I apologize for the small rant I included at the beginning of the last chapter, but since the hater is an anon, it's the only way I had to communicate with it(I consider anon haters as human beings so I don't use he or she when referring to one of them.) Unfortunately it didn't leave any review on the last chapter, sad, really, I think I'll miss it...not. I'm not worried, haters always come back.

Anyway, I won't happen again, but thanks for all the PM I received here on FF and on tumblr! You guys are the best.


Chapter 53 :

Adjusting :

A week passed since Olivia flew to Vermont following the death of Calvin's grand parents. Upon her arrival, she was immediately picked up at the airport by the Walker's, Calvin's best friend's parents with whom he had been staying since the accident. During the short drive from the airport, Tom Walker confirmed the informations given to Amanda by the social worker and that Calvin's grand parents died in a accident after the other driver's breaks malfunctioned. When Olivia arrived at the house, she was surprised to find Calvin lying in bed in fetal position and while she expected him to rush into her arms the minute she stepped into the room, the young boy barely acknowledged her and remained silent for the entire week Olivia stayed in Vermont.

For the next week, Olivia, with the help of some of Calvin grand parents' friends, managed to arrange the funeral, get a appointment with a judge who gave her an order of custody allowing her to take him back to New York and meet with the family lawyer. Even though Calvin's grand parents were still relatively young and healthy, Olivia was surprised to find out that not only they had disinherited their son but that they put their life savings into a trust fund for Calvin and that the boy would also be the sole beneficiary of their life insurance policies and of the profit of the sale of their family home and that they had appointed her as the sole trustee until Calvin's twenty fifth birthday. Sitting in the lawyer's office, Olivia realized that, not only they truly cared about Calvin but that they also trusted her with his well being and future financial security but most importantly that she and Amanda weren't as prepared as they thought and that they should follow their example and open trust funds and appoint someone to be the twins' legal guardian, should anything happen to them.

After a week of signing paper work, receiving people's condolences and packing Calvin's things, the boy and Olivia are finally on their way back to New York.

"We should be home soon." Considering the amount of personal items Calvin accumulated over the past five years, Olivia decided to rent a small truck and drive back to New York, hoping the seven hour ride would give them the opportunity to talk before entering the chaos their house had turned into over the past few months.

"Yes. I hope Amanda won't mind my presence." Calvin replies, shrugging his shoulders. Despite Olivia's best effort to engage the conversation, the young man still remains very quiet, almost catatonic.

"Don't say that. She's so excited to see you that her water might break the minute we step into the house." Although Amanda and her always tried to include him in all their projects to make him feel part of their family, Olivia fears that adjusting to this new life style, especially with two new babies that will inevitably get most of the attention might prove challenging, but she's determined to give him as much time and love as possible to help him cope with this terrible loss.

"I bet she'd be grateful if that happened." At fifteen year old, Calvin is a very bright and responsible young man who's doing his best to be involved in Amanda's pregnancy and he knows just how painful this past trimester is for the future mother and he's secretly hoping that he'll be able to help around the house and with twins so both Amanda and Olivia can rest.

"Yes, indeed. Her mother told me that she physically threatened the OB yesterday because she refused to induce labor, thank god she didn't have her gun with her." Olivia replies, slightly relieved that Calvin is finally talking back to her.

"She's in pain but if there's no medical reason to induce labor, then she's gonna have to wait until the babies are ready to come out. I read it online." Although he always thought that his role in the twins' lives would be limited, Calvin took it upon himself to do online research, to get as much information as possible on multiple pregnancy witout having to ask too many questions.

"That's right, but she was five centimeters dilated yesterday and she'd had some contractions so it's only a matter of days now, but don't worry we have the best Doctor in the city on our side and we took all the birth classes so we're ready and the babies are perfectly healthy, so everything is going to be just fine." Pulling in the drive way of what is now Calvin's home as well Olivia tries to convince the boy not to worry but also herself. For the past few months, she has been reading all sorts of testimonies online and she knows about every single complication that can occur during child birth and the closer Amanda gets to her due date, the more anxious she becomes.

"Why would you tell me how many centimeters she's dilated? That's gross..." Calvin replies, as he unfastens his seat belt, a disgusted look on his face.

"My bad, well, are you ready?" Snaking her right arm around Calvin's neck, Olivia takes a minute to breath and make sure that he's ready to face Amanda, her mother and the new life that's waiting for him.

"Yes. Thank you for taking me in Liv." As he says these words, Calvin finally gives Olivia the first smile since they reunited.

"You don't have to thank me, I love you like a son you should know that. And besides how could I decline a life time of free baby sitting?" Smiling back, Olivia gently pulls Calvin against her and kisses the top of his head.

"We'll see about that. " As any fifteen year old teenager, Calvin isn't comfortable with physical display of affection but after spending the entire past week avoiding Olivia's touch, he finally allows himself to enjoy that short moment of affection.

"Come on, I'm pretty sure Amanda heard us coming and that she's at least half way down the stairs." Giving Calvin one last gentle nuzzle, Olivia then grabs her car keys and finally opens the door, thinking they'd just unload the car later.

Walking towards the door, Calvin and Olivia are both nervous and apprehensive because even though the boy often spent up to two or tree weeks at the time with them, this is now a permanent arrangement, not a vacation and both know that it implies that certain rules must be established on both sides and that adjusting might take time and that with the twins coming in just a few days, taking their time might be a luxury they won't have.

"Calvin, Olivia, you're home." Out of breath after climbing down the stairs and holding both her back and belly, Amanda painfully walks towards them, happy to finally have the opportunity to hold Calvin in her arms.

"Yes, sorry for the delay, I hope you didn't wait for us to have dinner." Letting go of Calvin's hand for a second, Olivia immediately rushes towards her wife, who she had not hold in her arms in a week, which seemed like months.

"Of course we did. Are you hungry? My mother made your favorite chicken pie." Kissing Olivia back, Amanda then quickly pushes her a way to pull Calvin into her warm embrace, a bit against his will.

"Actually, I'm really tired, I'd like to go to bed now if you don't mind. Thank your mother for me please." Slightly uncomfortable, Calvin quickly manages to escape Amanda's embrace and rushes towards the stairs.

"Don't take it personally, he doesn't even let me touch him and we barely exchanged tree words on the way back. Just give him some time." Seeing the tears rushing to Amanda's eyes, Olivia immediately pulls her into her arms, knowing just how much she cares about Calvin, probably as much as she does.

"I know. I'm just scared that with the twins coming, we won't have enough time or attention to give him." Shaking her head, Amanda took a deep breath of that reassuring sent that was Olivia's, feeling instantly safe but also worries that they might not succeed to help Calvin through this terrible ordeal.

"We'll figure it out. Now come on, let's get some dinner, I'm starving. Don't worry about him, he has plenty of snacks in his bag." Olivia sighs as she unwillingly guides her wife towards the kitchen, knowing that for now, what Calvin needs is space and time for himself and that as painful as it is she owes it to him to respect that.


Thank you for the wonderful reviews on the last chapter. As requested I decided to skip the week Olivia spent in Vermont to focus on the moment Calvin and her arrive in NYC. Now, let's just wait and see how Calvin is going to adjust and how Olivia and Amanda will help him.

I haven't started the next chapter yet, so I'm open to suggestions, but don't worry, it shouldn't be long before the twins decide to grace them with their presence!