(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/187/9/1/Ada_by_emopor.jpg)<br/>Jean was walking home from work, watching the other people as they walked by, trudging through the slush left behind from the snowy weather. She smiled as she saw a little girl splashing through a puddle as her mother tried to pull her away from the puddle. She loved kids, but she knew that her lifestyle didn't really allow for it. She was in a committed relationship with another woman, who she loved more than anything else. To her, Eva was the most beautiful person in the world. She loved her life. She had a well-paying 9-to-5 job working for the state government, and she had to admit, the work was pretty easy for the pay she received. And she got to come home to someone as wonderful as Eva, things couldn't be better. Sometimes she had the desire to add to their family...a child or maybe a pet. However, Eva's brother was not the kind of addition she desired. When Eva had mentioned that Andrew was coming to stay with them because he had nowhere else to go, she didn't really know what to say so she had kept quiet. She couldn't tell them no, because she knew Andrew needed a place to stay, and the job market was rather bleak for him.<br/><br/>Jean opened the door to their apartment and saw that Andrew was already there. He was sitting in the living room, reading the newspaper. She smiled warmly at him. "You must be Andrew," she said, holding out her hand to him. "I'm Jean."