Adoption JD x J3T

Hey guys, just letting you know that is one shot is an AU and I am age bending three of the guys which is a bit similar to when I made the We are Family one shots. However, unlike those one shots Matt isn't going to be part of this one because that's just how the plan formed but there are plenty of one shots around with him in it.

The ages of the "children" at the start will be as follows:

Jordon: Seven years old

Dylan: Six years old

Danny: Seven months old

George: Dada

Jorel: Papa

Jorel p.o.v

This is the day that we have been waiting for, it's Danny's gotcha day. We have been waiting for this day for months now and it's finally here. We have been wanting another baby since Dylan turned five and we realised we won't be having a little toddler running around the house. We have been planning and going through the adoption process for a year now. Now all that waiting will pay off, we will be adopting out little boy today and we are going to be bringing him home and trying to start getting him settled before our older boys get home. It's best to try to and get our little baby settled while everything is quiet. We are adopting a seven-month-old baby boy called Daniel, but we are going to call him Danny since that's what his foster mom calls him.

We had little gifts prepared as a thank you and just out of politeness because they are the ones giving us this cute little boy that we can love and cherish forever. We're currently driving to the orphanage where we will be picking up Danny since we just dropped the boys off to school and I am excited, and I could tell my husband George is equally as excited as I am. "Can't wait for Danny to be in our arms soon," He tells me, and I smile at him. I can't wait to see how Dylan will react to being a big brother and how much Jordon will help now he is old enough to help with some of the daily tasks we will do with the baby. He was only one when Dylan was born through surrogacy just like he was and now they are six and seven.

"We can hold him soon enough, it might be a rough transition, but we will do just fine because we have the best helpers who will be so excited to meet him this afternoon when they get home from school," I tell him as we are making our way to our ten o'clock appointment. We have a little bag of baby clothes because our case worker has told us that we should change him as soon as we can and check for anything like lice and bed bugs, so we have to was his outfit when we get back home which isn't bad for us, Danny has to get used to us changing him as well. We are going to spend as much time as possible bonding with him and getting him used to us because we will be his parents for the rest of his life.

We make it to the orphanage with five minutes to spare so we made sure that we have everything ready for our first journey we will be doing to get our baby home. I held George's hand tightly in mine as we walked in feeling happy for what is about to happen. The lady looked so happy to see us walking in and then we signed in to make sure that they knew we had arrived. The receptionist says she was happy to see a gay couple walk in happy about the adoption that is about to take place. George has the little changing bag and we have our car seat, so we can change the buddy before we put him in the car seat, so we can take him home. I am so excited to meet mine and George's little baby. Then we got called in.

We had a chat and filled out some paperwork just to confirm that the little boy waiting for us in another room will be ours and our responsibility until he is 18 and thereafter. Then she said she was going to bring us our little baby, she did warn us that he was going to be fussy because he has always been fussy for the four months he has been living with them. Danny is hopefully going to settle with us over the next few weeks. "Hey Danny, these are your daddies," the case worker says and the little seven-month-old was in her arms with his little fist in his mouth and tears in his little brown eyes. She passed Danny over to me and I thought he was going to cry straight away. "Hey baby bear, we are going to love you so much," I tell him, and George rubs Danny's little cheek.

"You are going to be so spoiled little baby boy," George says, and we managed to get a little smile out our new baby. It's going to be a tough time getting him to adjust to having two older brothers who will be giving him attention all the time. The case worker looked so happy to see Danny bonding with us straight away. We didn't get much else other than a smile out of Danny, but he just met us and now we are going to take him away from all the people he knows. "I'll come and check on him next week once he has settled to see how he does. I'm sure he will be absolutely fine," the caseworker tells us, and I smile.

Now we get to change our baby into his going home outfit, well I am going to change Danny while George gives the caseworker our gifts for everyone. Danny was happy to be changed and I changed his diaper too. I tickled his sides and I got a little laugh from our baby. George came in just as I got him laughing and he smiled. Once Danny was dressed he squirmed a bit and I just picked him up and held him close to me and started bouncing him a little bit. He was getting fussy and probably sleepy too because we probably have disturbed his nap time. I held him close enough to me, so he could hear my heart beat calmly and it calmed him down. He wasn't squirming as much, and I think he was getting used to being held by me now which is good.

