Rachel yawned as she made her way down the stairs towards the kitchen, For her today was an important day and she would not miss it for the world. Both she and her partner were going to adopt a child today.
The couple had talked about having kids over the course of their relationship but were met with the news that they could not bear children. This had upset both of them and they had decided to drop the topic for a while. Lana, not being able to watch her partner wallowing in grief had proposed the idea of adopting a child.
The pair had talked about it over and over again. They had approached multiple adoption centers but to no avail.
Reaching the kitchen Rachel saw her girlfriend Lana, cooking breakfast.
Lana upon hearing footsteps turned around to greet her girlfriend with a smile.
"Good morning, did you sleep well ?" She asked.
Rachel smiled at Lana "hmmm, course I did; once I got over the excitement of adopting a little one today that is," Rachel said with a little giggle following her words.
Lana gave a small grin back at her, "Of course, you did. What else did I expect? You've been talking about it for the past month or so. Come on, let's eat breakfast before it turns cold." Lana said prompting her lover to do the same.
Both of them entered the dining room. The room is a light blue in color with the table being fixed at the center of the room. The was coated in black with a glass top which gave it a look that screamed 'expensive'.
Seating herself down Lana helped herself to a plate of pancakes coated in syrup. Rachel following suit.
Both of them ate in peace with the sound of birds chirping around them.
Standing up Rachel collected the plates and went towards the kitchen to clean the plates. Lana wanted to help her followed.
"We should be able to go out by 1:30 if that's fine with you," Lana said drying the plates that had been washed.
"I'm fine with that. I really don't mind what time we go out, I'm just happy." Rachel said with a smile creeping up on her face slowly.
Fixing her strawberry blonde hair Rachel picked out a purple off-shoulder blouse and a black shirt to go along with the skirt. Placing a few clips in her hair she made her way down to meet Lana.
Reaching down the stairs she saw Lana waiting for her near the stairs.
Walking into the adoption center, they met a woman sitting at the reception.
"Hello, we are here to adopt a child, is there –"
"You? want to adopt?" The receptionist asked with a raised eyebrow glancing at the couple in front of her.
"Yes, is there a problem ?" Lana asked not liking where this was going.
" Course there is a problem, the place doesn't allow people like your to adopt kids, kid needs a mom and a dad ." The receptionist said with a look of disgust as she glanced back at Rachel.
" Why you—" Lana was cut off as Rachel tugged at her sleeves to stop her from causing a scene in the shop.
With a scowl making its way up Lana's face she grabbed her girlfriend's hand as she stormed out of the adoption center in disgust at the behavior of the receptionist.
Sitting on a bench in a nearby park both the girls were hit with emotions. Lana was disgusted and filled with rage at the attitude of the receptionist. Rachel on the other hand felt her heart shatter. She had waited for this day in joy only for in to end disastrously for not only her but her girlfriend. She knew Lana was trying her best to keep herself together. If you looked closely you could see tears collecting around her eyes.
Rachel felt no better, as soon as they had left the place she felt tears rolling down her face. Only stopping a few minutes ago.
Having finally calmed down, she wiped her eyes with a handkerchief that was handed to her.
She glanced at Lana not wanting to disturb her she paid attention to the park in front of her.
There were a lot of kids in there, seemingly fighting over some trivial matter.
She sighed, all she ever wanted was a child to take care of. Someone she could love and spoil.
The two-headed back to their home. Both of them hadn't said a word since the incident.
Lana had said she had things to do and left.
Sitting at home Rachel felt hours pass by. Hearing the doorbell ring she got up to open the door.
Upon opening the door she was meet with Lana standing and smiling. Rachel wondered why her girlfriend was joyful on this day.
" Yo miss, the name's Sam"
Upon hearing the voice she looked down to find a child.
