Chapter 129 Teaching Laquan school subjects
Izzy's POV
The next morning, Jake and i woke up next to each other on the chair as Jake went to the dance studio for his solo dance rehearsal.
"Jake, you forgot to... shower." I said to him.
"I'm going back to The Hideout to shower, then I am going to the dance studio." Jake said to me through the window.
"Okay, Jakey." I said to him.
After Jake, left Laquan, came in with a get well present for baby Jay.
"I'm here for learning, and I also bought Baby j a Peppa pig playset." Laquan said to me.
"Awesome! Since there is a table in this hospital room, you and Princess can sit together yay." I said to him.
"I thought princess wasn't ready for school Izzy." Cubby said to me.
"Well this is just a practice and if she passes, she'll be ready for school no time cubby. And as for Laquan, he'll be ready for his future. And it's a happy one." I said to him.
"I hope my future involves my girlfriend giving birth." Laquan said to himself.
"Let me know how school goes for you guys, I'm going for a walk." Cubby said to them as he left.
"Okay class welcome to the first day of school, the first subject is a math. Can anyone tell me what 2 2 is?" I asked them.
"2 2 is 4 Mommy!" Princess said to me.
"Very good Princess, you get a gold star." I said to her as I placed a gold star on her shirt.
"Yay!" Princess said with excitement.
"Now laquan, what is 5 * 9?" I asked him.
"Wait a minute, how come princess gets 2 2 and I get five times nine?" Laquan asked me.
" Do you want to pass this class Mr. Suarez?" I asked him.
"Oh most certainly, madam." Laquan said to me.
"Then, answer the math question what is 5 * 9?" I asked him.
"5 * 9 is 45." Laquan said to me.
"Very good, I would give you a gold star, but I can give you as a pat on the back." I said to him.
"This class is horrible. Is it recess yet?" Laquan asked me.
"No." I said to him.
"okay what is 2 3 Princess?" I askss her.
"2 3 is 5 Mommy!" Princess said to me.
" Yeah another gold star for my favorite daughter." I said to her.
" Okay, I know I asked this question before but how come princess gets easier math questions, and I get harder ones?" Laquan asked me.
" Because you're older than her. Let's face it you are handsome and all, but Prince is adorable." I said to him.
"What about baby Jay?" Laquan asked me.
"Do you see baby Jay doing math?" I asked him.
"No, Ms. green." Laquan said to me.
"Can we get back to math Mommy?" Princess asked me.
"Of course Princess." I said to her.
"Okay laquan, what is 100 / 100?" I asked him.
"You can't be serious." Laquan said to himself.
"100 / 100 is 1." Laquan said to me.
"You were right good job Laquan!" I said to him.
"Do I get a gold star?" Laquan asked me.
"No. Gold stars are from little kids." I said to him.
" Then what do I get?" Laquan asked me.
"You get nothing." I said to him.
"Aww, man." Laquan said disappointed.
"Okay the next thing we're going to learn is adding yay!" Princess and I said with excitement.
"God I hate adding." Laquan said to himself.
"Well you're going to do it. Rather you like it, or not. So I suggest you get your head out of your butt and start doing the work." I said to him.
"Yes ma'am." Laquan said to me.
Laquan's POV
As I was almost about done with my math work, I realized that I got all of them wrong.
"What the? What is this what all of these numbers on the paper?" Izzy asked me.
"My answers." I said to her.
"You got all of them wrong I'm giving you an F." Izzy said to me as she gave me a big fat F.
"I'm done Mommy, and I got all of them right!" Princess said to her.
"Very good princess, you get a cookie." Izzy said to her.
"What? Then what am I supposed to get?" I asked her.
"Go to the dry erase board and write down why I failed my math test a hundred times." Izzy said to me.
"Excuse me, but this is just a piece of paper." I said to her.
"Write it, 100 times." Izzy said to me as I started to write.
Izzy's POV
As I was concerned about Laquan's math skills, I wanted to do something to help him.
"Maybe I can help him more." I said to myself as Laquan was done.
"Hey, Laquan, before I go to my solo female dance rehearsal, I'm going to help you with your math." I said to him.
"Really? Oh thank you Izzy thank you!" Laquan said to me as he hugged me.
"Oh, you're welcome." I said to him as I blushed a little bit.
Anyway but the next 10 minutes, while princess was coloring, I was helping Laquan with his math.
As Jake came back, he was right on time.
"Okay, Jake, I want you to teach English." I said to him.
"You're doing school aren't you?" Jake asked me.
"Yes! And Laquan was giving me a hard time.
