You wanted a longer chapter, here it is, hope you like it, not much action though. I'm sorry it's taking so long, but I'm having troubles with this. I know where I want it to go, but I don't know how I'm going to get it there. Enjoy!
-egbkid
After finding Sean walking down the hall towards him, Logan showed the way to Molly's classroom and left. He wished he didn't have to go, that girl, Max, he wanted to talk to her some more. But it seemed like he knew her, like they had met before, although he couldn't think of where. He also thought it was strange that the name Max was what Tynan had heard him shout before waking up this morning.
"Weird." Logan whispered as he got in his car and drove towards his office.
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Max followed the man Molly had called daddy with her eyes until he sat down across from her. She quickly glanced down to Mai's paper, hoping he didn't notice that she had been staring.
"Hello, I'm Sean. You must be Max, Logan mentioned ye while he showed me how t' get here." He offered his hand and Max took it
"It's nice to meet you, Sean." Just then the teacher walked in, and the rest of the adults scrambled to take seats.
The first thing the teacher made them do was introduce themselves. Max was a bit nervous as her turn approached, but a look from Sean eased her fears a bit. She told them her name was Max and that Mai was her best friend's daughter. A couple of parents looked a little sceptical, they still thought Max was Mai's mommy, so she tried to ignore them as she sat back down. The rest of the morning was taken up by filling out lots of forms. Emergency numbers, health forms, Max thought they would never end. Meanwhile, the children got to play in the classroom to get to know the place. Trying to figure out where all the information on the cards and papers Ishi had given her, Max got confused. She hoped it was going well for Ishi, who still had a few problems reading English sometimes; she had grown up speaking Chinese and had moved to Seattle about eight years before. Finally, it was recess time, and Max and Mai went to meet Ishi and Lei. Mai and Lei immediately ran off to play together, they had missed each other a bit, so Max and Ishi went and stood by the building with the other parents and talked. Soon Sean walked up.
"Is it alright if I join ye, ladies?" he asked.
"Sure, Sean, I'd like you to meet Mai's mother, Ishi Makoto. Ishi, this is Sean Cale, his daughter Molly is in Mai's class."
"It is very nice to meet you, Mr. Cale." Ishi said, smiling at him.
"Ah, but th' pleasure is all mine, Mrs Makoto, an' please, call me Sean."
"Then you must call me Ishi"
"Alright. Oh I must go, Molly is calling for me. But I be back!" He strode across the playground towards Molly, who was yelling from atop the jungle gym.
"Ah, Max, you like this Sean, no?"
"Ishi! He's probably married, a man doesn't have two children without being married."
"Two children?"
"His brother, Logan, told me Molly has an older brother."
"OH? So he has a brother..."
"Ishi!" she smiled at Max's outburst. "He is an older brother, and is probably married too. And you can tell they're rich. Logan is a doctor, every woman in his office is probably after him."
"But you like them, no excuses, Max." Ishi teased.
"I guess. They're out of my league. There's no way any one of them two would want to go out with a kid like me. You should have seen the looks some of the parents were giving me in Mai's class. They all thought I was her mother."
"True, you are young. But what does age matter? Somuru is older than I am."
"Only two years, Ishi. Sean is probably almost eight or even ten years older than I am." The bell interrupted Max, so they found Mai and Lei and went back inside. But in her heart, Max knew Ishi was right.
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As Sean looked across the small table at Max, he didn't know what to think. There was only one woman who was as beautiful as Max in this world, and that was Maegan, his wife. Thinking of this brought back the memories of her. She, like him, had been born in America, but sent to an Irish boarding school when she was young. It was next door to the one Sean himself had attended. Sure, she was almost six years younger than him, but when he saw her the day before he graduated into High School, he fell in love instantly. She had only been a little over ten, and he was fifteen. But the age didn't matter. As he got closer to her, he found out her real name was Cora. No one knew where she came from or how, she had been sent to the school in grade two, and barely remembered her parents, because she hadn't seen them since, and she didn't know why her name had been changed to Maegan. All he knew was she was beautiful. They married when he was twenty and she fifteen. By the next year, Tynan was born. Every one of the teachers at Maegan's school objected, and she was expelled. After Molly was born, Sean made her go back to school, and she had graduated from and Irish public school. Then six months ago, she had been in a car accident and died. Sean couldn't go on in Ireland, with no family around, and no friends because they had recently moved. So he picked up everything and moved back to his birthplace, Seattle, with his brother. About three months ago, Sean contacted their old school, to get her records. He wanted to find out more about her. He found out she had been sent there from a small town near the borders of Oregon and Nevada. Apparently, she had scared everyone because of her 'special powers' so her adoptive parents sent her to Ireland and changed her name, forgetting about her. He sent word to them that she had died, but the only thing that came back was a message that they didn't understand whom he was talking about. It had been over six years since they had stopped paying into the Irish school, and had practically forgotten all about it while trying to raise their other five adopted children, their own one child, and up to three foster kids at any given time. Sean was upset that they could forget about such a beautiful and wonderful woman, and tried to find her birth parents, but she had been found on the steps a an orphanage when she was a little over two. No clues as to where she had come from, but the orphanage said she did have a brother, named Mat. He was adopted into a family that had later moved out of the country. He had been a couple of years younger than her and adopted before Maegan, so Sean didn't search him out, deciding it would be a dead end. They said the children were found on the steps, with a nametag taped to their chests, Cora hugging baby Mat.
