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Chapter Fifteen

Matthew kept his word; Roland got a call from Judge Crawford saying, "I hear that you and your wife want to take another young person into your home.

Roland told the Judge, "Yes we do, Joey is a very nice young man who has been abused and he just wants a chance of making something out of his life, and Helga and I think that we can help him reach his goals."

Judge Crawford said, "Alright, I will need you and Helga and of course Joey to appear in my Court on Monday, I will then make my decision on whether Joey Wheeler will be living in your home or if he'll be sent to McGregor Hall for young men until he's eighteen."

When Roland hung, up the phone, he wanted to slam his fist against the wall, no way in hell would Joey go to that hell hole, he calmed down and went to tell Helga about the conversation he just had with Judge Crawford.

She just sat there then she stood up and said, "If Sean thinks that he's going to be sending my son to that horrid place, then he's crazy and I'll tell him so."

Roland laughed and said, "I guess when we appear in Court Monday, I'd better have Bakura come along so that he can post bail of both of us, because when you start spouting off, I'll have to defend you and we're both going to end up in jail for contempt of court."

Seto and Joey went outside and they walked to the gazebo, when they sat down on the bench, Seto reached into the pocket of his pants and took out a piece of paper.

Joey looked at him and said, "What in the world is going on?" Seto then unfolded the paper and said, "This is a Poem that I found on the internet and I thought that you might like it."

When Ever You're In Trouble by Donnie Osmond(Donnie Osmond wrote this for his mother when he found out that she was dying)

TELL ME FROM THE HEART
IN YOUR EYES I SEE THE PAIN
ITS TEARING YOU APART
LET ME TAKE IT ALL AWAY
YOU KNOW SOMONE BELIEVES IN YOU
WHEN THEY LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO
YOU KNOW YOU ARE HOME
AND YOU'RE NOT ALONE
WHEN YOU HEAR ME SAY

WHENEVER YOU'RE IN TROUBLE
WHENEVER YOU MAY NEED ME
I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU
I WILL HELP YOU THROUGH
WHENEVER LIFES DECEIVING
I'LL GIVE YOU NEW MEANING
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE
YOU'RE ALWAYS IN MY HEART
WHENEVER YOU'RE IN TROUBLE I WILL BE RIGHT HERE

SOMETIMES YOU'RE GONNA FIND
NOTHING GOES THE WAY YOU PLANNED
BUT WHATEVERS ON YOUR MIND
I WILL TRY TO UNDERSTAND
YOU KNOW SOMEONE IS BY YOUR SIDE
WHENEVER THEY HELP YOU THROUGH THE DARKEST NIGHT
YOU KNOW YOU ARE HOME
AND YOU'RE NOT ALONE
WHEN YOU HEAR ME SAY

NOW'S THE TIME

When he was done, Joey put his arms around Seto and hugged him and with tears running down this face Joey said, "That is just beautiful, and I feel the same way about you." Then Seto pulled Joey into his arms and kissed him, Joey returned the kiss.

Then they heard something and when they turned around there stood Mokie and Seto said, "Why aren't you in bed?"

Tears ran down Mokie's face and he said, "I'm scared, I had that dream again, please Seto can I stay here with you guys?"

Seto held out his arms, Mokie ran and jumped into his brother's arms, and Seto said, "Alright, now why don't you close your eyes, and try to get some sleep."

Joey smiled at Mokie and he said, "Would you like me to sing you the song that my mommy sang to me when I was a little boy, and got scared?" Mokie said, "Yes." Joey sang this song:

When you walk through a storm
hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm is a golden sky

And the sweet silver song of a lark.

Walk on through the wind,

Walk on through the rain,
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blow

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone,
You'll never, ever walk alone.


Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart

And you'll never walk alone,
You'll never, ever walk alone.

By the time Joey was done singing, Mokie was sound asleep in Seto's arms, Seto then stood up and then he quietly said, "Let's get him back into his room."

So they went inside and as Seto lay Mokie on his bed, he turned to Joey and said, "Thank you for singing that song, I remembered mom singing that once to Yugi when he was in the hospital and they didn't know if he'd make it or not."

Then the door opened and Helga walked in and said, "What are you two doing here?" Seto said, "Mokie had another bad dream, you know the one where our Uncle did things to me, well he came outside and found us and just before he fell asleep, Joey sang a song and Mokie fell to sleep."

Joey looked at Helga and said, "I remembered my mommy singing "Walk On" to me when I was a little boy and how it calmed me down, so I thought that it might help Mokie too."

Helga smiled and said, "That's a beautiful song, thank you for doing that for your brother, now the reason I came up here is, we're having a family meeting downstairs, come on lets go, this meeting has to do with Joey's future."

When the three of them got to the family room, as they walked into the room Joey saw, Bakura and Marik, they were standing over by the pool table, then there was Ishizu, Mai and Tea and they were all sitting on one of the couches, and standing by the arcadia door was Roland.

Roland turned around and said, "Seto you and Joey sit over there. Now the reason I called this family meeting is, I got a call from Judge Crawford, Monday morning, your mom, Joey and I are going to talk to the Judge about Joey coming here to live with us.

The Judge said that at that time he'd make his decision whether to let Joey come here to live or he'd be sent to McGregor Hall, where he'd live until he turned eighteen."

Bakura stood up and said, "It'll be a cold day in hell before Joey would be sent to that hell hole, dad you know that the bastard that runs that place is the spawn of Satan himself."

Then Marik and Yami stood up and said, "We can't let that Judge do that to our brother, we have to find a way to get him to decide to allow Joey to live here with us."

Then Joey stood up and said, "Listen, I've learned a lot from all of you, from Bakura, Marik and Yami, I've learned how to protect myself, from Ishizu and Mai, I've learned not only to be a gentleman especially when a lady walks into a room, but with Tea's help, they've all taught me how to cook.

From Yugi, Ryou, Malik and even Serenity I learned how to be strong and that it is all right to cry if I want to. And even Mokie has taught me to have fun and laugh.

Then there's mom and dad, they have given me their love and strength and showed me that no matter what, I can do or be anyone I want to be.

Then there's Seto, he has love into my life when I thought that no one could ever see me that way, he does, and I love him too.

So Please don't argue on my account, if I have to go to that place then I'll go, no one in this family is going to do anything to jeopardize what this family has come to mean to me."

Helga went over and put her arms around Joey and hugged him and she said, "Alright, we won't but you've got to promise me something, promise that when we talk to Judge Crawford, you tell him what's in your heart."

Joey kissed her and said, "I promise." Then Roland said, "I guess this family meeting is over, all of you need to get to bed, we have a busy day tomorrow."

Helga looked at him and Roland said, "You know what happened to that damn cat when it got too curious don't you, so story giving me that look."

Helga stuck her tongue out at him and that caused all the kids including and Joey to laugh, then Bakura said, "Come on, let's get to bed."

That night after they had all gone to bed and Roland was holding Helga in his arms, she said, "They're planning on making me breakfast in bed again aren't they?"

He smiled at her and said, "Yes, tomorrow's Mother's Day and your kids want to show you how much they love you."

Please R&R..

Chapter Sixteen Coming Up..