"Lana where did you get this child?" Rachel asked not taking her eyes off the adorable child in front of her
"at the park." Lana casually replied as she ushered the child inside
"This sure is a nice place y'all got." the child now known as sam complimented as he walked around inspecting every inch of the room
"awe, aren't you just the sweetest." Lana cooed as she took off his coat and placed it on the coat rack
"Lana, could I speak with you privately?" Rachel pulled her girlfriend into the kitchen
"what is it, sweetheart?" she asked with a confused smile
"What is this random child doing in our house, and where are his parents?"
"that's not a random child sweetie," she shook her head and placed a hand on her girlfriend's arm "he's our son."
"our what?" Rachel looked at her girlfriend in confusion and shock, not believing that this strange child was their son
"It's true, the thing I said I had to do, was to meet a mother who couldn't take care of him anymore and we met at the park."
"what why didn't you tell me!" the freckled women exclaimed in newfound joy
"honestly, it was last minute I was walking and this lady told me she couldn't take care of him anymore and asked if I could take him so I agreed." she smiled and took Rachel s hand "now let's show him to his room." Rachel nodded and they walked back into the living room to see sam swinging his legs back and forth on the couch
"Hey sugar, you wanna see where you're staying?" Rachel asked
"sure." sam lazily stood up and waited to be taken to his room for the evening.
The two strawberry blonds gave Sam the grand tour of their humble abode and ended at his room,
"and here is your room." Lana opened the door to reveal a neat and tidy room with books, toys, a bed, and clothes filled the closet with genderneutral shirts both long and short-sleeved and with varying colors, A mahogany dresser was placed against the wall and next to it a full-length mirror
"wow, all this for me?" Sam asked with enthusiasm
"of course nothin' but the best for our son." Rachel smiled sweetly as she fawned over the child she could now call hers
"son?" Sam turned and looked at the two women with knitted eyebrows
"Yeah, you're our son now and this is your home." Lana gave the boy a sickeningly sweet smile
"oh, cool." The boy shrugged and ran into his new room and surveyed the new terrane with curiosity written on his face, Lana pulled Rachel closer to her by her waist
"I love you, Rachel."
"I love you too Lana." Rachel kissed her and snuggled her head into the crook of Lana's neck as they both watched their new son roam around his room.
It wasn't long before dinner was needed so when the smell of fried chicken, biscuits, and mash potatoes and gravy filled the house, Lana and Sam wasted no time rushing to the dining room to prepare for the delicious meal that was soon to arrive. Once the last fork was neatly tucked into its place Rachel walked in with a steaming platter of fried chicken in one hand, and biscuits in the other,
"Love, could you get the mash potata's from the kitchen please?"
Lana smiled and walked past her dotting girlfriend "Anything for you dear~" she kissed her lover's cheek before grabbing the warm bowl of potatoes
"Thank you, sweetie." Rachel smiled at Lana who was now at her place at the table, Rachel then stretched her hands to either side of her. Sam took the kind women's hands in his and then Rachel started saying grace
"Dear heavenly Father, thank you for this meal we have before us, may it nourish our bodies and souls, and thank you for letting Sam into our lives we look forward to our future with him as our son. in your name we pray, Amen." they all chanted Amen before digging into the meal before them
"Mmmm, Rachel dear, you have a gift when it comes to cooking." Lana praised her dearest
"oh stop." Rachel blushed
"This is the best thing I've ever tasted!" sam eagerly chewed on a chicken wing and then crammed some mash potatoes into his already full mouth
"I'm glad you enjoy it, but please be careful we wouldn't want you to choke," Rachel advised with a sweet smile
Sam smiled, this caused some unnoticed crums to appear on his face, the new mothers saw this and giggled at the boys' cheekiness.
soon it was time to wind down after a rollercoaster of a day so, Lana popped some popcorn while Rachel put a movie on, Sam was lying on the floor in a throw pillow and blanket fort the three of them had made together
"so what movie are we watching" Sam wondered as he tried to ignore the weight of sleep pushing down on his eyelids
"it's a romance movie called Carol." Rachel sighed with a dreamy look in her eyes, it was her and Lana's movie the one they bonded over and soon fell in love with each other because of it.
