Marshall's P.O.V:
"What the hell do you mean?" Tessa screams at her new lawyer Ben. Ben clears his throat and sits up as Tessa paces infront of the television. "I am their god mother!" She yells.
"I am aware of that Mrs-" Ben starts and get cuts off.
"So it should be easy for me to adopt Milo and Jameson." She says and crosses her arms across her chest.
"Well-" Ben starts and gets cut off.
"It's been a month and two weeks since they lost their parents. Their uncle has bailed out on them so it is my duty to take care of them." Tessa says.
"Yes. I understand that but the system think's you might not be stable enough to take care of an 8 year old and a baby at this moment i-" Ben starts and gets cut off.
"Do I look unstable to you!" Tessa yells, making me shake my head as I look away from her. "This is bullshit!" She yells.
"Tessa." I cut in, making her turn to face me. "A quick word?" I say and watch her shake her head. "It's only going to take a minute." I say as I grab onto her arm and pull her behind me. We walk towards the dining room and I close the door behind me as Tessa walks towards the table and takes a seat.
"What?" Tessa huffs.
"If you keep shouting at the man then it's going to really make you look unstable." I say. "He's only trying to help." I state.
"Yeah well my old lawyer would have done the job by now and-" She starts but I cut in quickly.
"Your old lawyer is Nick which you refuse to take any help from." I throw my hands up in the air.
"He won't be able to help me. Have you seen the condition he's in?" She says, clearly referring to his drinking. "He is unstable." She adds, making me scrunch my face up in anger and confusion. "I don't need his hel-" She carries on, making me cut in.
"You are the one that's unstable!" I yell, making her flinch. It goes quiet between us and I let out a sigh as I cover my face.
Why couldn't you control your fucking anger!
"How dare you." She whispers, making me let out a sigh.
"Tessa. Hear me out, baby." I say and fold my arms across my chest.
"No! How fucking dare you talk to me like th-" She says but I talk over her.
"Stop for a second and let me speak." I talk over her loudly but she ignores me and carries on talking over me.
"-When I am trying to do the right thing-" She carries on talking, making me cut in once again.
"You're doing the right thing for Milo and Jameson but you're pissing off every fucking one around you and your hurting everyone around you!" I scream, making her go quiet. "You are not the only one that's all over the place after Chris and Karla's death." I say in a quieter tone.
"I'm not all over the place." She says, making me sighs in frustration. "I am perfectly fine." She adds.
"Well not everyone can control their feeling like you fucking do in such a perfect way!" I snap once again.
"Why are you getting angry at me?" She asks.
"I feel sorry for Nick because he has to put up with your bullshit." I say and watch her shake her head.
"Yeah. Take it back to Nick again." She throws her hands up in the air and turns her back towards me.
"Nick is the only one that can help you." I say, making Tessa shake her head. "Nicks their god parent. He's also a very strong lawyer." I add.
"I don't want Nicks help." She turns to face me.
"He admitted to not being stable enough to take full care of Milo and Jameson but he wants to help us adopt them." I say, making her turn to face me.
We hadn't talked about me also adopting Chris and Milo and I can see by the look on her face she's suprised that I would adopt them. Hell, I would do anything for Tessa if it made her feel better and get back to being herself again.
Tessa looks away from me and clears her throat. She leans against the chair. She mumbles something in Spanish and then a few seconds later when she realises I don't know what the fuck she just said, she translates it into English.
"I need a couple of minutes." She tells me.
"Okay." I nod.
"On my own." She adds. "Could you give me a couple of minutes on my own?" She asks. I let out a sigh and straighten up.
"Sure." I mumble and walk out of the dining room.
***
"Adoption? Again." Proof says as Nathan looks at me like i'm crazy. Proof drops down next to me and picks up his beer bottle.
"I'm going to be a father to six children now." I let out a confused and sad laugh.
"What's wrong with you?" Nathan asks.
"Nothings fucking wrong with me." I tut.
"Why are you acting like Mother Teresa and taking care of all these kids?" Nathan says, making me glare at him.
"Shouldn't you be in school?" I raise my brow. I watch him sigh and pick up his back pack before he claps hands with Proof and walks out of my studio.
