Legacy
Chapter 8
"Okay, we got more ice. Now can we leave Mom?" Mark asked her.
"Did you put it in the freezer?"
"No it's in the oven."
"Mark! Will you behave! Oh, I have a million things to do. And your Aunt's not here yet. She promised to help me. And where is your sister?"
"Out on the deck talking to Chelsea. I'll send her in on my way out." Mark walked out the back door. He stepped up behind Chelsea and wrapped his arms around her waist. He kissed her neck a few times before looking up at his sister. "Mom wants you. She's flipping out."
"I wish you guys weren't going to so much trouble." Chelsea told her.
"Trouble? Mark's finally getting married. My mother is thrilled beyond belief. I had to restrain her just to get her to pull back some on what she wanted to do!" Cindy laughed.
"Okay, so how long do these shower things last? I've never been to one before?"
Cindy and Chelsea just looked at him and laughed. "Really? Never been to one before huh Mark?" Cindy teased him. "That's because they are for women." She rolled her eyes at her baby brother.
"Just a couple of hours sweetie." Chelsea told him.
"Okay. Adam and I are going to take off. We'll be back later."
"Sure you don't want to take my kids with you?" She grinned.
"Not a chance in hell." Mark teased her. "Besides, I got something to do." He looked at Chelsea. "You sure you're okay with this?"
She nodded. "Yes. I think it's a good idea. It will be good for all of you." She called Adam over and kissed them both goodbye.
Mark climbed into his mother's car and started it.
"You sure you know how to drive a car Mark?" He teased.
"Yes."
"It's just I never seen you do it before."
"Just put your seat belt on."
"Do I need a crash helmet?" He grinned at Mark, who was backing down the driveway. "Where are we going anyway?"
"You'll see in a few minutes." They drove in silence for the couple of blocks distance. "Okay, we're here."
"Were are we?"
"I want you to meet some people." Mark turned off the car and they climbed out. As they walked up the front steps the front door opened and a young woman stepped out. "Hey Dizz."
"Mark Cohen, no one has called me that in like 15 years! I'm not some ten year old anymore!" She threw her arms around him.
"You'll always be ten to me." He told her, hugging her back. "Your mom okay?"
"Thrilled to death." She grinned as she held the front door open for them. Her eyes traveled down to Adam as he came in the door. "Hi."
"Hi."
"Dizz, this is Adam. Adam this is Dizz."
"Desiree."
"Well, yeah, but we used to call her Dizzy Desiree, which eventually got shortened down to just Dizz."
"Hi." He said again, somewhat shyly.
"Mark!"
He looked up to see the other three people come into the room. The woman hugged him tightly. "It's so good to see you. Thank you so much." She told him with tears in her eyes. The man just silently shook his hand, nodding the whole time.
"Hey Marky." The other woman said to him, also hugging him. "You look good. Real good." She was about to say much better than last time I saw you, but she cut her words short.
"So do you Megan." When she finally broke the hug, they all just stood there for a second, feeling awkward.
"Why don't we sit down." The man said.
They all moved the rest of the way into the living room. Mark realized Adam had gotten very shy and quiet. He put one arm around his shoulders and pulled him along side him as they sat down. "Well, this is Adam."
"It's wonderful to meet you Adam." The woman said, with tears still in her eyes. The man sitting next to her just kept nodding his head, never taking his eyes off of Adam.
"Adam," Mark began. "This is Mr. and Mrs. Davis. They are Roger's mom and dad. They're your grandparents." He told him, watching him closely. He wasn't sure what Adam's reaction would be to all this today.
Adam looked from Mark to the couple on the couch then back to Mark. "I got grandparents?" He asked, somewhat amazed.
"Yeah. Yeah you do." Mark let out a slight laugh. "And this is Megan. She and Dizz are your aunts."
Adam looked around again before turning back to Mark. "Really?"
"Yes really." Megan told him smiling. "Your dad was my little brother."
