Adopted by Ryan Blaney

Chapter 1

Ryan pov:

"You want me to do WHAT?!?" I asked shocked, I stared at Roger Penske, the man had lost his mind.
"I want you to adopt a kid." He calmly explained, "your single and it would give you something to do and it's great for publicity." He added, like that was gonna help convince me,
"I'm not gonna adopt a kid because it's good for publicity, are you nuts?" I exclaimed waving my arms around.
"Please think about it at least?" Roger asked, still remaining annoyingly calm, I huffed,
"Why can't you ask Joey or Austin or anyone else?" I asked, he shook his head,
"Your one of the most popular drivers and pretty much the face of the sport everyone loves you, no one really hates you."
"Isn't there something else you can do for publicity?"
"No not that will have the same impact that this will."

I sat back in the chair, I glanced around the room, I sighed,
"Fine I'll think about it." I finally agreed, I stood up and walked out, I walked out of the building and got into my truck. There was no way I was going to adopt a kid, I sighed and put my truck in drive, I had agreed to go golfing Chase and Bubba today.

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"Ryan!" I jerked my head up as Bubba called my name, I looked at him and found both him and Chase standing in front of me.
"What?" I asked, Bubba rolled his eyes,
"Dude its your turn." Bubba says, I nod and grab my club,
"What's with you today?" Chase asks curiously,
"Nothin." I mumble while getting ready to swing, we fell into silence as I lined up and swung. I watched as the ball went way to far to the left and landed in the pond.

"That's in the pond I think." Bubba said, I rolled my eyes,
"No really" I said sarcastically, I sighed and put my club back in my bag,
"What's wrong Ryan? Your golfing worse then me, you keep zoning out and your extremely grumpy." Chase asked concerned, I sighed in defeat,
"Fine okay, I have a lot on my mind." I said, I didn't look at them, Bubba huffed,
"And? This is the part where you say what's on your mind." Bubba joked, I smiled a bit at him, leave it to Bubba to cheer you up.

"Roger called me into his office this morning and asked me to adopt a kid." I said, Chase and Bubba's jaws dropped,
"Wait what?!" Chase exclaimed, I nod,
"He wants me to adopt a kid because I'm one of the faces of nascar and apparently everybody likes me and it would be good for publicity." I explained, they both stared at me with wide eyes, I awkwardly shifted on my feet as I waited for them to process this.

Chase hadn't moved an inch at all, he was a complete statue, staring at me like I had grown three heads. It was actually quite creepy. I could see his wheels turning in his head as he processed what I said.

Bubba on the other hand, walked away from me turned back and looked like he was gonna say so before changing his mind and walking in a circle before coming back to stand by chase,
"What did you say?" Bubba finally asked breaking the silence, I shrugged,
"I said I'd think about it." I said, Chase finally snapped out of his trance,
"You should do it." He said, it was now my turn to look at him like he had grown three heads,
"What? Why?" Bubba asked, he to stared at chase, Chase turned to Bubba,
"Why not I think he'd make a great dad and we'd make great uncles." Chase said,
"Us uncles yes I can see that, but Ryan a dad? That's hard to picture." Bubba said, I frowned,
"I'd make a great dad thank you very much." I said, Chase nodded while Bubba shook his head,
"You get drunk, your wild and crazy, zero maturity, and you drive cars for a living." Bubba said, I frowned.
"Obviously if I adopted a kid I'd mature a bit." I said defending myself,
"I just don't think you will." Bubba argued,
"Well I think I will." I snapped right back,
"It's no offence to you I've just known you for so long that I can't see it happening."
"Well offence taken, I will mature and be a great dad." I said firmly.

I glared at Bubba and he glared right back, he suddenly smiled wide,
"Great I can't wait to be a uncle." He said happily, I frowned,
"I didn't say I was gonna do it." I said confused,
Chase started laughing,
"That was smooth Bubba, yeah you did Ryan, Bubba totally got you." Chase said, I rolled my eyes when I realized it,
"Your so annoying." I complained.

"But seriously, I do think you'd be a great dad and I think you should, if being a single dad is the part that's scaring you don't worry cause there's an entire grid of drivers and more willing to help." Bubba said seriously, Chase nodded,
"Plus if you got a older kid it could take care of itself a bit as well, so your not like looking after a toddler." Chase added, i nodded,
"Yeah I'll think about it." I said, I needed time, this was to big of a decision to decide right away.

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I collapsed onto my bed that night and stared at the ceiling as I thought over the day, should I really adopt a kid? I glanced back get at sturgill who was laying next to me on the bed, I had been thinking about getting another dog I was getting pretty lonely. I guess a kid would solve that, but there's no way I could adopt a kid, how would that work since in constantly travelling, but then again it worked with me when I was a kid, but my dad also had my Mom.

I groaned and ran my hands through my hair, why was life so complicated sometimes.