Chapter 2
AN: I will always put the last few lines of the previous chapter at the beginning, to remind you of how the last chapter ended.
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"Becky, are you pregnant?" asked DJ.
"No," said Becky, smiling. "We're going to adopt a little girl from China." Everyone had something to say.
"When?" asked Michelle.
"That's great!" said DJ.
"Cool!" cried Stephanie.
"That's wonderful!" exclaimed Danny.
"Well, blow me down!" said Joey in his Popeye voice. But two members of the family (three if you counted Comet) were left bewildered.
"Where's China?" asked Alex.
"What's 'adopt'?" asked Nicky.
"Jess," said Becky, "we've got some explaining to do."
"You're right. Boys, come on up stairs." The rest of the family went back to what they were doing. Meanwhile, up in the attic Jesse and Becky sat the boys down on the sofa.
"Now. We realize you have no idea what we were talking about downstairs, so we are going to explain. First of all, China is way on the other side of the world."
"Now, here is what we mean by adopt," began Becky. "Daddy and I decided that we had so much love in our hearts for you two boys that we wanted to share the love with somebody else. We decided that instead of having our own baby, we would let another little kid who has no mommy or daddy come and live with us and be part of our family. She'll be your sister."
"So we get a sister from the other side of the world," said Alex.
"Basically," answered Jesse." Nicky and Alex looked at each other.
"Okay. We get it now," said Nicky, speaking for the both of them.
"Good boys," said Jesse. "Now go ahead and play."