” Lilac, get down here right now please!”, said Katie the cheetah, mother of Lilac and Hippy.
Lilac came stumbling down the stairs saying, “Yes Mom?”
“Could you please pull up Hippy’s Skype on the computer please? We need to call him and it’s urgent. I can’t wait to tell him this.”, said Katie.
Lilac just shrugged and started calling Hippy. Hippy was currently at a 2-week long conference about running a good business and having a good social media presence.
“Mom, what’s up?”, yelled Hippy the lion as he answered the call.
“Oh no, Mom, is it because we both got a C+ on our last exams? If so, that was just like kind of funny, and we will be sure to study more next time. “, said Lilac, very much a spitting image of her mother with her regal pink fur.
“No, although you do both need to study butt, but later”, Katie said with a smile.
“Lilac, why did you have to bring up our grades? I have other things I should be doing.”, Hippy whispered to Lilac.
“Kids, please, quiet down.”, Katie said.
“Alright, please, dears just hear me out. Hippy, I know you remember your brave father even more than Lilac does, and it has been almost over 3 years now since well, he passed. I miss your father terribly, but I want you that no matter what happens that he will always be loved and remembered.”, Katie said.
“Mom, we all miss Dad”, said Hippy, “But please tell me that you are not dating somebody?”
Lilac looked at their Mom in sudden alarm.
“Oh goodness no, kittens. No, no, I am not quite ready for that yet. I will just say this, and forgive me being a bit blunt, but I think we should adopt.”, she said.
Lilac and Hippy were silent for a minute. Hippy just stared at the floor to process that.
“That awesome, Mom! I would love to have more siblings! Would they be bigger or older, or younger, or hairy, or skinny or?”, Lilac said as she started to jump up and down on the couch.
“Hairy or skinny?”, said Hippy with a slight smile, “Okay, Lilac, calm down, sis.”
“Well, I have been thinking about adoption for a few months. I know I am a single mother, but there are many children that don’t even have one parent. I think that we could give some kids a good life here. I kind of need to finish some paperwork this week to say that yes, I will go through with adopting. So, that is why it was so urgent to discuss this.”, Katie said motioning around the mansion of a house that they lived in.
(Hippy is a 16-year old teen social media sensation and owner of clubs that swept across the nation. He has earned a lot financially and has helped to pay for their bit of lavish lifestyle, although they are not snooty about it. Although, Hippy can be sometimes. Another side-note, Lilac is 8 and also is famous on social media and on streaming platforms like YouTube. Katie teaches dance and has a cooking YouTube channel.)
“For a few months, Mom? Why didn’t you bring us in on this sooner?”, said Hippy with a huff.
Katie replied,” Because I didn’t even know if it could be a possibility, but now it looks like it will be It also happened all so fast.”
Katie takes a deep breath and grabs her phone and points it at the computer’s web cam and says, “These are the kids I think that we will be adopting. They have no idea that I have been looking into their adoption, but I have been talking with the authorities and agencies about it.”
“Wait, that’s Silver and Amber, the new kids at school!”, said Lilac.
“Yes, they are. Their parents passed away in a car accident about 4 years ago. They bounced across foster care and in out and of schools, but now they are boarding school students at the middle school here in FunTown.”, said Katie.
“Wait, seriously? I know who they are! They are two eleven-year old twin kittens, Mom. This a big responsibility, no matter the age. Are your really truly serious about this?”, said Hippy.
“I am, dear. I know that they could be a wonderful addition to our family. Hippy, you are such a good big brother and Lilac, they would be good big siblings. They haven’t had a place to call home, other than in each other’s company, in 4 years. I feel like we could be the family they need. Hippy, just imagine it. You,me, Lilac, Silver, and Amber. You would have another brother and sister. We could all be so happy together.”, Katie said.
Hippy sighs and says, “I know they could be happy, but Mom, this is huge.”
“I like the idea of a new big brother and big sister. They are really nice!”, Lilac said pitching in.
“They sure do seem like they are. However, it would be some time before we could officially adopt them. It could be a fast process, or a very slow one. I just need to get in the first set of paperwork in this week if we truly want to do this. For now though, we are just going to have to take it one step at a time, because that is what our family has done. We have come so far! I know that we could grow our family. Oh, just one thing, don’t tell them about it, because it is not time for them to even know it is a plan.”, said Katie.
“Okay, Mom! My lips are sealed!” said Lilac.
“Alright, alright. They seem kind of cool though..” said Hippy.
“Aww, I am so thankful for you, my sweet children. I am so proud of y’all. I know that Dad would be proud too.”, said Katie.
Hippy and Lilac looked at each other with a smile.
Lilac and Katie gave each other a hug, while Hippy smiled on their computer screen, all of them dreaming about how they could one day have not one, but two, new members in their budding family.
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