Adopted

Twenty

Valery

I wheeled into David's house for practice. No one else was there yet and David was playing on his piano.

I sat beside him and laid my head on his shoulder listening to him sing and caress the keys lightly and soothingly.

I smiled at the gentleness of this boy. When the world fell apart David would be the first person I would crawl to.

His sweet soothing nature would calm me instantly and make me fall harder for this boy.

I wish he felt the same.

"Hey, Val, can I ask you something?" David asked.

"Sure," I said.

"Val, I don't know what love is, I'm thirteen. But I do know that I wanna be closer to you. I wanna hold you every night and kiss you and hold you up when you're learning how to walking again! Can I have that?" David asked.

"Yes," I said hugging him.

He pressed his warm lips to mine and I felt dazed.

But in a good way.

Third person

Everything went great for everyone.

Axl and Stacey loved each other with a love that grew stronger everyday.

And so Xavier and Logan.

Natalia loved being a big sister and dedicated her everyday to her little sister.

Their life goes on and it gets better from here.

THE END