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She had never gone to Disney World, but when she was in high school, her class had gone on a trip there and her foster parents had refused. She’d always wanted to go and she was so mad that she had lost that chance.

“Shit,” Riley said and Jett looked concerned.

“What?” Jett asked. “Don’t tell me you don’t want to go.”

“It’s not that,” Riley said, “but now that I know where we’re going I’m not going to be able to fall asleep- I’m just too excited!”

* * *

When they got home, Romeo wound himself around their legs, purring wildly.

“Here, have some more biscuits, Mr Handsome Beans,” Jett said, opening the cupboard where they kept the cat biscuits and Romeo tucked in happily.

“Jett,” Riley said, seriously for a second, and Jett looked around, her brown eyes warm and full of curiosity.

“I just want you to know, I’m so happy to be your wife. I’m so grateful for everything. This honeymoon will be amazing, I know. And, well afterwards, when we get home, we have our final adoption home assessment. I just can’t wait for our children to join our home.”

When Riley and Jett had moved in together and realized how happy they had been at adopting Romeo and being able to give him a loving home, Riley had realized they could do the same for children in foster care.

She had worried about bringing the possibility of adoption up to Jett, it felt like a huge thing, but Jett had been so on board from the start.

They had gone through the process and were in the final stages of adopting a sibling group of three sisters aged 7, 3 and a baby. Anna, Ava and Amara. It would be a huge adjustment to their lives obviously, but they wanted to give these girls a loving home and a family, because they had never had that.

They were both taking some time off work while the girls settled in, and then afterwards they both planned to go back to work just on a part time basis, so they could give everything to caring for their new family.

Jett smiled and came and sat on Riley’s knee. She smelled like the fresh floral fragrance of her perfume and something else, something unmistakably Jett.

“I can’t wait either, sweetheart. We are so lucky that we will get to be their moms.”

Riley smiled and nuzzled into Jett’s neck.

She had a home, a wife and a family, and she had found her happiness.