AN: im sorry that some of you think that this is too much like another one. Let me tell you I did NOT copy that person. This is my idea and I will try to make it different form the other story. I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 8
After dinner, Vaughn and I took Frankie down to the beach. We let him off the leash and he darted after seagulls. Vaughn grabbed my hand.
"It's so beautiful tonight." I said, looking at the sunset and the ocean.
"You're so beautiful, Hay." He leaned over and kissed me. I placed my hand on his cheek.
"Thanks Dave." I said. He sat down and pulled me into his lap.
I lay my head against his chest.
"You know that I would do anything to protect you, right?" He wrapped his arms around me.
"Yeah."
I scanned the beach. I saw Frankie running towards us, splashing through the water as he went. He ran up to us and shook himself, spraying us with water.
We laughed and I scolded him. "Frankie, you little monster!"
He barked and took off again. I smiled. "Brr, it's cold!"
"He is a monster. Let's enjoy this wonderful sunset about five more minutes and then let's go warm up." Vaughn said, rubbing my arms.
We watched the sun sink all the way and then we called Frankie and walked back up to our house. We saw a few guests pull in and head back up to the main house for dinner. Vaughn kissed me and then headed towards the kitchen to prepare dinner for our guests. I went to go find Amy King, my assistant.
I found her bringing the horses and the donkey back into the barn. They stayed in the pasture during the day and the barn at night.
"Amy!" I called. I saw the petite, young woman turn to me.
"Hey Haley!" She called, stopping Tucker to wave to me.
"I'll get Ellie." I walked over to the paddock gate and opened it. "Ellie!" I called. The mare came trotting up to me, followed by Annabelle. Ellie followed me into the barn with Annabelle at her heels.
We put each horse in a stall and Annabelle went in with Ellie.
"You going home after this?" I asked Amy.
"Yeah. I need to find Andy first though." Amy had one 7-year-old son named Andy. Her husband, Rick, left her shortly after Andy was born.
"I think I know where he is." I said. "He's probably playing in the old attic. I told him he could play up there." I led Amy up into the attic where sure enough, we found her son Andy playing.
"Andy! Let's go home now, sweetie."
The blonde haired boy looked up. "But I don't wanna!" He whined.
I giggled. Amy looked at him sternly. "Andrew, you are coming this instant! You can play up here tomorrow."
"Come on Andy," I said, walking over to him. I knelt down beside him. "I'll have Dave make you something special tomorrow if you go now." I whispered in his ear.
A wide grin spread across his face. "Ok!" He cried. "Bye Hay!" He called to me. He an over to Amy who mouthed a thank you' to me. I watched as they went out the door.
I sighed. I wanted kids so much! I walked out the door and closed it softly behind me. I went back to our house and changed into some pajamas. I started a fire, made hot chocolate and snuggled up on the couch.
* * *
I groaned as I felt the sun shining in my face. I woke up to find myself still on the couch. I heard some noise in the kitchen and found Vaughn in there making coffee.
"Hey honey!" He called. "I thought we were gonna have some quality time last night?"
I smiled. "I'm sorry, babe. I was tired."
"Well it wasn't that bad! I got on the couch with you, although it was one of the worst nights sleeping of my life."
"Why?"
He laughed. "Because I got absolutely no sleep and I was kicked off the couch at least 10 times!"
I went over and wrapped my arms around him. "I'm sorry." I placed a light kiss on his cheek.
"Dave, I wanted to ask you something."
"Shoot."
"I want kids."
"Say what?" He cried.
"Right now."
"Well I don't think that will happen! We can't have kids right now sweetie. Didn't you know that?" Vaughn said, handing me my cup of coffee. "I want kids too sweetie, but it won't be for a while."
"No! Not that way! I mean maybe someday, but I want to adopt one."
"Oh."
"Oh?" I took a sip of coffee. "Is that a good oh' or a bad oh'?"
"Let's go!" Vaughn pulled me out of the door. We drove for about an hour until we reached the new adoption center. We walked in to see kids everywhere.
I smiled and grabbed Vaughn's arm. A woman walked up to us. "Hello. I'm Mrs. Potter. How may I help you?"
I looked at Vaughn who gave me a nod and a smile. "I'm Haley Williams and this is my husband Dave. We'd like to adopt a child."
"Well as you can see we have many children here. What age are you looking for? We have children ranging from age 2 to age 15."
I looked at Vaughn. "Maybe age 6 or 7."
"Yes." I agreed. "That's a perfect age."
"Ok. If you could follow me, I will get some children for you to meet."
Vaughn and I followed her to a room in the back. There were four chairs in it. Vaughn and I occupied two of them. Mrs. Potter brought back several children. We talked to each one and got to know all of them. I thought that they were all cute, but none of them really appealed to me.
Mrs. Potter brought in one last girl. She had light brown hair and big brown eyes.
"Hi! I'm Gracie. What's your name?" She asked.
I smiled. "I'm Haley and this is Dave."
"Those are some nice manes you got there." She exclaimed.
"Why thank you!" I said. I looked over at Vaughn who smiled at me. I smiled back. I knew that this little girl was going to be going home with us today.
"So tell me about yourself Gracie," Vaughn asked.
"Well, I like the color pink. I like dogs, cats, horses and donkeys! I like their hee-haw noise they make. I also like the beach and the forest. I love walking! It's fun. I like lots of people too. And"
"Slow down sweetheart." Mrs. Potter exclaimed.
"And that's pretty much it. Oh yeah! I want a mommy and daddy too." She smiled, her dimples showing.
"Thanks Gracie. You can go play with the others now." Gracie hopped down from her chair and skipped out the door. "So Mr. And Mrs. Williams, did you see any children that you would consider adopting?"
"Gracie." We said in unison.
"Al right then." She handed us some paper. "Here are some forms you need to fill out."