I put him in his car seat and rocked it a little bit. I saw his little brown eyes stare right into mine and I think it was that moment where I felt like he IS OUR son and it's like we've been there since the moment he was born even though we haven't. I never thought my heart could have grown any more with the two we already have but now my heart has grown and accepted Danny straight away. "I love you baby boy," I tell him, and we wave to the caseworker as we leave. The caseworker had tears in her eyes as he waved back to Danny. We all know it is going to be emotional because she has grown a bond with Danny over the last four months and now we are taking him away. We are going to raise him in a loving home.

I put the car seat into the car and Danny was still happy which was amazing. He's adjusting so well to being with us already which might make the transition into our household a bit easier. I have to explain to Jordon and Dylan when they come home that Danny might cry a lot, but he will be okay. He's not used to being in a house. He managed to fall asleep in the car as we drove to the store to get some last-minute things like bottles, formula and baby food since Danny is starting to eat solids and they have him on baby food and haven't started baby led weaning with him. Maybe when he is more adjusted then we can try it. For now, we can take him around the store and have everyone coo and him and quite happily say that he is ours.

"I can't believe he is ours now Jorel. I am going to take a while to get used to saying that. He is so adorable I can't wait for my first cuddle with him when we get home," George tells me, and I smile at my husband. I kinda felt bad that I had the first cuddle, but then I realised because he is ours we get all the cuddles we want and when we want them. "I'm going to take a while to get used to it too, but he is ours and we can cuddle him all we want," I tell him. Danny was cooing to himself in the car seat and I was sure he could see himself in the mirror that we had to check on him with. "Say hi Danny," I tell our seven-month-old who just waved at himself in the mirror. He only just started babbling so we aren't expecting him to say any words.

I let George take him out of the car seat and carry him into the store and around the store, so he could get his snuggle time with his dada for the first time. "We are going to get you some toys and some bottles bear," George says, and he bounced Danny which earned him a giggle. We are going to see what toys he gravitates towards and get those, so we know he will get the most use out of them. I don't see the point in buying my baby toys that he wasn't going to play with. I was glad that he was happy, and he didn't seem too upset to be away from the careers at this point. Maybe tonight when he goes to sleep then the tears will come. He was amazed at all the toys that were in the baby section and I chuckled,

He is going to be one spoiled boy when our families know that he has arrived. My mom and dad and George's mom and dad know Danny was arriving in our family this week, but they didn't know what day this week we were getting our bundle of adorableness. I am going to keep it a secret until this time next week so then we can try and get Danny adjusted to our routine before we get bombarded with family visiting which Danny will not be used to and it will be hard for him, but he will get used to it as we are getting used to the changes in our family life. We are no longer a family of 3, we are now officially a family of 4 and we will be a family of 4 until our boys are all grown up or we adopt another child.

So many people were fussing over Danny while we walked around the store before we let him choose a couple of toys to play with when we get home. He wasn't sure what to think of the attention at first and he whined and hid in George's shirt but with the older people he would at least give them a smile. I am not going to force him to interact with strangers and it is kinda good that he has that stranger danger awareness. Obviously, it is a skill he will continue to develop as he grows older, but right now it isn't much of an issue. I laughed as George held Danny and the little baby reached out for a panda plush he saw and nearly fell out of George's arms and George's surprise. He was more prepared when Danny reached for the lion plush though. We got a couple of toys for babies that are six months plus just, so he has age appropriate stuff.

Now we get to take him home and I think he'll go down for his afternoon nap now. He had his lunch before we left the orphanage and before he was handed to us. He was getting tired as I held him when we were at the check out and he kept yawning while he was in my arms. I took it as a good sign because he feels safe enough with us to fall asleep. I shifted him in my arms, so he was lying down in my arms and I rocked him a little bit to see if I can help him fall asleep and take his nap. George kept look at my while I was at the end of the checkout. The cashier was interesting in our little winks and how cheesy we are with each other. We didn't really want to say Danny was adopted so we just said he is our baby and it kept the questions down.

