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Adopting the weird kid pt.5 (Tommy and SBI)

Tommy's POV:

I laced up my trainers in the porch and stood awkwardly waiting for Chris at the front door. I had both hands wrapped around each strap of my backpack and was rocking back and forth on the soles of my feet. 

I hadn't been to the forest since a month before Mum died. She was such a fighter that even when she was nearing the end, she was up and about. She had good days and bad days. But without fail we seemed to end up at the forest at least once a month, even if sometimes we got the bus there. Or our old neighbour, Mrs Crease. She had a car which at her age she probably shouldn't have been driving, but she was happy enough to take us. She did the other week, Chris told me. I didn't know how to feel, I wasn't exactly sad. I didn't know her well enough to be that sad. But it felt like my old life, the one with mum, it felt like it was all dying out. And that made me sad.

But the forest was filled with happy memories and I wanted to go more often. Feed the ducks at the lake, get ice creams at the cafe, maybe even picnics there in the summer. Phil's family were slowly becoming my family. And that forest was always going to be a place for my family. No matter what family it was.

Chris appeared from the office, ready to leave, shoes already on. "Go on then." I opened the door and he unlocked his car.  The drive to the forest was longer than I remembered it being, partly because the kid's home was on the other side of the city compared to me, but maybe because the drive was so boring. The radio played classical music quietly and despite all of Chris' efforts to talk to me, the conversation didn't flow.

When we pulled up in the car park of the forest, Phil, Techno and Wilbur were already there. I sat in the car nervously, Chris had to persuade me to get out. 

"Come on Tom, you'll love it." I sat silently chewing on the inside of my cheek. "Let's just go and meet them, and if you don't want to go on a walk we can just go back to the house." I stayed quiet, not even looking up from the floor of Chris's car. "Do you just want to go back?"

"No, I want to go on a walk. But I want to stay with you."

"You can stick right by my side the entire time. I know this is difficult for you Tom, but I'm proud of you." I gave an assured nod and got out the car. Keeping both hands in my hoodie pockets as I walked, Chris remained a few steps in front of me at all times. For some reason, being behind him felt like he was protecting me.

"Hey Tom!" Phil said, energetic as ever. I felt frozen and didn't say anything or wave back.

"Nice to see you again Tommy." Techno said.

Wilbur walked up to me, but I took a step to be further behind Chris. "It's okay. Do you want a hug Tommy?" I thought for a second and slowly edged towards Wilbur, my feet scraping across the gravel floor of the car park. He held his arms out wide, with a kind smile on his face. I wrapped my arms around his back and gripped the hood of his coat like my laugh depended on it.

His arms wrapped up and down my back and it felt nice. It was the first time I had hugged anyone since Mum died. Chris is great, but I don't really like hugs, at least I thought I didn't. This hug with Wilbur was good. It comforted me. It felt warm and soft. I felt tears in my eyes, which fell slowly. And I sort of felt bad for getting them on Wilbur's coat, but he kept whispering stuff in my year, "it's okay, you're fine, let it go Tommy."

Once I let go of Wilbur, he patted me on my shoulder and gestured for me to start walking with him. I looked up towards Chris nervously, he nodded. So as we walked a small loop around the forest which would leave us at the cafe, Techno, Wilbur and I walked in front with Chris and Phil behind.

Techno and Wilbur talked to me as we walked. They told me all about their lives with Phil. And Techno told me all about his job. He was a youtuber and he played minecraft. And Wilbur told me all about the office he worked at, and the band he was lead singer in at the weekends and on evenings. Apparently Phil was supportive of whatever they did. I hoped that meant Phil would be happy for me to go to art college. I had been looking at them, and sort of needed to put an application in soon if I wanted to get in to one. My GCSE's were ending this summer.

Techno and Wilbur told me not to worry too much about my GCSE's, just to get whatever grades I needed to pass and be able to apply to the next part of my life. And they told me they'd help me revise if I needed it. I was looking forward to living with them. For them to be my family. I was close with them now and after that one hug with Wilbur, things were starting to fall into place.

Once at the cafe Phil bought us all a drink and we sat talking for a bit. I interrupted the conversation.

"I want to stay with you," I said, shaking slightly.

"Full time Tom? You mean you want to come live with us?" Phil questioned.

"If you'd let me?"

"Tom, have you thought about adoption before?"

"Chris sorted its out for me before I met you."

"So you would be interested in us adopting you?"

"I'd love it."

"And we'd all love it too." Techno said with a smile.

"Let's get back to Phil's, talk it out some more and when we go back to the home this afternoon, I'll start in the paper work. As long as this is what you want Tom?" Chris asked, looking at me with a plain expression.

"I'm ready for it Chris."

"Good."

"Daaaaaaaaaaad?"

"Yes Will?"

"I think we should have some ice cream to celebrate." I looked hopefully at Phil.

He sighed before saying, "we'll get a McFlurry from McDonald's on the way back home. Is that alright Chris?"

"Of course it is."

Chris let me ride in Phil's car on the way to his house. And Wilbur sat in the back with me, playing music through his phone. And even though I hadn't been adopted by them yet, they just felt like my family.

A/n Hey. Thank you so much for reading. I'm sorry if it's getting a bit boring having 2 adoption and autistic Tommy stories being published at the same time, but I want to finish this story before I move onto other oneshots. Hope that's okay with everyone! Anyway, how are you today?