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Chapter Nineteen

Judge Thorton beat his gavel and said "order in this Court Room. Now we have one more thing to do before any of you can be adopted. Would each of the young men who are being adopted step up here (he pointed to a line in front of his desk) and would the couples who want to adopt the young men stand behind them. Now, I want to ask each young man one question, Peter do you want to become the adopted son of Steve and Greta O'Brien?" Peter told the Judge "yes your Honor I would." Then from this day forth you will be known as Peter David O'Brien.

Then the Judge asked "do you Chad and Steve want to become the adopted sons of Shadi and Ishizu Obed?" Chad and Steven said "yes we would your Honor." Then from this day forth you will be Chad Thomas Obed, and you will be Steve Joseph Obed.

And finally the Judge asked "Jason and Mike do you want to become the adopted sons of Roland and Mary Phillips?" Both Jason and Mike said "we sure would your Honor." Then from this day forth you will be known as Jason William Phillips and you will be known as Mike Charles Phillips.

Then Judge Thorton banged his gavel three times and he said "by the power of this Court I rule that the Adoption of these young men is final and let no one try to break them up or so help me I will make them so sorry! Court is adjourned! Good luck to everyone."

At the Manor, Seto, Joey, Mokie and Serenity and the staff were decorating the outside of the Manor with a huge banner that said:

WELCOME TO THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILY!!!!!!!

Everyone was waiting outside as the limo pulled up out front and when everyone got out the young men's eyes filled with tears, they were really and forever a part of a loving family. On the steps were Seto, Joey, Serenity, Mokuba, Bakura, Ryou, Marik, Malik Duke, Tristan, Tea and Mai. They all cheered and welcomed everyone home. When they went inside there were more surprises awaiting for them.

There in the Ball Room it was decorated for a celebration and all the staff was there to welcome them home. As they all sat down, Seto and Joey stood up and said "we are both so damn proud that we have more members of this family." Serenity and Mokie stood up and they said "it's going to be so much fun having so many brothers. This made everyone get teary eyed. Jason and the others stood up and as Jason raised his glass he said "we want to give thanks not only to God up above, but to each and everyone of you who gave us the love and understanding that we so desperately needed, none of us every thought that anyone would ever want any of us because we were damaged and then to have this lovely woman come and say that she wanted to be out foster mom, well all I can say is God blessed the day that you were born."

Then everyone stood and held hands said "God bless everyone in this room and keep us all in your loving arms forever."

It's been three weeks since the adoption and all of the young men have begun to get settled in with their new families and one day while Peter was helping Greta in the garden he said "could I call you mom and Steve dad?" Greta dropped what she had in her hands and she turned to her son and said "that would make us do happy."

Each young man asked his parents the same question and they got the same answer "we'd love for you to call us that." When Jason an Mike wanted to know, they asked Mary "what will Serenity and Joey say?" Mary smiled and she said "why don't we find out?" She called out to her daughter and asked her "go find your brother and both of you please come here." When Joey and Serenity got there, Mary asked "would either of you mind if Jason and Mike call me mom?" Serenity smiled and walked over to her two new brothers and she said "as long as I can call you my big brothers like I do with Joey then I don't mind." Joey had tears in his eyes as he told them "she's your mom now, so why not." All of them hugged each other and tears fell down their faces because they were all so happy.

One thing that worried both Seto and Joey was whether Jason, Mike or any of the other young men would accept them being together. Seto asked Joey to marry him out in the garden one moonlit evening and Joey said "you know that I love you and I want to marry you and we can be together forever." Roland and Mary were so happy for them, but when Joey asked them "how will the others react when they find out that we're you know gay?" From behind them came "why don't you just ask us?"

Joey turned around and there stood his brothers and when Mike approached them, he said "Joey, we've known for a long time about you and Seto, but you know what none of us give and damn as long as both of you are happy then so are we." Seto put his arm around Joey and held out his hand and said "let me shake the hands of my new brother-in-laws." Joey then gave his two brothers a hug and said "it's so wonderful to finally really be happy and to be able to say "thank God that I'm finally home."

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