"Fuck Billy! Since when do you have a kid?" Tommy exclaimed in surprise.
Heco smacked him at the back of the head, "Since a fucking long time Tommy!"
"You knew?"
"Heco rolled his eyes, "He's hardly a kid anymore is he?" he nodded towards Murtagh, "How old are you?"
"I'm sixteen." The dark haired teen said. He felt unnaturally safe under his fathers wing. He had always been the scary guy, the cool guy, the sexy guy, the trouble guy, but here he was a child, with his father and his friends. He wasn't an independent force, there was no need to be cocky and self assured, not yet anyway.
"Six – Goddammit Billy! How old were you when you had him? Ten?"
Billy scowled at his friend, "Fifteen."
Alex arched a brow, "You're passed thirty?" he asked disbelievingly. "I would have believed that before you grew your hair back out, but now, not so much buddy."
"You look just like Billy – no doubt. 'sides the hair, but I guess that's a good thing –hey!" Bodie yelped when Billy whacked him above the head.
Murtagh snickered, "I kinda figured. I scared the life out of some girl down by the blocks."
Alex snickered, "And what did you do?"
"She wouldn't tell Miss. Grey where you –" he looked at Billy, not knowing what to call him yet, " –where, so I said I'd rip her a new one if she didn't tell me –"
"No way! – tall girl, dark hair, ripped jeans and a tank top?"
"Yeah."
"What did she do?"
Murtagh shrugged, "I'm here aren't I?"
Billy snickered, the boy was his alright.
"You're not sticking around?" Heco asked.
"Nah, got to get my boy settled in - it's nearly midnight." He said and led the half asleep boy to the door.
Murtagh let himself be lead out into the cool night air. There were only two cars in the parking lot, one black and one red. Bobby whipped out his keys and pressed the button to open the locks of the black car. "Wow…" Murtagh breathed, "Is that yours?"
Billy smirked, "Yup; the only lady that stuck by me in thick and thin – besides my mother." He added. "Get in."
Murtagh crawled in on the worn leather seat in the front and made himself comfortable. Billy turned the heat on and sighed contently as the warm air filled the car up. Normally he would not have bothered but…he glanced over at the curious black haired boy next to him…he was finally parent again.
He didn't notice his son looking at whim while he drove, studying his features until he drifted off to sleep.
A/N; as i said, this is a touch-and-go story, meaning i post as i write. thats why the chapters are short sometimes. i will finish the story though, have no doubt about it.