Fall

Parents 20

Justin
I wake up and Elisabeth is tucked under me and she lightly snoring. Bella is on the opposite side of the bed still asleep. I looked at the both of them and I smiled to myself. Then I thought "Scooter is going to freak," how am I suppose to tell him about this? If everything went right I would be responsible for someone else's life. You know I thought I was ready for a life with a child but I'm not so sure anymore. In normality you have about 9 months to prepare and get things settled. We don't have that. What if I'm a bad dad? There was a loud banging on the door. I went and opened the door and two policemen were standing there.
"Good morning officers," I yawned.
"Good morning Mr. Bieber can we ask you a few questions?"
"Yes sure," I said stepping aside and letting them in.
"Okay so there is a little girl who is missing. She's around the age of 5. Have you seen her?" Before I could answer Bella came walking out of the room.
"Hey Honey What's going on?" She sat on the arm rest of the couch next to me.
"They are here for Elisa," I sighed.
"So you guys do have her? " He asked.
"Yes but we would like to keep her," Bella said.
"Well I'm sorry but she belongs to someone else,"
"But when we found her she was on the side of the road clothes torn ,bruises, and her hair was a dirty mess. She told us that the bad men she lived with did it and she ran away," The police officer wrote everything down and sighed.
"How long are you guys here for?" He asked
"About 3 more days," I answered.
"Okay well we have to take her just for the simple facts that there is a missing child report out. But if what you say is true about her living situation. Have your lawyers here so we can discuss you guys taking her," he informed.  I could tell Bella was nervous to give Elisa over, I rubbed her back. She stood up and carried out a sleeping Elisabeth.
"Please do not let her get in harms way," Bella said handing her over. Elisa woke and looked around. She seen what was going on and she began crying. It broke my heart and Bella shed tears.
"May I?" I asked the officer. He nodded handing her over. I wiped her tears.
"Hey listen the plan hasn't changed we will still take you but you have to go to with these nice police officers who will make sure you're safe and away from the bad guys until we can take you back home with us." I tell her and kissed her forehead. She nodded and hugged me tight. Bella came over and kissed her cheek.
"I want you guys to be my mommy and daddy," she said. We both smiled and handed her back over. After the door was shut I slid onto the couch. Bella came and laid on top of me. I held her in my arms.
"I hope we can keep her," she says.
"I hope so too. But honestly I'm scared. What if I'm a bad parent? I'm always making stupid mistakes now," Bella sat up and looked at me. She rubbed my cheek and kissed me.
"There is no such thing as a perfect parent. I'm going to make mistakes too and we will learn from them and be the best that we can be. Besides we have family that will help us," she informs.
"You're right!" I said.
"I know!" She cockily jokes.
"Then when life settles down we will have a child of our own," I smiled.
"I'm excited! But we will need to hire a nanny," I tell him.
"Oh yeah! We will set up some interviews," I tell her.

