Chapter:13

It's been almost 3 years since Jojo and Haida started dating, and even though they weren't sure if they wanted to get married they both agreed that they wanted to adopt a child. It was a long process and a lot of paper work but the day has come, after a year and a half of going through hoops they were finally able to adopt. The happy couple drive to the orphanage and upon arriving, near the curb along with one of the care takers stood a small young fox no more than 7 and beside him was another fox who was 17 years old. The small fox looked up teary eyed at the older fox, who just ruffles his fur holding back the tears.

"It will be ok Nate, you're going to get adopted today, yeah we may not be able to see each other but maybe we can keep in touch" says the older fox.

"But brother, I dont want to get adopted I don't want to be away from you" Nate sniffs into his brother's shirt.

"Hey chin up bucko, I promise when I get out of here I will come find you, somehow some way I will find you, I promise" The older fox presses his nose to his brother's as they hug for the last time or so they thought, but during their whole speech Haida and Jojo was talking to the care taker who wasn't sure about it till Jojo grabbed his phone and called someone. After talking to the person on the phone the care taker agreed not in defeat but relief.

"Jason..." the care taker says.

"Yeah ?" Jason asks.

"Grab your stuff. your getting adopted today as well" Mrs. Marpol says with a glee.

"REALLY! WHO?! I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE WOULD WANT ME BECAUSE I'M NOT YOUNG, WELL NOT REAL YOUNG" Jason says his heart racing.

"By us...if you don't mind having two dads" Haida says, as he places a hand on Jason's shoulder as does Jojo, while holding onto Nate's hand.

"Yeah I don't mind" Jason says as he tries to walk all cool to grab his stuff, once he's in his room he begins to pack his stuff that is most precious to him, he didn't have much cloths but he didnt care the only thing he took was his bag, his wallet, and a torn piece of picture that shows two really small foxes one looked to be 11, holding onto a baby.

As he places the picture into his bag he walks outside to the waiting couple and his brother all three of them arms outstretched wide open. Jason for the first time in what felt like forever drops the bag and runs into the arms of his new family, not holding back the tears he softly sobs as the other three comfort him.

"Its ok now Jason, you have a family and we will love you faults and all" Haida says.

"It may take some time getting used to us but please bear with us ok" Jojo says smiling giving the older fox a soft kiss on the forehead.

After a good 45 minute drive, they arrive in the driveway of Tadano and Henry's place.

"Woooow, is this your home dads?" Nate and Jason ask in unison.

"Oh you don't need to call us dads, Jojo and Haida is fine" Haida says.

"But...but i want to call you dad though...both of you" Jason says in a soft tone.

"Me too, I always wanted a dad and now I got two, so I'm double lucky" Nate says.

Getting out of the car they walk up the driveway to the front door. Haida grabs the handle and twists the door opening it to a dark house. Jojo turns on the light as Tadano, Henry, Anai, his wife and 2 year old baby daughter, and a few other of their co workers jump out and yell out suprise. Once the whole gang sees that there is two kids with Haida them they give a playfully confused look.

"I...im sorry, I didn't know I was going to be getting adopted today as well," Jason says looking down and holding his left shoulder, his ears folding.

"But we did" Anai says. as he walks up and gives Jason a hug.

"Really, but how?" Jason asks confused and amazed at the same time.

"well long story short, when we came to look at the kids, we saw nate holding onto you and we over heard him call you brother. Then Mrs. Marpol told us the story of how when you were just two years old, your dad and mom dropped you off at the orphanage without even so much as a goodby or we will come back, then 11 years later, they did the same to nate when he was just one." Hadai says as Jojo wraps his arms around Haida's waist to keep him from getting angry.

Eyes wide open, Jason looks at both Haida, then Jojo, then the rest of the gang as he begins to sniffle.

"Y...You mean...I...I got a family now" Jason falls to his knees and begins to cry.

Everyone makes a circle around him all kneeling to get to his level comforting him to the best of their abilities.

