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Chapter Six

Seto called Joey and told him "I'm getting released tomorrow from the hospital and Mokuba and I will be home in two days and then I have to be on bed rest for two weeks so I wondered if Joshua and you could come over and we could spend some time together?"

Joey smiled as he listened to what Seto was saying and he told him "You let me know when it would be a good time and I'll bring Joshua over and we can spend the day together."

Seto hung up the phone and as he laid there he closed his eyes and when the door opened it was Mokie and when he saw how upset Seto was he asked him "Seto what's wrong?"

Seto wiped away the tears and he told him "Nothing is wrong, I just talked to Joey and when we get home and I'm feeling better he's going to bring Joshua over and we are going to spend the day together and I'm scared that I might do or say something that could result in me losing them forever."

Mokuba went over and he said "Listen to me, I know that you're scared but if you don't stop thinking that way then yes you'll do something stupid and Joey will probably take your son and leave Domino forever but I'm not going to let that happen so stop feeling sorry for yourself and start realizing that soon you and Joey will be together with your son and if everything goes right then you'll finally be the family that you've always dreamed of becoming."

Later the day, Joshua was in the kitchen watching Piglet eat and he laughed when he noticed how Sammy was so intent to get up on the counter to see what the kitten was doing and when he tried to jump up onto the chair and missed and hit the floor Sammy yelped and that caused Piglet to let out a loud hiss and Joshua nearly fell off his chair laughing and Joey stood there in the doorway watching all of this happen and he laughed too.

It didn't take to long before Piglet and Sammy were getting along but when ever Sammy got near Piglet's food well he got scratched on his nose and he'd yelp and then he'd bark and Piglet well would just go about eating his food. Joshua loved his pets and he asked Joey "Do you think that papa will love Sammy and Piglet?"

Joey knew that Seto had never allowed Mokie to have a pet because he never was allowed to have pets when he was growing up. Joey looked at his son and he said "I don't know but in a couple of days your papa and Uncle Mokuba are coming home and when papa is feeling better we can go over and we'll spend the day together and you can tell him about Sammy and Piglet."

Joshua jumped up and down because he was so excited and he ran to Joey and he said "Daddy I love you and I love papa too but I'm scared that maybe papa doesn't love me as much."

Joey picked him up and he said "Now you listen here young man, your papa loves you with all his heart and I know that he's scared but I also know that Seto wants us to be a family and that he'll do everything he can to make that come true."

When Joey put Joshua back down they both started giggling because there on the floor by the back door was Sammy sleeping and Piglet was curled up by his head and Joey went and got the camera and took two pictures of the sight and he said "See they are trying to get along so if they can become friends then you and your papa can too."

Later that day Joshua found some pictures in a box and he asked his daddy about them and Joey took the box and they sat on the floor and Joey took a picture out of the box and it was one of Hank, Mary, Joey and Serenity and Joey said "This is the last picture that was taken of my family. This is your grandpa, your grandma and your Aunt Serenity and it was taken just before the accident that took them from me."

Tears were running down Joey's face as he told his son who was in the picture and Joshua wrapped his arms around his daddy's neck and he said "Don't cry daddy you still got me."

Joey wiped his face as and he smiled at his son and he said "Yes, I have you and I know that your grandpa and grandma and Aunt are in heaven and that they are smiling down on us sending us their love."

Joshua then asked "Is papa's mommy and daddy still alive?"

This question took Joey by surprise and he didn't really know how to answer his son so he just said "No their gone too."

They looked through the pictures then Joey noticed the time and he said "How about if we go get some burgers for dinner?"

Joshua jumped up and he was so excited that he nearly fell down and then Joey laughed and said "Go get cleaned up and then we'll go to a place that I use to go to with my friends."

Joshua ran to wash up and Joey called Yugi and said "Can you get everyone to come to the Burger Barn for dinner it's my treat." Yugi laughed and then he said "We'll meet you two there in about an hour."

Joey drove to the Burger Barn and as they walked inside it brought back so many memories and most of them were good and as they sat down in the same booth in the back, Joshua said "Can I play one of the games?"

Joey laughed as he gave him some quarters and as he watched his son run to the games tears filled his eyes as he remembered the question that Joshua asked about Seto's parents and how he'd have to call and tell him and he prayed that Seto would be able to tell their son about his parents. Just then the door opened and when Joey turned he saw "The Gang" walk in and they all came over and sat down and it was like being back in the past again.

Joshua came running back to the booth and he was smiling and calling out their names as he sat down next to Joey and when the waitress came to take their orders Joshua said "Burgers,fries and soda's for everyone, my daddy's treat."

The lady smiled at him as she wrote down what they'd have and as she left to give the order to the cook, Bakura looked at Joshua and asked "How's that flea bitten mongrel of your's?"

Joshua looked at him and he tried to give Bakura a mean look and then he said "Sammy is just fine and so is Piglet."

This caused everyone especially Bakura to laugh out loud and then their orders were there and they all sat back and ate their burgers, fries and drank their soda's and had the time of their lives.

Joshua then said "My papa and Uncle Mokuba is coming home in one more day and then me and daddy are going over and spend the day with them."

Marik the said "I bet that you'll have a great time getting to know your papa better."

Tea then said "Joshua would you like to go play some of the games with me?" Joey gave her the thank you look as they went to play the games leaving Joey free to talk to the others.

When they were gone, Joey said "Today we were looking over some old photos of my folks and Rene and Joshua asked me about Seto's parents and I nearly died because I didn't know if I should tell him about his papa and Uncle were adopted."

Yami then said "That's for Seto to do not you."

Yugi then asked "How are you doing?"

Joey looked at his friends and then he said "Some days are better then others and I still have that uneasy feeling that I might have to leave Domino forever and that's eating me up inside."

Bakura then said "Hey, just take one day at a time and give Seto and Joshua a chance to get to know each other and who knows you just might be surprised when everything works out and all of you are living in the Manor again as a family."

Joey loved being here with them again because he knew that as long as he had his friends that he'd be alright. Just then Joshua and Tea came running back and Joshua excitedly said "Look what I won!" He had two stuffed animals a dog and a cat and that then Joshua said "Here Uncle Kura these are for you so you can always remember Sammy and Piglet."

Everyone started laughing when they saw Bakura's expression and then Ryou said "Bakura we finally got the pets we always wanted." This earned Ryou a look that would of scared anyone else and then Bakura then he started laughing too and he told Joshua "Thanks I'll love them forever."

When it was time for everyone to leave, Joshua went to everyone and gave them all hugs and kisses and then as Joey was driving home he looked at his sleeping son and gave thanks again for being able to have him to love.

Before Joey went to bed that night, the phone rang and when he answered it he heard Seto's voice and he said "I wanted to call and let you know that I love you and Joshua and I want to thank you for allowing me to get to know our son and I'm so terrified that something will go wrong and you'll leave."

Joey swallowed the lump in his throat and he said "Seto, we'll make it this time and I promise that I'll be here for you and no matter what we will make it."

Seto wiped the tears from his face and then he said "Thanks and I can hardly wait to get home so that we can be together and Seto I love you with all my heart."

Seto then hung up the phone and for the first time in years he actually felt like that they did have a chance to become a family.

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