"Well..you see...I...uh...Yes I was." Laquan said to him.
"Why are you giving my girlfriend a hard time boy?" Jake asked him.
"Because your girlfriend gave me harder math questions, than Princess." Laquan said to him.
"Well to be fair, Princess is younger than you. And you are older." Jake said to him.
"Okay I'm leaving bye, guys!" I said to them as I left.
Jake's POV
"Okay, time for English! So, I will give you two books to read." I said to them.
"But Daddy, I can't read or write." Princess said to me.
"Don't worry Princess, I'm going to teach you those things okay sweetie?" I said tk her.
"Okay Daddy!" Princess
Said to me.
"Oh and Laquan, you'll be getting a spelling test from me." I said to him.
"What?" Laquan asked in shocked.
"You'll...be...getting a...spelling...test...from me." I said to him.
"But Daddy, I can't read or write." Princess said to me.
"Don't worry Princess, I'm going to teach you those things okay sweetie?" I said tk her.
"Okay Daddy!" Princess
Said to me.
"Oh and Laquan, you'll be getting a spelling test from me." I said to him.
"What?" Laquan asked in shocked.
"You'll...be...getting a...spelling...test... from me." I said to him.
"Okay, fine, I'll so the spelling test Jake." Laquan said to me.
"Thanks for cooperating with me." I said to him.
"You're welcome, Jake." Laquan said to me.
Meaning I was teaching Princess how to read a paragraph.
"Okay Laquan, are you ready for your first word?" I asked him.
"Is it a hard word?" Laquan asked me.
"Yes!" I said to him.
"Okay the first word is photosynthesis." I said to him as he started to write the word.
"The next word is hippopotamus." I said to him as he wrote it down.
"The next word is Spy gadget." I said to him as he wrote it down.
"The next two words are beautiful and directions." I said to him as he wrote it down.
"Can I have those two words in a sentence please?" Laquan asked me.
"I have my beautiful Izzy directions to the near corner store." I said to him.
"Okay I'm done." Laquane said to me as I checked his spelling.
"Okay you got two words right, beautiful and directions. The rest of them were just wrong." I said to him.
"See, this is why I should have studied." Laquan said to myself.
"Well at least you tried your best." I said to him.
"Oh sweet do I get a cookie?" Laquan asked me as I slapped my forehead.
"According to Izzy, she said don't give Laquan a cookie." I said to him.
As Izzy came back I looked at Princess and Laquan.
"You two, can go to recess." I sakd to them as they went to the play room area.
"So, how did it go with Laquan?" Izzy asked me.
" See for yourself." I sakd to her as I showered her his spelling test.
"Wow. So he only got two words right, and the rest of them were wrong? Is he okay?" Izzy asked me.
"I think he's still down in a dumps about his little brother, maybe that's what's causing him to lose focus on his work." I said to her.
"Maybe I should go talk to him." Izzy suggested.
"Go talk to him." I said to her as she went to the play room area.
Izzy's POV
As I entered the play room area, I saw Laquan holding Princess in his arms.
"Princess, I'll let Laquan hold you later on, but I need to talk to him okay. So do you mind going back to Daddy?" I asked her.
"I'll still be here princess don't worry. go back to your daddy for a little bit." Laquan said to her.
" Okay." Princess said to him as she went back to Jake.
"Hey, you doing okay?" I asked him as he was looking our the window.
"Izzy, it's not fair, how come my little brother had to die because of a horrible seizure? None of his medications helped him. None of them." Laquan said to me.
"I understand." I said to him.
"Izzy, you don't understand. I can't sleep, the only thing I can think about is my little brother. And I miss him so much." Laquan to me as I was now crying a little bit.
"I know it's hard to lose someone, you care about." I said to him.
"Can we not go into your details please? I don't want you to start crying." Laquan asked me.
"Yeah, I think it's for the best, if I don't tell you my story." I said to him.
"Anyway, how were you in school while you were learning?" I asked him changing the subject.
"I'm doing okay I guess." Laquan said to me.
" Hey my crew and I never went to school, but Peter Pan taught us a lot of things. And I'm sure that you will do great in the future. You just got to think happy thoughts." I said to him.
"Easy for you to sign like you said, Peter Pan had taught you Jake and Cubby a lot of of things." Laquan said to me.
"Speaking of Cubby, where is he? He said he was going for a walk earlier but he never came back." I asked myself.
"Boo!" Cubby said as he scared us.
"Cubby, why did you do that?" I asked him.
"To make you laugh." Cubby said to me.
"Well that wasn't really nice, you almost gave me a heart attack." I said to him.
"Laquan, you okay?" I asked him.
