"That's a good one now really who are you?" Steph asked.
"Steph what he said is true. Eric there is your brother." Marissa said.
"Oh Ok. I now you said I should visit more often but I didn't think I was
gone that long." Steph said.
"We're finished in here why don't we move back into the living room and we
can explain to Stephanie the story." Linda said.
"I think that would be best." Vince said getting up.
"If you don't mind, could I be excused from it all?" Eric asked.
"It would be best if you stayed for awhile." Vince said.
"Actually you can go if you wish" Linda said at the same time as Vince.
"Yeah that happens a lot." Shane said.
"Or I we could flip a coin." Eric said still waiting on an answer or not he
could be excused.
"I think he should stay awhile." Vince said.
"But he has a day and a half tomorrow there is no use in keeping him down
here with useless talk." Linda argued.
"All right, you can go if you want." Vince said.
"Thank You. Shane, Marissa it was nice talking with you. Stephanie I hope
we'll get to talk real soon. Other then that have, a nice night." Eric said
leaving the room.
"All right so who's going to explain this to me?" Steph asked sitting down.
"Dad has a son he didn't know about until recently. That's about it." Shane
said.
"And that's it, we're just expected to say oh ok nice to meet you, welcome
to our family?" Steph said.
"Yes you are. I understand that this is going to be a big adjustment, but
here's life lesson, deal with it, things do not always go as planned and
the only thing you can do is live with it." Vince said.
"Vince I think you might have had a little to much to drink at dinner.
Steph are you staying here tonight?" Linda asked.
"Yeah I am." Steph said.
"All right, well I'm turning in, Steph we can really talk in the morning
it's been a long day for all of us." Linda said.
"Yeah okay, I'm going to sit and talk with Shane for a little bit longer
before he goes." Steph said.
"All right, good night Shane, Marissa be careful driving home and we'll see
you tomorrow." Linda said.
"Night Marissa, Shane. Steph in the morning we'll explain this more." Vince
said getting up and following Linda.
Steph waited till they were both gone up stairs. "They're joking right? They can't honestly expect us to just suddenly take this all in and accept it. I mean this kid comes from nowhere and now we all have to deal with it? How can we be so sure the he's actually dad's?" Steph said. "Steph please, he looks it and you should see the attitude this kid can get when pissed, yeah there is no doubt he belongs to dad. But I do agree with you on us to suddenly have to deal with it as he said. But you really missed the speech I got before." Shane said. "I think you two are over reacting here. You have to look at it this way, this kid has just been thrown into a whole different environment and has no clue what's going to happen next, this is not to kind of family you just jump into. So maybe you should give him a break." Marissa said. "Well I don't care what they say, I'm going to keep an eye on him." Steph said.
"Oh what a day." Vince said flopping down on the bed and closing his eyes. "You can say that again." Linda said walking into their bathroom. "Its looks as if the only person who really is going to give any kind of support here is Marissa." He said. "They'll come around, we raised them better then that." Linda's voice traveled from the bathroom. "Hope so." Vince mumbled. He started to drift asleep. He opened his eyes when he felt Linda kiss him softly. "All though I was very impressed with the talk you gave Shane." "Don't I get a reward for impressive talks?" He grinned. "Well I did make a promise and I'm pretty good on keeping them" She smiled. "Just another reason why I love you." He said. "Well I'll give you a few more." She grinned.
"They're sleeping in late." Steph said checking the clock. "I don't know. This is early for me." Eric said sitting down with a bowl of cereal. "Take it from me, Its ten thirty, by this time they're up and already starting on a new plot on how the revolutionize the business." Steph said making small talk with him, since he was the only one up besides her. "What they do with their time is not my business." He said going through the paper. "That's mine." Vince said walking through and grabbing the paper. "That's fine, but this part belongs to me." Eric said pulling the sports section away. "Today I'll let that pass, try it tomorrow and you'll lose a hand." Vince said sitting down with his coffee and the paper. "I'll take my chances." Eric said. "Have you guys eaten?" Linda asked walking in still in her robe. "I'm good." Eric said reading the sports and finishing off what was left of his cereal. "Steph how about you?" She asked pouring herself some coffee. 'No some of us actually got up this morning." Steph said. "Its our house, we can sleep till whatever time we see fit." Vince said "Somebody got some last night." Eric mumbled to himself, but it was loud enough for Steph to hear, who started to laugh. "Do I amuse you?" Vince asked puzzled on why she burst into laughter. "No." Steph said. "I saw that there is a park about a half mile from here, I'm going to go and play some ball." Eric said placing his bowl in the dishwasher. "Want a ride?" Vince asked. "No, I can walk. It's not far." "You know I haven't been down there in a long time, mind if I come along?" Steph asked not really wanting to sit around with her parents all day. "I don't care." Eric said. Both Eric and Stephanie said their good byes and went out the door. "Didn't even have to get out of bed this morning." Vince said putting the paper down. "We haven't changed so there's no reason why we can't go back." Linda said. "There's no stopping me." He said grabbing her hand and pulling her along.
