A Nochelle Love

Chapter 21

Richelle's pov
So I just woke up from my nap and I feel a lot better. Amber is being such a brat that I don't even want her back.
Actually, come to think of it, I do want another child. But I want to adopt. I wander if Noah does. I walk downstairs to ask him.
"Hey." He said smiling, He was watching TV.
"Hey." I say back.
"Do you feel better?"
"Yeah."
"Good." He kissed my cheek.
"Noah, how do you feel about having another child?"
"Wow that's a bit sudden isn't it?"
"I'm talking about adopting a baby."
"Still, I don't know if I'm ready just yet."
"Oh ok." He saw I looked disappointed.
"Actually Richelle, I think that we could adopt."
My fave lighted up.
"Thank you Noah!"
I was jumping around with joy and he spun me around. Then we kissed.

The next week
Noah's pov
Today me and Richelle will be adopting our baby. We walk into Sunny Side Adoption Centre hand in hand, both smiling at each other. I'm actually pretty excited. We are greeted by a nice lady.
"Hello there! What a nice young couple you are! Are you here to adopt?" The woman says.
"Yes!" Richelle says excitedly.
"Girl or boy?" The woman said.
"We haven't decided yet." I say.
"Ok. If you would like to follow me I will show you all the babies that we have." She said.
Me and Richelle smiled at each other and then followed her.
"Here we are!" The woman said.
"Do you mind leaving us alone to look at the babies?" I say.
"Of course not! Take as much time as you need." She says, smiling.
"Great!" Richelle says and then the woman walks off and we walk around slowly.
"So, have you seen any that have caught your eye?" Richelle says to me.
"Not yet, have you? I say back.
"No."
Suddenly we turn the corner and one baby girl catches my eye. Her name tag said Taylor. Richelle didn't see her and kept walking. I didn't notice that she left.

Richelle's pov
"I haven't seen any that I have liked yet. Have you Noah? Noah? Noah?!" I say.
Then I turn around and he isn't there. Instead he is tickling a baby girl and she is laughing. He looks like he has found THE child.
"Who's thai Noah?" I ask smiling at them both.
"Her name is Taylor." He replies.
"She's really cute." I say.
"Richelle I really like this baby, shall we get her?" He asks and looks into my eyes with hope.
"Sure!" I say.
Noah stays with her and I go and find the woman.
"Hi!" I say.
"Hello again!" She says.
"We have chosen a child!"
"Who?"
"Her name is Taylor!"
"Oh I'm sorry but she has already been adopted and is waiting for her new parents to collect her tomorrow."
"Oh. I guess we will have to keep looking then."
"Yes you will."
I look over at Noah who is having great fun with Taylor. He's tickling her and playing games with her. I don't want to have to tell him that she has been reserved. I walk,over to him and he looks up at me.
"Well?" He says.
"Sorry Noah but she has already been adopted." I say.
Noah looks really sad.
"Oh." He says.
I see him turn around to wipe a tear away. I feel really bad for having to tell him that.
"Maybe we should come back another time." He says and pulls me away.
However, as Noah leaves Taylor, she starts to cry.
He runs back to her and she stops crying. He then walks away one more time and she cries again.
"Noah, she has chosen you to be her dad." I say.
Noah smiles and cuddles her.
"But she belongs to someone else." He says sadly.
"Oy!" We hear a voice from behind us. There was a tall man standing there with his wife. They were both wearing white and had cuts all over them.
"Get off my baby!" The woman shouted at Noah.
Then the husband tried to grab Taylor off Noah but he punched the man and didn't let go of Taylor. I slowly backed away from the scene. I mouthed to Noah "let the baby go" but he shook his head. Then the woman shouted
"Help! He just punched my husband and won't let go of my baby!" She hit Noah and tried to grab the baby.
I tried to help him but I was frozen in shock. The man Noah had punched was on the floor holding his nose as blood poured out of it. The woman was hitting Noah and trying to grab the baby off him.
"No! Stop!" Noah shouted to the woman.
He must really like this kid. Suddenly the man sneaked up behind Noah and tried to steel the baby but I ran towards him and kicked him. He fell to the ground. Noah was still fighting the woman. Apparently the staff of the adoption centre didn't care about what was happening. Suddenly the man slammed my head against the floor so I couldn't get up and grabbed the baby off Noah.
"No!" He yelled.
I heard the baby starting to cry as they started to walk away. Noah ran after them a d someone helped me up.
"Thank you" i said to them. My ear was bleeding a bit and there was blood on the floor but the people in the adoption centre were so kind as they grabbed a first aid kit and stopped my ear from bleeding.
I ran after Noah. He was so close to getting Taylor when the man turned around and punched him, twisted him arms and kicked his legs. Noah fell to the ground in pain. He just lay there not moving as the man and women ran off with the baby.
All of a sudden I see Riley and James walking towards me.
"Help! Help! Help!" I yelled at them.
I pointed at Noah and we ran over to him.
"Noah? Noah? Can you hear me?" James said.
No reply.
Someone from the street ran up to us.
"I called an ambulance." They said.
"Thank you." I said and burst into tears.
"It's going to be ok Richelle." Riley said.
I looked at Noah. His eyes were shut, blood what pouring out of his nose and mouth. I think that the man broke his arms.
A few minutes later the ambulance arrived and he was taken away on a stretcher. They put an oxygen mask on him and I got in the ambulance with James and Riley.
I explained to the paramedics what happened and they tried to calm me down. They didn't. I kept crying.
When we arrived at the hospital I was put in the waiting room but James and Riley had to be somewhere so they left. I thanked them for coming with me.
Then I heard a familiar voice say
"Hey..."

Sorry this chapter is really long! 😁
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