"A-adopt you?" Faye screamed from the floor. "What the hell do you mean,
adopt you?"
"I want you to be my mother, Faye." Ed said, staring unblinking at Faye. "You've always been my mother, and I'd like for it to be official. You can take back the computer, and all the stuffed animals, but I want you to adopt me."
"What the hell are you laughing at?" Faye demanded of Jet, who was doing his best to sit quietly. "Well? Answer me!"
"Nothing!" He managed to choke out before getting up and running to his room.
"Men are such babies!" Faye exclaimed, turning back to Ed. "Have you thought this thing through all the way?"
"Yes. I've been thinking about it since before. before. you know."
"And you're sure?"
"Very."
Faye closed her eyes. All this was giving her a headache. "Keep your presents, Ed." She said finally, looking up at the expectant teen. "I'll adopt you."
"Yay! Wahoo! Edward is getting a mother!" Ed whooped, hollered, and carried on like she hadn't since Spike had passed.
"I'm not so sure this is a good idea." Jet whispered, looking up at the legal office.
"Not really." Faye replied, making sure Ed couldn't hear them. "But I owe the kid. It's the least I can do for her." The dark-haired woman looked over her shoulder, watching Ed jump around like a circus monkey with three little kids. "Hey, Ed! It's time!"
"Oh! Be right there, Faye-momma!" Ed turned back to her new friends. "Edward has to go now so she can have a mommy."
The trio walked slowly up the steps and through the imposing doorway. That is to say, Faye and Jet walked. Ed leaped, backflipped, cartwheeled, and basically put on a one-person three-ring circus.
The man behind the desk handed them a screen and directed them to a small waiting area. "Fill out these forms, sign and initial where indicated, and try to keep that child under control." He pointed behind them, where 'that child' was currently busy helping other kids take rides on the chandelier.
"Edward Valentine!" Faye yelled, using her own last name. "You get down from there this instant young lady!" Author's Note- I know these chapters are short. I'll have to ask you not to kill me. Thanx muchly. I'm aware it's frustrating, but I'm not much of a writer, and I don't want you guys to wait too long between updates. If anyone has any ideas about what should happen next, feel free to tell me about them. I'm a little dry on inspiration right now. Till next time.
"I want you to be my mother, Faye." Ed said, staring unblinking at Faye. "You've always been my mother, and I'd like for it to be official. You can take back the computer, and all the stuffed animals, but I want you to adopt me."
"What the hell are you laughing at?" Faye demanded of Jet, who was doing his best to sit quietly. "Well? Answer me!"
"Nothing!" He managed to choke out before getting up and running to his room.
"Men are such babies!" Faye exclaimed, turning back to Ed. "Have you thought this thing through all the way?"
"Yes. I've been thinking about it since before. before. you know."
"And you're sure?"
"Very."
Faye closed her eyes. All this was giving her a headache. "Keep your presents, Ed." She said finally, looking up at the expectant teen. "I'll adopt you."
"Yay! Wahoo! Edward is getting a mother!" Ed whooped, hollered, and carried on like she hadn't since Spike had passed.
"I'm not so sure this is a good idea." Jet whispered, looking up at the legal office.
"Not really." Faye replied, making sure Ed couldn't hear them. "But I owe the kid. It's the least I can do for her." The dark-haired woman looked over her shoulder, watching Ed jump around like a circus monkey with three little kids. "Hey, Ed! It's time!"
"Oh! Be right there, Faye-momma!" Ed turned back to her new friends. "Edward has to go now so she can have a mommy."
The trio walked slowly up the steps and through the imposing doorway. That is to say, Faye and Jet walked. Ed leaped, backflipped, cartwheeled, and basically put on a one-person three-ring circus.
The man behind the desk handed them a screen and directed them to a small waiting area. "Fill out these forms, sign and initial where indicated, and try to keep that child under control." He pointed behind them, where 'that child' was currently busy helping other kids take rides on the chandelier.
"Edward Valentine!" Faye yelled, using her own last name. "You get down from there this instant young lady!" Author's Note- I know these chapters are short. I'll have to ask you not to kill me. Thanx muchly. I'm aware it's frustrating, but I'm not much of a writer, and I don't want you guys to wait too long between updates. If anyone has any ideas about what should happen next, feel free to tell me about them. I'm a little dry on inspiration right now. Till next time.