"I don't believe it." Enrique breathed as he saw the papers come out of the copier. "We're actually Jacksons now."
"Yep. From now on, we shall be known as Matthew and Richie Jackson." Spencer said, smiling.
"Michael...I don't know what to say, this is...thank you." Enrique said.
"No problem, man." Michael said, smiling. "It's just...wow. My boys. You guys are finally my boys."
"After 9 years...finally. We're your boys. Jacksons."
They had been trying to officiate the adoption ever since they were 10, after their dads had left them. For some reason, they had never been able to...until today. But, Spencer and Enrique weren't the only ones being adopted by their father figure.
"Wow. I still can't believe you adopted the kids, too." Spencer said, looking at the paperwork. The twins Enrique's father had left him kept their names, Mario and Maria, but Spencer changed his and Carly's so his father could never find them.
"Matthew Jackson, Richie Jackson, Maria and Mario Jackson, and Carson Jackson." Spencer recited from the paper."
"Wait, why did you rename Carly Carson? She's a girl." Michael asked, confused. "And besides, I thought her name was Scarlet. How does that fit in?"
"My father. He doesn't know about her. If he found out, I know he would do something stupid."
Enrique immediately changed the subject.
"A family. Might not have the right members, but still...a family. I always wondered what having one felt like." Enrique said.
"Wait until people find our family tree, see how messed up our history is." Michael joked, smiling.
"Yeah," Spencer said, smiling as well. "I mean, we got three little kids, two twins and a tomboy. A skinny white teen, a Hispanic teen, and a guy who looks like Michael Jackson, all from broken homes."
Enrique thought about it, then smiled. "Damn, we are messed up."
Spencer's watch started to beep. "Awh, man. I gotta go. School starts. I really thought when I moved here it would get easier than Orleans. I was so wrong."
With that, he waved goodbye, and exited the Quantico Adoption Center, now a proud Jackson. Matthew Jackson.
He liked the sound of it.