After three days of a wondrous adventure it was now the day that we would hear if we could take Elisa. Bella and I headed down to child services with our lawyer. The paparazzi swarmed the building. Lights flashed in our faces as we quickly entered the building. We waited in the lobby for about 25 minutes before being called back. On the way back I seen Elisa in a waiting area for kids playing with toys.  I smiled as I watched her. We were led to a small room with a detective and our lawyers. I pulled out Bella's chair before sitting down myself.
"Hey guys how are you doing I am Elisabeth's social worker Carin," the lady extended her hand.
"I'm Justin and this is my wife Bella,"
"Okay so this is Elisabeth's third foster home. Her parents abandoned her about a year ago," she informed us. I nodded.
"We did a background check on the both of you and here Mr. Bieber it says you have a DUI charge. That is minor so it won't affect your chances of having Elisabeth. Ms. Isabella your record was clean so there shouldn't be any troubles,"
"Can we take her back with us?" Bella cut right to the point.
"Okay so the adoption process is a long process. It may take a few months before you are able to adopt her. We would need to send people to have a look at your house and make sure she's in a safe environment. But since her living conditions right now are not safe we will let you foster her and take her with you. We need you to sign some papers and then you will be free to take Miss. Elisabeth home. Oh and once a month I will be doing home visits to make sure she is being cared for properly," Bella's face lit up like a kid on Christmas morning. I knew this is what she wanted and I wanted to give her what she wanted but first we needed to inform our managers about this.
"Can everyone excuse us for a moment," I asked. Bella looked over at me in confusion as everyone left.
"What's wrong Babe?" She looked nervous.
"We need to call Stella and Scooter now," I tell her. We both FaceTimed our mangers so they would hear the news together. Stella pick up first then Scooter. 
"Hey guys," Bella smiles nervously.
"You two are up to something," Scooter smirked.
"So we need to tell you something important," I say.
"Go ahead," Stella said.
"Okay so we found this little girl her parents abandoned her and her foster parents abused her. She's about 5 years old and we will be adopting her. As soon as we sign paper will be her foster parents for right now until the adoption process is finished." Bella smiled.
"Are you guys sure that you're ready for this?" Stella asked.
"Yeah," Bella smiled I grabbed her hand and kissed it.
"You know kid I support what ever makes you happy," Scooter smiled.
"Children are beautiful things!" Stella smiled.
"We have your blessing?" I asked.
"You didn't really need it. I can't tell you what to do with your personal life but you have my blessing," Scooter smiled.
"What about you?" Bella asked Stella.
"Of course honey," Bella looked at me and smiled with happy tears.
"Let's go get out little girl!" She said. We hung up and everyone stepped back in. There was a lot of paperwork. After our lawyers read over the papers we signed them. Bella and I exited the room and Elisabeth was coming out of the play area. She seen us and ran up to us. I picked her up.
"I'm staying with you?" She asked.
"Yes, you're staying with us!" I tell her and she hugged me.
"Do I get some love," Bella asked her. She reached over to Bella and Bella took her in her arms and kissed all over her face. I watched them. These are now the two most important things in life.
"Let's go home ladies," I said as Mikey directed us out of the building.
"Justin we need to get our families together. We now have a child and we are married," Bella says buckling Elisa in.
"Okay I will fly my immediate family to Cali," my mom hasn't gone back to Hawaii yet so we don't have to worry about that,"
"I'm gonna have Rose cook a big dinner for us and we can invited all of our friends and family, like a baby shower/ engagement party," she said getting in the car,"
"Whatever you want babygirl," I tell her as we pulled off to the airport. Elisabeth slept the whole plane ride thank God. After the flight we headed straight home.
"We need to get her a room," I said placing Elisabeth in our bed. I shut the door and headed back to the living room.
"I know someone who could do it and in a few days," Bella shrugged.
"Who?"
"My moms friend Stacey is an interior designer. I could give her a call,"
"Okay,"
"Back door," our Alarm system spoke informing us someone was coming in. Ming, James and Bella's sisters walked in. Bellas face lit up.
"Why every time  you leave California you come back with something new!" Tori asked.
"How did you know about Elisabeth?" I asked.
"Bella told us," she said in a duh tone. I laughed.
"Babe I thought we were telling everyone together?" I asked.
"Babe my best friends and sisters don't count when I say everyone,"
"Oh right." I laughed.
"We bought clothes, panties, undershirts, tooth brush, hair accessories, shoes, pajamas, and other stuff for her," Kennedy said bringing in loads of bags with James.
"Guys! You didn't have to," Bella smiled.
"Are you kidding why would we not!" Tori exclaimed.
"Can we plan this party?" Tori asked.
"Yeah," Bella said. The girls got excited.
"I'm her God mommy right?" Ming asked.
"Who else would it be hoe?" Bella's answered.
"You right!"
"Okay we have to go on Pinterest to look at inspiration for her room," Bella said. They all exited the living room following Bella up the stairs. I FaceTime my grandparents to inform them about the travel plans.
"Oh my honey come it's Justin!" My grandma answer the phone excitedly. I laughed as my grandpa came over to the phone.
"Hey son!"
"Hey grandpa and grandma!"
"We hear you're married," my grandma says.
"Yes that's why I am calling you. I want to fly you guys down to California so everyone can meet. We also have some exciting new,"
"Okay honey thats great when?"
"This up and coming Friday,"
"Oh great I'm excited,"
"How are you?" My grandpa asked.
"I'm good grandpa how are you?"
"I'd be better if I heard from my only grandson more often," he said dramatically.
"I know and I'm sorry. Hopefully this announcement will bring us closer together!" I tell him.
"Okay so we will be there,"
"Great I love you guys and I will see you on Friday," I said blowing them kisses and hanging up. I scheduled them plane tickets and headed up the stairs. I needed to go to the studio to work on this album. I looked for Bella and found her and everyone else in one of our guest rooms which I'm assuming will be Elisabeth's new room. 
"Honey I'm heading out to the studio," I inform her. She walked over to me and kisses me.
"Okay baby don't be home too late and if you're going to be late text me so I don't wait up," she smiled.
"Okay baby,"