"Come here." I patted the bed and he came running and jumped onto the bed. "I have to go soon."
"Where?"
"Home."
"I'll get my shoes!"
"N-no sweetie you need to stay here."
"Why?"
"Because well some nice people are going to be coming soon and they will help you find a nice home with a mommy and a daddy."
"Can you be my mommy." He said and I felt the tears coming I promised myself I would not cry.
"I don't think so…"
"You don't like me?"
"No, no of course I like you Harlan but it's not that easy to become someone's mommy."
"I don't want you to go." Silent tears started to fall, I pulled him into me and stroked his hair.
"Don't cry please."
"Look." He said and sitting up and pulling one of his socks off he put his left foot down on my lap, he was missing his big toe and the next two were kind of fused to one big toe and his other two were there or mostly there. "I got little piggys." He said touching his toes.
"I think this one went to the market." I said tapping where his big toe would be he giggled. "And this one right here eat roast beef to much if you ask me." He giggled louder. "This little piggy right here stayed home." I tapped his only full toe. "And this little piggy-"
"That piggy went," He started to giggle again. "Went all the way home." He finished for me.
"And what about your other foot?"
"I only have two little piggies."
"I think those three silly little piggies went to go party all night and got lost." He dropped his head laughing.
"Yeah!" The door opened and a women came in wearing a pantsuit I couldn't ever pull that off if I tried, Harlan hid behind me.
"Hello, you must be Kayla." She wasn't as young as I thought she would be, middle aged I would say maybe older like she's been doing this for years.
"Yeah that's me."
"I'm Stephanie, Harlan's case worker."
"You're here to take him away right?"
"Unfortunately no."
"Why?"
"The doctors aren't letting him go for a while they did a few test and he has a pretty bad kidney infection so he's going to be staying here for awhile."
"Oh."
"I can tell this little one has taken to you." She looked at Harlan who was still hiding behind me.
"Yeah he's a special little one."
"I don't see to many people connect with kids so fast especially one with special needs."
"He doesn't have special needs he has a limb difference." I snapped and then immediately regretted it.
"I'm sorry if I upset you."
"No i'm sorry I didn't mean to snap, I shouldn't of snapped."
"It's okay."
"Has anyone found his father yet?"
"No one has reported a child missing and from what Harlan told the police it doesn't seem his father would have filled a report."
"What's going to happen to him after he leaves the hospital?"
"He will placed with a foster family."
"H-how long does it take to become a foster parent?"
"About three months."
"Oh." Willow woke up and her crying made Harlan jump out of the bed and over to her.
"Don't cry Willow." He said and climbed into her crib to sit with her.
"Harlan be careful, I don't want you to fall out of there." I said and he nodded.
"Okay!"
"Is she yours?"
"Yeah."
"She's beautiful."
"Thank you."
"How old?"
"Six months."
"Will you be staying here with Harlan until he's out of the hospital?"
"I uh i'm not sure I feel like if I get any more attached to him it will be impossible for me to see him go but at the same time I know i'm already way to attached. Do you have any kids?"
"I adopted three kids they were siblings, their parents were my best friends for over twenty-five years died in a fire, their kids were spending the night at my house that night."
"Were you already working as a social worker?"
"Just started it made me appreciate what I did more, what about you, what do you do?"
"Stay at home mom, aspiring author."
"And your husband?"
"He-"
"I'm sorry if that came out wrong it would be totally okay if you were single or whatever I just-"
"He's my fiancé, and well he's in a band."
"Oh wow that's exciting what band?"
"Princes Under New Authority." I said and she looked confused.
"Never heard of them."
"You probably wouldn't of there style of music is well… An acquired taste."
"Reminds me of this band my kids are obsessed with I don't know what it's called but his father is also in a band something about Kings."
"Kings For A Day?"
"Yes that's it!"
"His sons band my kids go insane for that music, now I cannot understand a word that boy says because he's screaming all the time but they explain the words to me and there is one song that I like." This has never happened to me before do I tell her that's who i'm engaged to or just play it off? Maybe I can force Ryland to give her kids tickets to one of the shows and she will just let me keep Harlan.
"Have they ever seen that band play?" Way to play the dumb card.
"My husband tried to get them tickets to the show out here because it's this big farewell tour he's doing with his father's band I didn't know they liked both of the bands but it was sold out."
"Oh."
"And they have been begging and begging to go to one that's around."
"They must really like the music then."
"Well the youngest Jane she was just starting to cope with her parents death she was only two months old when they died she's fourteen now and while we have always been honest with them she never really understood up until a few years ago and she found refuge with that band she had some trouble and I don't think I ever understood the phrase music saved my life until Jane-" She stopped talking and took a deep breath. "I'm sorry, i'm not here to talk about me."
"No please continue I want to hear the rest of the story."
