Chapter Two

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Wufei and Duo walked into the office of the local adoption agency.  On the way over Duo tried to convince Wufei to let them adopt two or three kids, but Wufei wouldn't go for it.  He said they'd adopt one and if later they decided they wanted more then they would adopt more.

Inside the office, there were five chairs in a row for people to sit in while they waited.  Two fake plants were on both sides of the doors.  A receptionist table sat on the north side of the building.  The women sitting behind the desk had curly golden brown hair, wild green eyes, and wore glasses.  She was dressed in a semi-formal work suit.  Pictures of happy couples who had adopted children from this place littered the walls.

Duo and Wufei sat in the chairs closet to the door to which they had entered through.  Wufei sat patiently waiting; while Duo's right leg kept bouncing up and down with anticipation.

"Duo, doing that isn't going to help pass the time." Wufei said passively.

"I know.  I don't like the wait though, it gets too me." He said.

"We've only been here for ten minutes."

"We have?" Duo asked confused.  He looked at the clock.  "We're two minutes late for our meeting with her." He said.

"Duo that's not what you're supposed to be looking at." Wufei said, looking at the American.

"Chang, Maxwell, Ms. Hampton will see you know." The receptionist said sweetly.

Duo and Wufei looked at each other before rising and walking through the door marked with the name 'Hampton'.

"Hello Mr. Change, Mr. Maxwell.  Please take a seat." Ms. Hampton said. "I'm Emily Hampton." She said, extending her hand.  Both of them shook her hand before sitting down. "Now, what age range would you like to adopt?"

"Between the ages of five and eight." Duo answered.  That was another thing that they had discussed on the way over.

"Boy or Girl?"

"It doesn't matter." Wufei told her.

"Okay.  Well, since you two are together I might have the perfect girl for you." Ms. Hampton informed.  "Her mother handed her over to the dad after she found out the dad was gay and she was disgusted that her daughter's father was gay.  And Child Services took her from her father because her father was running a meth* lab.  She's five years old and is Asian/American." She informed them.

"Do you have a picture of her?" Duo asked.  She nodded and pulled out the case file.  On top, attached by a paper clip, was a picture of a little girl.  She had black hair that came down past her shoulders.  The most uncommon thing in the head shot was that she had blue eyes.  She had a tan completion, but it wasn't as tan as Wufei, and you could tell she wasn't full Asian.

"She speaks English, but not very well." Ms. Hampton informed them. "Would you like a few minutes to discuss things?" She asked.

"Yes please." Duo said politely.  She nodded and left the office.  "So, what do you think about her?" He asked Wufei.

"Well, I'm sure you would have preferred someone who could speak English.  But she seems like she'd do well in our family."  Wufei said.

"It's kinda ionic that her father is gay." Duo commented.

"Just a little."  Wufei agreed.

"I want to meet her." Duo said to him. 

"So would I.  I'd have to be there anyway to translate."  They waited for a few more minutes until Ms. Hampton came back into the room.  They told her that they wanted to meet her.  They walked down the hall to where she was staying.  They were there talking with her for about an hour.  They found out her name, height, interest, or what interest a five year old. 

Afterwards they were talking to Ms. Hampton about her.  "So do you know when she can move in?"  Duo asked.

"Well normally we do a house check, drug test, see if you can hold a steady job, so on and so fourth.  However since you both work for the Preventers we know that there is no problem with the law, so really she can move today if you'd like.  We usually like to get the younger ones into a family as soon as possible."  She said.

"We'd like her today." Duo said.  She nodded.  Since the girl was legally free, they had no problem with taking her with them.  They decided that when they went to Quatre's for the barbeque on Saturday everyone would find out about her.