Nick's POV

Wednesday.

Jeff and I got to where we needed to be around 9 A.M. We were excited, this might be it. We could be getting a child. I have looked around and a lot of people have something they want, but the gender, race, or any of that didn't matter to us. I'm sure we'd love the child we were blessed to be given.

We sat in the office and soon the door opened and woman entered. We have never really met in person yet, only talked on the phone.

"Nick and & Jeff Duval-Sterling?" She asked and both Jeff and I nodded. "Nice to officially meet the both of you. I'm Melinda Quinn, but please call me Melinda." She said and both Jeff and I shook hands with her and then we all sat down.

"Alright, can I ask you a few questions?" Melinda asked and we nodded.

"Is there anything that you were particularly looking for? Like gender or anything like that?" She asked and we shook our head. "Is age a factor?" We shook our heads, most people wanted newborn babies, but it didn't matter to us if the child was a couple years older.

"Alright, may I ask about your occupations again?"

"I'm a middle school teacher." Jeff said. "I teach Science."

"I'm a dentist." Nick said.

"Alright." She said. "Well, I almost didn't call you because of your profession."

"Why is that?" I asked.

"There have been a few—he doesn't really have a liking to doctors." She said. And she said he. It must be a boy. It was okay a lot of kids weren't big on doctors, and they didn't have to mention that right away.

"But anyways, we needed an emergency placement. At least for right now." Melinda said, emergency. She then put a picture of a woman in front of us. "This is Lila Richards. She was killed a few days ago in her home." She said. "Left behind is her son and there doesn't seem to be any other family." That must be horrible, all he had was his mother and now she's gone.

"You want us to take him?" Jeff asked and Melinda nodded.

"Well, we can see how the placement works, lets have him stay with you for a week and then have a home visit and see how it's going." Melinda said.

"Tell us more about him." Jeff said, that probably was a good idea.

"His name is Clark." She said, I always liked that name. Probably because Jeff and I are really big Superman fans. "He is seven years old."

She then showed us a picture. "Anyways, I'll bring him in so you guys can meet him." She said and left to go get the boy. Jeff and I looked at the picture.

"What do you think Jeff?"

"What about you?" Jeff asked, he always wanted to know my opinion so he didn't say the wrong thing. I didn't know what to say, mostly because I lost my mom at a young age too. I knew it was probably hard on him, especially being seven. What was important is the kid and I really hoped he liked us.

She came back with a boy and we smiled at him and he looked down—probably terrified. "Nick, Jeff, this is Clark." She said, smiling at the boy. "It's okay." She whispered to him, she knew he looked scared.

"Hi Clark." I said, smiling at him. "My name's Nick."

"My name's Jeff." He said as he then got down to be at eye level with the boy. The boy stayed close to Melinda. "You're okay, we won't hurt you."

"Clark, you going to stay with Nick and Jeff for a little bit, okay?" Melinda told him. "I come see you again in a few days." Clark nodded, though he still seemed scared, but he didn't know us yet so of course he would be. But hopefully Jeff and I could change that.


Sorry it's small, not much time today. Parent's anniversary and I just managed to squeeze in a bit of time now that my laptop's not dead :D

So Nick and Jeff have met, Clark, who is seven and has been through a lot; and more than they currently know. More to come! :)

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