World War One

The Dawsons

There is only 2 chapters left of this story! I hope everyone enjoys the last few chapters and i'm so sorry for the delays in it but if i make any more I'll make sure to update them regularly! Suggestions welcome for a next story

THIRTY EIGHT - THE DAWSON'S

4 weeks later

Rose had just got home from dropping the twins off at school when the post arrived. She climbed off the sofa and walked to the door, picking up and seeing it was addressed to both her and Jack. She was almost certain she knew what it was, and wanted to wait to open it with Jack, who would be home by lunch time so they could move the twin's furniture in to their own bedrooms.

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Jack arrived home and went in to the living room where he found Rose "hey" he smiled and kissed her "hello" she stroked his cheek "what's that?" Jack asked, gesturing to the envelope on the coffee table "I wanted to wait to open it with you" she smiled as he sat down beside her, opening the envelope. She laughed a little, tears in her eyes as she flicked between the pages "they're officially ours... they're actually Dawson's" she looked at him "oh my god..." he also laughed a little in disbelief "I can't believe it" he said as she handed him the papers "I can't wait to tell them when they're home from school... we should go out for dinner to celebrate" he grinned "brilliant idea" she replied.

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Jack and Rose spent the afternoon moving Poppy's stuff in to her new bedroom. Poppy and Harry had decided between them who would get to stay in their current room, but as the rooms were similar in size, it didn't cause a problem.

"Perfect" Rose said as she finished putting the sheets on Poppy's bed "they've all got their own rooms now, they'll be pleased... we just need to decorate them now... I promised Grace we could also give her room a fresh lick of paint if she wanted" "we'll save that for another time... you need to slow down..." Jack said concerned "Jack, I'm pregnant, not ill" she looked at him "I know, when I go to decorate the baby's nursery, I'll paint their rooms at the same time, alright?" "OK" Rose sighed, slightly annoyed that he was coddling her.

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Grace, Harry and Poppy walked in from school to find Jack and Rose on the sofa. Whilst Rose would always drop the twins off at school, Grace would normally walk them home if she wasn't going out with her friends. "Hey, good days?" Jack said to them, the 3 of them just mumbled a response and slumped on to the sofa "we'll need you to go and get changed soon kids, we're going out for tea" Jack said "why?" Grace looked up confused. It wasn't unheard of the 5 of them to go out for tea, but it was midweek. "Well, we got these in the post today" Rose said smiling, passing them their paperwork.

"Poppy Alice Dawson-Smith?" Poppy looked at the paper confused "what?" She frowned, looking up at Jack and Rose but saw Grace to the side of her smiling "what does it mean Grace?"

"It means that we're really Dawson's... that Jack and Rose really are our mum and dad!" Grace said as she got up and hugged Jack and Rose. "So no one can take us away now?" Harry asked, watching as Jack shook his head "no buddy, you're stuck with me and Rose forever" "YAY!" Poppy squealed, joining the hug "cool!" Harry said, trying to hide his excitement, causing Jack to smirk. "How come our name is Dawson-Smith? You're just Dawson?" Poppy looked up at Jack and Rose, confused "well, because, you still love your other Dad very much, we know that and that's more than OK, he loved you, and we would never dream of erasing him from your life, we know you'd like to forget Lucy... but your other Dad's surname was Smith, so we thought we'd keep that as part of your name too, is that OK?" Grace of course already knew that they would be keeping the 'Smith' part of their name, but Harry and Poppy were pleased to hear it too.

"Right, the 3 of you go and get changed, we're going out for a celebration meal! Oh Poppy?" Jack said "yes?" she turned to face him "all your stuff is in your new bedroom" he smiled "my new bedroom is done?!" She grinned "yes darling" he nodded "we still need to decorate all your bedrooms again, including yours Grace, but we'll do it in a few months when we start to paint the baby's bedroom, OK?" he continued, the 3 of them nodding in response "OK" "now go on" Rose smiled.

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The 5 of them arrived home later that evening and the children got ready for bed before coming downstairs for a drink and a cookie, sitting on the sofa with Jack and Rose "I can't believe we're really adopted" Grace grinned "we can't believe we're officially your mum and dad" Rose laughed, agreeing "and soon we'll be a family of 6! Completed" Jack said, making Harry and Grace smile. They noticed Poppy's expression didn't change at all, it was obvious she wasn't as happy as she was saying over this pregnancy...