"Daddy?" Eloise came out of her room, half asleep.
"What's the matter?" Dylan asked.
"Where's Daddy?" Eloise asked sounding a little nervous.
"He had to go to work, so it's just you and me." Dylan explained.
He was glad he and Marco worked out this plan to alternate taking days off. They still didn't think Eloise was ready to be with a babysitter just yet.
"Can I have cereal for breakfast?"
Dylan smiled "Of course you can. Do you want to eat in on the porch?"
"Can you come too?" She asked.
"You bet."
Dylan brought two bowls of cereal out to the screened in porch and placed them on the table. He wasn't really hungry so he just read the paper while she ate.
"Uncle Dylan? Can I call you my daddy too?" Eloise asked with hopefulness in her eyes.
"Sure, how come?"
"Because I want two daddies." She smiled and kept eating her cereal.
"Do you want to take a walk?" Dylan asked, noticing she finished her cereal.
"Yes, will you come too?"
"Of course sweetie." Why was she so curious as to whether or not he would go places with her, the porch, on a walk?
They walked to the park where Eloise swung for a good 10 minutes, and then complained of being hungry. Dylan took her to the restaurant where he and Marco worked.
"Daddy!" Eloise shreiked when she saw Marco.
Marco beamed. Eloise ran up to him and hugged him tight.
"Joe I'm gonna take up break." Marco went to eat lunch with his family.
Family, he liked the sound of that. As weird as it may be, he had a family. A great family who he loved. Maybe Ellie for saw this before she died. Maybe she thought he needed a family. He looked to the sky and smiled.
"Thanks." He whispered.
"Daddy! Come one!" Eloise whined.
"Ok, ok." He laughed sitting next to Dylan and holding his hand under the table.
"She asked to call me Daddy too. She said she wanted two daddies." Dylan whispered happily into Marco's ear.
Marco stroked Dylan's hand with his thumb. This arangement was working out very nicely after all.
"Yay! Grilled cheese!!!!" Eloise beamed when their lunch arrived.
Maroc and Dylan decided they were going to take her shopping when Marco got off work. They wanted to buy her new clothes, and sheets for her bed, anything that would make the guest room, and the whole apartment feel more like home to her.
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"Ooh!! Pretty!" Eloise exclaimed pointing to a pink set of bed sheets with ballerinas on them.
"Can I have those?" She asked.
Dylan nodded. Eloise had such a great time picking out things at the store. She just couldn't wait to try it all on when she got home. It seemed like it didn't take very long for her to get used to her new life style.
"What's the matter?" Dylan asked.
"Where's Daddy?" Eloise asked sounding a little nervous.
"He had to go to work, so it's just you and me." Dylan explained.
He was glad he and Marco worked out this plan to alternate taking days off. They still didn't think Eloise was ready to be with a babysitter just yet.
"Can I have cereal for breakfast?"
Dylan smiled "Of course you can. Do you want to eat in on the porch?"
"Can you come too?" She asked.
"You bet."
Dylan brought two bowls of cereal out to the screened in porch and placed them on the table. He wasn't really hungry so he just read the paper while she ate.
"Uncle Dylan? Can I call you my daddy too?" Eloise asked with hopefulness in her eyes.
"Sure, how come?"
"Because I want two daddies." She smiled and kept eating her cereal.
"Do you want to take a walk?" Dylan asked, noticing she finished her cereal.
"Yes, will you come too?"
"Of course sweetie." Why was she so curious as to whether or not he would go places with her, the porch, on a walk?
They walked to the park where Eloise swung for a good 10 minutes, and then complained of being hungry. Dylan took her to the restaurant where he and Marco worked.
"Daddy!" Eloise shreiked when she saw Marco.
Marco beamed. Eloise ran up to him and hugged him tight.
"Joe I'm gonna take up break." Marco went to eat lunch with his family.
Family, he liked the sound of that. As weird as it may be, he had a family. A great family who he loved. Maybe Ellie for saw this before she died. Maybe she thought he needed a family. He looked to the sky and smiled.
"Thanks." He whispered.
"Daddy! Come one!" Eloise whined.
"Ok, ok." He laughed sitting next to Dylan and holding his hand under the table.
"She asked to call me Daddy too. She said she wanted two daddies." Dylan whispered happily into Marco's ear.
Marco stroked Dylan's hand with his thumb. This arangement was working out very nicely after all.
"Yay! Grilled cheese!!!!" Eloise beamed when their lunch arrived.
Maroc and Dylan decided they were going to take her shopping when Marco got off work. They wanted to buy her new clothes, and sheets for her bed, anything that would make the guest room, and the whole apartment feel more like home to her.
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"Ooh!! Pretty!" Eloise exclaimed pointing to a pink set of bed sheets with ballerinas on them.
"Can I have those?" She asked.
Dylan nodded. Eloise had such a great time picking out things at the store. She just couldn't wait to try it all on when she got home. It seemed like it didn't take very long for her to get used to her new life style.
