"Adopted By" Oneshots!

The Adopted By Recital- Act 1!

Books: All of them, minus Adopted By BMC Two River and Adopted By The Prom! There is a brief Keira cameo!! (also, welcome Sunny!!)
Year: 2023
Catlynn's Age: 22
Matilda's Age: 21
Valerie's Age: 14
Josie's Age: 17
Keira's Age: 19
Penney's Age: 17
Clem's Age: 11
Sunny's Age: 17

(AN: this oneshot does contain brief spoilers for events in Sunny's book!) 

Josie's POV

"Welcome to the 3rd Annual Adopted By Broadway...and off-Broadway...dance showcase!" I said to my friends and their family members as we were crammed into an auditorium.

"I hate this." Brandon said under his breath.

"I agree with your dad." Penney Steingold said. "Why do I have to be here? And why do I have a solo this year?"

"And why are you saying 'third annual?' Our first and second ones went down the drain because of 'unforeseen circumstances.' Which, in simpler terms, was someone spraining their ankle." Clementine Mack said.

"My bad." Penney said sheepishly.

"Okay, can you three shut up?" I said. "I worked my ass off to plan this and I'm not gonna let my hard work go to waste."

"I thought Clem was the drill sergeant when it comes to performances." Catlynn McLemore said, her legs draped in her wife, Red Ashley's, lap.

"Oh my God. Okay! Here's how tonight's gonna go. We are gonna do our dances with no arguments, no complaints, no costume or prop mishaps, and no missed cues. We do not want a repeat of Nutcracker 2021." I said.

"Nutcracker 2021 wasn't even that bad." Matilda Henson said. "All that happened was Red dropping Josie on the ground and nearly breaking her back and Penney and Keira tripping on air."

"You wonder why Keira didn't do the recital this year and is only on tech." I said.

"What...is going on?" Sunny Wardell-Rohm said. I had completely forgotten that because of Sunny's health issues and family situation, this was her first year doing a recital or Nutcracker with us. We were grateful nonetheless, Sunny wasn't really a dancer but she was an amazing actor and performer, plus she was a good kid and we all knew we would have fun doing this with her and her parents and brother. "Should I be scared?"

"Yes, yes you should. All I can say is, keep your family in line for the love of God." I said.

"Yes ma'am." Sunny responded, saluting.

"Anyway! Each musical has a group dance. Parents have duets, we are lucky we have eight parents so it's an even number."

"Eight?" Catlynn said, confused. "There's seven musicals here?"

"Joint custody." Sunny said. "Kholby and Emily are both my legal parents so they're both represented as parents."

"OHHHHH!" Catlynn responded as I just sighed.

"ANYWAY! Kids have solos-"

"NOOOOOO!" Matilda complained.

"KIDS HAVE SOLOS- order of dances is posted on the mirror in the dressing room, there are signs on the wall for where you should put your costumes and regular clothes. If I see anyone's clothes just piled in the middle of the room, we're gonna have an issue. Break a leg, everyone, let's get this show on the road." I said, taking both of my girlfriends' hands and dragging them away.

"JOJO!" Brandon yelled.

"What do you want?"

"Am I in the first dance?"