Lins POV:
I walk out to my car grinning. Sophie's reaction to meeting me was amazing, I still can't believe people get that excited just to meet me. They both seem like nice kids, Tucker is definitely more of the extroverted social butterfly, while Sophie is more shy and artistic.
One question echoes in my mind; could I take on two teens? Yes, me and Vanessa planed everything out. And of course the rest of the cast would help.
    I start the car, heading straight to the theater. I pull into the parking lot, a mass of fans wait for me outside the theater. I smile and walk into the crowd, just my presence is met with screams of joy. I sign some things before slipping into the the theater.
   "How'd it go?" Anthony greets me as I step in.
   "Great, I can't wait till they are mine!"
    "What are they like?" Pippa steps in.
     "The girl, Sophie, spent half the time trying not to, like, scream. She's obviously a theater nerd. The boy, Tucker, seems nice, I think he's the more extroverted one."
     Leslie comes up in costume, "Just to remind you we have a show in less than five minutes."
    "Oh shit!" I run off to my dressing room to quickly get changed.

Tucker's POV:
   Lin seems nice enough. Sophie likes him.
   "Food!" I yell up at her as I set down the two plates of pasta.
   She runs down the stairs, grinning.
  "Well someone's happy," I laugh.
   "I met Lin Manuel Miranda." She says, sounding like she doesn't quite believe it.
    "Do you think he'll be nice?"
    "Yes. He is a precious cinnamon roll."
    "Okay then..."

   Half way through dinner the door bursts open and a very drunk Dan stumbles in.
  "Your home early?" I ask
  He mumbles something, his words to slurred to understand.
  "I SAD COME ER 'IRL!!" He yells. Sophie slowly rises up from her seat and cautiously walks over, coming to a halt in front of him. He looks her over for a second before slapping her in the face, I see her flinch back.
   "HEY!" I shout, anger churning inside me "DONT HURT HER!" He glares at me, grabbing my arm and pulling me closer.
  "Don't tell me what I can and can't do," I smell the alcohol thick in his breath "if you know what's good for you you'll stay out of this"
   "I guess I don't know what's good for me," I respond, trying to act more confident than I am. He cackles evilly before punching me in the stomach with full force, sending me to the ground. Soph decided stop take this as a chance to kick his leg. Not a good decision. He spins around to face her, practically growling. He kicks her in the leg in return, causing her to trip backwards, landing on the leg that had already been kicked, weird. I get up and he  turns to me. He kicks me 5 times more in the stomach and a few times in other places.
        This beating goes on for awhile, at some point he gets out his belt. It seems like ages before he finally leaves, stomping out the door and getting in his car. I look at Sophie, who got  it much worse than me, she's lying on the ground, unable to get up, covered in blood and bruises. I get up, pain shooting throughout my body, I ignore it and pick Sophie up bridle style, carrying her out the door. The night lays a soft blanket of darkness over the world, putting the city that never sleeps to sleep. I break into a run, with no real idea where I'm going. we somehow end up in a empty subway. I curl up next to Sophie, slipping into a deep, uncomfortable sleep.
Vanessa's POV:
     I hang up the phone and step off the subway, wrinkling my nose at the foul sent. I take a few steps before suddenly stopping. Did I just here someone crying? I creep slowly towards the sound, not sure what I'm expecting to see. It's definitely not what I do see. Two children curled up together on the cold floor. they look Hispanic, The girl has long black hair that falls on her back in messy waves, the boy has extremely short black hair. They're both covered in bruises and blood. What do I do? I can't just leave them here! Lins at a show so I can't call him. I awkwardly shake the boy awake, he looks up at me groggily then scrambles back to protect his sister. At  least I think it's his sister.
     "Hey, it's okay. I won't hurt you," I say softly. He looks at me cautiously, but slowly gets up on his feet. He's covered in bruises and scratches. "What happened?" I ask, concerned. He just shakes his head. What do I do??!? I eventually convince him to come home with me, I'll decide what to do when Lin gets back, for now I need to get them food and sleep.
He picks up the girl, who remains asleep. We walk back to my apartment and I let the curl up on the couch, I only wake them to hand the food and water, which they devoir. They haven't actually said anything to me.

Lin comes home and sees the two children on our couch and turns to me puzzled.
"Why are our future children asleep on our couch?"
"Our future children?" What was he talking about?
"They are Sophie and Tucker, our future children. The ones we're adopting," he explains. "Why are they on our couch? Covered in bruises?"
I explain the whole story. He walks over to them.
"We need to get them to a doctor,"
"Yeah," I agree.

Well that was a dramatic chapter. I'm almost at 500 views. Thank you, that's a insane number! I got excited for 20 reads, but 500!?! You guys are seriously the best, I hope you're enjoying the story.
-Josie