"You don't have to walk in with us," the eight added. "You really don't."
"Sorry. But we do," the moms' insisted. "Especially after sneaking out of your past therapy sessions."
"Why can't the younger twins have therapy?" they asked.
"They don't have issues," the moms' added. "You eight do though."
"Fine," the eight added. They hated therapy and it was decided to be a group one together.
"This will be fun," the kids' added.
"Fun? It will be a complete disaster," Leandro added.
A few minutes later, "If it isn't the kids' who take off."
The eight nodded and put their heads down. "What do you eight want?"
"Not to have therapy," they added.
"If Oliver and Olivia were the ones in foster care and not you eight, would you want them to have therapy?" Doctor Alma Burke asked.
"DUH!" they added as Alma smiled. "She got us."
"What else do you want?" Alma asked.
"No one understands us. We want all of our family in the therapy," the eight added. Callie and Lena were shocked. "That might not be up to us," the moms' added.
"Why not?" the eight kids' asked.
"Your older siblings have work and school and lives, plus other things," they added.
"Oh. What about Oliver and Olivia?" they asked again.
"We need to think about it and this is not about them. It is about you eight," the moms' replied as the eight nodded defeated.
A few days later, "You want us to what?" Natalie asked. She was the most vocal of the older kids. Do you realize we have lives and Deanna and I already go to therapy with our own kids?" she asked.
"I agree with my wife," Deanna added. "These are your kids and their issues."
The moms' nodded. "What about the rest of you?"
"We have to agree with Natalie and Deanna. We told you about fostering kids from the system. And these are their issues. We are sorry they are going through this," Pablo added for all of them.
The moms' nodded. "Do you think we should take Oliver and Olivia?" the moms' asked.
"No, but we support you in what you decide, but they understand why they act the way they do," Natalie added. "They've seen it first hand."
"Is that all? We still need to pick up the kids' at daycare," Deanna added. Callie and Lexi nodded.
"Natalie can we talk to you?" the moms' asked.
She nodded and kissed her wife. "What is it?"
"Why are you so upset?" they asked.
"I'm still mad that my twins' were hurt and I feel dumb, but it is always about foster kids now," she added. "I'm not a kid anymore, but we were all overlooked."
The moms' sighed. "We are sorry."
"I get it," she added. "But if I knew my older set of triplets were dangerous and doing things like your eight are. I never would have adopted them since we had kids' to worry about," she added.
The moms' nodded. "We love you."
"I know I love you both too," she added as they kissed and hugged her tight. She left right after.
