I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM

CHAPTER TWO: JOHN ANTHONY DINOZZO

Throughout 1982, Anthony went through the process of cleaning out all of his mothers' possessions, keeping what he wanted to keep, wrapping up and mailing things that friends and family wanted, and auctioning the rest. He set up community projects, school projects, went to school, did his homework, helped others, and did charity work. He walked in his mothers footsteps as he completed grade six. Anthony started transferring $1,000.00 a month from his father's account to his, and through a lawyer found out that there is a trust fund that his mother has set up for him, that can't be touched until he turned 30. Anthony was able to save up $12,000.00 by the end of 1982.

In February Anthony did some research and found a way to complete High School a lot quicker than the initial four years. If he got 32 high school credits, he would be entitled to receive his diploma. He signed up for Summer School, and would devote eight weeks at the Rhode Island Military Academy High School doing twelve credits.

Anthony worked with several Charities during the Spring break, and he arranged fundraisers, auctions, fairs, carnivals, bake sales, craft sales, rallies, and so much more throughout March, April, May, and June. He stayed ahead of his school work, and was always on hand to help others with their school work whenever they needed help.

Anthony started the first day of summer school on July 1st. He started his first class at 7:00 am, and would be done the first five classes by lunchtime. At 1:00 pm he would continue with the remaining seven classes, ending his day at 8:00 pm. Once arriving back home at 8:30, he would have a quick bite to eat, while doing his homework before going to bed. He would wake up at 5:00 every morning and start the day again.

John stayed away from his son, and the house. He worked himself to the ground, trying to forget that he had lost his wife. He had no idea how Anthony was taking the loss, no idea what his son was doing with his life. He became detached, and regularly drank himself to sleep every night. By the time Gabriella's first anniversary of her death came around, he had successfully ruined his reputation, and was forced to step down as one of the best lawyers in the States.

In September 1982, 12 year old Anthony started Grade 7. He was no longer tied to commitments that his mother would regularly do, he was able to quietly close that chapter on their life, and everyone felt proud of him for a fabulous effort. There would be no parties, no rallies, no carnivals, and no fairs, none of the stuff that was a daily habit of the community for forty one years. Instead Anthony focused on going to School, doing his homework, helping others with their work, playing sports with his friends, reading in the library, and listening to music.

In October, Anthony went ahead and did some serious research into his future. He knew he wanted to go into law enforcement, and after some reading, he decided to become a cop. In order to become a cop he needed to attend four years at the Police Academy in Springfield, Illinois. After some more research into Colleges, he chose to start off by attending Ohio State University for four years. When he informed the Military Academy of his choice, they gave him a full Scholarship, and a Penthouse in Ohio upon graduation.

In November, Anthony finished cleaning out the house, leaving his fathers things alone, he packed up everything he wanted to keep, gave away the things he didn't want, and opened up his own storage unit in New York, and stored all the things he wanted to keep. At the age of 12, Anthony is already five feet five inches tall, and is slowly maturing into a young man.

His father came home for the first time in a year on December, 18th. When John walked through the doors drunk, he mistakes his son for a stranger and tried to slug him. He falls flat on his face and passed out in the foyer, where he remained until the next morning. Anthony sat at the dining room table eating breakfast the next morning when his father walks in. There are no words exchanged, and when breakfast is over, they go their separate ways.

John starts drinking, on his third glass of rye and coke he approaches his son, and stares. Shaking his head he walks away and heads upstairs. For the next two hours John proceeds to destroy the house, and drink all the booze. Anthony just stays out of his way in the basement. When John comes down into the basement, Anthony leaves the house. When Anthony returns three hours later, his father is nowhere to be found.

After searching hospitals and morgues, Anthony finds his father in the Intensive Care Unit in an alcoholic coma. He stays at his fathers' bedside for the night. On December 20th, Anthony leaves to take care of the house, the financial responsibilities, his fathers' job, and their future. He soon finds out that his father has been fired, and will never work again as a lawyer.

On December 21st, he wrote to the DiNozzo Family and the Paddington Family informing them of what happened. Then he decided to go down to see Uncle Vincenzo and spend Christmas with him. After five days with the DiNozzo and Paddington families, Anthony went back to the hospital to check on his father.

John became admitted into a psychiatric institution on the first anniversary of his wife's death. Anthony made sure that the financial payments that are required in order for him to stay there were taken care of, and then he was off trying to live his life without any parents. By the end of 1983, John became well enough to leave the psychiatric institution, he went back home to stay with his son, and to try and find a new life for himself.

By the time Anthony finished grade 7 in June of 1983, he had reached his full height of six feet, two inches tall, and when he celebrated his thirteenth birthday that July, he did it the same way he did it last year, at summer school. He already had twelve high school credits, and he needed twenty more before getting his diploma. Throughout the second summer, he took up fourteen credits. His day started at 4:00 am, he would arrive for his first class at 5:00 am. He would be done the first seven by lunchtime, and then he would complete the last seven before going back to the house at 8:00 pm. After getting a bite to eat, he would do his home work then go to bed.

