I hate sitting around waiting. You would think I would be able to find something to do to keep my mind off of what I am about to do but nothing I try keeps my mind off the fact that I am sitting out here waiting to go in and prove to a complete stranger that I am not a bad person. I hate that Edward and I have to do this but then on the other hand I am so excited because of what it would mean for us.

After the Fourth of July Alice launched herself into planning mode and I hesitantly gave her full control over the wedding but I kept my veto right. I wasn't completely sure if that was a wise choice but honestly I didn't care about the details, as long as I was going to marry Edward I was happy. Thankfully she didn't go too overboard but I think Edward had something to do with that.

When she sent us her preliminary guest list Edward spent hours going through it and crossed people off the list and literally cut the list down to just close friends and family. Since I didn't really have any family we decided not to have a bride and groom side for seating but everyone could sit where ever. I hade Jake give me away and Edward's third cousin, who I had never met, was the flower girl. Rosalie and Alice were my bride's maids and Jasper and Emmett were Edward's groomsmen. Alice of course had everything set up perfectly and the wedding and reception went off without a hitch.

Unfortunately Edward had to take a meeting in Tokyo two days after the wedding so we flew there and postponed our honeymoon for a few days, but it was worth it in the long run. As soon as his meeting was over we spent two months traveling everywhere. We left Tokyo for Beijing then went to Moscow then Warsaw. After hitting those places, which I choose, he surprised me taking me all over Europe ending our trip in Ireland. His phone would ring several times everyday but he would only answer it if it was family checking to make sure we were ok.

As a thank you to Alice for dealing with the wedding Edward flew her, Jasper, and the kids out to meet us while we were in Paris and of course Alice bought so much stuff she had to ship it home because the airline wouldn't allow it all on the plane.

The last few years we have been happily married but we both knew there was something missing but I would never vocalize it. It was Edward who came to me and brought it up. He got completely wasted one night and I found him crying in his office. When I approached him he was holding a picture of him in a baseball uniform with both of his parents on either side of him. I tried to calm him down but he just kept apologizing for not being able to give me all the things I deserved in life.

That is what brings me to where I am right now. After talking over our choices we both decided that we would try to adopt. We have already passed all of the previous requirements to be able to adopt a child, but we need to go through individual meetings with our adoption agent so that she can help us find and appropriate match. My head jerked up when Edward came out of the office with a huge smile on his face.

"Frances is ready for you."

I stood and gave him a hug before I walked into the office. He winked at me as I closed the door and I couldn't help but smile. I made my over the Frances' desk and sat down and waited for her to start talking. I wasn't sure how this worked. I mean was she going to ask me questions or would we just talk and she would get what she needs from that. "So, Mrs. Cullen let's just talk a little bit." I nodded not to sure where we should start. "Is there anything particular you want me to talk about?" She nodded and looked down at a piece of paper, "Would you like to talk to me about why you decided to adopt?"

I tucked my hair behind my ear before talking, "Well Edward can't have children and I've always known this but recently we went to see his family and everyone else has there kids and they are running around and asking their daddy's to play ball with them and I could just see it in Edward's eyes. He wanted someone to call him daddy and ask him to play ball or teach them how to tie their shoes. That's when we decided to adopt." She took a few notes and looked back up to me.

"Does it matter to you if you have a boy or girl?" I knew this question was going to come up Edward of course told me it didn't matter to him but I can read him like a book. "Either would be great but I know that Edward would love a little boy who he could play sports with. Edward played baseball when he was a younger boy and so did his father and I can see it whenever he looks at his little league pictures that he wants to share that tradition with a son of his own. However if we got a little girl she would be loved unconditionally."

We continued for an hour just like this she would ask a simple question and I would answer. The only time I got nervous was when she asked how Edward and I met but we had agreed a long time ago to tell everyone that I was Grace's friend and that she introduced us which is only partially a lie. Before we left she called Edward into the office and he sat down next to me and took my hand in both of his.

"OK I have everything I need and it will take me a few days to get a list of kids who would be a good match with you guys but I will be in touch as soon as I can."

It took two weeks before she called us back and she told us to come in to meet a few of the kids she said would be a good match for us. Every kid we met was so cute and they were all desperate for a home, I felt so bad when we couldn't take them all home. The last little boy who came in was the only one who looked upset and didn't seem to want to be adopted. "Mr. and Mrs. Cullen this is Kevin, he seven years old." I smiled at him but he flopped down in the chair and crossed his arms over his chest. "Can we just get this over with so I can get back to Maxy?"

I looked over to Frances waiting for an explanation but she never provided one. Edward leaned in towards Kevin. "Who's Maxy?" Kevin rolled his eyes and sighed at us. "Maxy is my little sister, she's six and she's the reason that I won't go with you." I bit on my bottom lip and grabbed Edward's hand. "You don't want to leave Maxy, do you?" Kevin didn't vocally respond to Edward, he just shook his head. "Kevin, we don't want to take you away from your sister. We just wanted to get to know you."

Kevin jumped up from his seat banging his hands on the table. Edward placed his arm out in front of me as if he was afraid the boy would actually hurt me. "You're lying! You're trying to see if I would fit into your family but I can't leave Maxy. If she gets into a family that's fine but I can't leave until she finds a place to go. I can't leave her. Everybody we know has left I just can't do that to her." I could see tears in his eyes but he was too stubborn to let them fall.

