Lock And Load (Chicago P.D.)

Chapter 50

I smile at Camille and say, "There you go sweetie, you're all ready to go. You look beautiful."

Camille thanks me as she leaves the room, her curly pigtails bouncing as she walks. I smile softly at my little girl and then follow her downstairs. When we arrive there she says, "Mama, why everyone so fancy?"

I chuckle and say, "Well, because Mama and Daddy will be married soon, Daddy wants you to be his little girl too. Dad, Mama, and Daddy all need to sign papers for that to happen. We're fancy because this is special."

Camille thinks about this for a moment and then says, "So Daddy can't really be my Daddy till everyone signs papers in fancy?"

Chuckling, I reply. "Yea monkey, that's right."

Camille smiles, proud that she's figured this out. With that we all go to the front door and put on our coats and shoes. We then go down to the car and begin our drive to the lawyer's office in no time. When we arrive there I see that Steve is already waiting in the waiting room so we take a seat beside him. After him and Camille have said hello she runs off to play with the toys. I smile at her and then Steve says, "All of you are pretty dolled up."

I glance down at my navy blue dress and matching ballet flats and then say, "We are, but this is a really big deal for our family. Sean and I are getting married in a week and it would feel strange if Camille wasn't legally his daughter."

Steve nods and says, "I know Laynie, that's why I'm here." He then turns to Sean and continues. "Sean, I know that maybe we haven't seen eye to eye in the past and that's because of mistakes I made. I was an idiot and gave up the most amazing woman and our daughter because of my actions. However, I couldn't think of a better man to look after them. You've always been there for Laynie no matter what and you'll raise Camille to be a better person than I could have if I had tried with all my might. So thank you for looking after both of them."

Sean smiles, shakes Steve's outstretched hand, and says, "Thank you. I'm privileged to be a part of the rest of both of their lives."

I smile at both of them and then we get called back by the secretary. I scoop up Camille and then we're lead to the conference room where our lawyer is already waiting. Once I've gotten Camille set up with a colouring book we begin to go through the adoption papers. Half an hour later we're all walking out of the office, Sean having officially adopted Camille. We then all decide to go out for lunch at one of Chicago's finest deep dish pizza joints.

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Hey guys.

So I realize that it's been a year but I really want to push to finish my fanfics now so that they're off my chest and I don't have to worry about them anymore. I have a few more chapters of written stuff and after that it's just the notes I made for myself as to what I wanted each chapter to be about. I hope that you enjoy and thanks for sticking with me. -Becca