- taylors pov -
Joe and Lilly left for Tokyo before the sun came up this morning, so I've been up for a while when Elena comes into the kitchen in her jammies. It's still winter break so no school today. «Morning sweetie. Did you sleep okay?» I ask her and she nods «I slept okay. Did they leave?»
«Yes. They left really early. But there is something I want to tell you» I tell her, and she sits down after Daniel hands her a cup of hot chocolate. «I got a letter from the court in the mail. We have a date for finalizing the adoption. It's a few days after the world figure skating championship» I tell her, and her eyes widen.
We are all going to Tokyo with Lilly if she gets to go to worlds, so thankfully the date doesnt come in the way of that. Ofcourse we would have made adjustments if it did though, because this adoption is important for us.
«How do you feel about that?» I ask her when she stays silent for a long while. «I'm nervous. what if you change your mind later? I don't want to be a burden» I know she struggles a lot with that, feeling like she is in the way. It must be a terrifying thing to never know if you get to sleep in the same bed two nights in a row because someone might send you back. But that's one of the reasons the adoption is so important because it means that she has security that she gets to stay here.
«You're never a burden to our family Elena, we are so happy to have you here. You belong with us. I know it might take time for you to feel comfortable and truly believe that, but I hope that having the adoption papers will help. It means that we are your forever family Elena.» It will probably take time for her to truly trust that, but we have all the time in the world. She comes from a hard world where she has never had a consistent parental presence in her life, but we want to change that. We want to be her parents and the people that will watch her grow up along with the rest of our kids. And we don't want that to stop just because she is 18 and ages out of the system, she is our forever daughter. The adoption will solidify that, it will detach her from the social service system, and she will legally be ours.
«I hope I can believe that someday» she whispers, and I kiss the side of her head «take all the time you need»
- lillys pov -
We arrive at the hotel where we will be staying during the competition. Just like the other times I'm staying in a room with my coach while my dad has another room down the hall. He is here but he isn't attached to my hip because I need to do what I came here to do. It's sort of like having a job, being the representative for our country here. We are the handpicked athletes that the national team coaches have put their faith in, and we are here to prove that. Not to mention all the Americans that are watching this on tv and rooting for us.
The competition starts tomorrow so today we have time to get rid of the jet lag and rest up before the real work starts. But I do have rink time in a few minutes, so I get ready for that.
Me, Ryan and our personal coaches head downstairs to meet with the national team coaches before all of us head to the rink to practice. «It's exciting to be here» Ryan mumbles as we walk into the rink where the national team has rented rink time for their athletes.
«It is, and I'm exited to compete. I'm adding my triple axel to the routine. That with my triple Lutz give me a solid foundation in terms of points» I've been landing my triple axel a lot recently, and my triple lutz I've had for a few years.
Even though we are a couple and had lots of fun on the plane together we are in work mode when we get to the rink and step on the ice. As much as we want to have fun in Tokyo together that's not what we are here for. We are here to prove that we deserve to be on the team, and that we deserve a spot at the world championship. Every competition matters to show that, and I want to do better every time I step on the ice with the judges in front of me. There is always something I can improve, something I can do better. Even if you get a perfect score there is still always something you can improve on. Thats one of the exiting things about this sport for me, there is always something I can do better.
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Arranged love - jaylor AU
Fanfiction** it doesn't have to be read as a jaylor story. you could read it like its just an arranged marriage story if you're not a fan ** Two families and companies merging with an arranged marriage of their oldest children. Taylor is a single mom worki...
