Zane is 7 in this scene" he said
Julian sat at the table with a half drunken beer on the side and bills packed everywhere. He held his head in his hand.
"Damnet" he said leaning back in his chair. He had lines under his eyes and his hair was splattered everywhere. He scanned the table taking bill for bill even though money was scarce. He looked back over at the papers he gave him.
"Daddy will you play with us?" Zane asked pulling on his fathers shirt and jumping up and down.
"Not now Zane" he pushed Zane away so he let go of his shirt.
"Pleeeease" he squealed only making Julian's head hurt worse.
"But you never play" Zane whined again.
"I said no!" he screamed at his son, it startled him so much that it knocked him to the floor. Zane started to cry as he got up and ran away from his father's room
"No Zane I didn't mean it" he shouted to his son. Only a few minutes later Wilma came in with her hands on her hips.
"What the hell did you do?" she asked her husband as she shut the door so she wouldn't hear them yell.
"I-I'm sorry I'm just tired and sick of being out of money" he stressed running his fingers through his hair.
"I know I am to, but we have to be strong, for the kids." she placed a comforting hand on his cheek and smiled planting a kiss on his lips.
"I-I think for the better of my family I need to join the military" he said standing and holding her hands.
"No... You can't we need you here" she wailed close to tears.
"I need to, you can't work." she held her husband tighter crying into his shoulder.
"You can't... I-I'm pregnant again" she cried into his shoulder. He looks back down at her in a wide surprise.
"B-But we used..." he trailed off seeing the tears in her eyes.
"At least stay for the birth." she says holding his hands.
"I'll try" he smiled weakly not trying to show any weakness. The two held it out for a while only letting a few sniffles out.
"Daddy?" Julian looked over Wilma's shoulder to see Zane staring front of the doorway. "What's going on?" he asked leaning.
"Nothing honey... She leaned down to Zane's eye level. "S-Shouldn't you be in bed?" she asked. Instead on answering he brought out his hands and smudged her tears to the side making a pained smile on his face. She reached over and grabbed his hand holding it up to hers.
"I love you mommy" he says grabbing her hand and holding it against his cheek.
"I love you to sweet heart"
The scene changed to a few days later to a loud thunderstorm.
Zane let out a yelp running under the table and nearly knocking down the chair.
"What's a matter Zane?" Zak asked walking up to his brother. He crouched down to his size staring him into the eyes.
"The thunder and lightning" Zane stammers.
"You were afraid of storms?" Jay snickered
"I was a kid, and I had sysilcia, it made everything sensitive."
"You know it can't hurt you" he said ducking under the table and joining him.
"It hurts my ears." Zane said gripping his ears by using his fingers. Zak looked over at him sadly and helped him from under the table.
"Here" he grabbed Zane's wrist and ran to their room
"I can take your mind off of it" he said shutting the door. Their room had a dresser, two beds and in the middle a giant window. He threw the blankets off of the bed and tucked them under starting to create a fort. Zane smiled and joined in throwing the pillow into Zak's face. He returned chucking the pillow back.
"Not fair" Zane shouts grabbing a nearby stuffed animal and slamming it into his head.
"Come on we can escape the rain." Zak rushed under the fort with Zane tucking under their also. They laid under the blanket with a flashlight as they shone the light on the book.
"Mrs. teacher is teaching us to read" Zane said staring at the book and starting to look over the words.
"The Pri-prik-" Zane struggled with the word.
"Princess" Zak finished. Zane was never a learning type and it only gets harder from here
Sorry for the short chapters and not as frequent updating. But I have school to finish, but in summer I will have all the time in the world.