"And my big brother." Dizz added. "And we knew Mark when he was little too." She told him, trying to make him more comfortable. She could tell he was a little nervous. "They used to let me hang out with them. They took me everywhere with them when we were little."
"We never let you. And we never took you." Mark told her. "You used to just follow us everywhere." He turned back to Adam. "You know your Aunt Dizz once pushed me off the garage roof and broke my arm." He laughed.
"I did not push you!" She laughed.
"Whatever!"
"Well, none of you should have been on the garage roof." Mrs. Davis told them before turning back to Adam. She shook her head. "I just can't get over how much he looks like Roger at that age. And those eyes." She started wiping at the tears that were forming in her own green eyes.
"Is she crying cause of me?" Adam whispered to Mark.
"Yeah, sort of." Mark told him.
"I'm sorry." Adam said to her. "I didn't mean to make you cry."
"Oh sweetie!" She smiled. "No you didn't make me cry. I just miss your daddy. A lot."
"Oh."
"Can I just hug you for a minute?" She asked him.
"I guess." He walked over to her somewhat hesitantly. Mrs. Davis scooped him up and started squeezing him.
******
The elevator doors opened and Maureen, Joanne and Adam got on. Adam was carrying a teddy bear. "Six please." Joanne said to the nurse in front of the elevator buttons.
When they reached their floor, they got out and started down the hall. Adam, who was very excited, was already about ten feet ahead of them and kept turning around trying to make them hurry up.
"Relax Adam." Joanne laughed at him. "They aren't going anywhere."
"Here it is." Maureen said. "Now I know you're excited, but remember, we need to be a little quite. And slow down some."
"Mommy!" He rushed at he bed. So much for that Maureen thought as they all walked in. Chelsea was sitting up in the bed holding the baby, and Mark was standing right next to her.
"Hey sweetie!"
"Hey kiddo!" Mark grinned.
"You want to see you baby brother?"
"Uh huh!" He walked over to the bed. "He sure is little. Was I that little?"
"Yep." She grinned at him.
"Can I hold him?" He looked up at her with those big green eyes.
"I suppose." Chelsea told him. "Go sit down." He went over to the chair and sat as Mark brought over the baby. Just then the door opened and in walked Mark's mom and sister.
"Oh there he is!" She squealed.
"Hi Mom." Mark kissed her briefly as she blew by him on her way to the baby. "Hey Cin. I thought you said Dad was coming with you?"
"He did. He's looking for 'reasonable' parking rates. Which means he may get here by the time they discharge you." Cindy joked. "Chelsea you look great all thing considered."
"Thanks, I think." She laughed.
"Oh he's beautiful. Absolutely beautiful!" Mark's mom cooed.
"She's right." Cindy agreed. "So what do you think Adam? He a keeper?"
"Yeah, I guess." He laughed, knowing she was teasing him.
"Adam let your grandmother hold him before she explodes." Chelsea told him. Adam laughed again and got up out of the chair as she took the baby from him.
"He's just so sweet! And smells so good! I just love him!" She babbled on.
"She said the same thing over all three of my kids, but she's right. He is sweet looking." Cindy told them.
"So what's his name?" Maureen asked from the corner of the room where she and Joanne had moved when Mark's mom came bursting in.
Adam was standing next to Mark's mom, the baby's fingers wrapped around one of his. "His name's Roger, cause of my dad, and cause he was Mark's best friend, but my dad too. But Mark's my dad now." He told them all matter a factly.
"Wow, that's so sweet." Maureen whispered softly to Joanne.
"Yes, it is. Very sweet." Joanne agreed, kissing her on the cheek.
Mark and Chelsea just smiled as they looked on watching his mother cooing over the baby and watching Adam gently play with the little hand of his baby brother, Roger Cohen.
THE END
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Chapter 8
"Okay, we got more ice. Now can we leave Mom?" Mark asked her.
