Jon had to listen to his boss go on and on and on about absolutely nothing the next day. Jon was trying his hardest not to fall asleep or throw something at this man. Apparently, someone had drunk all of the coffee up from everyone and he wasn't having it.
"Now, the coffee is for everyone. Not just one person. So whoever is drinking the coffee up, needs to relax. Or I'm going to start making everyone bring their own coffee. Okay, now everyone's dismissed."
Jon was stuck at his desk completing more paper work than usual. Jon was getting extremely frustrated and had to grab his stress ball from one of the drawers at his desk. In his head he counted to ten slowly while squeezing the ball. No way was he going to let this wear him out.
Jon zoned out. Everything became quiet. He closed his eyes and took deep breaths. He kept repeating this until he was finally calm again. He opened his eyes and looked at his pictures of Adriana and the children.
"I love you guys so much," he said to himself.
Jon put the stress ball back into his desk and managed to finish his work.
Jon thought he was in the clear but he thought wrong.
His boss called him into his office.
This wasn't going to go good.
And Jon was right.
Jon sat in the chair in front of his boss. His boss was overweight and sat on his ass all day eating all of the doughnuts. But he had the nerve to complain about the coffee.
"You know what Officer Good, I want you to know first and foremost that you're a great guy and great officer. But, I can't have you drawing and stuff on the job," his boss said.
"Mr. Farley, the reason why I draw is because I'm going to therapy. And on top of that, I draw during my breaks," Jon said.
"I understand that but honestly you have to separate your personal life from work," Mr. Farley said.
"I understand but it's very helpful. I'm not trying to go against you or anything but it's something to keeps me calm."
Mr. Farley sighed.
"You really must do it huh?"
"Yes."
"You're lucky I like you, Officer Good. Just be sure not to have your drawings in plain sight. You're dismissed. Keep up the good work. Oh! I almost forgot! How does a raise sound?"
"Sounds great!"
"You got it. As a matter of fact, hell you can go home early. Go be with your wife and kids. Just enjoy life."
"You're kidding."
"I am not. Now go before I change my mind!"
"You don't have to tell me twice sir!"
Jon left his boss' officer and went to collect his stuff. He was more than happy to get into his car and go straight home.
It was a Friday. The kids were still at school and Adriana was at work. His mother Linda was babysitting Jasmine. The silence was a little refreshing for him. Jon went directly to his bedroom and closed the door. Kicking off his shoes, slipping out of his pants, and taking off his shirt, Jon was relieved of his clothes.
He then pulled back the covers of his bed and laid down.
"Home sweet home," Jon said to himself.
As soon as Jon's head hit the pillow, he was out like a lightbulb.
Jon's dream:
"Breathe...you gotta breathe, baby," Jon said.
Adriana was in the delivery room in excruciating pain.
"It hurts, Jonathan," Adriana said. "It hurts so bad!"
"It's alright. I'm here," Jon said.
Adriana had a bunch of IV's stuck in her hand. She was weak. She had spent four hours trying to push the baby out but to no avail.
She started crying hard.
"It fucking hurts," she said.
It hurt Jon to hear his wife in pain. He started to feel bad for getting drunk and getting her pregnant.
"It'll be alright," Jon said. "I'm here for you. Hold onto my hand."
Adriana tried pushing again but the more she pushed, the weaker she got. Jon saw that Adriana eyes were starting to close.
"Adriana...Adriana! Hang in there," Jon said.
"We're going to need to perform a emergency c-section," the delivery nurse said.
"C-Section?" Jon said.
"Yes. The umbilical cord is wrapped around the baby's neck. We have to perform the surgery to deliver the baby safely."
"Jonathan...I'm not...no...I don't want to lose my baby," Adriana said.
"You're not going to lose Jasmine. You hear me? We are not going to lose our baby," Jon said. He was fighting back tears.
The nurse's had took Adriana to the emergency room so that they could perform the surgery.
Jon was so completely nervous that he would not stand still. Back and forth and back and forth he walked around the waiting room. Linda, Gwen, Bob, and the children were all in the room along with Jon.
"Jon, calm down. You need to keep calm," Linda said.
"I can't keep calm Mom," Jon said. "I can't. I honestly can't. Seeing Adriana in so much pain just messed me up inside. I can't take this anymore!"
Jon left the waiting room and went outside.
Bob quickly got up and followed him outside.
"Jonathan, you need to be back in there," he said.
"I can't. I'm not going to lose my baby," Jon said.
"Jonathan, listen to me. You have to go back in there. I know it's hard but Adriana needs you to be strong right now alright? Now let's go back in there."
Jon walked back into the waiting room with Bob and sat down.
Eternity seemed to have passed by until the nurse came in and told everyone the surgery went good. Jasmine was born a few days before her due date but she was still a healthy baby. Five pounds and fix ounces.
Jon and Adriana's last bundle of joy was finally in the world.
Present:
Jon woke up from his dream and saw a gorgeous woman and a beautiful baby laying next to him. Adriana's hair was slightly in her face. Jon pulled some strands out of her face to reveal the woman Jon always loved.
