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Chapter Eleven

Today Mary mentioned to her son that he needed to enroll Daniel in kindergarten, and the look on Joey's face was priceless. He looked like someone had hit him in the gut and Mary tried not to laugh, but she couldn't help herself, Mary sat down next to her son and said "honey, Daniel is growing up and you're going to have to let him. I know how hard it is for you to let him, but you can't hold onto him forever." Joey had tears in his eyes as he looked at him mom and he said "how can I just leave him with strangers?" Mary smiled as she remembered how hard it was for her to take Joey to school his first day and she then told Joey "listen he will love going to school, he'll make lots of friends and he will be learning things everyday." Joey knew that his mom was right, but he still he didn't want to do it.

Mary called Domino Elementary and asked "what her son needed to do in order to register his son in kindergarten?" The lady asked her "does the young boy have all of his shots? If he does then just come in with his immunization card and sign him up for the kindergarten class and there are two classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon."

Mary thanked her and then she told Joey want the lady at the school told her, and she said "it's time to take Daniel shopping for school clothes, and maybe we'll buy him a little backpack to make him feel like a big boy." Joey smiled as he wiped away a few tears and he went over and gave his mom a kiss and told her "thanks for being here for us, and for being the best damn mom in the entire world." The next day they took Daniel and went to the Mall for school clothes.

Daniel was so excited and he didn't even know what school was and that evening when they were having dinner, Mary told Daniel "school is a place where you go to learn things and you'll even make new friends." Daniel then asked her "can daddy come with me?" Mary smiled and she told her grandson "no honey, you stay at school and daddy come home till it's time to go pick you up." Daniel looked at Joey and had tears in his eyes and his little mouth started quivering and Joey went to his son and he said "hey, I went to kindergarten when I was your age and I had so much fun just like you will, so lets dry your eyes and give me that great big smile and maybe grandma will tell you about my days at kindergarten."

After dinner they all went into the living room and Mary told Daniel all about how his daddy loved going to school and all he fun they had there doing different things and how his daddy met all his friends at school, you remember them they were at your birthday party." Daniel looked at his daddy and Joey said "grandma's right, I did have all kinds of fun and I did make lots of good friends there." Daniel then told them "me want to go to school too." That evening when Joey sat watching his son take his bath, he remembered the first time he bathed Daniel and then he realized what his mom said was true, Daniel was growing up and becoming a little boy and Joey was so proud of his little man.

The next day, Joey his mom took Daniel to the school to register him and as Joey filled out the papers, there was a little boy there and he walked over to Daniel and said "my name is Bobby, who's you?" Daniel then told the boy "my name is Daniel." A woman said that her name was Ruth said "sorry if my son has bothered you, but he's so excited to be going to school." Mary smiled at her and she told the lady "you son isn't bothering us at all, he's one cute little boy, and besides my grandson really likes him."

Joey turned around and said "well the papers are all filled out and Daniel starts tomorrow." Daniel started jumping up and down and then Bobby joined him and Joey, Mary and Ruth all started laughing and then Joey said "we'd better get home and have some lunch." They all got into the car and he drove home with his mom and his little young man in the back smiling because he was going to be starting school tomorrow.

At dinner that night, Daniel told his Aunt Rene "me going to school tomorrow and me already have a friend, his name is Bobby." Serenity smiled at him and she told Daniel "I go to school too, and I have lots of fun and have lots of friends too."

Joey went to call Seto and told him "my little boy starts school tomorrow and I don't know if I can let him." Seto smiled as he heard the man he loved talk about his son and then Seto told him "hey, Daniel will really like school, and you'll still want to keep him with you but then one day it will be easier to let him go. Your son is becoming a little man and he still loves you and always will." Then Seto said "I love you for being the person you have become and I love Daniel with all my heart."

Joey smiled as he heard what Seto said and he told him "I love you too and you know that Daniel loves you and how I wish we could be together." Seto then asked "would you want to come over here for dinner sometime and we can be alone." Joey was getting excited and he told the one person who he loved "I would love to, just tell me when and I'll be there."

Joey got Daniel ready for bed and the told his son "tomorrow you start school, so you better get some sleep and I'll see you in the morning." Daniel smiled up at his daddy and he said "me love you" and then he kissed his daddy and the closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Then next morning Daniel was up first and he was so excited that he started jumping up and down on Joey's bed and as Joey opened his eyes he laughed at how happy his son was and he got up and helped Daniel get ready for school and they went to the kitchen to have breakfast. Mary smiled at her grandson and how grown up he looked and as they ate, she couldn't help chuckling as Daniel "talked about having lots of fun today."

After breakfast Mary and Serenity kissed Daniel good-bye and Joey took his son for his first day of school. As Joey watched Daniel run over and start playing with the other kids, Miss Potter the kindergarten teacher introduced herself and she smiled as she asked Joey "first time?" As Joey smiled she told him "your son will be alright and you can come back here around noon and pick him up." Joey then left and went home and as he went inside he had tears running down his face because his little boy is a little man today.

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