Tobin's Pov:

It's been about 10 minutes since Makayla fell asleep on me and I'm still holding onto her and she still holding onto my waist with her head on my chest.

I don't know a lot about her, but I know that I care a lot about this 17year old girl that I've only just met and I know for some reason I feel the need to protect her for the rest of her life.

What I think is about five more minutes of starting at Makayla there's a knock at the door. I look and see Rachel, who sees me looking at her, so I nod for her to come in. She walks in then stares at me in shock.

"What is it, is everything okay?"

She looks like she's struggling to say the right words or doesn't know what to say while I'm confused at why she's shocked.

She eventually manages to speak.

"Um, it's just the fact that Makayla rarely lets anyone near her and it took me a year just to hold her hand to comfort her when she was scared. For her to hug me took her three years and she only just met you like 3 hours ago, and she is already cuddling into you".

Now It's my turn to be shocked, why does she trust me so much. I'm not special. Rachel and Makayla must have gone through so much together, and Makayla has only just met me, and she has trusted me quicker than she has trusted Rachel.

" Wow. I don't understand it but if Makayla feels what I fell then this is the only explanation I have for her trusting me if not, then I don't know."

Rachel pulled the chair closer to the bed next to me so we could talk quieter without waking Makayla up.

"Why, what do you feel?"

I looked at Makayla and back at Rachel.

"I care about her so much and have the need and want to protect her as much as possible. I want her to be open and trusting with me. I want us to smile and laugh together. I just want her to be happy in her life and be herself without being scared".

I said all of this while looking at Rachel in the eyes, so she knows that I mean every single word of it.

She then reaches into her bag while smiling and pulls out a binder and opens it. She starts flicking through a couple of pages then stops and hands me the binder.

I look at it and freeze at what the page contains.

An adoption form for Makayla.

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😱 Dun Dun Dah 🦈

Chapter 4 now done and dusted.
Chapter 5 coming soon.

I hope you enjoyed it. 😀