Anthony started grade 8, his last year at Rhode Island Military Academy Elementary School, in September 1983. In order to figure out what he wanted to do first when he completed Elementary, he wrote letters to his family, the police academy, and Oho State University. While waiting for an answer, he played sports with his friends, went to school, and did his homework.

In October he got a response for all three areas. The Police Academy will not allow him to participate until he turns eighteen. That is five years down the road. The Ohio State University wouldn't take him unless he was sixteen, so that's three years from now. And then he found the answer from an uncle inviting him to Europe. Writing back, he informed his uncle he wouldn't be flying down until next September.

Throughout November and December Anthony did research into how to become a Police Officer, and to enrol in the University taking courses in Physical Education, Psychology, Business, French, German, Italian, American Sign Language, Law, Military, Naval, Sociology, Art, Math and Spanish.

Anthony and John opted to stay home for Christmas, and watched movies, and lounged around for the whole two weeks. It would be the last time Father and Son had any type of quality time together, and in the New Year, John left and tried to save his business, and if it wasn't saveable, would begin a brand new business. By the end of 1983, Anthony has been able to save up $24,000.00 in his account.

John legally changed his name from John Anthony DiNozzo to Anthony John DiNozzo, with his lawyers he tried to find a way to get his job back, and failed miserably, with the failure to start where he left off as a lawyer, and the memory of his wife's death fresh in his mind Anthony John DiNozzo went back to drinking, and soon became an alcoholic once again, and started flirting with anything in a skirt, and would be known as the best con artist around.

Throughout January to June 1984, Anthony completed grade 8. He graduated on June 29th 1984, and he started summer school on July 1st, doing the last six credits he needed in order to receive his high school diploma. He awoke daily at 7:00 am, his first class started at 9:00 am, with three finished by lunchtime, and three more in the afternoon, Anthony was finished with his day by 4:00 pm, getting back to the house, he ate dinner, and then he did his homework before going to bed at 9:00 pm.

On August 27th 1984, Anthony DiNozzo graduated from High School, after receiving his diploma; he went back to the house and packed up his belongings. First he headed to his storage unit and put the diploma in there, and then he headed to the airport to fly off to Europe with a round trip ticket that his family paid for.

Anthony arrives in Scotland on August, 28th, and is picked up at the airport by Uncle Clive Paddington. They retreated to his homestead, where the rest of the DiNozzo and Paddington families are waiting for him.

A tall young man with dark brown hair, lanky limbs, and a pair of emerald green eyes, stepped out of the car and made his way towards the group of people who stood on the porch of a grand house that stood on a vast property of 5 acres. Anthony hugged everyone before sitting down in a chair on their backyard deck. With everyone seated, a butler came out and offered Anthony a drink, he chose lemonade.

Uncle Clive: Welcome to my home. Why didn't you come down for Christmas?

Anthony: I wanted to relax with dad and not do anything but sit in front of a television and watch movies for two weeks. We ended up watching three hundred and thirty six movies.

Uncle Vincezo: What are your plans for the future?

Anthony: I'll be going to Ohio State University and then I'll be attending the Police Academy to become a Police Officer. Four years in University, and then another four years at the Academy.

Uncle Robert: I'm sorry to hear about your father. He was forced to close his lawyer business, and to start brand new. He will be starting up his own business as an American Civil War re enactor.

Grandfather: Mental issues run in our family...so it's no surprise that he ended up that way. I was just hoping he wouldn't go downhill that fast until Anthony had grown.

Anthony: I'm already grown grandpa. I'm more mature than you think I am.

Grandfather: I know that. What I meant was you're not eighteen yet.

Anthony: I have my future all planned out. I have a scholarship at Ohio State University for four years, doing two hundred and twenty four courses in four years. I'll be living in Ohio from September 1986 until July 1990. And then I'll be moving to Illinois to do my training at the Police Academy from August 1990 until 1994.

Grandfather: I can give you 1,000 shares in dot com and my button collection.

Uncle Clive: And I can give you $10,000.00 to get by.

Anthony: That isn't necessary, but if you want to put that into my account for the future, it would be greatly appreciated.

Uncle Robert: What do you plan to do between now and then?

Anthony: Spend time with Uncle Clive, Aunt Claudia, and Cousin Crispian, and see Europe. I have two years before starting University, so I'll visit a little, travel a little, then head to Ohio, and get settled in.

The Paddington and DiNozzo families talked for a while before they left. Uncle Clive got Anthony settled in, and then went off to do his own thing. Anthony walked around the property by himself, saw the horses, cows, goats, chickens, and played with their three dogs.

