** Sign Language will be in ITALICS **

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"Baby, we need to go home. We still have to eat supper and I have to work tomorrow. And you have therapy." Jenika says patting Tim on the leg.

"Oh crap, I forgot about that." Tim says rubbing his forehead.

"Do you take Adam with you to your therapy?" Kirstie ask.

"I don't really have a choice." Tim smiles.

"Well, you do now. You can drop him off here. I'll gladly watch him for you." Kirstie says.

"I mean, if you don't mind? That would really help. I really think he gets on the therapist's nerves." Tim chuckles.

"No, I don't mind at all. And even if Patch is here. There's plenty of toys that Adam can play with." Kirstie says.

Tim gets up from the couch and walks over to the foot of the stairs. 

"Hey, Adam? Buddy, come on. We need to go home." He calls up to the boys playing.

"But I want to play, Tim" Adam pouts as he and Patches makes their way down the stairs.

"I know, Sweetie. But I'll bring you by here when I go for therapy tomorrow, alright." Tim says rubbing Adam on the arm.

"Pwomise?" Adam pouts.

"I pwom. I promise." Tim chuckles.

"I see you tomowow, Patches." Adam waves.

Patches smiles and nods.

"What time will you be bringing him by?" Kirstie ask.

"My therapy is at ...." Tim chuckles and turns to Jenika. "What time is my therapy?"

"It's at 9:00, Sweetheart." Jenika laughs. "They change the time so much on him, it's hard to keep up with."

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The next morning Kirstie wakes up with her lover snuggled closely to her, snoring lightly. She smiles and kisses him softly on the forehead.

He begins to stir and slowly opens his eyes. 

"Well, Hello there, Handsome." Kirstie smiles kissing his lips tenderly. "I have to babysit today."

"I know." He signs with a smile.

She glances at the clock to see that it was already 7:30.

"We need to get up. I'm not sure what time they'll be here." She says popping him in the stomach.

They got dressed and ate a quick breakfast and was cleaning up the breakfast dishes when the doorbell rang at about 8:40.

Kirstie leaves to go answer the door while Patch and Kevin finishes the dishes.

She opens the door and smiles when she sees Adam dressed in a Batman onesie, wearing sunglasses and a cap turned backwards.

"Well, aren't you cute." Kirstie giggles as Adam smiles and nods.

Tim, standing behind Adam, shakes his head and rolls his eyes.

"I couldn't get him to get dressed this morning." Tim chuckles, walking in carrying a Star Wars backpack.

"I like your backpack, Tim." Kirstie laughs.

"Oh, Adam picked it out, believe me. I just packed him some snacks and a change of clothes, if he wants to change. He does know how to dress himself." Tim says as he hands Kirstie the backpack.

"Is Patches up yet?" Adam ask.

Patch and Kevin walks out of the kitchen.

Adam notices the difference right away. "Dats not Patches." He says looking around at Tim.

"I explained that to you last night, remember?" Tim says rubbing Adam on the back.

"Yea, I wememba. Dat's okay." He nods.

"I'm Tim. You might say, your neighbor." Tim smiles and shakes Patch's hand. 

Patch smiles and nods a hello.

"I need to go." Tim says turning Adam to face him. "I'm not sure how long I'll be, but you mind Miss Kit, alright?"

"I will." Adam nods. "I be good."

"You better be." Tim smiles and kisses him on the cheek. Tim pulls a piece of paper from his jacket pocket and hands it to Kirstie. "Here's my number in case you need to get in touch with me."

"He'll be fine. Don't worry." Kirstie says taking the paper from him.

After Tim leaves, Adam sits down on the couch and smiles up at Kirstie.

"M.. Miss K.. Kit. You have a pity home." He smiles. "I like the staiws." (pretty) (stairs)

"You don't have stairs in your house?" Kirstie ask sitting down next to him.

"No, T..Tim can't go up steps vewy well." He says, then looks around at Patch. "Mista Patch? Do you talk?"

"No, not verbally. I talk in sign language." Patch says with a kind smile.

"O.K., I don't know what you just said." Adam says shaking his head, looking at Patch.

"He talks in sign language, Sweetheart." Kirstie smiles.

"I..I..I have someone who doesn't talk. He..He's in hewe (here)." He says pointing to his chest.

"Really?" Kirstie ask, remembering that Tim had told her that Adam had showed signs of multiple personalities.

"Yea, but he don't come out vewy much." Adam says. "Do you play with Patches?"

"I use too." Kirstie says sadly. "But since I have the baby now, I don't have much time."

"Tim plays with me. Well, he twies too. H..He can't get down on the floor too good. It's It's hawd fo him to get back up." He says, finally taking off his sunglasses and handing them to Kirstie. "Can I go play in Patches's woom. I pwomise I won't bweak nothing?"

"Sure, just be careful on the stairs." Kirstie smiles at his sweetness.

"Okay. I'll walk slow." He nods as he gets up and heads upstairs.

Patch chuckles, "He's a cutie."

"Yep, he's a pwiwate." Kevin chuckles.

"He definitely likes to talk." Patch laughs.

"M..Miss Kit?" Adam calls from the top step.

"Yea?" Kirstie answers.

"The doggie Mack, he..he poopied in da foor." Adam calls to her.

"Ugh, I forgot to take Mack out." Kirstie sighs as Patch and Kevin starts to laugh. "Y'all won't think it's too funny, when you're cleaning it up."

"It's not my dog. It doesn't even like me." Patch laughs when Kirstie smacks him on the arm.

"I can take M..Mack outside. I take Satchmo out all da time, in ouw back yawd." (in our back yard) Adam says.

"Well alright, but you stay in the back yard. Alright? I'll be watching." Kirstie says as she puts the leash on Mack.

"O.k., Tim." Adam says while rolling his eyes.

Kirstie could hear the loud laughter coming from the two men down stairs.

"Excuse me, Mr. Adam. But are you sassing me?" Kirstie ask while putting her hands on her hips.

"Tim always tells me that. Don't leave the yard. I'll be watching. Stay where I can see you. I know already." Adam says as he takes the lease and heads down stairs.

Leaving a shocked Kirstie at the top of the stairs.

She slowly walks down the stairs back into the living room.

"Guys, that wasn't the little piwate Adam." She says.

"What? Are you sure?" Kevin ask.

"That one had a little bit of an attitude, plus he talk plainer." Kirstie says as she heads to the kitchen to peek out the window. "I'll have to remember to ask Tim about that one."

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