Icing on the Cake

~51~

Calum and I decided to focus on the positive. We sat down with all the papers and all the forums that our social worker had given us. We were going to, for the first time, see pictures and details about the children we were adopting.

They’re three and a half years old.” Calum said. “They’re form the Ukraine!”

“Twins!” I screeched in excitement. “One boy and one girl!”

“Do they have names already? They must!”

“Anastasia and Adam!” I said finding their names.

“They look so much alike!” Calum said.

He was right. They both had light brown hair, with fair skin and dark, dark eyes. Their biological mother reported that she was raped, and became pregnant but couldn’t bring herself to get an abortion. They were born around the time that Russia decided to annex Crimea, and after making a tough decision no eighteen-year-old should have to make, she decided that it would be better to put her children up for adoption since she could no longer support them.

“Jenny is coming in two days for the home study.” I said. Jenny was our social worker.

“And if that goes well,” Calum said while looking intently at the papers. “They could be here in as little as two weeks!”

I felt tears of joy start to well in my eyes. “I can’t believe we’re going to be parents!”

“I know!” Calum said back, coming and giving me a kiss.

***FLASHBACK TO JANUARY 2017***

“Do you think about our future?” I asked Calum, while we were hanging out in his small apartment in Sydney. We had just kissed on stage, and were waiting to see if we would tour again.

“I do.” He said. “Our lives have been on pause. We could actually think about this now.”

“Do you want kids?” I blurted out.

“I think so.” Calum said. “One day. Do you?”

“I think so.” I mimicked. “One day.” There was a pause, then I remembered that I was allowed to kiss him, so I leaned up and placed my lips on his. “Happy 21st birthday, Calum”

***END OF FLASHBACK***

Notes

EMERGENCY QUESTION! I NEED TO KNOW WHAT Y'ALL THINK ASAP!

SHOULD LUKE TAKE CALUM'S LAST NAME OR SHOULD CALUM TAKE LUKE'S LAST NAME WHEN THEY GET MARRIED?

Luke Hood

OR

Calum Hemmings