"You're so beautiful," Jon whispered to himself.
Adriana continued sleeping soundly. The baby started to wake up. She opened her eyes and looked at her father.
"Dada..." she said.
"Hey there. How's Daddy's little girl?"
Jasmine responded by pushing herself up and climbing on top of her father.
"My, you're getting so big. Is Mommy feeding you steak? Probably so. Let's go get some ice cream."
Jon took the baby with him into the kitchen and whipped out some chocolate ice cream. He sat the baby in her chair and put some ice cream in a cup. He got the baby's spoon out of the drawer and sat at the table.
"Alright, today is the day you officially try ice cream. I apologize in advance if you get brain freeze."
Jon put a little bit of ice cream on the spoon and fed it to Jasmine.
She smacked her little lips together. She frowned at first but then started smiling and reaching for her spoon.
"You like it! Good!"
Jon fed her some more. Jasmine was enjoying every bit of the delicious confection that her father was feeding her.
"A few more bites and you're through little lady," Jon said. "I don't want to give you an upset stomach. Then Mommy is going to kill me for sure."
Jasmine started reaching for the cup. Jon placed it in front of her and gave her the spoon.
"Eat away," Jon said.
Jasmine happily did so. She got ice cream all over her face and even flung some at Jon.
"Jasmine!" he said.
Jasmine just laughed and threw her spoon at him.
"Why do you enjoy beating up Daddy?" Jon said.
"Dada!" Jasmine said.
"You and your siblings loved beating me up when you guys were babies," Jon said.
Jon got up and got a paper towel. He wet it a little and brought it back over to Jasmine. He wiped her face clean of ice cream. Jasmine tried eating the towel.
"No," Jon said.
Jasmine became whiny.
"Jasmine, you can't eat the paper towel!" Jon said. "Come on. Let's go pick up your siblings. Hopefully they didn't burn their schools down."
Aiden and Madaline were chirpy in the backseat. They were both messing with Jasmine. Aiden and Madaline slightly pinched Jasmine's cheeks. Jasmine laughed so loud that she squealed. J.J. was in the passenger seat next to his father. He wasn't saying much. He looked at of the window and watched the scenery.
"J.J., you okay?" Jon asked.
"I'm okay," J.J. said.
"You sure? You're usually talkative," Jon said.
"I just had a long day," J.J. said.
"Understandable. Well, today is Friday and you have the entire weekend to relax," Jon said.
"I'm happy," J.J. said.
But he obviously didn't sound too happy about it. And once he got into the house, he simply threw his bookbag down on the floor and went to his room. Maddy and Aiden went straight outside in the backyard to play. And of course, Jasmine was wide awake and was being nosy so Jon had to keep an eye on her. Adriana was still asleep.
Jon went into J.J.'s room to talk to him. J.J. was watching television on the floor. Jon sat down on the floor beside him. Jasmine laid her head on her father's chest.
"You got a minute?" Jon said.
"Sure," J.J. said.
He turned the volume on his t.v. down.
"Is there something happening at school that you want to tell me about?" Jon said.
J.J. put his head down and started to cry. Jon wrapped his right arm around J.J. since he was holding onto Jasmine with his left arm.
"Hey, it's going to be okay. Pull yourself together," Jon said.
Jon never liked seeing his children sad and crying.
"My teacher was mean to me...he called me stupid," J.J. said. "It's not my fault the words looked backwards. I can read...but...the words are all confusing to read at times! I told my teacher the words were confusing but he didn't listen!"
J.J. had dyslexia. This entire time he never told his parents or anybody until now.
"J.J., how long has this been going on?"
"I don't know. I just don't understand some words, Daddy. Please don't be mad at me!"
"I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at your teacher. We are going to pay him a visit. Come on," Jon said.
J.J. wiped his tears away and got up. Jon went to wake Adriana up.
"Sally. Sally!" Jon said.
"What?" Adriana said startled.
"I'm going to pay J.J.'s teacher a visit. You need to come too. He called J.J. stupid," Jon said.
"He said what!? Oh hell no. I'm going to beat that fucker's ass," Adriana said.
She quickly got up and slipped on her shoes.
"J.J. has dyslexia," Jon said.
"How long has he had it?" Adriana asked.
"I don't know. But all I know is, his teacher needs to be dealt with. Let's go."
"Where's Maddy and Aiden?"
"Dang. They're in the backyard playing."
"No worries. I'm calling Stacey over so she can watch the children."
Stacey arrived in ten minutes to watch Maddy and Aiden while Jon and Adriana went to J.J.'s school. Jon could tell Adriana was ready to snap at any minute.
"Adriana, you have to remain calm. I don't need you hurting the man," Jon said.
"I'm not, Jonathan," Adriana said.
"Let me do the talking," Jon said.
"You better," Adriana said.
J.J. was sitting between his parents.
"Mommy, are you gonna kill my teacher?"
"No. I'm just going to punch him," she said.
"This is going to be a hot ass mess," Jon said to himself.
Author's Note: LOL
