Adaptation

Chapter 2

As the months progressed after the first time I met Anthony, I got to meet and become friends with Tim as well. Every day either of them would ring me and if I didn't answer my phone then they came looking for me as Anthony knew where I lived in the refuge.

We became really close as the months wore on and it was coming up to Christmas but I don't celebrate it. The week of Christmas I met Tim and Ant again at the café that I first met Ant at and they said that they wanted to adopt me so they could look after me. I said no as I didn't want to be a burden to them but they both said that I could help them as well as them helping me. You see because they are both singers as well they sometimes have to tour and the other can't go because of their career. So they said that I was helping them by keeping them company and they were helping me that way as well. I eventually agreed So the next day they both came to the refuge to sign me out and they tackled all the paperwork as the refuge workers wouldn't let me sign out and they couldn't unless they had authority from Andy as when we started going out he made himself my next of kin and also the person who would have to give consent to me signing out. So that meant that Tim and Ant couldn't sign me out unless they had Andy's consent and signature which they got. They also started the paperwork to be my adopted parents.

As the week progressed Tim and Ant tried to get me to get a picture with them but I wouldn't as I hate photos and Ant had a device (camera) so I stayed right away from them but Tim being the shit he is he took one without me noticing when I was sitting on the lounge in their house laughing at something that Ant did. He took a selfie of us all without me noticing. I would never have known if he didn't post it on Twitter tagging me. The idiot.

When Christmas Eve came they tried to also get me to celebrate Christmas but I don't like to as I'm Jewish. Ant rings Andy and asks him why I won't celebrate Christmas and he tells him that my parents are Jewish and so that is why I won't celebrate it but they talk me into it telling me it's fun. So I decide I will try for them as they are doing me a favor by adopting me and getting me out of the refuge I was in that I hated. That night we ended up going to Melbourne so we could visit Ant's family. They knew about me as a couple of weeks ago when they were both in Melbourne for the Carols by Candlelight Ant told them all about me as I had called him after I had a nightmare about Andy. He sat there and talked to me on the phone before he went on stage to perform talking to me calming me then he put Tim on so he could go on stage. Tim told me it was a nightmare as Andy was OK as he had spoken to him that afternoon. They always kept in touch with Andy after they spoke to him about adopting me.

After I woke up Christmas morning in our hotel room we went to Ants mums' house to have Christmas day with them. They had given me tickets for a meet and greet with Adam Lambert and Queen. I jumped into Ants arms and hugged them both as Ant was being his usual self and sat on his husbands lap. It was like there were no empty seats when there was nearly a whole lounge he could have chosen but no he chooses to sit on his husband. OH for the love of money will those two quit it. I see them being all lovey dovey all day every day and it just makes me sick because I can't do that with Andy.

As the day wears on my phone rings and I pick it up to see the caller is Andy as his photo and name flashes on my screen. I tell them that I was going outside to speak to him. I walk outside so I can have some privacy to talk to him without them hearing what I was saying. You see I really miss him today of all days as it's our 8 month anniversary of the day we started going out and knowing that I can't see him for at least another 2 months when his tour is over. I answer when I get outside and he wishes me a Happy Christmas and asked how I was enjoying my first Christmas. I told him it was okay but I really wish he was there with me. I tell him that I really miss him and just want to be in his arms. We had very little time when he was in Australia as we had only been going out about 2 weeks when he had to leave.