By the time we got home Danny was fast asleep in the car seat, so we decided to take the car seat inside and try and transfer him to his pack and play a little later but for now sleeping in the car seat is fine. We are going to hold him in our arms later and take plenty of pictures, so that we can share it with our families next week. I can't wait until the boys come home and they can finally meet their baby brother. It's going to be a magical moment and I am going to film every minute of their first meeting. Well it's going to be filmed from when they walk through the door and they see him. I am going to love it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a few hours later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jordon and Dylan are now home, and we can finally let them meet their baby brother for the first time. Danny's been playing with me while George went to go and get our boys and let them know we have our bundle of joy. Danny has been opening up to me brilliantly now and he's been babbling to me quite happily. "Your new brothers are coming home soon Danny," I tell, the seven-month-old who was more interested in the lion plush he just threw across the room. He'll be more interested when there are two louder voices he has never heard before entering the house. I watched as Danny crawled over to the lion plush and then he threw it away from himself again which made me surprised. I wasn't expecting him to have reached this milestone by now, usually they have some delays and his background isn't good.

Danny crawled over to me since he threw the lion to be right close to me. I lifted him up and after I clapped to show him I was happy with him crawling. He was so happy, and he had a big smile on his face. I tickled him, and he laughed so much, it made my heart swell with happiness. He's going to fit in so well with this family. I heard Dylan first and then I heard Jordon shortly after. Danny was a little nervous, but we are going to guide him through this and he is going to settle in well. "Guys, calm it down a little bit. Danny's not used to being in a house like this," I hear George say and I smile when I hear the boys say sorry. I held Danny in my arms while I wait for his brothers to walk into the room.

Jordon was the first one to come and see Danny, he was curious and excited to meet his baby brother and I had set Danny down on the floor, so we can film him meeting his big brother for the first time. "Hi Danny, I'm your big brother," Jordon says, speaking quieter than I have heard him in a long time. Danny looked at Jordon and smiled at his big brother. I watched as Jordon picked Danny up in his arms and Danny snuggled up to his older brother straight away. "Aww are you getting nice cuddles Danny?" I ask my baby and he looks and me with a smile. This meeting is so precious, I was so happy that Jordon was willing to be gentle with Danny straight away. Then Jordon kissed Danny on the cheek. "Aw kisses," George says when he walks in with Dylan.

I am expecting Dylan to be a little jealous of Danny. Even though we have prepared both boys for Danny's arrival since we were told that we could adopt him about a month and a half ago. I don't think it has really hit Dylan that he isn't the baby of the family anymore and there is another little guy who we will love just as much as we love Dylan and Jordon. "Dylan, do you want to meet Danny and give him a cuddle?" I ask, Dylan fully expecting him to say no and get upset but he sat right close to me and I watched as Jordon walked over with Danny in his arms which was a little struggle. George took over filming and I reassured Dylan that it was okay, and we still love him just as much. Danny sat on the floor in between Jordon and Dylan.

Then he crawled over to Dylan and put his hand on Dylan's leg and looked up to him. I think I could see it in Dylan's eye when he realised this little baby who has only been in the house for a few hours already loves him and already idolises him. "He loves you Dylan," Jordon says, and Dylan picked Danny up and put him on his lap. My six-year-old was getting along with my seven-month-old and it was so cute. "I love you too Danny," Dylan says, and he kisses the top of Danny's head. "Aw, I am so proud of the both of you," I tell my boys, and George stops filming so we can soak up the love of having all three of our boys together. Then Dylan and Jordon kissed their little brother at the same time. He was surprised by it, but he didn't cry. "Aww Danny, you're going to be spoiled with love," I tell him.

Five years later ~ Danny Five years old ~ Jordon 12 years old ~ Dylan 11 years old~

Jorel p.o.v

George and I take all the time we have in the morning as couple time while our three sons sleep on. They all have school today, but they are not morning boys which is good for us. I like going around and waking them up. Danny likes being cuddled in the morning and carried and because he is a little on the small side for his age I can still carry him. I kissed George on the lips and he kissed me back. We cuddled for at least an hour before we realised that we need to get up and get the boys up. We went to the older two boys first and woke them up which was quite easy. George went to make the three of them breakfast and I went to go and wake up Danny. Something wasn't quite right when I went to wake Danny up this morning. He was quite warm, and it took me a little longer than usual to wake him up.