For the rest of 1984, Anthony explored Europe on his own while Uncle Clive went to work, and Aunt Claudia took care of her son and house. By the end of 1984 Anthony had been able to save up $46,000.00 in his account for his future.

After spending Christmas with the DiNozzo and Paddington Families, Anthony flew back home to Rhode Island to see what his father was up too, and see if they could ever have a relationship. Anthony walked into his house on January 2nd 1985 to the realization that his father has remarried, and she had redecorated the house, and was now running his father's life. He was nowhere to be found.

Anthony proceeded to move everything that he owned from Rhode Island to the Penthouse in Ohio, while searching for the whereabouts of his father, and to get to know his new stepmother. He continued putting in $1,000.00 a month into his bank account, and by the time he reached $50,000.00 in the beginning of April, 1985, his father finally noticed that his son was taking money from his account, and tracked his son down by coming home to his newly deserted wife, and son in Rhode Island.

Drunk, and smelling of alcohol, Anthony SR walked through the doors of his mansion yelling for his son, and ignoring his second wife. Father and son got into a yelling match, and ended with Anthony JR walking out the door, for the very last time. From that point on he would be known as Tony instead of Anthony JR. Shortly after his father disowned him, and from that point on, Tony would be literally on his own.

Tony flew out to Ohio and settled into the Penthouse a block away from the University in April 1985. At the young age of 14, he now had to figure out what to do for the next seventeen months before he started University. With the next few years taken care of while he attended University, Tony flew out to Illinois to see if he could find a way to take care of his living arrangements, and financial responsibilities at the Police Academy. With a few negotiations, and a couple months of hard work with the Police Academy in Springfield, Illinois, he was able to sign a contract with them that would allow him a full Scholarship upon graduating from Ohio State University, and selling them his 1,000 shares in Dot Com upon the death of his grandfather. The only thing he would have to take care of is his living arrangements, which he would be able to do in the summer of 1990.

Tony got a call on his 15th Birthday that his Grandfather had passed away. He went to the funeral, and then decided to extend his stay by travelling for the summer. At the young age of fifteen Anthony has physically and sexually matured into a full grown man. The way he is now, is the way he would be like for the rest of his life.

Tony stopped at a Spanish restaurant for a bite to eat, and met a beautiful young woman, who became his waitress. He ordered a plate of fish, rice, and vegetables with a glass of water. When she returned she sat down, and got to know him.

Isabella: What is your name?

Tony: Tony, and yours?

Isabella: Isabella. It's a pleasure to meet you.

Tony: Are you always this polite with all your customers?

Isabella: Just the ones I find interesting.

Tony: And I'm interesting?

Isabella: Very.

They chatted while he ate. No one disturbed them, and they enjoyed each others company for a little while, then it was time for her to go back to work. He left, but vowed to come back again soon.

Tony returned to the restaurant for breakfast the next day, he was the only person in the restaurant when Isabella came out from the kitchen. He smiled as he watched her approach. Isabella stood at 5 feet 10 inches tall with olive skin, olive green eyes, oval face, high cheek bones, beautiful smile, and long brown hair tied into a ponytail.

He helped Isabella set up the restaurant for the customers who would be pouring in during the day, and he helped himself to a bite to eat, and a cup of coffee. Before arriving in Spain, Anthony had never tasted Coffee, and for the second time since arriving yesterday, he was hooked on their brand of coffee. One cup with five teaspoons of sugar, with hazelnut flavoured cream in it.

Isabella's family came out and met Tony, before telling her that she had to get to work. When Anthony asked to help out, he was flatly turned down. Tony stuck around for a bit, and was happy that he did, because he witnessed her father getting a bit violent towards Isabella. He marched into the kitchen and put himself in between father and daughter, with Isabella at his back, and her father at his front. Her Father became enraged that anyone would interrupt him, and proceeded to show him just what he thought. Tony smiled as her father punched him in the gut; Tony simply pushed him away, and with Isabella at his side, walked out of the restaurant.

Sitting at an outdoor pub, they each ordered an iced tea, and talked.

Tony: Do you want to go home?

Isabella: I don't have a choice.

Tony: Yes you do.

Isabella: I don't have anywhere to go, I don't have any way of living a life outside of my family.

Tony: You do now. I'll take care of you.

Isabella: You don't have to.

Tony: I care about you. Come with me, I'll take care of you.

Isabella: Alright, lets go.

Tony: Is there anything you want to take with you?

Isabella: No.

