chapter 2

Hot shot was feeling kind of shy at the moment. He was now with his new foster family. Hot shot was thinking he was going to be sent back soon. So he felt like he shouldn't get comfortable. Hot shot was looking at his new room. Hot shot sat on the bed to make himself comfortable. He didn't have much of his own stuff just some ratty used clothes that his former foster parents got for him. He didn't even have any toys.

"Hello Hot shot," Heatwave said.

"Oh hi," Hot shot said. "This is new and I don't want to be sent back again," he said.

"I can understand that, but Quickshadow and I we want to make you feel safe and comfortable," Heatwave said. "You can decorate this room so it feels a bit like home," he said.

"I can?" Hot shot asked.

"Yes you can," Heatwave said. "We are also going to take you to get some new clothes," he said.

"You mean new used clothes, because that is what my past foster families said that foster kids get," Hot shot said.

Heatwave was shocked to hear this. "No I mean brand new never been used," Heatwave said. "You shouldn't only have used clothes," he told him. "That isn't right," he told him. "You will have nice brand new clothes," he said.

"Wow," Hot shot said.

"We will even get you some new toys too," Heatwave said.

"You mean it?" Hot shot asked looking up at Heatwave. His eyes looked like he was not sure whether to believe Heatwave or not. Heatwave felt his heartbreak when he saw that look.

"Of course I do, you need to play just like any other kid," Heatwave told him.

"Thank you," Hot shot said.

"We are about to have dinner and are going to order pizza you okay with that?" Heatwave asked.

"I never had pizza," Hot shot said. "Is it good?" he asked.

"Yes it is good," Heatwave said. He was amazed by Hot shot's sad past had left him missing out on a few things. It was very sad to him. Heatwave was going to make sure Hot shot was going to be happy with him and Quickshadow.

Hot shot followed Heatwave out of the room. Hot shot saw the pizza when it came in. There were a few of them. Hot shot was a bit curious about the pizza. He grabbed a piece of pepperoni pizza. Hot shot took a bite. "It's good," Hot shot said.

"You sound like you never had pizza before," Kade said.

"Never," Hot shot said.

"Hot shot I guess you missed out on a lot of good things," Graham said.

"Well that all stops now, you are going to know what is it like to be loved poppet," Quickshadow said taking him up into her lap. Hot shot was surprised he had never been allowed to sit in another's lap before. He liked it a lot it felt nice and safe. Hot shot was still bit nervous because he was still unsure about all of this.

It was starting to get late. "Okay little fella time for you to have a bath," Heatwave said.

Hot shot was given his bath. Hot shot was cleaned up by Quickshadow and then taken out of the tube and dried off. "There nice and clean," Quickshadow said with a smile.

Hot shot was then dressed into his pjs which were old and worn looking. Then was put in bed. Hot shot was a bit nervous and soon went to sleep.

The very next morning Hot shot woke up. He came out of his room looking around. He didn't know how to get around the firehouse yet. He opened the door to Dani's room as she was grabbing clothes for the morning. "Morning Hot shot," Dani said when she saw him.

"Sorry, I did mean to barge in, I was looking for the kitchen to get breakfast," Hot shot said.

"Just go down the stairs it will be right there," Dani said.

"Thanks," Hot shot said closing the door.

Hot shot went down the stairs. Hot shot saw the kitchen and came down into it. "Morning," Charlie said seeing Hot shot.

"Hi," Hot shot said.

Heatwave got Hot shot a bowl of cereal. Hot shot ate his breakfast. "Get dressed Hot shot, we are going to take you shopping for some clothes and toys," Heatwave said. "You need to have a normal and happy childhood," he said.

Hot shot managed to smile a bit. But he was still feeling a bit on the cautious side. Hot shot was now dressed for the day. Hot shot was now in a booster seat in the car. Then they headed off to do their shopping.

Hot shot saw all the different places as they were driving. Then they made it to the store. "Here we are," Quickshadow said. Hot shot followed Heatwave and Quickshadow inside. Hot shot saw many thing in the store. Heatwave was holding his hand. Hot shot tried on a lot of different clothes. Hot shot found ones he liked and ones he didn't like.

Hot shot chose the ones he liked. Hot shot even got some new shoes. Hot shot found a pair a he liked a lot. Then they paid for the clothes and shoes. Hot shot was then taken to another store. There were a lot of toys in the store. Hot shot looked at all the different toys. Hot shot found a few he liked. Hot shot was happy now that they were done shopping.

Hot shot was happy to have some brand new clothes, shoes and a few toys.

"I think since tomorrow is Saturday we should do something fun as a family," Quickshadow said.

"How about you take Hot shot to the zoo in Griffin rock? Or zoo by going through the ground bridge?" Boulder suggested.

"That sounds like a nice idea," Quickshadow said.

"I read that the zoo in Fort Worth Texas is pretty good," Salvage said.

"Sounds like a great idea," Quickshadow said.

So they began to make plans to go. They made sure everything was ready.

"You might want to bring sunscreen, it is summer and it's hot and sunny," Charlie said. "You don't want yourselves or Hot shot to get sunburned," he said.

"You got a point there," Heatwave said. "We also better make sure to bring something to drink," he said.

"That is also a fine idea, don't want to get dehydrated." Dani said.

"I hope Hot shot will enjoy it," Quickshadow said.

"A lot of kids enjoy zoos Heatwave you have nothing worry about with that," Charlie said.

"I know it's just Hot shot's had it so rough in his first four years of life, we just want to make him feel safe and loved," Heatwave said. "We want him to have a normal happy childhood experience with us, and we worry they might come and take him and place him in another home," he said.

"I worry about that too," Quickshadow said.

"Well it depends on a few things, it normally depends if they think Hot shot is in any danger," Charlie said.

"Oh, okay," Heatwave said.

"Well it's starting to get late we should all go to bed," Charlie said.

"That is a good point," Quickshadow said.

Soon everyone went to bed. Heatwave and Quickshadow were going to make sure tomorrow was going to be a great day for Hot shot.