When he did wake up, I brushed his hair out of his face and held him just like I usually did. "Did you sleep good buddy?" I ask him, hoping I can find out if he is sick or not now. "Yeah, I slept good papa," he tells me, he rests his head on my shoulder and I rubbed his back. "Are you feeling okay bud? You feel very warm," I ask him, his hair was a bit damp as well so before we go down for breakfast I take him into the bathroom to cool him off a little bit. I know Jordon and Dylan had a stomach bug last week, maybe that's what Danny is getting. "I'm okay papa, I don't feel any different," he tells me, but he enjoyed the little sponge bath I gave him. I carry him down for breakfast and I check his temperature and it seems fine for now.

"Are you okay Jorel?" George asks me, while we watch the boys eat their breakfast. Danny was picking at his a little bit. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just worried for Danny a little. He was warm this morning, but he says he's feeling okay. I just think he's coming down with what the older two had," I tell George, and he wraps his arms around my waist. I watch Danny start eating his breakfast a bit more, he wasn't picking at it as much. "He'll be okay, if he gets the stomach bug then we will look after him and help him get better. I'm sure the boys will help too like Danny did," George tells me, and it did make me feel better. I don't know why I am so worried about Danny getting sick, he's been sick before and it's been fine. We'll get all three boys dressed and take them to school since Danny seems to be fine now.

Well, Jordon and Dylan get dressed themselves and I help Danny since he still struggles with the buttons on tops and jeans. He looks a little on the pale side, but he keeps telling me right now that he feels okay, and he doesn't feel icky anywhere. I decide to take a towel with me and cover him with the towel while he is in his car seat just in case he does get sick. I put Danny in his seat and after I buckled him in I covered him with the towel. He does have a tendency to get car sick as well, but we have him on medication for this. He wasn't sick on the car journey, but he did look paler when we got to school. I asked him again to see if he would tell me if he felt sick or not. He told me that he was feeling okay.

Then I got home and just started on the housework with George, we decided to clean the house and get rid of all the germs that might be lurking around. It was shorty after 11 am when the school phoned. Danny had been sick, and they are sending him home. The nurse told me he was quite upset over it and I knew that he would be. I told her that I would be there as soon as I could and that he has been upset when he gets sick before, I think it's part of his personality. I grabbed the bowl from the kitchen and told George I was going to pick our youngest up because he was sick. I should have kept him off school, but I just didn't know at the time he was going to be sick so soon. I drive to the school as quickly as I can, so I can comfort my son.

The receptionist guided me in the direction of the nurse's office. I could hear the nurse trying to tell Danny it was okay to get sick and I was going to be there any minute to come and take of him. I knocked on the door and she greeted me. She wasn't phased by how upset Danny was and told me that it has happened before with plenty of other children. I went and set next to him on the bed he was curled up on and rubbed his back. "It's going to be okay buddy. Dada and I are going to make you all better," I tell him, then I carefully lift him up and the nurse hands me a sick bowl. I carried him to the car and buckled him in and then covered him with the towel and handed him the sick bowl I had brought with me.

"I don't feel good papa," he tells me, and I just rubbed his cheek and kissed his forehead. "I know buddy, you're going to be resting with me and dada on the couch when we get home," I tell him and then I hop into the front seat to take my poorly boy home. He fell asleep about five minutes into the drive home, so I called George to let him know what is going on. "Hey babe," George says, when he picks up the phone. "Hey baby, Danny's got the stomach bug," I tell him, I looked in the mirror to see our five-year-old is fast asleep. "Aw no, how is he now?" George asks me, Danny's usually quiet in the car anyway so it wasn't worrying that he was quiet. "He's fallen asleep now, but he was so upset when I picked him up," I tell George, I was about ten minutes away from the house now which is good. I can't wait to get him home.

"Aw, well soon you will be home, and Danny get rest on the couch cuddling us and then maybe Jordon and Dylan when they get home," George tells me, it sounded a bit like I had heard this before, but that was because I told Danny almost the exact same thing about fifteen minutes ago. I only didn't say that Jordon and Dylan would be cuddling him. It's up to the boys if they cuddle their brother, but since all three of them are pretty close then I can see it happening later. "Yeah, I told him almost the exact same thing when I put him in the car. I am glad that he has managed to fall asleep though, he needs the rest," I tell George, and I could hear him agree with me. "Yeah, I bet being sick has worn him out, so he will sleep," George tells me.

