It was first at the morning he realised the situation, he was a father, a father for two boys. One thing was sure, he was going to be a much better father than his own had been. His neck was stiff from sleeping on the couch, since he had let the boys sleep in his own bed. He stood up and walked over to the kitchen counter, he needed coffee, and lots of it!
He almost jumped through the roof when he felt something around his leg.
He looked down and saw that either Paulo or Pedro, hugging it.
"Paulo?"
"Pedro, I am hungry"
"Let's see if we can fix something then" He bent down and hugged the little boy. He made a mental list of what he must remember, learning the kids English, find more clothes to them, a bed. He searched through the refrigerator and he had to buy a little more healthy food. He found a pizza in the freezer, well he didn't have anything better at the moment so he put it into the freezer. When he turned around he saw that Paulo also had come down, man! those kids was as like as copies.
Until he learned the difference between them, he had to give them something so he could see who was who.
"Daddy?"
"Yes?" He smiled down at Pedro, or Paulo, whatever.
"Is that a pizza?" He pointed at the oven.
"Yeah, but it ain't so good as you are used to though"
After breakfast he took a shower, while Pedro and Paulo was trying to figure out the mystery of English television.
The cold water cleared his mind even more. His life had to change dramatically, no late nights with friends, beer and boxing, he had to work a lot more, now he had two kids to pay for too. He dressed quickly and went out to the living room.
"Do you want to go out and shop?"
"Shop what?"
"Clothes, beds, food"
Pedro sneezed, and Dave understood that he should get them checked up, just to make sure that they were healthy.
"Ok shall we go then?"
He took a little hand in each of his own, he loved that feeling, the feeling of his own children's hands in his. Outside the building he discovered that he had a problem, he couldn't drive the bike as he used to.
"I think we should take a cab" He said more to himself. It didn't take long time before a yellow cab stood in front of them.
"Where to?" The cab driver asked
"Chicago County"
Pedro and Paulo laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" He asked them in Italian.
"It sounds weird"
"What sound weird?"
"It sounds weird when you speak in English" Pedro smiled
"I'm going to learn you to speak English soon"
"Cool" Paulo answered. Malucci smiled, they seemed to take after how he spoke.
"We're here" The cab driver said shortly. Dave handed him some money and walked out of the car. It was weird standing there, outside the hospital, being a father. He had been a father for 6 ½ years, he just hadn't known it.
Paulo and Pedro seemed to be very impressed by the big building.
"Do you really work here?" Paulo asked.
"Yeah, I do" He walked inside the ER, holding their hands.
"Dave? I didn't think you were working today"
"I'm not"
"Then why are you here?" Randi asked curiously. Malucci pointed at the two kids who were standing and behind him.
"Who's that?" Jing-Mei asked, she had just entered from the lounge
"Your brothers?" Randi asked, before he had time to answer. She noticed that they was looking much like Malucci.
"Not exactly, their my sons" Randi and Jing-Mei stared at him, before they both started to laugh.
"You nearly fooled us there!" Jing-Mei said while trying to catch her breath.
"Dad, what are those two laughing at?" Paulo asked.
"Nothing Paulo" Dave answered in Italian. Then he said to Jing-Mei and Randi,
"They are my sons, I'm not kidding." Jing-Mei stopped laughing and looked serious at him.
"You are serious?"
"Yes, This is Paulo and Pedro Malucci" Randi stared at the two boys then at Malucci.
"Where did they come from?"
"Their mother, Laura died in Italy a few days ago, and then I got the custody for them.
"You haven't told about them before" Randi said with her voice filled of sceptism.
"I didn't know about them before yesterday." He smiled at them. Jing-Mei smiled to him then to Paulo and Pedro.
"Paulo and Pedro that is Jing-Mei" He pointed at her and then pointed at Randi "And that's Randi, they works with me" They nodded.
"Jing-Mei could you help me to check that everything is okay with them?"