"sounds mushy." Sam stuck his tongue out at the screen
"now, now give it a chance you might enjoy it." Lana walked in with three bowls of popcorn, handing one to Sam and one to Rachel she sat down on the couch and they watched the movie,
by the time the movie was over Sam had fallen asleep, for him, it had been a long day and it seemed that after being taken in by these sweet ladies he felt at ease and fell into a deep sleep. Lana had been the first to notice that the boy she had taken was asleep so she gently picked him up out of the fort and put him to bed.
-Meanwhile at the Marshes house -
"Wow hun, it's been nice having this much quiet time, what do you think sam's up to?" Wendy asked absentmindedly.
"I don't know I'll go check." Stan stood up from the couch and walked to his son's room "Sam, whatcha up to in there?" When he got no response he took the liberty of opening the door "sam, I'm coming in." He opened the door and peeked inside when he found nothing but an empty room he about fainted. Noticing that her husband was taking a while to check on their son she decided to investigate
"Stan? what's taking you so long is everything ok?" Wendy walked over to her husband, putting a hand on his shoulder she sensed something was off. "what's wrong?"
"Honey, did you pick up sam today?" the ravennete asked with a masked tine of rage.
"No, I thought you did." his female counterpart replied worriedly "Stan what's going on?" she looked at him concerned, her concern only grew when he didn't respond. Wendy followed her husband's gaze and found out exactly what was wrong, their son had not returned home today and neither one knew where he could be.
-back at the clovers residence-
Lana returned to the living room where she saw Rachel on the couch staring out the window with a blank face.
"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked, walking over to her lover
"Huh? oh! nothing, I just can't believe we have a kid now it seems too good to be true." Rachel smiled with tears of joy threatening to fall down her face.
Lana saw this and smiled as she cupped Rachel's soft cheeks into her hand "Well it is true, and guess what?" She took on a teasing tone to make Rachel laugh.
"what?"
"I love you." Lana smiled and Rachel chuckled before the two shared a passionate kiss, once the two had split apart for air Rachel whispered back a quick 'I love you too' before reconnecting their lips.
In the middle of the night sam woke up in a cold sweat, he sat up in bed and looked around the unfamiliar room,
where am I again?
He took a breath and looked out the window
oh yeah.
He remembered and hopped out of bed to get a glass of water, when he reached the kitchen he climbed up on the counter and searched for a glass. Upon finding one, he pulled it off the shelf but lost his balance in the process causing the glass to break. He soon heard the pounding of feet coming towards the kitchen, he stood up and waited
"who the hell-" Lana stopped in the middle of the doorway when she saw Sam standing in the kitchen next to broken glass "Awe, kiddo are you ok?" she walked to him and picked him up.
"Yeah, I'm fine sorry about the glass; I just wanted some water." He looked down dejected.
"Hey, as long as you're ok that's all that matters, now go stand over there while I take care of the glass, then I'll get you some water, ok?" she said with a tired smile and walked to the sink and got a wet washcloth then cleaned up the broken glass, and returned with a cup of water for the sleepy boy.
"Now head on off to bed we have a lot of fun things to do later and we need all the sleep we can get." she showed him to his room once more than she headed off to her shared a room with Rachel only saying a small and quiet 'good morning' before closing the door.
Sam drank his water and returned to his bed, he could only imagine what they were going to do today, and soon he drifted off with wild fantasies playing through his head.
Lana returned to bed and was soon pulled into Rachel's embrace.
"Why did you leave?" Rachel asked, still groggy as she snuggled her face into the crook of Lana's neck.
"Our son broke a glass trying to get water so I took care of it." She yawned and leaned into her sleepy girlfriend and drifted back to sleep.