My Kings

Chapter 14

Jennifer PV

    I told them that they could go into the play room again while we finished if they wanted to. They started shaking their heads yes and I asked Mary to show them where the room was. I also linked her and asked her to stay with them until I got there. I didn’t feel right leaving them there by themselves in a strange place. Once they were gone. I looked at the guys.

    “What do you think of them?”

    “Well, they are cute,” Justin said.

    “They seem to like you,” Jonathan added.

    Jason hadn’t said anything, he just watched me. Finally, he spoke, “You want to keep them, don’t you,” he more stated rather then asked.

    I bit my lip. When I walked up to the Orphanage and saw all the kids playing and then the twins just sitting under the tree looking so lost, I just wanted to give them a little sun shine in their life. Now that I have been around then today, I can’t imagine sending them back to that lonely spot under the tree. They have been there for six months and Sandy said this was the first time she has seen them smile, in six whole months. You saw them tonight; they couldn’t stop smiling. I don’t know what happened to them. If they have never learned to talk, or if something so bad happened to them that they got so scared they stopped talking, but whichever, I know deep down, that if we send them back to the orphanage, that we will be no better than the people that were abusing them in the first place. We will be sending them back to a place where they can’t find any sun shine. I just don’t know if I can live with myself if I did that to them, can you three?” I asked.

    They all looked at me and then at each other.

    “What about our family,” Jason asked.

    “Even if we were to keep them, I would still want more kids, but weather we keep them or we send them back, I don’t think it would be wise of us to start a family right now, with my father out there. The last thing we want is for him to catch me and torture me and me be pregnant. I want my father behind us before I we plan a pregnancy,” I explained.

    “That makes sense, but I don’t like the thought of you being tortured,” Jonathan said.

    “I know, but I am just looking at all possible angles. What are your thoughts about making them a bedroom and keeping them? That reminds me. The way they acted when they saw the toys. We need to assess the orphanage’s toy and clothing situation. I have a feeling that the kids are wearing the only clothing they own and have probably not seen many if any toys. As Kings, you need to change that.”

    They all sat there with thoughtful expressions. Then I saw their eyes cloud over, so they were either discussing together or someone was linking all three of them. I waiting to see what they would say. I really didn’t know how I would take it if I had to take them back to the orphanage after breakfast tomorrow.

    I jumped when Jason spoke. “We will look into the orphanages needs first thing in the morning. As for the children, while we understand how you feel and that you have gotten very attached to them,” he said and then paused. I held my breath as I waited to see what they were going to say, because it sounded like they were going to tell me no.

    “We don’t feel that we can adopt the children right now. There are a few things missing that keep us from feeling completely comfortable with just saying yes to you,” he told me. I worked to keep the tears back.

    “What kinds of things,” I asked. I was proud of myself that my voice only wavered at the very end.

    “Let’s go up our room so we can talk in Private,” Jonathan said.

    It was then that I realized that we were starting to gather a crowd around wanting to hear the conversation. “It appears that would be a good idea. Can you link Mary and make sure she I fine for just a little while longer with the kids?” I asked them.

    I saw Justin nod his head and his eyes unfocused. “We’re good, she said she is enjoying playing with them,” he commented.

    When we got to the room, Jason went straight into the closet, while Jonathan and Justin sat on each side of me on the couch. 

    Jason came back over. “We agree that there are 2 things that need to be discussed before we could consider adopting the twins,” Jason said as he knelt in front of me.

    “Okay, what are those things,” I asked. Wondering what we needed to discuss and why they looked nervous.

    Justin and Jonathan stood up and each took one of my hands and they also knelt in front of me, as Jason produced a ring sized box, from his pocket.

    Jason started to speak, “Jennifer, we love you very much. We know that we have already become mates, but we want to be more than mere mates.”

    Jonathan then started talking, “Our world begins and ends with you and we want you to remember that always”

    Then Justin finished, “We want the privilege of marring you, so there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that you are ours and we are yours.”

    When Justin finished, Jason opened the box and inside was the most beautiful ring I had ever seen. It was a heart ruby in the center with diamonds around the ruby. I realized I was crying.

    Of course, I would marry you three. You are all the loves of my life. It would make my world to become attached to you in every way.

    Jason put the ring on my finger and I hugged him and kissed him. Then I turned and hugged Jonathan and kissed him and did the same with Justin. I was so happy.

    “Wait, you said that we couldn’t adopt the twins until 2 things were taken care of, what were the two things,” I asked.

    “Well, we want to be a real family, so we wanted our ring on your finger and we wouldn’t actually officially adopt them until we were married. The other is we need to sit down and had a talk with them about their feeling on the subject. Is that something that they would be interested in? Do that want to give it a try? Are they ready to move in or is it too much to think about right away? We feel that the last thing that we should do with these kids is take away a discussion that they could have a say in. I feel like so much of their life has been out of their control. We want to start out this adventure trying to give them more control. Which brings us to one other subject? They aren’t talking yet, but do we want to decide on names for us or let them think on it, because we don’t want to get confused with Dad, Dad, and Dad. So, is that something else that we let them decide or do we just start using names and let them use them when they are ready,” Jason asked.

    “That is a good question, but I think, because they are not talking at this time, it would better for us to just start using the names then they will use them when they are ready to talk. What do you think about Daddy, Papa and Pop,”

    They looked to be thinking about it.

    “Well, I kind of like the idea of being called Daddy,” Jonathan said.

    “I don’t care either way, do you have a preference Justin,” Jason asked.

    “I like Pop,” Justin said.

    “Then I will have them call me Papa,” Jason said.

    Let’s go talk to them before we put them to bed.

    “How about I go and get them and bring them back to my room, and you guys can be in there ready to talk to them,” I told the boys.

    “That might be more comfortable for them,” I told them.