"Yeah I'm fine." Laquan said to me.
"You sure?" I asked him.
"Yeah, I'm fine Izzy. But if I do feel anything, call the nurse." Laquan said to me.
"You got it." I said to him.
As Cubby, Laquan, and I went back to baby Jay's hospital room, Cubby started yo ask questions about how did school go for Princess and Laquan.
"So, how did school go for Laquan, and Princess?" Cubby asked us.
"Well, Princess did fantastic in math." I said to him.
"Yeah, and she knows how to read now. With help from her daddy of course." Jake said to him as Cubby picked Princess up and hugged her.
"I am proud of you Princess!" Cubby said to her.
"Hehe, thanks Uncle Cubby." Princess said to him.
"How did Laquan do?" Cubby asked us.
"We still need to work on some things with him like adding." I said to him.
"I really find that strange, since that is the easiest math to teach little kids Cubby said to himself.
"Laquan, can you do multiplication or subtractions and divisions?" Cubby asked him.
" All of them are really, hard for me to do." Laquan said to him.
"Did you even graduate from high school, and how did you graduate?" Cubby asked him.
"I don't want to talk about it right now." Laquan said to him.
"Were you bad in school?" Cubby asked him.
"Cubby, I don't want to talk about it right now. Can we please change the subject?" Laquan asked us.
"Actually, Jake Cubby and I have to go to the dance studio." I said to him as Stormy came in to babysit the kids.
Stormy's POV
After Jake, Izzy, and Cubby left, baby Jay starts to wake up.
"So, how did baby's surgery go Princess?" I asked her.
"Baby Jay's surgery was successful, and he was really brave during it.
"I'm proud of my nephew, for being so brave during his surgery. Especially when he's just a baby." I said to myself.
"I'm proud of my little brother as well." Princess said to me as Laquan left.
"Are you coming to Mommy's surprise birthday party?" Princess asked me.
"Yes of course I am, I wouldn't miss her party for the world." I said to her.
"Has Izzy found out, about her surprise birthday party Princess?" I asked her.
" no, Uncle Laquan only knows from Uncle Cubby." Princess said to me.
"As baby Jay started yo giggle, Princess turned around to see Izzy, Cubby and Jake are back.
" Okay, I'll see you guys later. bye, Cubby Wubby!" I said to him as I kissed his cheek.
"Hehe, bye Stormy." Cubby said to her.
Jake's POV
As it was now time to give baby Jay his gift, Izzy starting to bring out the giant Daffy Duck toy as Baby Jay start to giggle and clap his hands as I give it to him and he started to cuddle with it.
" stormy wait, where did Laquan go?" Izzy asked her.
"Oh, he want home." Stormy said to her.
" oh man oh, I was going to give him some math homework to help him with his math." Izzy said to her.
"Why do you need to help Laquan get his math, even though he's 22 years old?" Stormy asked her.
"Because he doesn't have enough knowledge in math." Izzy said to her.
"It's maybe about his younger brother." I said to her.
"Maybe it's because he doesn't pay attention in school and that it's basic math." Cubby said to her.
" or maybe, it's because of his behavioral problems, like when he had that really bad mental breakdown in the studio and nearly hurt Princess. And maybe the school wasn't that good for him" Izzy said to her.
" I think Laquan is a grown man, and he doesn't need math now." Stormy said to us.
" I think what he needs is basic math like learning how to count learn how to pay where his subscriptions, taxes, and bills. Besides, math is everywhere in life." Izzy said to us.
" I agree with you Izzy, and that spelling words right now is another important skill do you have in life." I said to her.
"I should teach Laquan, and Princess about Maps in geography." Cubby suggested to us.
"I think we should do arts and crafts Uncle Cubby." Princess said to him.
"I love that idea." Cubby said to her as Princess giggled.
Izzy's POV
As Dr. Lynch came in to take Baby Jay when X-ray on his leg, I started to get really nervous about it.
"Izzy calm down, baby Jay's surgery wasn't even 24 hours ago." Jake said to me as Dr. Lynch came back with baby Jay and places his hospital bed on the wall. As he started to show us baby Jay's X-ray, you started to explain what happened during his surgery.
"Okay, so what we did to his leg during baby Jay's surgery, was attached his bones back together in placed screws and plates inside." Dr. Lynch said to us.
"Do you guys have any questions?" Dr. Lynch asked us.
"is he going to have the plates and screws inside him forever?" I asked him.
"Well technically, I don't know Izzy. It's going to take a while for his leg to heal completely. And since he's small and Tiny, it's going to be slow." Dr. Lynch said to me.