"Did you put it in the freezer?"
"No it's in the oven."
"Mark! Will you behave! Oh, I have a million things to do. And your Aunt's not here yet. She promised to help me. And where is your sister?"
"Out on the deck talking to Chelsea. I'll send her in on my way out." Mark walked out the back door. He stepped up behind Chelsea and wrapped his arms around her waist. He kissed her neck a few times before looking up at his sister. "Mom wants you. She's flipping out."
"I wish you guys weren't going to so much trouble." Chelsea told her.
"Trouble? Mark's finally getting married. My mother is thrilled beyond belief. I had to restrain her just to get her to pull back some on what she wanted to do!" Cindy laughed.
"Okay, so how long do these shower things last? I've never been to one before?"
Cindy and Chelsea just looked at him and laughed. "Really? Never been to one before huh Mark?" Cindy teased him. "That's because they are for women." She rolled her eyes at her baby brother.
"Just a couple of hours sweetie." Chelsea told him.
"Okay. Adam and I are going to take off. We'll be back later."
"Sure you don't want to take my kids with you?" She grinned.
"Not a chance in hell." Mark teased her. "Besides, I got something to do." He looked at Chelsea. "You sure you're okay with this?"
She nodded. "Yes. I think it's a good idea. It will be good for all of you." She called Adam over and kissed them both goodbye.
Mark climbed into his mother's car and started it.
"You sure you know how to drive a car Mark?" He teased.
"Yes."
"It's just I never seen you do it before."
"Just put your seat belt on."
"Do I need a crash helmet?" He grinned at Mark, who was backing down the driveway. "Where are we going anyway?"
"You'll see in a few minutes." They drove in silence for the couple of blocks distance. "Okay, we're here."
"Were are we?"
"I want you to meet some people." Mark turned off the car and they climbed out. As they walked up the front steps the front door opened and a young woman stepped out. "Hey Dizz."
"Mark Cohen, no one has called me that in like 15 years! I'm not some ten year old anymore!" She threw her arms around him.
"You'll always be ten to me." He told her, hugging her back. "Your mom okay?"
"Thrilled to death." She grinned as she held the front door open for them. Her eyes traveled down to Adam as he came in the door. "Hi."
"Hi."
"Dizz, this is Adam. Adam this is Dizz."
"Desiree."
"Well, yeah, but we used to call her Dizzy Desiree, which eventually got shortened down to just Dizz."
"Hi." He said again, somewhat shyly.
"Mark!"
He looked up to see the other three people come into the room. The woman hugged him tightly. "It's so good to see you. Thank you so much." She told him with tears in her eyes. The man just silently shook his hand, nodding the whole time.
"Hey Marky." The other woman said to him, also hugging him. "You look good. Real good." She was about to say much better than last time I saw you, but she cut her words short.
"So do you Megan." When she finally broke the hug, they all just stood there for a second, feeling awkward.
"Why don't we sit down." The man said.
They all moved the rest of the way into the living room. Mark realized Adam had gotten very shy and quiet. He put one arm around his shoulders and pulled him along side him as they sat down. "Well, this is Adam."
"It's wonderful to meet you Adam." The woman said, with tears still in her eyes. The man sitting next to her just kept nodding his head, never taking his eyes off of Adam.
"Adam," Mark began. "This is Mr. and Mrs. Davis. They are Roger's mom and dad. They're your grandparents." He told him, watching him closely. He wasn't sure what Adam's reaction would be to all this today.
Adam looked from Mark to the couple on the couch then back to Mark. "I got grandparents?" He asked, somewhat amazed.
"Yeah. Yeah you do." Mark let out a slight laugh. "And this is Megan. She and Dizz are your aunts."
Adam looked around again before turning back to Mark. "Really?"
"Yes really." Megan told him smiling. "Your dad was my little brother."
