At the Solitano house, Danny was on the stove cooking with Dolores was seated at the table in the kitchen, instructing him, while Pat Sr. was filing through envelopes. He heard his son sigh for the third time, making him turn around and look at looked at his son's bothered face and then turned his head to the tv which was playing what seemed to be Winnie the Pooh.
He looked back at his soon and asked "Patty, what's wrong". Pat looked up his dad before sighing once more at Eeyore trude along side Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, melancholy.
"I'm waiting to see when Eeyore is going to start looking up"
Pat Sr. looked at his son, " A pig?"
"He's so doubtful, dad, I just want to see if he's going to start being optimistic", he said, focusing his attention back to the tv
He continued to look at his son, "It's a cartoon, Pat".
"I know it's a cartoon, I just want to see what happens"
His father turned back to his envelopes saying, "Turn a game on or something, For Christ's sake". In the kitchen Danny was smiling ear-to-ear with the compliments Mrs. Solitano was giving him. "Well done Danny, it looks great", as she inspected what he cook. She grabbed a fork and took a bite, her face went up in delight, "And it taste amazing. You see I try and get Pat in the kitchen so he'll know how to cook for Tiffany one day", Danny and her smiled
"Ma", Pat complained
"Yes, put him in the kitchen Dolores, he doesn't need to be watching any of this crap"
"Well what is he watching?", she asks him.
"A pig and his friends", he says. Dolores walks into the room to see what he means when Danny asks, "What's wrong with that?".
Pat Sr. looks over at him, "What's wrong with that? What's wrong with that is that my son is watching this", he said pointing at the tv, "when he should be catching up on the game".
"You know we should bring over Ronnie's little girl to watch this with you?", Dolores says, standing next to Pat.
"Okay", he says.
Mr. Solitano looks up at his wife, "No, no, darling, no, what are you doing?"
"What do you mean what am I doing?", she asks, looking over at him.
"Why are you going to bring Ronnie and Veronica over here?"
"Their family, Pat"
"They may be, but I want to be with the family, that lives In-this-house", he pronounced the words.
"What about me?", Danny asks, holding up his arms.
"Your ok, your fine, I just don't want anyone else over here", he says when someone knocks on the back door.
"Jesus", he says under his breath. Danny goes to open the door when Mrs. Solitano goes into the kitchen and call Veronica. "Hey, Tiffany", he says at the door. She walks in and takes a seat by Pat, who moves closer to her.
"Thank God your here Tiffany can you please get my son to stop watching the little pooh bear"
"Dad!", Pat said, embarssed
Tiffany looks up at the tv and asks, "Why are you watching this?"
"Because Eeyore is cynical about everything and his fucking friends, I wouldn't even call them friends because, they let him get chased by bees, and Piglet's gone because they keep telling him he's too small"
"They should be on their way", Dolores says, coming back into the den.
"Who", Tiffany asks
"Ronnie and Veronica with the baby", Pat answres.
"And you want the baby to watch this movie, the way you just described it".
"I don't want her over here my mom called them"
"So what you're saying is you don't want my niece and my sister to be over here?"
"No like that Tiffany", Pat said, trying to get her to understand.
"Jesus Christ". His dad grabbed his envelopes, and headed upstairs when he heard the front door opening, with Ronnie and Veronica with the baby. He reached he study and shut the door, but could still hear the comotion downstairs.
"Uhh", he rubbed his eyes. My family, he thought