"Yes...yes you do son, not only that you got a two year old niece...right Anai" Haida says looking up at his friend.

"Yups when she gets older she will know you guys as the best uncles in the world, you will do your best to keep her safe and teach her things right" Anai says with a sly grin.

"Of course sir, we will do everything in our power to keep her safe and teach her things" Jason and Nate say in unison.

"Its Uncle Anai to you, and that's ur niece melody, thats Tadano and his husband Henry" Anai says introducing everyone. Just then Anai's wife comes out with two home baked cakes each cake says welcome home with each child's name. Tadano put's two of his fingers in his mouth and lets out a nice loud whistle.

Just then in comes two butler's and two maids, carrying boxes of wrapped gifts, about twenty gifts total, ten for each child. Then as if they rehearsed this for a while everyone begins to sing.

"Happy birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday Nate and Jason, Happy birthday to youuuu...And welcome home"

Jason and Nate softly blow out their candles and begin to open their presents.

"But its not our birthday?" Jason says confused.

"Yeah we know but we felt like we should just celebrate it as well as welcoming you to our family" Haida says.

Jason and Nate were so suprised at the gifts they got, some nice cloths, a bike each. an Iphone along with the some earbuds that have the letter A on the case, and so much things that they never thought they would ever get to have.

"Thank you dads, and to all of you, you have no idea how much this means to me I was so afraid that I was never gonna be able to see Nate again, I thought that once he left that was it, I would lose the only family I had" Jason says

"Of course, now Jason I know it will be new and quite different going to school but we do need you to do your best ok and since you are already 17, you only have to do your senior year left." Jojo says.

"But what if I can't understand the homework like math or stuff like that, I really didn't learn much while I was at the orphanage" Jason says.

"That won't be a problem, Haida is the lead accountant at our job so he knows numbers and math pretty well, Anai believe it or not has a major in History, Henry has an English and Literature major, I was a medical assistant for five years, and I am pretty sure the rest of your family will be willing to help you in the subjects you may struggle with." Jojo says.

The following week Jason is enrolled into highschool and Nate is enrolled in elementary school. At Nate's school he enter's his classroom as the teacher introduces himself as Mr. Klaus. Mr. Klaus has Nate stand at the front of the classroom.

"Hey there class this is our newest student Nathaniel but he prefers to be called Nate," the classroom then in a melencholy voice all say "Hi Nate".

"Nate, why don't you introduce yourself to the class, you can say what ever you feel comfortable with" the teacher says.

"Hi, my name is Nate, um I was just adopted a week ago by my dad and um yeah that's about it really" Nate says in a nervous tone.

The bell rings and class begins, off in another part of town is the highschool, Jason enters the classroom and is being glared at by the students, some are whispering while others are chuckling.

"This is Jason, he's a new student here, Jason say some things about yourself" the teacher says.

"Hey, my name is Jason I just moved here about two weeks ago, I um, I hope we can be friends and you guys can teach me some fun places to hang out at" Jason says in a hopeful tone.

Four months have passed and Both Nate and Jason seem to be doing fine at school for the most part. At Nate's school, tells the class that Thursday the class will bring in their dad's and have the dad's talk about what they do for work. The bell rings and the class is dismissed for the day, Nate hops on the school bus and the bus takes off, Interesting enough Nate's home was the third stop on the route. While the bus is at a stop light, the kids on the bus begin to pick on Nate calling him names throwing his bag back and forth to each other.

"I bet he's poor" says one kid

"I bet his home will be old and gross" says a girl who holds her nose closed. The other kids laugh and laugh, Nate feeling embarrased grabs his bag and once the bus stops at the end of the block before his house he hops off and runs. He gets to the driveway and begins sprinting up it holding back the tears. Little did he know the kids on the bus saw where he lived and were down right dumbfounded. Nate opens the door throws his bag and goes to his room.

Half an hour later, Nate hears a knock at his door.

"Hey son, you doing ok in there?" Haida says in a soft tone. Nate opens the door and wipes his tears telling his Dad everything that happend at school. Haida holds his son and comforts him.

