Julie's POV

Everything felt like it was going in slow motion. Lauren the social worker that worked at the orphanage came into view with Sophie's hand clasped in her own making her way over to us. I stumbled, scrabbling up to my feet and running over to Sophie taking her into my arms twirling her around

"What are you doing here!?" I cried lowering her back down, kneeling myself placing my hands on either side of her shoulders. I didn't believe that she was I front of me needing to physically touch her to answer my doubtful mind

"Why are you crying Julie?" She asked sadly pouting wiping my tears away

"Don't be sad"

"I'm not sad, I'm happy princess!" I pulled her into another hug burying my face into her hair never wanting to let her go

"W-Why didn't you come see me yesterday?" She mumbled against my shoulder, I pulled away gently looking at her confused

"Where were you yesterday?" I sniffed wiping the remaining tears away

"Mrs. Cheryl and Mrs. K-Ki- Kimbar K-" I cut her off

"Kimberley?" I asked snapping my head around seeing my parents looking at me with tears in their eyes

"Them?" I asked pointing to my parents

"Yeah.. You know them?" She asked giving them a cute little shy wave

"Those are my parents.. Lauren?" I said standing up finally giving her some attention

"I think maybe you should speak to your Mum's" she said pulling me into a hug

"It's nice to see you smiling" She whispered, I didn't even notice the smile spread across my face. We walked back over to my parents; Lauren first to speak

"You can have her for the day, We will see the progression that happens. Further details will be given on the next visit" she said making my mouth suddenly go dry unable to speak anymore

"Sophie, be a good girl for Mrs. and Mrs. Tweedy-Walsh okay?" She told her

"I'm always a good girl Mrs. Lauren" She said folding her arms across her chest pouting making us all laugh

"Be extra good" She said giving her a quick hug and walking back over to her car

"So..? Care to explain?" I told my parents

"Don't be upset.. but erm, I stalked you" Mam said making Mum laugh

"It wasn't exactly like that Chez"

"No it was, you were being sneaky and I wanted to know what you were up to. And then.." She said looking at Sophie not being able to finish

"Hey Soph" She said squatting down to her

"Yeah?" Sophie asked with a full smile

"Why don't you go and play on them monkey bars" Mam said tucking a piece of hair behind he ear. Sophie nodded her head and ran over to the playground set

"I was told that a couple was coming down to the orphanage to adopt a little girl like Sophie, and I saw how happy you were.. it took a little convincing for this one to agree" she said nodding her head at Mum making her roll her eyes

"But we fell in love with her-" She smiled at Sophie before continuing

"And we want our family to grow, we have another one on the way-" I couldn't help but take it all in Mam and Mum looking at each other with so much love. Our family was growing and it was all so surreal I needed a minute to digest everything

"You guys are serious about this?" I asked with tears in my eyes

"This isn't something to joke about Jules, of course we are serious" Mum said opening her arms for me to go over to her

"I love you guys" I sniffed pulling Mam into our hug as well

"JULIE! COME PLAY WITH ME!" Sophie shouted across the park making us all laugh

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Kim's POV

I glance back over at the digital clock once more; puffing out a breath of air. Is that damn clock going to change or what? I thought to myself. I looked back at a sleeping Cheryl who seems to be well away in dreamland. I poked, I nudged, I even kicked; still got nothing.

"Babe-" I whispered giving her a tap on the shoulder

"Baby-" I gave her a rough shove making her whine

"Whattt!" She whimpered pulling the pillow over her head

"Baby, please wake up!" It came out as a beg, maybe that way she'll snap out of her dream daze and give me her attention

"What is it?" She yawned sitting up and turning on the lamp

"Are you okay?" She asked shuffling closer resting her hand automatically on my tiny bump

"Mhmm, Babe I want a Bakewell tart" I said with a sweet smile, maybe she wouldn't kill me

"You what?!-" She hissed

"You woke us up-" She turned around to check the time before snapping her head back at me

"3:47am to tell us you want a fcking Bakewell tart!?"

"Baby please, I've been craving it since three and I've been good yeah.. I waited. I couldn't wait any longer.. please baby" I gave her my best pout instantly seeing her face crumble

"Babe it's almost four in the morning, where am I meant to go get it?" She argued trying to get back into bed

"I'm carrying our fcking baby! Get out and go find it!" I growled kicking her out of bed with the heel of my foot making her land on the hardwood floor with a loud thud

"Ow! What the fck!" She winced getting back up to her feet

"Tart! Now!"

