Adopted By Dove Cameron And Ryan McCartan

Chapter 3

"Peyton sweetie? Can you check who is at the door please?" Asks a super stressed out Mr. Brown.

I walk over to the door, and struggle to reach the latch. But finally I unlock the door and I can't believe what I'm seeing! I want to pass out! My breaths become short and I can't speak!

Holy Cow! Dove Cameron and Ryan McCartan are standing in front of me! I don't know what to do!

"Hey cutie!" Dove waves and squats down to my level, "what's your name?"

"I... I... I'm Peyton." I mumble

"Hi Peyton! I'm Dove, and this is my boyfriend Ryan!" She says super happily.

"Peyton? Who is at the door?" I hear Ms. Brown yell from across the house, but instead comes from the other room and sees me frozen in the doorway. "oh, I'm Lena Brown, Peyton's, uh, guardian, I assume you are Dove and Ryan?"

"Yes ma'am," says Ryan "so are you guys ready to head out?" He asked with excitement.

My head drops when Ms. Brown tells them the news I just received.

Suddenly, I see Dove scan my body and see all the bruises. Her tone changes quickly.

"Oh, Ms. Brown is it?" she asks as Ms. Brown nods, "due to your current situation, we would be happy to take little Peyton here and bring her back tomorrow afternoon, of that's alright with you." She says as Ryan quickly notices my bruises.

Ms. Brown asks me if that would be alright. And I agree! I can't believe I'm spending the night with Dove and Ryan! I run off and grab my purse and blanket. I say goodbye to Ms. Brown as Ryan picks me up and carries me to the limo.

Dove's P. O. V
This was one of the cutest little girls I've ever seen, you could tell she was starstruck. But, she had awful bruises up and down her body. She was so frail and thin, it made me want to cry.
After a short while of small talk, I can't help it anymore. "Hey sweetie?" I ask, "Come here for a second. "
She hops off of Ryan's lap and hops onto mine. It feels so right to have a little girl with me and Ryan, just the 3 of us.
"How old are you baby?"
"I just turned 5." She replied with a soft, sweet voice.
"Is it OK if I ask you how you got your bruises?" I ask, trying to be a sensitive as possible.
She takes a deep breath and begins to tell us about how her mom and dad were always acting crazy and angry, and how they would hit her. She tells us about how she stays with Ms. Brown so she doesn't get hurt anymore. A tear falls from my cheek. How could anyone ever hurt such a sweet little 5 year old?

Minutes later Peyton falls asleep with her head on my lap. Ryan softly covers her with her blanket and looks at me with concern. Peyton twists and turns in her sleep, I rub her head to try and calm her down. We still have another 45-50 minutes until we arrive at the venue. As she slept tears ran down her face, and I knew then, I loved this little girl.

"Ryan, we can't send her back there! She's miserable." I said as I softly wiped the tears from her face.

"Dove? What are you thinking?" Ryan asks suspiciously.

"What... What if we adopt Peyton?" I said quietly, trying not to disturb the perfect girl, sleeping on my lap.

"We can't just adopt her Dove. It's way more complicated than that. Plus what about Ms. Brown? What about her parents?" Asked Ryan reluctantly.

"Ms. Brown will be fine! We can take her to see Ms. Brown, when ever she wants! And as for her parents, I think we need to keep her as far away from those monsters as possible." I said with all seriousness.

"Dove? You know I love you. And you know how much I want kids. So if this is what you want, I won't sleep until it's in order OK?" He says as a scoots across the limo and kisses me.

"Yay! I knew as soon as she touched me, she was my baby, Ryan, I can't believe we found a girl as perfect as Peyt."

My excitement must have been a bit noisy, for Peyton woke up soon after, and we arrived at the venue.

Peyton's P. O. V.
I woke up to a small scream from Dove, but I see she is pretty excited about something. And not much later, we arrived at the concert venue.

The concert was amazing. I got to sit in a chair of stage with them the whole time! This is the best day of my life!

Backstage after the concert I fell asleep on the couch, with my head in Ryan's lap, while in Dove's dressing room.

Dove's P. O. V.
I walk into my dressing room and see my world. My perfect boy, with my perfect little princess.

"I called Ms. Brown. She said the papers for P's adoption we filled out when she was born, but never got further than that. So it looks like by this time in 2 days, she'll be our little girl. Can you believe that Dovey? Our little girl?" Says Ryan as he rubs P's back, while she twists and wiggles in her sleep.

I am so happy that she will be ours. It'll be out little family. Just the 3 of us. What more could I ask for?