"Hey dad, Thursday is bring your dad to school and you are suppose to tell them what you do for work." Nate says.

"Oh ok that sounds like fun, who would you want to come me or Jojo?" Haida asks.

"Well it is bring your dad, and you both are my dad so I would like you both to come please" Nate asks as Haida nods his head and smiles.

"We will be there."

At the Highschool Jason just finishes study hall, and like his younger brother was getting bullied and was just so fed up with it, he throws his books into his bag and begins walking down the hall. about two doors before the stairs on the right side Jason looks inside the window to see instruments, you have everything from guitar's to drums, a piano, and some classic instruments. Jason checks the door and notices that it's unlocked. He goes inside and turns on the light and first thing he does is head over to the drums.

Once at the drums he drops his bag and picks up the sticks. He starts of with a soft rhythm before going all out, thinking that he's alone he begins to beat the drums with all his frustration and all his heart. Two girls walk by and one of them, a panther looks in and sees jason beating the drums. She slowly opens the door as her and her friend sneak in.

Five minutes later Jason finishes breathing heavily as he looks up and sees the two girls standing there, Jason makes eye contact and looks away.

"That was really good...um what did you say your name was?"

"My name is Jason"

"Hi Jason, my name is Anna Marie, but you can call me Anna, and this is my best friend Jules" Anna says.

"Nice to meet you," Jason says.

"Anyway, Me and Jules were going to the Mall to grab a snack, would you wanna come?" Anna asks.

"Sure" Jason says smiling.

As the three walk out the music room and down the stairs, Jason grabs his phone and begins to text in the group chat that has him, Nate, Jojo, and Haida.

He begins to text, hey dads I am going to the mall with two girls I met, and no I am not going to do anything stupid or wrong, but in any case will any one of you be willing to pick me up from the mall later?.

Five minutes later he gets a text from Haida saying that Jojo will pick him up on the way home from the gym and to text Jojo when he wants to be picked up. Jason then text's Jojo asking if it would be ok to pick him up around 5:30. Jojo replies a few seconds later saying ok.

At the Mall Jason, Anna, and Jules are sitting at the table drinking smoothies and sharing a plate of cheese fries.

"So how long you been playing the drums?" Anna asks.

"Believe it or not it was my first time actually" Jason replies sheepishly.

"NO WAY!" Jules says almost dropping her smoothie"There is no way in hell that it was your first time playing the drums, the way you played the drums was almost professional" Jules says.

"Well to be honest where I came from we didn't have instruments so i would take the pots and pans and wooden boxes and just beat on those with two wooden spoons I would find in the kitchen" Jason says kinda embarrased.

5:30 rolls around and Jason gets a text from Jojo saying that he's outside and to come out when he's ready. Jason tells the girls by and that his ride is here. As he was leaving Anna runs up to him and hands him a paper, Jason opens the paper and sees that it has Anna's phone number on it.

"Um, would you call me when you decide to go back to the music room? Me and Jules would love to hear you play again." Anna says.

Jason smiles and nods as he runs out the mall and hops into Jojo's car, as they are driving home Jason has such a big smile on his face, Jojo very curious asks his son why he's so happy.

"Well today started off really shitty, I was getting bullied and made fun of and as I was walking to the stairs I saw that there was a music room, and I decided to see if it was locked, it wasn't so i went inside and started to beat on a drumset... AN ACTUAL DRUM SET" Jason exclaims excitedly.

"Then while I was drumming a girl and her friend came in, once i was done they introduced themselves to me their name's were Anna Marie and Jules, they invited me to the mall with them and we had smoothies and shared cheese fries, It was the coolest thing I ever got to experience dad" Jason says sighing and then smiling.

"That sounds wonderful son I am so glad that you are making friends now" Jojo says. Once they get home Jason showers and they all meet downstairs and have dinner together while watching TV.