"So where you from?" Steph asked as they walked down the street. "New York." "That's cool, I live in New York when I'm not on the road. I like it there." Steph said. "Yeah but I'm sure you don't live in the same parts in which I grew up. I'm not saying I'm ghetto and all, but it wasn't far from it." Eric said. "Is that why you're more of an independent person?" Steph asked. "I was more trouble then anything, but you learn quickly." Eric said. "So how are you taking the change and all? This is no New York, frankly its kinda of boring." "I find ways to keep my self amused." Eric said dribbling the ball. "So what was it like when you found out you had to change everything to this?" She asked. "I didn't actually find out until I met Vince, in which I told him I wasn't going to pretend that I was all happy go lucky about it and I made myself pretty damn clear that I really could care less for him." He said handing her the ball. Steph walked a bit before she said anything. "Yeah I can understand why you would hate him. It took mea long time to forgive him for what he did to the family. But mom, saw something we didn't, I guess. She saw how he truly felt and forgave him." "That's because she is a great person and she took to me right away and I really did appreciate that, cause she really didn't have to but she gave me a chance. But back to the thing about you forgiving your father is that why you don't like me, because I'm the result of something bad?" He asked as they stepped onto the court. "I never said I didn't like you." Steph said tossing him the ball. "Ah, But you and Shane do agree that you don't really trust me. But hey that's cool, I'm juts a strange kid coming from nowhere who got thrown into the middle of your picture perfect family. I can understand that." Eric said shooting the ball and watching it bounce off the backboard. "So you heard that?" Steph asked feeling bad for some of the things she said. "I hear everything, I may not be in the room or even on the same floor, but I know what goes on and what is said. Just like I know that Vince told Shane, that I'm not a mistake but his son. Yeah that was very impressive and I'll give him props for it, but that still doesn't change my view on him." Eric said as he watched her shoot the ball and it go in. "I judged to soon that's all. I wouldn't say something like that now, that I know you a little better. I hope we can be friends and you can come and talk to me whenever you need to." Steph said sincerely. "That was better then Shane's. I can tell he doesn't like me. But you sounded as if you meant it and I'll take your word." Eric said. "Thanks cause I did mean it." Steph said. "You know I can give you a few pointers, I used to play when I was younger." She said as she watched another one of us shots go over the board. "No I'm good. I like to play like this." Eric grinned when he saw two other guys from the next court come over.
"I can't believe you hustled those guys out of their money." Steph said as they started back to the house. "And a watch." Eric said. "Still, that was clever but be careful cause something like that can get ya shot one day no matter where you at." Steph said. "I know and it happens. But I would greatly appreciate it if you failed to mention this to Vince and Linda. Vince I could care less if he go pissed over something like this, but I would hate to disappoint Linda." "I can't believe the effect she has on you. She does that to everyone I don't know how she does it, but it's amazing." Steph laughed. "Yeah well just let me know you got my back." Eric said. "I won't tell, but speaking of her comes the two of them now." Steph said pointing out that Vince and Linda were walking towards them.
"Nice to see you two getting along so well." Vince said. "Nice to see you finally gotten out of bed." Eric once again mumbled. "What?" Vince asked. "I can't believe we played so long." Eric said trying to cover up his tracks. "Right, any way we thought we'd come and see how everything was going." Vince said. "Things are fine, we talked a bit and had some fun." Steph said. "That's great, I'm glad to see that the two of you were able to talk and get along without the help of us." Linda said. "Yeah well it wasn't that hard." Eric grinned.
Steph waited till they were both gone up stairs. "They're joking right? They can't honestly expect us to just suddenly take this all in and accept it. I mean this kid comes from nowhere and now we all have to deal with it? How can we be so sure the he's actually dad's?" Steph said. "Steph please, he looks it and you should see the attitude this kid can get when pissed, yeah there is no doubt he belongs to dad. But I do agree with you on us to suddenly have to deal with it as he said. But you really missed the speech I got before." Shane said. "I think you two are over reacting here. You have to look at it this way, this kid has just been thrown into a whole different environment and has no clue what's going to happen next, this is not to kind of family you just jump into. So maybe you should give him a break." Marissa said. "Well I don't care what they say, I'm going to keep an eye on him." Steph said.
"Oh what a day." Vince said flopping down on the bed and closing his eyes. "You can say that again." Linda said walking into their bathroom. "Its looks as if the only person who really is going to give any kind of support here is Marissa." He said. "They'll come around, we raised them better then that." Linda's voice traveled from the bathroom. "Hope so." Vince mumbled. He started to drift asleep. He opened his eyes when he felt Linda kiss him softly. "All though I was very impressed with the talk you gave Shane." "Don't I get a reward for impressive talks?" He grinned. "Well I did make a promise and I'm pretty good on keeping them" She smiled. "Just another reason why I love you." He said. "Well I'll give you a few more." She grinned.
