As Liv watched him, she walked up behind him, wrapping her arms around him.
"I'll go call Langan, see what he can do." Liv whispered.
Raf turned, holding her hands.
"Thank you." He looked down seeing the engagement ring he gave her 2 weeks earlier.
"Love you, too." Liv went back to the waiting room calling Langan, child services, and Fin.
The doctor and nurse came out, the nurse saying it was okay to go back in.
"I gave him some pain meds, so don't be alarmed if he's drowsy."
"Okay, thanks." Raf knocked on the door, opening it slowly and looking in.
"Told you I would be back." Raf smiled.
Miguel smiled slightly, already looking much more relaxed than before.
"They gave me some pain medicine."
"Yeah, they just told me. If you feel too sleepy or weird let me know. You just do what they tell you until you're completely better and you have somewhere safe to go."
Raf smiled down at him before sitting beside his bed.
"What's going to happen to me now?"
"Liv has called DDS and our lawyer. We are going to try to get them to let you stay with me. But I don't know if I'll be able to."
"Because of what the news people said you did to that baby?"
Raf looked shocked.
"Mami always said you didn't deserve those charges, it was loco."
Raf didn't know what to say, just nodded his head. There was a knock on the door, Liv coming in.
"How are you feeling Miguel?"
"Okay, tired."
"When should Trevor and DSS be here?" Raf asked.
"About an hour." Liv smiled, looking at Raf.
Raf looked at her, smiling back.
"You understand if you don't get placed with Rafael, you could possibly be placed with me but he will still be around?" Liv asked.
"Yes, as long as I'm around one or both of you I'll feel safe." Miguel smiled.
Rafael walked over to Liv, hugging her from behind.
"We both do." He whispered.
Trevor arrived first, talking to Rafael and Liv outside in the waiting room about Miguel and how all of this came about. Soon DSS came, surprisingly it was Chantal Jackson who was Noah's social worker.
"Miss. Benson, and you must be Rafael Barba." She said, shaking his hand.
"Yes, ma'am."
"So you are the two people who would like to take responsibility for Miguel?"
They both nodded.
"Where is the child now?" She asked.
"In his room, he might be asleep. They gave him some pain meds." Liv said.
She nodded.
"Okay, I'll wait a little while before speaking to him. Does he understand what's happening?"
"He does appear to understand what has happened and what decisions your department will have to make. He is also scared and emotionally confused about what happened to his mother. Because he knows me he feels comfortable...safer with me. He has also taken to Liv as well." Raf said.
"Are you and Liv wanting to adopt him or just you, Mr. Barba?" Trevor asked.
Raf looked at Liv, they didn't discuss this that far ahead.
"Both." Liv said.
"Okay, we will have to draw up paperwork for both of you for the foster and after one year adoption paperwork, living relatives, just like Noah." Mrs. Jackson said.
The doctor walked out of Miguel's room again.
"He's awake, if you want to sit with him."
"Liv, Rafael, Mrs. Jackson and I would like to speak with him alone, let you two talk things through." Trevor said.
"Could I go in and introduce you to him? He freaked out last night when I left for the restroom, and a new shift nurse came in without me there." Raf asked.
"Of course." Mrs. Jackson.
Raf knocked on the door, opening it when Miguel said to come in.
"How are you feeling?" Raf asked.
"Hungry, the doctor was going to find me something to eat." Miguel smiled, then frowned when he noticed Trevor and Mrs. Jackson.
"This is Trevor and this is Mrs. Jackson, they wanted to speak to you."
"Alone?"
"Yes, I'll be right outside with Liv, if you need us just tell them. Okay?" Raf looked smiling at both of them.
"Okay."
After Raf walked back out, he saw Liv. He walked up to her, hugging her.
"I know you have something to say." Raf whispered, kissing her head.
"A few things. Are you wanting to adopt Noah as well, also when is the wedding?"
"Well as for the wedding I haven't put that much thought to it, to be honest, and as for Noah...yes if you will let me."
"Of course you can adopt him, he already calls you papi. He knows we are engaged, but I want to sit him down if we get approved to foster Miguel and tell him that and that we are getting a new place."
"You know that I love both of you, right? I thought that my family would be just the three of us. But I also feel a connection to Miguel...I guess he reminds me of myself at his age. I want the rest of his childhood to be happy, unlike mine. I also have this feeling that mi abuelita would want me to be there for him and I won't let her down again."
"You're a good man Rafael Barba. It's one of the things I love about you. I can see how you care about Miguel and in the short time I've known him I feel the same. Parents do have more than one child occasionally." She chuckled as Rafael blushed.
"Oh, one more thing, you didn't let her, or anyone down." Liv kissed him.
Raf smiled into the kiss, breaking it leaning nose to nose.
"I love you too."
