Alicia stared at him blankly. Aladdin broke the ice by saying,
"Alicia, this is your grandpa." He picked her up so she can see him. Cassim stuck out his hand, for her to grab on. Alicia cautiously stuck out her hand to grab it. Aladdin slowly and carefully handed her over to his dad, and soon he was holding his granddaughter. All Alicia could do was stare at him.
He looks like a bad guy. She thought. She thought this because he wore his long blue cape, and she could see the tail of his sword in his right pocket. Cassim gave her a little hug and smile before he handed her back to Aladdin.
"She
is very beautiful." Cassim said. Aladdin sat Alicia on the
ground. Cassim cleared his throat before asking,
"Where has
Iago gone to?"
"Iago
the Great grandpa." Alicia corrected him. He looked at her
curiously.
"He is down the hall." She added.
Cassim, along with Aladdin and Jasmine, began to laugh uncontrollably. Alicia gathered the spilled fruit, and sneeked out the room. When she got to Iago's room, she quickly brought the fruit to his feet, and Iago started digging in. Seconds later, Rajah, Genie, Abu, and Carpet all came in. They all heard Iago was here, so they wanted to say hi.
"So it's true, Iago finally came back." Genie observed, before grabbing the parrot by his feathers, and giving him a hug.
"Ok, enough of the love ya big pile of floating blue magic!!" Iago scolded. Alicia was petting Rajah when she heard Iago scolding. She came to his rescue by pulling him out Genie's arms. She cradled Iago in her arms like a fragile baby.
"Are you alright your Great?" she asked.
"I guess-" Just then, Abu snatched Iago out of her arms, and hugged his old friend.
"Ok monkey boy! You're crushing me!" Iago yelled.
"Abu!! You're hurting Iago the Great!!" She screeched. Just then Aladdin, Jasmine and Cassim came in the room.
"What's all the yelling about?!" Aladdin demanded. Every one froze.
"Daddy, Abu was hurting Iago the Great!" Alicia replied, glaring at him. Abu crossed his arms and began talking in his monkey language defending himself.
"Iago, is there something you want to tell Alicia?" Jasmine said. Iago huffed in defeat.
"Ok, look kid, my name isn't Iago the Great, it's just Iago. HAPPY NOW!!!!!" He said looking at Jasmine. She shook her head in pity. He looked back at Alicia, and saw hurt in her golden eyes. Iago began to fly out, but Cassim grabbed him with one hand saying,
"Tricking little girls is low, even for you Iago." Cassim let Iago go, and then said,
"Sorry everyone, me and Iago will be leaving now, we don't want to cause any more trouble." He started to leave, but was stopped by Jasmine's hand on his shoulder.
"Don't you want to stay and see your next grandchild?" she asked while smiling. Cassim looked at her and saw that indeed she was pregnant.
"Maybe I'll visit when it's bigger." He said. Aladdin put his hand on his other shoulder.
"Dad, before you leave, can I talk to you in the hall?"
"Sure son." He said. They both went into the hall. Aladdin sighed, then asked,
"Remember when Alicia was first born, and I asked you if you wanted to see her, you said when she was older you would see her. Why did it take five years? You did want to see you're own grandchild... didn't you?"
"Well son," He began, "The reason it took so long, was because I wasn't ready to be a grandfather. I was so surprised to hear you were having a kid! It isn't like I didn't want to see her. It is just that I wasn't ready to accept being a grandfather. You know what I mean Aladdin?" Aladdin really had a hard time understanding, but decided not to question him.
"I understand dad." He said. The two hugged before saying farewell.
By the way, three days later, Jasmine had her second child. It was a boy, and they named him Seth. Cassim came by to see his grandchildren very often.
