Danny POV
"Wake up, wake up!"
I woke up immediately as I felt 2 small bodies landing on top of me.
"Dad wake up! It's the first day of school!"
I peeked out of my blankets as I felt Rex and Ben start jumping on my bed to wake me up. I sat up and grabbed them both and started to tickle them.
"I'm up, I'm up. What do you guys want for breakfast?"
"French toast!"
"Pancakes please!"
They looked at each other as they realized they wanted something different. Chuckling, I looked at the clock and saw that it was already 7, school started in 30 minutes.
"We're gonna be late!"
I got out of my bed as Ben and Rex started to panic about being late for school. I quickly got dressed and started to get the boys clothes together. They started to put their clothes on as I got their backpacks ready. 5 minutes later, they came out of the room running to the front door.
"Wait for me!"
I grabbed everything they needed and went to the front door. They were waiting there for me. I noticed that Ben had put his shoes on the wrong feet and I fixed them. I looked at the time again and it was already 7:10, the school was 30 minutes away.
"Aww man. Ok, you listen here, this is going to be a one-time thing ok?"
They looked confused but quickly realized why I was going to do and started to cheer with joy. I smiled and gave them their backpacks for them to put on. They quickly put it on and looked at me with anticipation.
"I'm going ghost!"
I transformed into my ethereal side and picked the two of them up.
"You guys ready to go?"
"Yes!"
I opened the front door and started to fly through the air to get to the school on time. The entire way there, they were smiling with joy and would let out the occasional giggle. After 10 minutes, the school was now in sight. They got excited when I pointed out their school and urged me to go faster.
I went a little bit faster and turned invisible as we got closer. The school was full of buses and cars as students and parents arrived at the school. I flew to the back of the school and transformed back to normal behind some portables. I put the boys down and looked out from behind the portable. There was no one in sight.
"Come on dad, let's goooooo!"
I smiled as I let Ben's and Rex's small hands guide me into the school. The inside of the school was somewhat chaotic as older children were taking their siblings to their class, crying children who refused to let go of their mother's hand, teachers meeting parents. It was a mess.
"Dadddddd."
I looked down at Ben to see what the problem was and he was pouting in impatience.
"I'm going, I'm going."
I started to walk again, this time leading them to their classroom. As soon as Rex could see his classroom, he said a hurried bye, kissed me on my cheek and ran into his classroom.
Ben was just as excited but I grabbed him before he could run off.
"Hey take care of your brother."
"I know."
"Good, have a nice day."
"Ok, love you, dad."
"Love you too."
Ben kissed my cheek and ran off into his classroom.
"I see you still haven't gotten them to stop calling you dad?"
I turned around and saw Leilani with her youngest.
"Hey, I blame you for this, they didn't call me that until they met Abraham."
"You got me there, are they excited?"
"Oh yeah, I barely managed to get a kiss from the both of them before they ran into their classroom. How was Abraham?"
"I would say he was just as excited."
I felt a tug on my pants and I looked down to see Sam pulling on my pants and was motioning for me to pick him up.
"What's up little man?"
I picked him up into my arms and held him on my hip.
"Have you been nice to your mom?"
He nodded his head yes excitedly and hugged me.
"Here Cas?"
I chuckled at his pronunciation.
"He's in school right now."
"Awwww."
"Don't worry, he'll be out soon."
"Hen ill be he be out?"
Again with the pronunciation?
"He'll be out before you know it."
"Yayy."
I turned to Leilani.
"How long has he been talking like that?"
"For a while already, he just can't seem to pronounce his ws, he can pronounce everything else though."
"Hmm, I've heard of kids with speech disabilities, maybe you should get him checked out?"
"I've been considering it, but if he still talks like this by his 3rd birthday, I'll take him."
"Good, so how does it feel to see your baby boy going to his first day of school?"
"It makes me realize just how much time has passed since he was born. He's growing up so fast. And that's one less child at home so less of a mess to pick up."
Her response made me laugh.
"Yeah tell me about it, I'll be able to get more stuff done now that they're here for most of the day."
"Well it was great to see you again Igris, but I have to go."
"I'll walk you out, come on."
"How sweet of you, but I'll take on your offer."
She smiled at me and started to walk down the hall. I caught up with her with Sam in my arms. We walked down the hall laughing and bringing up memories of Abraham and the boys playing together.
"I thought she was married, why is she hanging out with such a young man? I guess we know what she does when her husband is gone."
I turned to see that two older women were giggling to each other. They were pretty far away and they didn't mean for me to hear them. I tapped on Leilani's shoulder and handed Sam to her.
"Wait here for a second."
I walked over to the two laughing women who were too busy to notice me approaching.
"Excuse me, hi, I couldn't help but notice your conversation, yeah you might want to try talking quieter when you're talking shit about people."
Both of them were too surprised to respond to me.
"Yeah, she's a very close friend of mine who has helped me learn how to take care of my 4-year-old little brothers. And I really do not appreciate you talking about us in such a manner, but moving on, aren't you too a little bit too old to be here in the elementary? Did you guys have a menopause baby or are you a veteran here in the school?"
The two ladies turned bright red and one was visibly shaking with anger.
"Excuse me! What gives you the right to talk to us like that?"
"And what gives you the right to talk about the two of us like that?"
The lady stopped in her tracks and turned an even brighter red.
"Yeah, I thought so you hags, now have a nice day."
I smiled at them and walked away back to Leilani. I motioned for her to continue walking and she did.
"So what was that about?"
I looked back at her and smiled at her.
"That's for me to know and for you to find out."
We walked to our cars where I handed Sam to her. We said our goodbyes and we both went our separate ways to get back home.
.
I walked into the schoolyard and looked around for Ben and Rex. If I remember their teacher is the one who lets them go once the students show them their parents.
I kept on looking around but it was hard to find 2 kids among the other 3 feet tall kids.
"Dad!"
I turned around and I saw Ben and Rex standing with their teacher. They were both waving at me with their tiny hands. It is the cutest thing I've seen in a while.
I waved back at them and the teacher let them come over to me once she saw me.
They ran up to me and crash into me to hug me. I lost my balance for a little bit but I was able to quickly regain it.
"How was school?"
"It was great! Me and Neo were able to make tons of friends and it was a ton of fun."
I smile at the both of them and led them to the car.
"How bout we go back home and eat the breakfast you couldn't?"
"Yayy!"
"Pleaseeeee!"
I continue smiling at them, as I led them home.