Then I ended the call because I was so close to the house I didn't see the point in staying on the phone now. When I pull into the driveway George walks out of the door and unbuckles Danny from his car seat and carries him in the house and to the sofa while I carried Danny's school bag in and I went to go and sort that out while George gets Danny comfortable on the sofa which he probably has mostly set up while I was picking Danny up from school. All we need really is the pillows and a light blanket since Danny probably has a fever and that will need bringing down. I walked into the living room and saw George place a flannel on Danny's forehead and the five-year-old has managed to sleep through the transfer from car to couch.

"Poor baby, I haven't checked his temperature yet but I know it's high just based on when I touched his forehead," George says and I get up to get the thermometer to check his temperature, even though there isn't much we can do other than use the flannel until he wakes up and then try and give him child Tylenol to bring the fever down and ease the pain. "Here you go George, it might be worth getting those Pedialyte popsicles when you go and pick up the children from school. If we can't get him to eat toast then he can at least try and keep them down," I tell George, I know we bought some popsicles when the older boys were sick, but I think we did use them all with the boys because they both got quite sick.

"Yeah, they worked a treat with Jord and Dylan so maybe they could work well with Dan too," George says, and we just watch our little son sleep for a few minutes. I want Danny to rest as much as possible and I'll try and get him to eat a popsicle or something later just to keep him hydrated while he's going to be quite ill if it is the same stomach bug his brothers got just a week ago. I get up to get a little bottle that he can try have a little bit of water in since he isn't comfortable with proper cups just yet. When he wakes up in a little while I will get him to try some water and give him the Tylenol but that will be when he wakes up. I am not really expecting him to keep it down at first but maybe if he is only just getting the sickness that Dylan and Jordon have then he might be able to keep it down for a little while.

Danny woke up when George left for the shops about an hour after I brought Danny home at about half eleven. It's now half twelve and the boys will be getting out of school in three hours' time which is good for us and I hope they will behave when they get home. Well they usually do, but they have their moments when they go a little loopy. "Hey Danny, how are you feeling buddy?" I ask him, and he just pouted at me. "I don't feel good," he tells me. I sit next to him and take the flannel off and brush the hair out of his face. Then I tried him to sip of water and see in the next five minutes if he can keep it down or not. I waited five minutes and he managed to keep it down, so I gave him the Tylenol and a little more water.

Then we cuddled up on the sofa while we waited for George to get back from his quick shopping trip to get some emergency supplies for our poorly little bear. He was happy to cuddle up to me and I think it comforted him to have his papa cuddle with him while he watches his cartoons on the tele. I had a little blanket on the back of the sofa which I pulled down so that I could cover him with it when he falls asleep again. He had a couple more sips of the water as well which made me happy because I was feeling a bit calmer about him being ill. "Don't worry Danny, you'll feel better in a few days buddy," I tell him. I know he is worried when gets sick, but we are always here to help look after him and make him all better.

"Hey Jorel, I'm home," George says, when it is one o'clock and Danny was dozing off in my lap. He has kept some more water down and I am hoping that one time is a one off, but I don't think it is going to be the last time he throws up today. "Hey George," I tell him, and Danny woke up and looked at George with a little smile. "Hey Danny, how are you feeling now buddy?" George asks, our little one was quite comfy with me. "I feel icky, I don't like it," he tells George, and he had a little pout. George rubbed his cheek. "I know buddy, you'll feel better soon I promise," George tells Danny, then he goes to the kitchen to put the shopping away and to put the popsicles in the freezer, so we can give Danny one if he continues keeping the water down.

"He's managed to keep some water down so far," I tell George when he walks back in and sits next to me. Danny decided he wanted to sit in between us and we let him. I had the sick bowl within grabbing distance just in case. I needed it about ten minutes later when Danny told us he needed to be sick and a minute later he was. The poor buddy started crying after and George picked him up to settle him while I cleaned out the bowl. "It's okay Danny, it's okay, shh," I hear George tell Danny to calm him down. I felt so bad, Danny has a little bit of separation anxiety to both me and George, but it is a little worse with me than it is with George and because he is sick then he will want us both more. I brought the bowl back and I watched Danny cling onto George while he cries.