"And my big brother." Dizz added. "And we knew Mark when he was little too." She told him, trying to make him more comfortable. She could tell he was a little nervous. "They used to let me hang out with them. They took me everywhere with them when we were little."
"We never let you. And we never took you." Mark told her. "You used to just follow us everywhere." He turned back to Adam. "You know your Aunt Dizz once pushed me off the garage roof and broke my arm." He laughed.
"I did not push you!" She laughed.
"Whatever!"
"Well, none of you should have been on the garage roof." Mrs. Davis told them before turning back to Adam. She shook her head. "I just can't get over how much he looks like Roger at that age. And those eyes." She started wiping at the tears that were forming in her own green eyes.
"Is she crying cause of me?" Adam whispered to Mark.
"Yeah, sort of." Mark told him.
"I'm sorry." Adam said to her. "I didn't mean to make you cry."
"Oh sweetie!" She smiled. "No you didn't make me cry. I just miss your daddy. A lot."
"Oh."
"Can I just hug you for a minute?" She asked him.
"I guess." He walked over to her somewhat hesitantly. Mrs. Davis scooped him up and started squeezing him.
******
The elevator doors opened and Maureen, Joanne and Adam got on. Adam was carrying a teddy bear. "Six please." Joanne said to the nurse in front of the elevator buttons.
When they reached their floor, they got out and started down the hall. Adam, who was very excited, was already about ten feet ahead of them and kept turning around trying to make them hurry up.
"Relax Adam." Joanne laughed at him. "They aren't going anywhere."
"Here it is." Maureen said. "Now I know you're excited, but remember, we need to be a little quite. And slow down some."
"Mommy!" He rushed at he bed. So much for that Maureen thought as they all walked in. Chelsea was sitting up in the bed holding the baby, and Mark was standing right next to her.
"Hey sweetie!"
"Hey kiddo!" Mark grinned.
"You want to see you baby brother?"
"Uh huh!" He walked over to the bed. "He sure is little. Was I that little?"
"Yep." She grinned at him.
"Can I hold him?" He looked up at her with those big green eyes.
"I suppose." Chelsea told him. "Go sit down." He went over to the chair and sat as Mark brought over the baby. Just then the door opened and in walked Mark's mom and sister.
"Oh there he is!" She squealed.
"Hi Mom." Mark kissed her briefly as she blew by him on her way to the baby. "Hey Cin. I thought you said Dad was coming with you?"
"He did. He's looking for 'reasonable' parking rates. Which means he may get here by the time they discharge you." Cindy joked. "Chelsea you look great all thing considered."
"Thanks, I think." She laughed.
"Oh he's beautiful. Absolutely beautiful!" Mark's mom cooed.
"She's right." Cindy agreed. "So what do you think Adam? He a keeper?"
"Yeah, I guess." He laughed, knowing she was teasing him.
"Adam let your grandmother hold him before she explodes." Chelsea told him. Adam laughed again and got up out of the chair as she took the baby from him.
"He's just so sweet! And smells so good! I just love him!" She babbled on.
"She said the same thing over all three of my kids, but she's right. He is sweet looking." Cindy told them.
"So what's his name?" Maureen asked from the corner of the room where she and Joanne had moved when Mark's mom came bursting in.
Adam was standing next to Mark's mom, the baby's fingers wrapped around one of his. "His name's Roger, cause of my dad, and cause he was Mark's best friend, but my dad too. But Mark's my dad now." He told them all matter a factly.
"Wow, that's so sweet." Maureen whispered softly to Joanne.
"Yes, it is. Very sweet." Joanne agreed, kissing her on the cheek.
Mark and Chelsea just smiled as they looked on watching his mother cooing over the baby and watching Adam gently play with the little hand of his baby brother, Roger Cohen.
THE END
Thanks to everyone who sent in reviews. I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Now that it's done, please let me know what your final thoughts were. This is the first multi chapter fic that I've completed.
Thanks again.
