Saved: A Jonathan Groff fanfic

Chapter 4- Welcoming

Lucy's POV
The next morning I woke up having had the best night's sleep since my parents died. Jon made me breakfast and then we headed out to the theatre.
It was a Wednesday so Jon told me that there would be two shows that day. I still don't know what the show is but from what I've been told it sounds amazing.
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We got to the theatre at around 10:30 and Lin and a couple other people were already there.
As we went through the doors Lin walked over smiling.
"Hi Lucy!" Lin smiled enthusiastically.

"Hi Lin."

"Renee, Daveed, Oak come over here I have someone for you to meet!" Lin called the other people who were here over.

I reached out for Jon's hand and he gently squeezed it. New people are rather terrifying but if Lin and Jon thought they were alright then things should be okay.

The others came over and introduced themselves and they seemed to be quite nice. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad here.
Here. Where I want to stay.

All too soon me Jon and Lin walked off into a different room to "have a chat." Didn't exactly seem to exciting.
We went into what appeared to be their shared dressing room and sat down on the small sofa inside.

"So..." I trailed off.

"You live with a foster father?" Jon questioned.

"Yes. But I would prefer it to not talk too in depth about" I shivered, "him."

Jon nodded but Lin pressed on. "Does he hit you?"

I stayed silent as my lip quivered and tears threatened to overflow. Jon saw this and gently rubbed my back. Slowly I took a deep breath in and nodded.

They both sharply inhaled and we sat in an awkward silence for what felt like an eternity.

Jon smiled weekly at me. "Do you know the phone number of your social worker?"

My head shot up as I looked at him with fear and betrayal. "Don't send me back! Please!"

Jon realised his mistake and leapt to rectify it. "No no no I would never." He paused thinking what to say next. "I just wanted to call to see if maybe I could foster you."

Well that sentence was not one I expected to hear. I mean sure I had fantasised that it would happen but I didn't think it would.

"Really?" I asked in a small tentative voice.

"Really."

Lin looked up at Jon with an expression that can only be described as a mixture of delight and extreme concern. "Hey Jon can I talk to you for a sec?"

Jon looked at me as if asking for permission to leave the room with Lin and I gave a small smile. Lin and Jon got up off the sofa and went to leave. Jon turned back to me just before exciting the door. "We'll be right back and if you need us we'll just be on the other side of this door."

I nodded and he left.

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Lin's POV
I pulled Jonathan outside into the corridor and turned to face him.
"Are you sure this exactly a good idea?"

"Well no but it's better than her being with her current foster father."

I nodded and looked down. "Me and Vanessa will be willing to help in any way we can."

Jonathan smiled and pulled me into a hug before whispering "thank you."

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Lucy's POV
They had been gone about 15 minutes when the two of them came in with solemn faces. Jon came and sat next to me whilst Lin stood awkwardly at the door. Dammit they're sending me back. I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up I knew this was gonna ha-

Jon cut off my racing thoughts "I just got off the phone with your social worker."

The small smile that graced my face dropped as I began to dread the worst.

Suddenly, Jon and Lin's facial expressions completely lit up as Jon continued on. "Tomorrow morning we're going over to your previous foster father's house to collect your things and then we'll go home and unpack before the show."

Wait what.

My face lit up like a Christmas tree and I leapt across the sofa to hug Jon before realising what I had done and shrunk into myself looking down. Jon looked at me sadly before leaning over and gently hugging me. "You're allowed to hug me."

After a moment's hesitation I hugged back and muttered a small "thank you."

"Welp we better go and get ready for the show, why don't you have a look around backstage. How about as a little treat you watch it from the wings?" Lin smiled over at me.

"I would like that."

Wow I guess I'm back. It has been quite a while. Ahhh the Hamilfilm was SOOO good. Anyway I'm gonna be starting this up again but I do have a lot of assignments and things at the moment so I will only be writing when I can.
Please comment and stuff cos that would be fun.
Have a great day and stay safe <3
-Fox