"So...Mother Teresa." Proof stretches his legs on the coffee table.
"Fuck you." I mumble and listen to him laugh.
"Why are you doing this? I mean, if you adopt them then you have six kids to take care of. That's seven including Whitney." He says.
"I know." I mumble.
"You sure you can take care of 'em all?" He asks.
"I have Tessa to help me." I shrug before it goes quiet between the both of us. "You think she'll go back to normal once we adopt them kids?" I ask, making Proof glance at me sideways.
"What do you mean by normal?" He asks.
"Happy." I shrug.
"I don't know." I hear him mumble. "Is that why you're adopting the kids? To see her happy again." He says, making me nod. "Marshall, you gotta think about this man." Proof says. "I get it, you love Tessa. You would do anything for her but adopting these kids-" He starts, making me cut in.
"I already decided to adopt them doody." I say. I watch him sigh before he goes quiet for a few seconds.
"I know.....I know." He nods. "Have you thought about what's going to happen to these kids when you're forced to split?" He says, making me go quiet. "I hate this whole contract thing man but it's gonna end. I don't know why they haven't ended it already. I don't know if it's because they feel sorry for Tessa or what, but we both know it's going to end." He says. "They won't let you keep the kids." He mumbles and stands up before he walks towards the mixing boards.
***
I walk out of court with Tessa by my side and the two new members to our family. Nick follows behind us with a few of his lawyer friends as we follow the security. I pick up Milo and pull the hood to his jacket over his head and place his head on my shoulder to cover his face from the papparazi.
"Give me a second." Tessa mumbles. I watch her place the baby's car seat down and fasten his belt. She smiles at Jameson and pinches his cheek before she pulls his cap on. She pull's up the car seats hood on as she looks back at me. "Could you pass me the white blanket from his bag baby." She says.
"Where is it?" I ask and look for the bag. Nick takes the bag off his shoulder and takes the blanket out before he holds it towards Tessa who takes it from him without looking at him.
I look back at the papparazi through the glass and watch them as they press their camera's against the door and take pictures and record video's. I turn back to Tessa who smiles at Jameson before she cover the car seat with the blanket.
"Let's go." She sighs. I pull my hood over my head as she pull's on her shades. I nod towards the security and watch them open the door and push the papparazi away before we walk out into the crowd.
We ignore the papparazi as they shout our names and take our pictures. Security open the door to the SUV as we walk towards it. I take Jameson's car seat and gesture for Tessa to climb in the back before I place the seat next to her.
Nick ignores the papparazi who run up to him and throw a million questions at him as he places a couple of the kids bags in the car boot. I place Milo in his seat before I buckle him in. I close the door and walk towards Nick.
I notice him clench his jaw as he places his bags away. I can tell he's trying his best not to snap at these assholes. After helping Nick, I walk towards the door and pull it open before I slide in next to Milo.
"You okay?" I ask Tessa once I close the door behind her and look back at her.
"I'm fine." She says as she pull's on her belt.
"Why are their so many people taking pictures?" Milo asks, making me look down. Nick opens the door and sits next to Milo the same time the second security guard sits in the passenger's seat.
"Are we ready to leave for the airport, Mr Mathers?" The security turns to face me.
"Yeah." I say and lean back, making him gesture for the driver to start the engine.
"Is it because you're famous?" Milo asks.
"Yeah buddy." I nod as I place my arm around him.
"When can we go see Iris and Ryder?" He asks.
"You'll see them soon." I smile down at him.
"Will mom and dad be there?" He asks as he smiles up at me. From the corner of my eyes I see Tessa push her hair back and look at Milo.
"Hey Milo." Nick says, making Milo turn away from me. "You ever been on a plane before?" He asks.
"Yeah!" Milo nods in excitement.
"Was it a big one?" Nick asks as he looks out of the window. Tessa clears her throat and looks away from me, clearly trying her best not to tear up.
"It was huge!" Milo says. I reach my hand back towards Tessa and a few seconds later I feel Tessa place her hand in mine. I smile sadly as I look out of the window and give her hand a squeeze before I lock our hands together.