Breakfast in bed

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The following day, JJ woke up to find the other side of the bed empty. She wondered where her girlfriend was for a minute, until she heard laughter coming from the kitchen.

She smiled to herself, wondering what Emily and Riley were up to. She was about to get up, when she heard a knock on the door.

"Come in." JJ said.

Riley came holding a tray.

JJ raised an eyebrow and smiled back. Then, she spotted Emily holding a glass of juice and a few other things.

"Uh, what are you guys doing, exactly?" JJ asked with her eyebrow raised.

"She wanted to make you breakfast, and I decided that you should have it in bed." Emily said smiling.

"Hmm, this is really good, thank you. It was nice of you to do this" JJ said with a smile, as she ate a piece.

"I-uh-it was?" Riley asked with doubt.

JJ sighed, putting her fork down.

"Riley, I'm not your father."

"I-I know that." Riley said.

"So stop being so scared of me. I'm not going to hurt you. I'll never lay a hand on you, never and neither will Emily. You don't have to be scared all the time. I appreciate the breakfast, okay? Just remember my words, we will never ever hurt you, okay?" JJ assured, continuing to eat her breakfast.

Riley nodded, seeming to be at a loss of words.

"I know you won't, but I'm just not used to being treated nicely. Everything I ever did for my dad was crap. He never appreciated anything I did, no matter how hard I tried. My life has been this way since I was born. I know you two aren't like him, but all my life, the only thing I've known is pain that it's just weird to be appreciated and loved. And I know that I'm going to have to go into foster care, and that's okay. But I appreciate everything you've done for me, that's all I want you to know." Riley finished with a smile.

"Speaking of which. Riley, JJ and I have been talking about something and we want to know what you think, okay?" Emily asked.

Riley nodded.

"What do you think about us becoming your adoptive parents?"

Social workers have been calling them, but Emily used the good name of her mother to buy them some more time to sort everything out and figure out what they were going to do.

"What?" Riley said, caught completely off guard.

"You heard her." JJ said smiling, her breakfast now forgotten.

"Yes." Riley said her voice dropping an octave as happy tears streamed down her face. Not long after that, they were embracing each other and they all had happy tears in their eyes.

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