"Alright, alright" She said limping into the wardrobe room to get changed. I sat there dreaming about that tart

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Cheryl's POV

'Making us fcking go get her a fcking tart at godly hour' I groaned whilst I walked into the 24 hour market grabbing a trolly with enough aggression to kill a 6 foot man

"Don't forget my white peach tea" I mimicked her, even after kicking us out of bed she still has the nerve to tell us to get her damn tea

"I don't want apricot tea Cheryl! I want peach tea!" I'm fuming whilst I launch the tea boxes into the trolly. Where is that damn tart! I made sure I got all the items before ahe forces us to make another daft run to the damn market. Me phone began to ring and I didn't have to check to know who it was

"Yes?" I answered with aggravation

"Cuddle bug-" Yeah play the pet name game so I don't snap

"Can you also get me those biscuits that are filled with chocolate" I couldn't help but smile, although I really did want to kill her in this moment

"Aye okay" I sighed going back to the sweets aisle

"And maybe a jar of pickles.. But not the big pickles, I want the little tiny ones" Her cravings were beyond us

"Okay, anything else?" I asked already putting the jar into the trolly

"No that's it, hurry up!" She said before shutting the phone in me face

"I love you too" I rolled me eyes as I stood in line

"You too?" A man asked observing me trolly

"Us too?" I asked confused, he chuckled turning around and showing us his basket filled with chocolates and cakes. It was then that I noticed he was wearing his pajama bottoms and a white vest top looking like he just got out of bed

"Aye, This is the first wakeup call" I said making him laugh

"I'm on my 15th round, my wife's in her fifth month.. still have four more and a whole lot of late night trips to the market" he didn't seem fazed by it

"Cheryl-" I said extending me hand out

"Lawrence, it's nice to meet you" he said shaking me hand and moving down the line

"She'll thank you once this is all over, we are on our fourth kid.. She always appreciates it after" He said making us smile

"Wow! fourth kid? What's it like? Must be a crazy household" I said, and suddenly I remembered, we are going to have three kids in the house. Our family is growing and I'm loving every second of it

"My two girls are worse than my little boy, and they say boys are hard to handle!" He said shaking his head

"Aye I've got a sixteen year old and a nine year old! They're doing me head in!" I laughed

"There's nothing more beautiful than taking it all in, they might do your head in but all the memories you create is worth every second of it"

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Cheryl's POV

"Mmmm! Thank you, this is so good!" I cringed as I watched her eat a pickle and shove a piece of tart into her mouth

"You're welcome.. I'm just going to go check on the girls.. as you are" She didn't even look twice as I walked out of the room. 'That tart must be damn good' I walked into Julie's room first seeing the duvet thrown off her bed with her curled up into a ball in the middle of her mattress.

"Mmm" She moaned as I tucked her back in, she was always a light sleeper

"Mum?" She yawned rubbing the sleep out of her eyes

"No it's us bubba"

"Can I have a cuddle?" She whispered sleepily

"Let us just to check on Sophie and I'll come cuddle you to sleep" I said giving her a kiss on the forehead before checking on Sophie. I walked in slowly afraid to startle her, remembering the first time Julie had woke up with a start afraid I would hurt her. She was sound asleep, a light smile spread across her face. She seemed to be dreaming of happy thoughts.

"Budge up" I whispered to Julie as I walked back into her room

"Mm I love your cuddles" She sighed resting her head against my chest

"Mam?" She said minutes later

"Hmm?"

"Sing to me?" She asked

"What do you want us to sing?"

"Anything" I took a second to think about what song to sing to her and then it came to us

"Sometimes these walls seem to cave in on me. When I look in your eyes, I feel alive.

Some days we say words that don't mean a thing. But when you holding me tight, I feel alive. Make it last forever; Come on baby

won't you hold on to me, hold on to me. You and I together, Come on baby won't you hold on to me, hold on to me. Each day I feel so blessed to be looking at you. Cause when you open your eyes, I feel alive. My heart beats so damn quick when you say my name. When

I'm holding you tight, I'm so alive. Now let's just live it up. We gotta hold on, I gotta hold on. You've got to hold on, you've got a hold on, a hold on to me" I sang the last note with tears in me eyes, that song always seemed to make us think of Julie. The first time I ever heard it I was drowning meself with tears.

"I love you so much Mammy" She sighed finally letting sleep take over her

"No, that's impossible. Because there is no love like the love I have for you" I said glad she didn't hear us, she would never let us live it down with the teasing and taking the piss at us.