Sign of Life / MIW Adoption

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Kaden placed his lips against the top of my head. I thought he was going to kiss me, but he started making slurping noises, "And then nothing but good memories would be left inside your brain."

Chris, Ryan, and Justin all let out similar sounding chuckles. Vinny made a whine, "We should teach Bash to eat those bad memories, too."

I picked up my fork and started to eat my pancakes again, wishing the guys would get off the subject of me. Kaden removed his arm from my shoulders and started to eat his pancakes again. I glanced at him and squeezed Bash into my chest, "What is Sweeney Todd?"

"It's about this barber in the Victorian era who comes back to London and starts murdering most of his customers. Then Miss Lovett, who owns the bakery below his shop starts using the dead bodies in her meat pies and selling them. Sweeney Todd wants revenge on the judge and the beedle that separated him from his wife and daughter and exiled him. It's really cool. The original movie doesn't have any singing, but I like the singing. Plus, it's by Tim Burton, who is one of the coolest directors and it includes his wife, Helena Bonham-Carter, and Johnny Depp, two of my favorites." Kaden said before shoving another huge chunk of pancakes into his mouth, making his cheeks bulge out.

The movie sounded interesting. I was getting excited to see it. I turned my head fully and looked over at Kaden, tilting my head slightly, "First movie as boyfriend and girlfriend?"

Kaden swallowed before grinning at me, "Yup!"

Ryan chuckled, "I do enjoy watching the way you blush around Kaden. I have to admit it is really sweet."

I felt my face heat up more as Kaden chuckled, "Is that your way of accepting our relationship, Ry?"

Ryan rolled his eyes and made a dramatic sigh, "Yeah, I guess. Just don't move too fast."

I finished my plate of pancakes and pushed it towards the center of the table as I lifted the bowl of fruit and set it closer to me. I didn't know anything about relationships, so I didn't know what I could say. Kaden glanced at me, a sheepish smile on his face, "Snail speed, I know. Trust me, I really don't want to do anything that could hurt Melody. I don't even want to upset her. I would beat the shit out of myself if she cried because of me."

A low growl came from Chris at Kaden's words. I set my fork down and reached my hand over towards Chris, grabbing his left hand resting on the table to let him know I wasn't afraid of Kaden hurting me. I trusted Kaden as much as I trusted the guys. Chris' growl stopped the second our skin came in contact. Chris tightened his hand around mine as he gave a small chuckle, "Sorry. I didn't realize I was growling. I am not used to being this protective of someone."

I gave Chris a big smile, "I like my protective dads."

Chris grinned at me in return, "I'm glad you like how protective we are over you."

"I need you to write that down then sign it and date it for whenever you become a typical teenager and rebel against us." Justin said with a deep laugh. I looked at him, feeling my cheeks heat up. I didn't know how to write but I would do it if they wanted me to. I didn't like the idea of rebelling against my dads, so didn't know what to say. I bit my bottom lip. Ricky made a sad sounding whine, "Awww, Justin, don't scare our kitten. Plus, I don't think she will rebel the way we did as teenagers."

"I just want her to beat the shit out of Carter." Justin said with his hand over his mouth, which was full of food. Carter snorted, "Yeah, I have been waiting for her to explode on me. Julian's anger has to be inside of her somewhere."

I stared at Carter, his boyish face looked so perfect, like he was carved out of stone. I sensed a sad undertone to his face but when our eyes met, he gave me a half smile which hid any hint of sadness he had. Before we met, I had been mad that he killed my mom, taking her from me before I could know her, and I was slightly afraid he might accidentally kill me, too, but I knew nothing could happen to me with Chris nearby. Kaden also wouldn't let anything happen to me and I trusted him. I just wanted everyone to like me and to want to keep me around. I didn't want to fight or argue with anyone. I stabbed more fruit onto my fork before sticking it in my mouth. Vinny took a few drinks from his cup, "I really don't think she wants to do anything to upset us. I also don't think she will be as bad as you and Ryan were."