"They're sleeping in late." Steph said checking the clock. "I don't know. This is early for me." Eric said sitting down with a bowl of cereal. "Take it from me, Its ten thirty, by this time they're up and already starting on a new plot on how the revolutionize the business." Steph said making small talk with him, since he was the only one up besides her. "What they do with their time is not my business." He said going through the paper. "That's mine." Vince said walking through and grabbing the paper. "That's fine, but this part belongs to me." Eric said pulling the sports section away. "Today I'll let that pass, try it tomorrow and you'll lose a hand." Vince said sitting down with his coffee and the paper. "I'll take my chances." Eric said. "Have you guys eaten?" Linda asked walking in still in her robe. "I'm good." Eric said reading the sports and finishing off what was left of his cereal. "Steph how about you?" She asked pouring herself some coffee. 'No some of us actually got up this morning." Steph said. "Its our house, we can sleep till whatever time we see fit." Vince said "Somebody got some last night." Eric mumbled to himself, but it was loud enough for Steph to hear, who started to laugh. "Do I amuse you?" Vince asked puzzled on why she burst into laughter. "No." Steph said. "I saw that there is a park about a half mile from here, I'm going to go and play some ball." Eric said placing his bowl in the dishwasher. "Want a ride?" Vince asked. "No, I can walk. It's not far." "You know I haven't been down there in a long time, mind if I come along?" Steph asked not really wanting to sit around with her parents all day. "I don't care." Eric said. Both Eric and Stephanie said their good byes and went out the door. "Didn't even have to get out of bed this morning." Vince said putting the paper down. "We haven't changed so there's no reason why we can't go back." Linda said. "There's no stopping me." He said grabbing her hand and pulling her along.
"So where you from?" Steph asked as they walked down the street. "New York." "That's cool, I live in New York when I'm not on the road. I like it there." Steph said. "Yeah but I'm sure you don't live in the same parts in which I grew up. I'm not saying I'm ghetto and all, but it wasn't far from it." Eric said. "Is that why you're more of an independent person?" Steph asked. "I was more trouble then anything, but you learn quickly." Eric said. "So how are you taking the change and all? This is no New York, frankly its kinda of boring." "I find ways to keep my self amused." Eric said dribbling the ball. "So what was it like when you found out you had to change everything to this?" She asked. "I didn't actually find out until I met Vince, in which I told him I wasn't going to pretend that I was all happy go lucky about it and I made myself pretty damn clear that I really could care less for him." He said handing her the ball. Steph walked a bit before she said anything. "Yeah I can understand why you would hate him. It took mea long time to forgive him for what he did to the family. But mom, saw something we didn't, I guess. She saw how he truly felt and forgave him." "That's because she is a great person and she took to me right away and I really did appreciate that, cause she really didn't have to but she gave me a chance. But back to the thing about you forgiving your father is that why you don't like me, because I'm the result of something bad?" He asked as they stepped onto the court. "I never said I didn't like you." Steph said tossing him the ball. "Ah, But you and Shane do agree that you don't really trust me. But hey that's cool, I'm juts a strange kid coming from nowhere who got thrown into the middle of your picture perfect family. I can understand that." Eric said shooting the ball and watching it bounce off the backboard. "So you heard that?" Steph asked feeling bad for some of the things she said. "I hear everything, I may not be in the room or even on the same floor, but I know what goes on and what is said. Just like I know that Vince told Shane, that I'm not a mistake but his son. Yeah that was very impressive and I'll give him props for it, but that still doesn't change my view on him." Eric said as he watched her shoot the ball and it go in. "I judged to soon that's all. I wouldn't say something like that now, that I know you a little better. I hope we can be friends and you can come and talk to me whenever you need to." Steph said sincerely. "That was better then Shane's. I can tell he doesn't like me. But you sounded as if you meant it and I'll take your word." Eric said. "Thanks cause I did mean it." Steph said. "You know I can give you a few pointers, I used to play when I was younger." She said as she watched another one of us shots go over the board. "No I'm good. I like to play like this." Eric grinned when he saw two other guys from the next court come over.
"I can't believe you hustled those guys out of their money." Steph said as they started back to the house. "And a watch." Eric said. "Still, that was clever but be careful cause something like that can get ya shot one day no matter where you at." Steph said. "I know and it happens. But I would greatly appreciate it if you failed to mention this to Vince and Linda. Vince I could care less if he go pissed over something like this, but I would hate to disappoint Linda." "I can't believe the effect she has on you. She does that to everyone I don't know how she does it, but it's amazing." Steph laughed. "Yeah well just let me know you got my back." Eric said. "I won't tell, but speaking of her comes the two of them now." Steph said pointing out that Vince and Linda were walking towards them.
"Nice to see you two getting along so well." Vince said. "Nice to see you finally gotten out of bed." Eric once again mumbled. "What?" Vince asked. "I can't believe we played so long." Eric said trying to cover up his tracks. "Right, any way we thought we'd come and see how everything was going." Vince said. "Things are fine, we talked a bit and had some fun." Steph said. "That's great, I'm glad to see that the two of you were able to talk and get along without the help of us." Linda said. "Yeah well it wasn't that hard." Eric grinned.