He looked across the table at Max, who was sitting with Mai on her lap, listening to the teacher read a story. She reminded him so much of his wife, and he didn't know what to do...
-egbkid
After finding Sean walking down the hall towards him, Logan showed the way to Molly's classroom and left. He wished he didn't have to go, that girl, Max, he wanted to talk to her some more. But it seemed like he knew her, like they had met before, although he couldn't think of where. He also thought it was strange that the name Max was what Tynan had heard him shout before waking up this morning.
"Weird." Logan whispered as he got in his car and drove towards his office.
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Max followed the man Molly had called daddy with her eyes until he sat down across from her. She quickly glanced down to Mai's paper, hoping he didn't notice that she had been staring.
"Hello, I'm Sean. You must be Max, Logan mentioned ye while he showed me how t' get here." He offered his hand and Max took it
"It's nice to meet you, Sean." Just then the teacher walked in, and the rest of the adults scrambled to take seats.
The first thing the teacher made them do was introduce themselves. Max was a bit nervous as her turn approached, but a look from Sean eased her fears a bit. She told them her name was Max and that Mai was her best friend's daughter. A couple of parents looked a little sceptical, they still thought Max was Mai's mommy, so she tried to ignore them as she sat back down. The rest of the morning was taken up by filling out lots of forms. Emergency numbers, health forms, Max thought they would never end. Meanwhile, the children got to play in the classroom to get to know the place. Trying to figure out where all the information on the cards and papers Ishi had given her, Max got confused. She hoped it was going well for Ishi, who still had a few problems reading English sometimes; she had grown up speaking Chinese and had moved to Seattle about eight years before. Finally, it was recess time, and Max and Mai went to meet Ishi and Lei. Mai and Lei immediately ran off to play together, they had missed each other a bit, so Max and Ishi went and stood by the building with the other parents and talked. Soon Sean walked up.
"Is it alright if I join ye, ladies?" he asked.
"Sure, Sean, I'd like you to meet Mai's mother, Ishi Makoto. Ishi, this is Sean Cale, his daughter Molly is in Mai's class."
"It is very nice to meet you, Mr. Cale." Ishi said, smiling at him.
"Ah, but th' pleasure is all mine, Mrs Makoto, an' please, call me Sean."
"Then you must call me Ishi"
"Alright. Oh I must go, Molly is calling for me. But I be back!" He strode across the playground towards Molly, who was yelling from atop the jungle gym.
"Ah, Max, you like this Sean, no?"
"Ishi! He's probably married, a man doesn't have two children without being married."
"Two children?"
"His brother, Logan, told me Molly has an older brother."
"OH? So he has a brother..."
"Ishi!" she smiled at Max's outburst. "He is an older brother, and is probably married too. And you can tell they're rich. Logan is a doctor, every woman in his office is probably after him."
"But you like them, no excuses, Max." Ishi teased.
"I guess. They're out of my league. There's no way any one of them two would want to go out with a kid like me. You should have seen the looks some of the parents were giving me in Mai's class. They all thought I was her mother."
"True, you are young. But what does age matter? Somuru is older than I am."
"Only two years, Ishi. Sean is probably almost eight or even ten years older than I am." The bell interrupted Max, so they found Mai and Lei and went back inside. But in her heart, Max knew Ishi was right.
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As Sean looked across the small table at Max, he didn't know what to think. There was only one woman who was as beautiful as Max in this world, and that was Maegan, his wife. Thinking of this brought back the memories of her. She, like him, had been born in America, but sent to an Irish boarding school when she was young. It was next door to the one Sean himself had attended. Sure, she was almost six years younger than him, but when he saw her the day before he graduated into High School, he fell in love instantly. She had only been a little over ten, and he was fifteen. But the age didn't matter. As he got closer to her, he found out her real name was Cora. No one knew where she came from or how, she had been sent to the school in grade two, and barely remembered her parents, because she hadn't seen them since, and she didn't know why her name had been changed to Maegan. All he knew was she was beautiful. They married when he was twenty and she fifteen. By the next year, Tynan was born. Every one of the teachers at Maegan's school objected, and she was expelled. After Molly was born, Sean made her go back to school, and she had graduated from and Irish public school. Then six months ago, she had been in a car accident and died. Sean couldn't go on in Ireland, with no family around, and no friends because they had recently moved. So he picked up everything and moved back to his birthplace, Seattle, with his brother. About three months ago, Sean contacted their old school, to get her records. He wanted to find out more about her. He found out she had been sent there from a small town near the borders of Oregon and Nevada. Apparently, she had scared everyone because of her 'special powers' so her adoptive parents sent her to Ireland and changed her name, forgetting about her. He sent word to them that she had died, but the only thing that came back was a message that they didn't understand whom he was talking about. It had been over six years since they had stopped paying into the Irish school, and had practically forgotten all about it while trying to raise their other five adopted children, their own one child, and up to three foster kids at any given time. Sean was upset that they could forget about such a beautiful and wonderful woman, and tried to find her birth parents, but she had been found on the steps a an orphanage when she was a little over two. No clues as to where she had come from, but the orphanage said she did have a brother, named Mat. He was adopted into a family that had later moved out of the country. He had been a couple of years younger than her and adopted before Maegan, so Sean didn't search him out, deciding it would be a dead end. They said the children were found on the steps, with a nametag taped to their chests, Cora hugging baby Mat.
He looked across the table at Max, who was sitting with Mai on her lap, listening to the teacher read a story. She reminded him so much of his wife, and he didn't know what to do...