Behind 403

Bonding

Schnieder's POV
1 week later
trash is now in prison 🤪🤪🤪 and pen is fostering them and it HAS to go by Penelope before anyone can even try to adopt them

I spent dinner with the Alverez family last night as per usual. I'm glad Bailey and Ben have started to open up more. They started becoming part of the family even if they're still distant sometimes. noticed last night that Ben and Bailey kept wearing the same clothes. I started talking to them about stuff and they eventually agreed to let me take them shopping. I'm happy they've grown not to fear me so much. I do notice that Ben trusts me slightly more than Bailey and I've wanted to fix that. I understand that Bailey is protecting their brother but, I hope that eventually they can both trust me. These two have been through a lot from what Pen told me which wasn't very much but even then. Although my father never physically abused me he did neglect me my entire life. So while I don't fully understand what they're going through I can sympathise.

"So you guys have no limit buy whatever you would like, I'm gonna give you each $200 in cash in case you want to buy something in private. And we're gonna get you each a phone so you can communicate with others"

"Uh I thought we were just gonna go to like good will or something" Bailey genuinely looked confused

"Oh please I would never torture ether of you with that awful store". Good will never

We turned into the underground parking lot of the closest mall I could find within a 20 mile radius. It wasn't a horribly small one but I've seen bigger ones. I paid for a ticket and went to park I saw Bailey put her hand back and grabbed onto Bens. He looked terrified. "Hey what's wrong is he ok??"

"Uh yea he just really hates underground parking let alone cars in general." Bailey responded. Ben was holding onto their hand like it was the last slice of pizza.

"Oh I'm sorry if you don't mind walking we can park somewhere else" I really didn't want Ben to be this scared anymore.

"No it's fine you already paid for parking and he should be ok plus if we're buying stuff I don't think we'll want to carry it all the way back." Bailey had turned around in their seat to calm Ben down a bit.

"The parking isn't a problem at all but if I would've know about the car thing I would've had us take trax"

"It's good poor judgement on my part uh just park as close as you can and we'll be fine" I did as she said and parked right next to the upy downy metal boxes and stairs. We got out and Ben headed to the elevator. We went up to the mall floor and headed straight over to The Apple Store.

"APPLE?!?!" Ben looked a mix of concerned and excited.

"Yes I'm not gonna take you to some crappy store like Samsung" can't believe he'd think so low of me.

After about two hours at apple they chose they're phones Bailey got the iPhone 12 in a dark purple and A clear case with a sad looking stuffed rabbit. Ben got the 13 ProMax in a cream color and pisces phone case.

I figured we'd go into hot topic first cause there's a lot they can both get and it's more than only clothes. They both looked so excited as soon as they stepped in looking at all the different fandoms. Bailey seemed really interested in Harry Potter while Ben was over by the Disney backpacks. His eyes seemed especially draw to the stitch one. He grabbed the tag and immediately dropped it he walked away and over to Bailey so I went over and took a picture of the backpack. Bailey seemed to be talking with Ben about the slytherin robe I walked over right as she said "it's almost $50 I'm not getting it" I took another picture

They both walked over to the jewelry "I haven't worn earrings in so long" Bailey laughed as she said that. Ben was looking at some rings "dude these are so cool" "right look at these ones" they started walking to the back and Bailey gasped "ITS SO GAY" "omg LOOK" "DUDE do you see this" I don't think a single thing there went untouched by Bailey. I noticed Ben longing looking at a mesh crop top that had the gay pride flag on it he slightly smiled and walked away from it. Another picture added a long with any pansexual pride. They didn't get anything so we just went into Spencer's and I saw a bunch of fun socks and walked over to them.

Bailey's POV

While Schneider was distracted Ben and I snuck off to the back of Spencer's. We saw all sorts of toys. I bought a few 'things' for Ben. First I bought him a nine inch dildo. Then a vibrator. And a butt plug. Then I bought him a lingerie set with matching bunny ears. It was a skin tight black leather suit. The butt part was just a thong and the front would obviously not fit him right. I tried not to die of laughter as I bought all of these. I got them in a paper bag so no one should see.

Back to Schneider pov

I walked back over to the kids "see anything you like?" "No" they both looked at each other almost as if checking to see if the other wasn't lying.

We headed to forever 21 "ok just grab things even if you only kinda like it and grab as much as you'd like, we're gonna do a fashion show!"

They surprisingly did exactly that  both had PILES of clothes. I kept watching Ben look at a skirt then not grab it see a crop top he liked and not take it, so I grabbed a dress that was really flowing that I thought might fit me. We all kept looking around I grabbed a couple other things for myself to try and took a whole lot of pictures. I learned Ben is a size small but likes to size up often and in Bailey's words "well I would be a small too but unfortunately I have boobs" so she grabbed some mediums and some smalls and in pants they are both medium but that's cause Ben liked sizing up on pants.

We went into the changing rooms and they both went a room next to each other and closed the door after a couple outfits some jokes and I bit of awkward science here and there I went into my own room and put on the dress. I heard there doors click open so I walked out in my dress they both started laughing and I was playing with the skirt and dancing around "Stop Schneider that dress does not suit you" Bailey could barely talk over their laughs.

"Oh come on I can pull this off"

"no Schneider the boob holes are to big" Ben was practically on the floor

" ok well why don't you go grab a skirt or something and try it on"

"Ok I will" like said he grabbed a black skirt and went back into his room and changed Bailey stayed out with me. When he came out he looked happier "oooh Bailey you were right I could never pull something like this off when Ben can pull it off like that"

"That's what I'm saying"

"You guys are just screwing with me" Ben looked so heart broken.

"I would never screw with you like that" Bailey wrapped their arms around his neck to hug him while he look in the mirror in front of him. Bailey was a few inches taller than him and he was like 5'8.

"I really do think you can pull off the skirt really well" i smiled at him.

Ben turned around and hugged his sister and then went back in the dressing room only to come out seconds later in a RIDICULOUS outfit we laughed and started going on and out of the room again eventually we left and they actually bout some stuff. We went into a bunch more stores and spent about $350 dollars I told them that they could split up to spend their cash I gave them and when they're done meet me at the food Court. Little did they know I'd be shopping too to buy them everything they thought was to much money. I want these kids to have everything I never had and I want them to know I care and wouldn't judge them so I'll buy them the world I'll give them anything. I just want them to feel cared for.

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In part two we're gonna do what Ben and Bailey buy and them having some lunch then going to a few other places so they can have more fun