"Sure" She answered, still a little embarrassed for laughing. They went into a empty exam room. Randi stared after them, how would Dave be as a father? She smiled to herself when picturing two copies of Dave in the future. He would get a lot to do the next years.
To be continiued?
He almost jumped through the roof when he felt something around his leg.
He looked down and saw that either Paulo or Pedro, hugging it.
"Paulo?"
"Pedro, I am hungry"
"Let's see if we can fix something then" He bent down and hugged the little boy. He made a mental list of what he must remember, learning the kids English, find more clothes to them, a bed. He searched through the refrigerator and he had to buy a little more healthy food. He found a pizza in the freezer, well he didn't have anything better at the moment so he put it into the freezer. When he turned around he saw that Paulo also had come down, man! those kids was as like as copies.
Until he learned the difference between them, he had to give them something so he could see who was who.
"Daddy?"
"Yes?" He smiled down at Pedro, or Paulo, whatever.
"Is that a pizza?" He pointed at the oven.
"Yeah, but it ain't so good as you are used to though"
After breakfast he took a shower, while Pedro and Paulo was trying to figure out the mystery of English television.
The cold water cleared his mind even more. His life had to change dramatically, no late nights with friends, beer and boxing, he had to work a lot more, now he had two kids to pay for too. He dressed quickly and went out to the living room.
"Do you want to go out and shop?"
"Shop what?"
"Clothes, beds, food"
Pedro sneezed, and Dave understood that he should get them checked up, just to make sure that they were healthy.
"Ok shall we go then?"
He took a little hand in each of his own, he loved that feeling, the feeling of his own children's hands in his. Outside the building he discovered that he had a problem, he couldn't drive the bike as he used to.
"I think we should take a cab" He said more to himself. It didn't take long time before a yellow cab stood in front of them.
"Where to?" The cab driver asked
"Chicago County"
Pedro and Paulo laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" He asked them in Italian.
"It sounds weird"
"What sound weird?"
"It sounds weird when you speak in English" Pedro smiled
"I'm going to learn you to speak English soon"
"Cool" Paulo answered. Malucci smiled, they seemed to take after how he spoke.
"We're here" The cab driver said shortly. Dave handed him some money and walked out of the car. It was weird standing there, outside the hospital, being a father. He had been a father for 6 ½ years, he just hadn't known it.
Paulo and Pedro seemed to be very impressed by the big building.
"Do you really work here?" Paulo asked.
"Yeah, I do" He walked inside the ER, holding their hands.
"Dave? I didn't think you were working today"
"I'm not"
"Then why are you here?" Randi asked curiously. Malucci pointed at the two kids who were standing and behind him.
"Who's that?" Jing-Mei asked, she had just entered from the lounge
"Your brothers?" Randi asked, before he had time to answer. She noticed that they was looking much like Malucci.
"Not exactly, their my sons" Randi and Jing-Mei stared at him, before they both started to laugh.
"You nearly fooled us there!" Jing-Mei said while trying to catch her breath.
"Dad, what are those two laughing at?" Paulo asked.
"Nothing Paulo" Dave answered in Italian. Then he said to Jing-Mei and Randi,
"They are my sons, I'm not kidding." Jing-Mei stopped laughing and looked serious at him.
"You are serious?"
"Yes, This is Paulo and Pedro Malucci" Randi stared at the two boys then at Malucci.
"Where did they come from?"
"Their mother, Laura died in Italy a few days ago, and then I got the custody for them.
"You haven't told about them before" Randi said with her voice filled of sceptism.
"I didn't know about them before yesterday." He smiled at them. Jing-Mei smiled to him then to Paulo and Pedro.
"Paulo and Pedro that is Jing-Mei" He pointed at her and then pointed at Randi "And that's Randi, they works with me" They nodded.
"Jing-Mei could you help me to check that everything is okay with them?"
"Sure" She answered, still a little embarrassed for laughing. They went into a empty exam room. Randi stared after them, how would Dave be as a father? She smiled to herself when picturing two copies of Dave in the future. He would get a lot to do the next years.
To be continiued?