Lions ~~~ An Adopted by Skillet Fic (COMPLETE)

Everything Goes Black

The first thing we did was run back to the house, both to drop off the clothes from the photoshoot and to grab a towel to dry the kitten off. Korey called John as soon as we got into the car, and he was okay with me keeping the kitten. 

As soon as I stepped into the house Alex came running up with an old looking towel and a new jacket for me to wear. I gently placed the kitten in the towel and took my old jacket off, putting the new one on. After putting it on I gently grabbed the kitten and held it to my chest again, wrapping the towel around the small thing as I walked out the door.

"Aria you ready?" Korey called from the car.

"Yeah!" I called, rubbing the kitten's now non-bloody head with one finger. I climbed into the car, clutching the kitten close as Korey zoomed off to the vet.

We were back two hours later, having named the little thing Chloe after my favorite Detroit: Become Human android. We had determined a care outline and set up a few appointments to make sure that she stayed healthy. Right now she was curled up on my chest, purring as I rubbed her back. Her fur looked like it was white, almost like Chloe's hair, and I wouldn't be able to see what her eye color was for another few days. 

We got home and I continued to hold Chloe close to my chest, pulling away to show her to the rest of my family. She would need to go back in a week, and then seven weeks after that. After showing Chloe off, I went into my room to look for a box. Korey brought in some towels, helping me make a box to keep Chloe in until she was ready to go somewhere else. She would be... going... in this box (thus the spill towels) until she was about three weeks old and moving around on her own. In around two weeks I would have to buy a litter box and help her get accustomed to it.

"Are you excited, Aria?" Korey asked, smiling at me.

I nodded, looking at her. I had wanted a kitten for years now, but not that they knew that. I was never allowed to have one at the orphanage though.

"You ready for bed though?" Korey stood in the doorway.

I nodded, it was actually already nine o'clock. The only reason they had let us in the vet was that it was an emergency.

Once Chloe was in the box (and resting on the nightstand next to my bed), I climbed into bed and passed out. 

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Someone figured it out.

Some fan figured out that I was John and Korey Cooper's daughter.

I noticed it about a week after the photo shoot. Of course, there were pictures from the set. I didn't realize how many of them I was in. 

It was started on Reddit, with a post titled 'Who is this girl?'. The user mentioned how they knew that my name wasn't mentioned in any of the posts and that I looked nothing like anyone there that day. Another user commented that I was probably the fashion designer (which I was) but another pointed out that John and Korey would have mentioned me by name.

I figured nothing of it, just upvoted the first comment and moved on. But the comment below kinda freaked me out, 'What if they adopted her? She looks really young and they've discussed doing that for a while now.' It was the second most upvoted comment. I didn't upvote it though, purely because I freaked out.

The next day that thread was on Instagram and Twitter. I didn't understand why these people were so freaked out by my appearance, but there was a ton of theories from 'she was edited in' (my favorite) to 'she might be a Make-A-Wish fan who wanted to hang out with them'. 

The day after that the post on Reddit had blown up, and a full-blown search was on. One of the comment threads was trying to figure out my name, another was trying to figure out how old I was.

A picture leaked exactly ten days after the photo shoot, and I could deny it no longer. I brought my phone to Korey, showing the Reddit page. The top post was titled "Found a new picture of The Girl!" It was of Korey hugging me after John had done that stupid dance, and she was in the midst of kissing the top of my head. 

Korey sighed, looking at me. "I'm sorry sweetheart," She mumbled. Her arm went around my waist, hugging me tight. 

I sighed, "I don't mind, I just... wanted to wait a little longer before the public figured it out."

Korey chuckled, "Some of the people on the internet do better research than FBI agents, you know that right?"

I giggled and nodded, my heart feeling lighter in my chest. I had been one of those people in high school, girls would come to me and ask to help them 'stalk' the guys they were interested in so that they knew if they should make a move or not. 

"Alright. What do you want to do about it?" Korey asked, pulling away.

"I wanna tell them, they aren't going to stop freaking out until we do."

"Alright, we'll do that honey. You okay if we wait until tomorrow though?" Korey walked into the kitchen and I followed her. It was already dark outside, not exactly the best idea for recording (especially since mosquitos aren't the best here). 

"Yeah. John's at the recording studio right?" I asked.

She nodded, pulling out a few frozen pizzas, "They're finishing the album, and I'm going in on Monday to do some last-minute production stuff. We're so close to being done!" Korey smiled at me, turning the oven on. 

Just the idea of eating that delicious pizza that she had just put in was making my mouth water. I walked over to the fridge, heart pounding as I pulled a bottle of Dr. Pepper out.

It's going to be okay, right?