Frances came up to us and tried to calm Kevin down. He eventually did calm down and started playing with the toys that were in the corner of the room. "I am so sorry I thought he would have behaved today but I guess I was wrong." I looked over at him and something in my heart told me we couldn't let him wait for his sister to be adopted before he would leave. "Frances, can we have a moment alone?" She nodded and we stepped out into the hallway.

I didn't even have to say anything Edward could just see it on my face. "Bella, I think we should meet Maxy." He pulled me to him and we hugged each other. "I agree." We stood there for a few moments watching Kevin play and we waved Frances to come out to us. After we explained that we wanted to meet Maxy she pulled her phone out and called to see if someone could bring her to meet us. Luckily they were more than happy to bring her. Apparently she mopes around when Kevin is gone.

Fifteen minutes later Maxy came in the room and ran straight to Kevin. He hugged her and looked over her shoulder at us and mouthed a 'thank you'. According to Frances he is only allowed to see Maxy four hours a day because the boys are girls aren't allowed to be around each other in the orphanage. They are only around each other during their free time between school and dinner. Edward sat down at the table with Frances and I walked over to see if I could get both of them to talk to me while they played.

Maxy reminded me of Alice. She talked about everything and anything and she didn't even need you to add anything to the conversation. It made sense to me why Kevin doesn't talk too much. I learned that Maxy's favorite color is silver and Kevin's is green, her favorite animal is a blue jay while he likes lizards, she likes to watch all the Disney movies while he prefers cartoon shows, she loves The Princess and the Frog and he likes a show called Naruto. We spent two hours on the floor playing with Barbie dolls and Kevin built things with Lego's.

Before we left Frances set up another time for all four of us to get together and go out for lunch and go to the playground in the next week. She was happy that she had found a couple that were not just interest in one of them but both of them. Apparently they have the hardest time finding places for siblings to go where they can live together.

Almost a month later they both came to live with us as a trial run. Esme came to help me set up there rooms which were next to reach other. Edward had a door set up so that they could go into the others room without having to go into the hallway.

We painted Maxy's room a light blue with silver border wall paper that had blue jays on it. Her bed was a pink and silver top bunk bed with a desk underneath. Instead of a computer on her desk we set up a Disney princess TV with a built in DVD player and we bought every Disney movie we could find. She had a silver bean bag chair that sat across the room from the TV. She had white dressers and a princess toy chest filled to the rim with everything Edward thought a girl would like.

Kevin's room was painted a bluish green with a light green border wall paper that had realistic lizards on it. He also had the same bed except that it was forest green and his had a standard black TV with DVD player. Edward bought him every DVD series for cartoons he could find. He also got a bean bag chair but his was green. We figured it would be better to get them chairs that they could carry from room to room by themselves. His dressers were stained wood and his toy chest was filled with Lego's and cars.

Both kids got their own bike with helmets, knee pads, and elbow pads. When they both showed up at the house they each only had on suitcase full of clothes so after the kids saw their rooms and got settled in we took them shopping and Edward spent and obscene amount of money buying them everything they wanted.

A few months after filed for complete adoption we got the court approval and were legally their parents. Maxy started calling us mommy and daddy as soon as she realized we weren't going to send her away but Kevin took longer to warm up to us. It wasn't until he legally had our last name did he call us mom and dad.

We were all sitting around the table getting ready to eat and I was listening to Maxy tell me about how school went when Kevin cleared his throat. "I was wondering if you could help me get ready for little league, dad." I gasped and I could see tears in Edward's eyes. He had to clear his throat twice before he was able to speak. "I would love to help you Kevin. When are tryouts?" Maxy tugged on my sleeve and I leaned down to hear what she was saying, "Why does daddy look like he's gonna cry?" I leaned down so that I could give her an Eskimo kiss, "Because daddy's really really happy."

After to dinner was over the kids went upstairs to get ready for bed and I hugged Edward. "He called me dad." He finally let the tears he was holding back fall. Our moment was interrupted by Maxy yelling for us to come tuck her in. After tucking Maxy in we went to say good night to Kevin who assured us he was too old to be tucked in, but tonight he gave us both a hug and called us mom and dad.

When we finally made it to bed Edward pulled out a journal that he had taken to writing big moments in and he wrote all about how Kevin had accepted us as his family. He wrote everything in there. He started it the first night they stayed with us and almost every night he has something new to write about in it. As soon as he was done writing in the journal he picked up the phone and called his parents to tell them about Kevin's progress. So far we had only introduced the kids to Esme and Carlisle but they would get to meet everyone else in a few weeks when they show up from Christmas.

Ever since our first Christmas together we have all celebrated at his parents house but this year since it is our first major holiday with the kids we have all decided to have Christmas here. Esme has already set up for everyone to go and get our picture taken as one big family. We've told Kevin and Maxy all about Edward's family and Maxy is her typical self and can't wait to meet everyone while Kevin is a bit skeptical, but that is to be expected.

Frances told us their story before they came to live with us. Apparently their mother was murdered by their father and Kevin hasn't trusted anyone ever since. Their dad is in jail and isn't scheduled to get out of jail until Maxy is eighteen. They had already been in the system for two years when found them. I am just glad that were now a happy family.


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~SAM~