"How about this one" I said handing Adrian a file "she already has one child and doesn't drink or smoke"
"I don't think so" Adrian said.
"That is the 7th woman I've liked that you have shot down!" I exclaimed.
"I want to make sure this person is good enough I need to be doubly critical, once for myself and once for Ashley" she said.
"How about this one, she is a teacher and has 2 sons named Jasper and Fiyero" Adrian said.
"What the hell kind of name is Fiyero?" I asked.
"It's from the book Wicked" Adrian said "the prince's name was Fiyero"
"Wasn't Wicked a play?" I asked.
"Yes John but it was a book first" she informed me.
"Ashley dragged me to see that stupid thing, I fell asleep but she seemed to enjoy it" I said.
"She enjoyed it more because the guy who played Fiyero was gorgeous" Adrian commented.
"What! How do you know this?" I asked.
"She told me" Adrian said with a smile "she met him while working at that god awful bar and they went out a few times"
"You just had to tell me that didn't you?" I asked.
"Yeah I did" Adrian said grinning. "I have no idea why my sister stayed with you because she was all about Broadway and musicals and you probably couldn't stay awake for one. Do you know Boston has seen at least 5 Broadway shows and he is only 4"
"Well let's get back to picking out a surrogate please" I said irritably.
"Oh John relax nothing happened between her and Sebastian" Adrian said.
"Great now I know his name thanks" I grumbled.
After about an hour of looking we still had no one in mind.
"Are you this picky with guys too?" I asked amazed that she had turned down 15 women in about 30 minutes.
"I have to be careful" she said "this woman is obviously going to be around Boston"
"Let's face it Adrian no one is going to add up to Ashley"
"I know that John" Adrian snapped.
"I'm sorry that was wrong of me to say that" I said "I know you miss her just as much as I do"
"Well we' not here to analyze me let's finish" she said.
"Ashley used to do the same thing" I observed.
"And what would that be?" Adrian asked.
"Close herself off when she didn't want her feelings known" I said. "I never realized how alike the two of you are until right now"
Adrian had a stray piece of hair in her face so I tucked it behind her ear. I looked into her eyes, they were different from her twins and yet so much the same. Adrian closed her eyes out of fear or instinct I wasn't sure but I wasn't about to kiss her if it was fear. What compelled me to want to kiss her I wasn't sure because we hated eachother.
"What about you" I said.
"Huh?" she replied.
"You are Ashley's twin, why not you" I said.
"I never really thought about it" she admitted. "but I don't know the first thing about carrying a baby"
"How hard could it possibly be?" I asked.
She gave me a look as if to say shut up while you are ahead. Which of course I did because I wanted to give her time to think. Boston walked out of his room and had a seat on the couch between us. He had just woken up from his nap. His hair was all messed up and he was rubbing his eyes.
"Did you have a good nap Boo?" I asked.
He nodded but didn't say anything.
Adrian seemed to be studying Boston. She looked at him for a long while. He noticed her staring at him and flashed her a smile. Her eyes were giving everything away. She was going to agree because no one could say no to that smile⦠no one.
A/N: To all those Perfection fans 3 new chapters are coming. Just have to have the time to get them out.