"It's okay Danny bear, you're going to feel better soon I promise baby," I tell him, and I hug him while George is holding him. He soon calmed down and we sat back down on the couch and I was hoping he would go back to sleep and he could take a nap and feel a little better. "I'll still pick up the others in a little while Jorel. I think Danny needs his papa a little more than he needs his dada right now," George tells me, Danny made a noise to say he disagreed with him. "I think Danny needs both of us right now, but I know at one point the older boys need to be picked up from school, I didn't arrange for the bus when I picked Danny up," I tell George, being honest. I could have arranged them to get the school bus, but I was more concerned about getting my sick child home.

"It's okay Jorel, I will arrange for them to get the bus tomorrow because we know that Danny is going to have tomorrow off school anyway. He can get plenty of snuggles of me later if he wants to," George says and Danny nods at George, but at the same time his eyes were starting to close on their own because of how tired he was getting. He was trying to watch his cartoons but at the same time I was watching as his eyes were just drooping down and then he would snap back up as he wakes himself up. "It's okay buddy, you can go to sleep if you want to," I tell our son and then a few minutes later he dozes off in between us. George passed him over to me when he had to leave so he would be in time to pick the older boys up and arrange bus transport for tomorrow.

While he was out getting the boys, Danny just slept the afternoon away in my arms. I had to lift him up at one point to get myself a drink and he was quite peaceful and content just sleeping. I hope he can sleep for long enough so that we could try again with water and maybe a popsicle just so that he can stay hydrated, the last thing I need for my little dude is for him to end up in the hospital because he is dehydrated. We nearly had to do it with Jordon but he's old enough to understand why that is happening, at this point Danny isn't quite at that stage where he would understand why a doctor would put a needle in him and put him on a drip. He would just get upset and that would break my heart.

When the boys got home they were very quiet and Jordon sat with me and put his hand on Danny's back. He is worried about his little brother and I could tell. "He'll be okay Jord, he just has that stomach bug that you and Dylan had last week. He's not feeling good, so he's probably going to be sleeping a lot," I tell Jordon and then I needed the bathroom and I decided to see if Danny would stay sleeping if Jordon holds him. If Danny wakes up and gets fussy then I told Jordon to put him down on the couch and see if he will fall asleep again. I went to the bathroom and came back, and Danny and Jordon were fast asleep together on the couch. I am so glad that Danny is so close to his brothers and he can't remember the horrible past that he had because he was too young to remember.

George and I have to deal with the information of Danny's past for the rest of our lives. I am so glad we are able to raise him now and give him a secure house to grow up in and we where never going to hurt him like his birth parents did. I would never want anyone to have the brief upbringing that Danny had. I walk into the kitchen, leaving the two boys to sleep and find our other son Dylan who likes to do his homework as soon as he gets home so it is over and done with. "Both Dan and Jord are asleep on the couch," I tell George, Danny was just about asleep when George left to pick the boys up from school. "Aw, I think Danny will apricate waking up with his brother keeping him company," George says.

I hug Dylan and George explained to Dylan why Danny came home so early and why Danny is sleeping so much during the day. I think Jordon has some sleep issues he doesn't want to talk about with us just yet. Dylan was a little upset because he doesn't like Danny getting sick, but I hugged him and told him that we could all help look after Danny the way that he looked after them when they got sick not too long ago. I cooked dinner for the two healthy boys and for George and I. Maybe when I give the older boys dinner we can try Danny with a popsicle. I'm hoping he can keep it down for long enough to stay hydrated while he gets better. I didn't want to wake the boys up when it was dinner time, but I had to.

When we woke up the next morning, Danny was still ill, but I walk into his room to wake him up and he was cuddled in between Jordon and Dylan and they were all fast-asleep holding onto each other. "Our boys are so precious," George tells me, and he wraps his arms around my waist as we watch our gorgeous sons sleep. "Yeah, they are. I am so glad we adopted Danny," I tell George and we kissed each other on the lips. I'm so happy with our little family, I couldn't imagine us having any more or any less children. Our little family became complete when Danny entered our home. "So am I Jorel. Our little family is perfect," George tells me. I enjoy just being in his arms and watching our littlest loves sleep the morning away.

And that is the end of another one shot! I hope you enjoyed it. I do believe this is my first one shot with the JD and J3T pairing.

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