"She was going through a hard time, her brother was five and her sister was seven when their parents died so they have little memories of their parents and Jane had nothing she felt like somehow it was her fault although she was just a baby and she went down a bad path and we almost lost her and then she found the music and when she felt like hurting herself she'd listen to these two songs I wish I knew I what it they called but anytime she was hurting she would listen to them over and over and just sob."
"Music can make you feel more emotions than you've ever felt before."
"After that her brother and sister started listening to that music too and while I don't understand it they do and it helps them and that's good enough for me, I just wish they could've seen them live."
"I'm sure they will come back sometime."
"Oh Jane might as well be called a little stalker she knows they live out here and she always wants me to drive her around so she could try and find them and meet them." I laughed, I looked over to Willow and Harlan they were still in the little crib playing with a ball Harlan was trying to teach her how to catch but Willow was more interested in slobbering on it.
Ryland's Pov
I've been thinking about what dad said about adoption and I still don't know what the hell I should do I know Kayla has already fallen in love with him but what if I meet him and don't feel anything? Or what if he feels that way about me? It was all so confusing and I was tired I didn't even want to play the show tonight I just wanted to get on the dam tour bus and sleep. "Why the long face?" Max asked I shrugged I didn't want to tell him because I knew he was looking forward to adopting DJ and Rose I didn't want to start giving him doubts.
"Just Kayla."
"Missing her?"
"Yeah…"
"I know how you feel I miss Sadie and the kids."
"Don't get me started on how much I miss Willow."
"I talked to Rosie to day she asked me to come home and take a nap with her I felt bad because I couldn't."
"I think we have both turned into little bitches."
"Speak for yourself i'm still dope motherfucker."
I loved being on stage I don't understand how people can just stop although I understood dads reasons for stopping he had to be there for mom when she got sick and after that he just didn't want to leave her but being up here with so many people screaming my name I never wanted it to end I missed my family a lot but it felt like the fans were part of my family they were watching Willow grow up and watching all the changes in my life always supporting even when I did dumb shit.
"How is everyone tonight?" I asked and the reply was a bunch of screaming. "Yeah i'm good to thanks for asking."
"Marry me!" Someone yelled, I laughed.
"I don't think I can be married to more than one person but if I could I would."
"He's lying he doesn't want even more women in his life telling him what to do." Spencer said everyone was laughing I looked over and even see my dad with his head bent laughing.
"Fuck everyone." I said which got the crowd screaming again.
"I didn't mean we were doing that song I was simply saying fuck every single one of you."
"Which I will be doing after the show, please have your I.D out and waiting." Gabe chimed in.
"I see a few guys who look pretty excited about this news, yes sir i'm talking about you." Max said and pointed to this super jock looking guy who had a girl on his shoulders.
"Were going to change the tempo here and sing a song we haven't done in awhile." I looked at Max he nodded, no one knew it was Max who wrote this song I told him if he wanted he could record it but he didn't want to he said it was hard enough just writing it let alone actually singing it, I think he just thought my voice is better than his which in reality it really is.
I've sunk lower than a stone in the sea.
Much lower than I've ever seen.
You see,even rocks don't have bottoms like this.
I wonder now if I'll even be missed.
Do they know my face? Do they know I exist?
So what's the point? There's no fucking use.
My own fingers and hands become my noose.
Someone give me a reason to stay.
Fuck it, no one listens anyway.
Again, I'm alone.
Home is a coffin and your city's a grave.
Don't dig yourself, dig yourself into place.
Home is a coffin and your city's a grave.
Don't dig yourself into place.
Home is a coffin and your city's a grave.
Don't dig yourself, yourself into place.
Home is a coffin and your city's a grave.
Don't dig yourself into place.
In these goddamn dark nights I start to realize
this is war.
I'm gonna have to fight tooth and nail
tooth and nail just to stay alive.
Look at me, I'm living proof.
You're not alone. we have each other and we'll pull through.
This chapter's called "you're alive."
You've been writing it this whole time.
So come back to life.
Don't write, don't write your ending.
Don't write, don't write your ending.
So come back to life.
Home is a coffin and your city's a grave.
Don't dig yourself, dig yourself into place.
Home is a coffin and your city's a grave.
Don't dig yourself into place.
Home is a coffin and your city's a grave.
Don't dig yourself, yourself into place.
Home is a coffin and your city's a grave.
Don't dig yourself into place.
Don't let go.
There's a reason you just don't know.
There's a reason, so don't let go.
There's a reason you just don't know.
There's a reason, so don't let go.
Ryland will be finding out the truth on why Chris and Clary broke up in an upcoming chapter so get ready for that drama
Questions:
Should Ryland and Kayla adopt Harlan?
Song suggestions?
There was something else but I forgot (story of my life)