Ch 13
Dreamaz was now five years old. He had the same playful nature and wildness like his father but kindess and a big heart like his mother. He had small furry rat like whiskers like his parents and lots of fur with a small tubby belly like a baby spider's and tiny legs and hands like a baby monkey's with a tiny tail. But Elissa noticed that her new brother was disabled like Chrisa. He had no night vision and couldn't see sides like her and had a back problem like her too. She felt sorry for him.
But she and her parents knew that they loved him even though he was different like Chrisa. That night she woke up to hear Dreamaz giggle in his bedroom. She went to see what was going on. His father Izz was there playing with him. But he seemed sad and not as mischievous. "What's wrong? You don't seem yourself." She said to him.
"It's Dreamaz. Chrisa knows that she… passed on faulty genes to him so that he's disabled like her and I feel like it's my fault. But when he's older and back with us, he'll have no life or friends and that's something I don't want for him. I know that. But Chrisa was worried for him. Maybe… he should just stay here forever." He told her. "What do you mean?" she asked him. "That way he won't end up in a home. When Psammead parents give birth to a disabled child, the community takes them from them and puts them in a home away from others and it's so lonely in there." He told her with sandy tears falling down his furry face. Dreamaz then woke up at that. He felt sorry. "Daddy don't cry. It'll be okay. You and Mommy will be together again, right?" he said as he hugged him. Izz's heart melted at that.
"Maybe you should reconsider your decision Izz." Elissa told him as Dreamaz fell asleep in his arms. This made him feel good and he didn't want it to end. "Maybe he should come back to us when he's older. At least that way we can be something we've wanted to be for a long time since Dreamaz was born- a family." He thought as Elissa put his son back into bed. "Tell him that his Mom and I will always love him no matter what he does or is. I'll come back to see him." He told her. "I know you will and he does know that everyday." She said as he disappeared. Elissa then left Dreamaz's room quietly and went back into her own. She was thinking about what Izz had told her.
Chrisa then saw Izz return to their cave home. He seemed sad but happy. "How is he?" she asked him. "He's fine. He seems happy. It's just…." He told her. "Just what?" she asked him. "It's just that everytime I visit him, I never want to leave but I know I have to. Is that wrong to feel this way?" he said as he put his head in his furry hands. Chrisa sat beside him on the floor. She saw a tear hit the ground and felt sorry for him. "It's okay. Besides it's better he's there than here. He'd be put in that home and be miserable his entire life." She said as she stroked his furry back.
He then got an idea. "Chrisa how would you feel if we rejoined your family in the human world? That way we could be together with our son and never be apart again but we'd still be this." He told her smiling. "Yes I would. Let's go!" she said. Izz then perked up at that as they packed and left their cave home for the mortal world. Elissa woke up the next morning to hear Dreamaz laughing as he came into her room. "What's wrong?" she asked him as he bounced onto her bed. "My Mommy and Daddy came back to stay!" he said excitedly as he jumped off and ran downstairs. Elissa then went downstairs and into the kitchen. Izz was sitting at the table drinking coffee and reading the paper while Chrisa watched Dreamaz eat breakfast. "Wow. How come you came here to stay?" she asked them. Izz chuckled a little at that.
"It was my idea because we couldn't bear being without Dreamaz so we decided to come here and live and be part of this family." he told her as he kissed Chrisa. "Cool. But what if people see you guys? Won't you get in major trouble?" she asked him. "Maybe, maybe not. Besides it's worth it if we can be together as a family." he answered smiling.
He felt good. He was no longer lonely and now he had a family to care for. What more could he ask for?