Thursday comes around and the students at Nate's school begins to introduce their dad's and the dad would say what kind of job they do and either show some slides of their job or do a little demonstration. Once it was Nate's turn he gets to the front of the class and for the first time seems proud.

"I would like to introduce to you guys my dads Haida and Jojo" Nate says looking at the door as Jojo and Haida were about to walk in they stopped as they heard a girl's voice.

"You mean dad right?" she says confused.

"No dads as in two" Nate says holding up two fingers. The kids begin to snicker but they wouldn't be much longer. Haida and Jojo walk in and the whole class is quite.

"Hey my name is Haida, and this is my partner Jojo, we are Nate's adopted fathers. I am the lead accountant for a company that is owned by Tadano" Haida says, hearing Tadano's name makes the students gasp, no matter how old you are it seems that everyone knows who Tadano is.

"Hey my name is Jojo and I am the head security guard for the same company, I also have 8 years of martial arts under my belt, mainly boxing though, would any of you like to see a demonstration?" Jojo asks the class, the students nod and Haida just chuckles.

"Must you show off everytime?" Haida asks, Jojo just smiles and nods as Haida holds up a brick between his hands. Jojo cranks back his right hand and makes it into a fist before going full force and breaking the brick in half. The students as well as the teacher and Nate just stair in shock. As the parents headed to the cafeteria to wait for their kids to have lunch with them. One of the student's comes up to Nate and begins to talk.

"Hey Nate, I um...I know I said my dad could beat up your dad, but after seeing what your dad can do, I dont want him to fight my dad, so can you not say anything to him please" the student pleads putting his hands together.

"Sure thing colby, I wont tell him, but if you make another mean joke about my two dads, not only will I tell him and have him beat up your dad, but while he's beating your dad, Im gonna beat you" Nate says glaring at Colby who just gulps and nods his head. Back at the Cafe the dads begin asking Jojo and Haida questions.

"So you two are gay right?" one dad asks.

"Yes thats why our son said DADS and not dad" Jojo says annoyed.

"Then who's gonna teach him how to clean up and cook?" the same dad ask's

"Well thats gonna be my job, plus I am a pretty great cook if I dont say so myself, and if your gonna ask who's gonna teach him sports or to defend himself. I'm pretty sure that after what my partner just showed, our son already knows how to defend himself" Haida says glaring at the dad.

"Oh and lets not forget one more thing" Jojo says standing up and glaring at the dads, "If my son comes home crying saying that any of your kids are bullying him the first time we will talk to you guys as a mature adult, but if and this is a big IF, if we find out that they continue to bully him, we will not talk about this as mature adults, but I will come to your home and make an example of you infront of your kid so that they can see that in this world there will always be someone bigger, tougher, badder, and more ruthless than they could ever imagine. I can guarantee you this that not a single one of you can beat me" Jojo says as all the dads just look down. Nate's class comes down an hour early for lunch before the other classes so that they can enjoy their lunch together with their parents.

Over at the Highschool Jason reaches into his pocket and texts Anna that he is going back to the music room today. A minute later he gets a text back from Anna saying that her and Jules will be there with a smile emoji.

Once study hall was done Jason packs up his bag and walks over to the music room, he opens the door and steps in but almost drops his bag when he hears.

"Ladies and...Ladies, it is with great honor that I introduce you to the talented Jason..." Anna pauses and looks at Jason.

"Bembenek, my last name is Bembenek" Jason says laughing.

"Jason Bembenek" Anna says as she rushes to her seat and cheers along with Jules, Jason just chuckles.

"So you heard me play the drums, would one of you lovely ladies wanna pick the next instrument I play?" Jason asks.

"Alright Mr-Music-Guy, why don't you play the piano next" Jules says.

Jason just smiles, nods and makes his way over to the piano. He sits at the piano and begins to play a beautiful melody, after about five minutes he stops, but once he stops Jules immediately speaks up.

"More please just a little more" Jules asks. Jason nods and continues to play for another 10 minutes before finally stopping. Once they all leave the music room the three friends say their goodbyes and head to their homes.