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Melody woke up and headed downstairs. She found John in the kitchen. "Good morning love." And she wrapped her arms around him.

John smiled, "Good morning."

Melody bit her bottom lip, "So, are you ready to tell my dad the big news?"

John nodded, "Definitely.

Melody grabbed the phone and dialed her dad's number. "Hey Melody. What's up?" Jim answered.

"Morning Dad. John and I have to talk to you about something." Melody said happily.

"Ok, what's going on?" Jim asked again.

"Well…John and I are officially adopting."

"Wow, that's great. So did they give you an estimated time? A year? Two years?" Jim replied.

Melody giggled, "Two and a half months."

"WHAT? Melody, isn't that sudden? I thought we agreed you weren't going to rush into anything." Jimmy began to lecture, but Melody interrupted.

Melody smiled, "I know, but one of the students at my school is pregnant and was looking for a family to adopt her baby. And they interviewed us and liked us. Now, we also know that…"

"Wait," Jimmy interjected. "A student at your school? So, are you telling me that the baby might be deaf too?"

"Yeah. Both of the baby's mom and dad are deaf, and they're parents are deaf. But there's nothing for sure."

"So what are you going to do if Adele calls?" Jimmy asked.

"I'm going to follow through on the audition. John and I talked about it. There's no reason either of us should have to give up on our dreams because we decide to start a family."

"Wow, it sounds like you guys have worked through your issues. I'm really happy for you guys." Jimmy said happily. "But, I just hope you're not rushing too much too soon. Don't be afraid to ask for help. And, enjoy what time you have with it being just the two of you because after the baby is born it'll come few and far between."

"Thanks Dad. We're going baby shopping today. I'll send you pics when we're done." Melody quipped happily.

"You're welcome. Congratulations you guys."

She smiled as she hung up the phone. She looked over at John, "Well…Dad says congrats and to ask for help if we need it."

"Wow, that's great. My parents are hesitantly happy." John said trying to not sound disappointed.

"Hesitantly happy?" She asked.

"Well…they're not over the moon about the fact that the baby might be deaf." John mumbled. "But, they'll come around."

Melody nodded and hugged John, "I'm sorry that they're not happy. I know that they weren't very happy when they found out about me either. But now they kind of like me."

John nodded, "Well I'm not letting them get me down. And today is my last day home, so let's go out and have a great day."

Melody smiled, "Great idea. Let's go."

John took her hand and they walked out of the house together. They went through a few different stores buying baby furniture and baby clothes. It was such a wonderful day for the two of them. Miranda couldn't stop smiling. Walking side-by-side and hand-in-hand with John, she felt like the two of them had never been as close as they were right now.

John looked at Miranda, "I've got an idea. I know that we haven't been able to do a lot lately. Let's go out to dinner and have a date night."

Miranda grinned, "Sounds great. Maybe we could grab a movie too."

So the two of them made their way back to the house. They both got ready and met in the living room.

John took Miranda to a very nice restaurant. Then they went and caught the late movie. After the movie they went out for ice cream. Finally they went home, made love and fell asleep.

The next morning John woke up to his alarm going off. More and more he was dreading going out on the road. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he just wasn't as happy as he used to be. He didn't know why yet, nothing was coming together.

He sighed as he got out of bed and packed up the last-minute things he needed. John looked towards the bed and just watched Melody sleep. It was weird to think, but things were a little different now that Melody could hear. It's not like she was totally hearing, at the movies she still had to use the special equipment and when they were watching tv, she still had to use the captions. But John felt like it was a little different now. She wasn't his deaf anymore. They barely ever signed to each other, and John used to enjoy that. Sometimes it was nice being able to talk or work things out without everybody knowing what was being said. He kind of missed those days. That was one of the reasons he wanted her to go on the road with him. Because he was gone so much, he wanted to be able to spend time with her, and he felt like that was the only way they'd get that time.

Melody stirred a little bit. "John? Are you getting ready to go already?"

John tapped her and signed, "Yeah, I am."

Melody sat up and held her arms out to him. "Babe, I'm going to miss you. Yesterday was really great."

John nodded and signed back, "Yeah it was." Then he leaned in and kissed her passionately. "I'm going to miss you."

Melody smiled, "I'm going to miss you too."

"Don't worry, I'll call you." John said as he grabbed his bags and left the bedroom. He didn't want her to see him so upset. He was mad because of how ignorant his parents were being, he was upset because he wasn't happy about going on the road. And he didn't know how to break down and open up about how he truly felt to Melody. He was tough and macho, there was no way he could sit and tell Melody that when he was all alone in his hotel room all he could do was think about her. He missed talking to her and holding her.

He walked out and shut the door behind him. He had to hurry off to the airport.

**Please read and review! Hmm…is there some trouble on the horizon? Should John open up and be honest with Melody about how he's feeling? Keeping everything bottled up isn't a good idea!**