Isabella and Tony flew back to Ohio on August 20th 1985 and settled in at the top of a ten story building, Tony and Isabella settled into a comfortable seven room penthouse that has a nice size kitchen, with white tile floors, and lemon yellow walls with white counter tops, stove, fridge, ten lower and ten upper cupboards, with twenty drawers. A conjoining living room and dining room that has aquamarine carpet and walls. They also have their own laundry room, with one washer and a sink, with white tiled floors. A bathroom, with white bathtub, sink, toilet, linen closet, tiled floors, and baby blue walls. And two bedrooms, with aquamarine carpet, and aquamarine walls. With his furniture, they had enough for their first place. They also have a balcony where a simple table with four chairs sat, and a clothes line to hang laundry on if they wanted to.

Tony got himself a job as a Bouncer, and started working nights on September 1st 1985. Isabella started up her own business, making furniture from wood and leather, she made leather shoes, purses, belts, and outfits, hand woven rugs, pot holders, Christmas ornaments, beauty products, doll clothes, and several of other stuff, and sold them to bring in a little more money. They found themselves falling in love, and on Christmas Day 1985, Tony proposed. Isabella said "yes", and he slipped onto her finger a beautiful diamond shaped ruby surrounded with ten diamond shaped diamonds, set on a gold band ring onto her left hand, third finger. Then they kissed. The ring used to be his Mother's engagement ring, and now it would be his wife's.

Tony and Isabella got married on St. Valentines Day 1986, in their living room with his three Uncles, one Aunt, only Cousin, and a minister. They signed the Marriage Certificate declaring them legally married. At the reception there was no alcohol served, and everyone went home happy.

As husband and wife, they could now have children if they wanted to, and they gave in to their desires and had as much sex as they wanted to have. In April Isabella found out that she is pregnant for the first time in her life. With the due date set for November, Isabella and Tony decorated the second bedroom into the nursery for the newest addition. Isabella started attending regular birthing classes and doctor appointments with Tony.

Barefoot and pregnant, Isabella continued her growing business, cooked, and cleaned while Tony was out working nights as a Bouncer. She gained thirty pounds throughout her pregnancy, and made sure that both mother and baby were healthy. They found out that they were expecting a son, and they started thinking of names to call him.

Tony celebrated his 16th Birthday on July 3rd with a small party at the apartment, with his wife and his new friends from the University. Seventeen days later on the 20th, they celebrated Isabella's 16th Birthday, with a similar party than they had with his. Tony gave his wife a beautiful jewellery box that once belonged to his mother.

In September 1986, Tony started a brand new schedule as he started University in Ohio. He juggled 14 courses a day, and played Basketball and Football. With any spare time he had, he worked in the gym, ate his meals at home with his wife, and got proper rest.

Waking up daily at 3 am, Tony got ready for the day, had breakfast, and was out the door by 4 am. His first class starts at 5 am, and by Noon, he has already finished seven classes. After having lunch with his wife, he continues with the last seven classes from 1:00 pm until 8:00 pm. Tony arrives home for dinner, shower, and change before heading back out for Basketball, and Football games from 9:00 until 11:00, other times he would work out in the gym, or just relax with his wife at home. Tony thrived on only 3 hours of sleep a night.

On October 31st 1986, Tony once again celebrated Halloween for the first time in years. He went ahead and decorated the penthouse with decorations, bought a pumpkin and carved it, baking the pumpkin seeds, bought two costumes and lots of candy for the trick or treaters'. Tony dressed up as hobo, and Isabella dressed up as a Pregnant Spanish Dancer.

Douglas Michael DiNozzo came into the world on November 2nd 1986, weighing in at 8 lbs, after twelve hours of labour at a nearby birthing clinic. Tony remained at her side, and witnessed the miracle of the birth of his son. Isabella and Douglas went home to their apartment three days later. Isabella breast fed her son for the first six months of his life.

Tony fed his son, changed his diapers, gave him baths, rocked him to sleep countless of times. Even though he was exhausted after attending classes, and going to his own football and basketball games, he still had the energy to take care of his son, and give his wife a break.

Tony, Isabella and Douglas celebrated Christmas with family and friends at the apartment. At 3 months old, Douglas got his first Christmas ornament specially made by his mother, and his first handmade plaque with his name on it, and two pegs for hanging stuff on by his father. Tony got his wife a ruby and diamond bracelet that was his mothers, and Isabella got her husband a brand new watch.

Tony sang the same song his mother sang to him to Douglas every night. Isabella learned the words, and sang it to their son as well. Once again the traditions of family are handed down to another generation. Isabella would catch her husband rocking their son to sleep many times, and smile, overwhelmed with love for a man who have never let her down, and never hurt her.

I'll be lovin' you, always
With a love that's true, always
When the things you've planned
need a helpin' hand
I will understand always

Days may not be fair, always
that's when I'll be there, always

Not for just an hour, not for just a day
Not for just a year, but always

I'll be lovin' you, always
With a love that's true, always
When the things you've planned
need a helpin' hand
I will understand always

Days may not be fair, always
that's when I'll be there, always

Not for just an hour, not for just a day
Not for just a year but always