A/N: sorry it took such a long time to get this up haven't had much time do to a lot of writing but here is Chapter 3!
Things have finally settled down at our house whats with Annie almost getting kidnapped, the kids from the orphanage showing up and the "Mudges" and that St. Regis person getting arrested. It was a hectic morning for all of us but we were finally able to enjoy Christmas as a family, a REAL family and Annie's first ever Christmas. Annie loved having her friends over for Christmas, especially sweet little Molly. She really was.a special little girl and Grace and I were thinking of adopting her.
Finally after a day and night of festivities we finally got our energetic daughter and her equally energetic friends to bed.
"Goodnight, mom, daddy Warbucks I love you two so much and I'm so happy to finally have parents of my own even if you're not my real parents" Annie said sleepily reaching out to kiss us
"We're glad you're here forever and always baby. Soon we'll be a family officially when me and Daddy are married" Grace said returning the kiss and Annie finally fell asleep. Grace snuggling into me said,
"She's ours Oliver she's really and truly ours! Now can the wedding come any time sooner?"
"It'll be here soon enough shouldn't we be getting some sleep? We have a busy day ahead of us tomorrow." Grace and I quietly left Annie's room and left the door slightly open in case she would ever need us during the night.
Grace and I walked into our room got into pajamas and went to bed. "Oh Oliver I'm so happy we're finally together and Annie is safe! Look I saw Annie with little Molly today and she absolutely adores her! Oliver can we adopt her? I know it's soon but I would hate to separate those two" well Grace certainly read my mind,"You know, Grace I was thinking th same thing she's such a special little girl and they would make perfect sisters. I heard how she used to look after her in the orphanage. Yes Grace that's a brilliant idea! Do you think it's a good idea to tell the, tomorrow or wait?"
"Well it wouldn't hurt to tell them tomorrow I would love them both to be in the wedding!" Kissing Grace I thought it was a great idea to tell Annie and Molly about the adoption tomorrow, but for now we both drifted off to sleep.
Th next morning I went to Annie's room to get her up for the day and found Molly cuddled up in Annie's side and Annie has a protective arm around her. Such dolls! I couldn't wait to tell them the wonderful news! Finally Annie stirred and woke up s irking at me,"good morning Daddy Warbucks! Molly has a bad dream last night so she wanted to sleep with me. She always does" kissing her on the check I said" you're such a great friend to her we actually have a surprise for the two of you! Mom and I will tell you after your other friends leave."
"Really? Oh boy! I bet it's gonna be great!" Molly, hearing Annie's voice finally woke up and looked at me and said,"good morning Mr. Oliver I'm sorry for having a nightmare but Annie made it better." I lifted her out of bed and said," No need to be sorry everyone has a bad dream once in a while. Why don't the two of you go and see if the other girls are up and meet us all downstairs for breakfast?"
After hearing this the girls scrambled out of bed to get their friends up. To think that I Oliver Warbucks was to have two daughters and a wife within the next few weeks was crazy. If anyone would've told me a mere month ago that I was to have a wide and children if think them mad. But it's all coming into place now and I could never have been happier.
The girls and grace were all downstaies in the dining room having pancakes, eggs and bacon made by Mrs. Pugh by the time I was dressed and ready. It seemed like everyone was having a great time and chatting away. I went over to my soon-to-be wife and gave her a kiss good morning
"Good morning, darling how did you sleep "
" very good I think we were all exhausted from the day we had yesterday! Come have some breakfast." I sat down next to Grace and enjoyed my coffee and eggs listening to the excited chatter of the little girls sitting at our table. Grace and I gave each other a look that said we were both excited to tell Annie and Molly the news!
After the breakfast dishes have been cleaned the girls went upstairs to play some more u til it was time for them to go back to the orphanage, which was run by a different kinder woman now where they will stay until they each get adopted.
"Thanks for havin' us over Annie! I'll see you soon! Thanks for gettin' me a mom and dad!" Said one of the girls, Kate I think her name was.
"Yeah thanks for the food" said one of the grumpier older girls, Pepper I believe her name was.
After the other girls have gone home and it was just Annie Molly, Grace and I we all went into the living room to tell the girls the wonderful news.
Grace went first
"Annie, Molly daddy and I have something very exciting to tell you! Molly how would you like it if we adopted you?" Molly jumped up and ran over to hug and kiss us
"You mean you and Oliver are my and Daddy? Oh boy! Annie you're my sister!" Molly ran over to hug Annie and Annie hugged and kissed Molly on the cheek,"yeah Molly they are! You can call them Mommy and Daddy now and I'm glad we're finally sisters!" Annie ran up to me and said"thank you so much Daddy Warbucks! I think this is the best Christmas ever!"
"You're welcome baby we saw how much you loved Molly and we didn't want to separate the two of you!"
The rest of the day was spent getting Molly's adoption papers signed and starting to plan the wedding and of course spending the whole day as a family of four. I could hardly wait for the wedding and many more memories to come in the upcoming years.