Kids will be kids.
I’m on my way to pick Harry up from school it was mothers day yesterday we had a fantastic day we chilled out and did nothing it’s great been back at home with Luka were like a real family again “hi buddy how was your day?” I ask Harry as he runs into my arms.
“I don’t want to go back you can’t make me.”
He tells me as he cries into arms after awhile I lift him up and put him in the car driving home I looked back at Harry in his car seat then back to the road.
As we stop at the lights I turn around again Harry has his face resting on the window watching the other cars go past us when we get home I turn off the car and walk around to his door to let him out.
He carries his book bag up the path dragging it along the pebbles towards the house waiting at the door until I open it for him.
I follow behind him into the lounge where Luka happens to be sitting watching some medical program "Why don't you go upstairs buddy ill be right up ok?” I brush the side of his face with my hand.
Luka turns towards us he turns the TV off and put the remote down on the coffee table as he stands and walks over to me.
"What happened?"
He asks me when he is sure Harry is out of hearing range “I don’t know I picked him up and he was upset he said he doesn’t want to go back to school, can you talk to him?” Luka starts to walk up the stairs to his room but pulls my arm along for the ride too.
When we get to Harry’s room we find him under his bed with his favourite toy car
I walk over to the bed and sat down "hey buddy do you think you can come out from under there?” I ask him as Luka watches me.
“No and you can’t make me!”
I see Luka get on his knees and crawl under the bed with him so I sit on the floor and hold his sheet up so I can see them both.
“What happened at school buddy?”
Harry looks at me then at Luka twiddling his fingers before he answer.
“Billy said I was odd he said cause I don’t have a brother or sister I wasn’t like normal kids I want to be normal daddy!”
I look at Luka and he shakes his head at me before he crawls out from under the bed with Harry “come here baby” I pull him into my arms on the floor.
“Hey it’s better to be on your own you get more gifts at birthdays and Christmas and we have loads more love to give you.”
I shake my head at Luka I don’t want to lie to Harry “Harry do you remember when I told you how special you are to mommy and daddy because of all the trouble we had when you were a baby?” I feel him nod his head against my chest “well when I had you I was bleeding a lot and the only way to stop it was for daddy to tell the doctor to take my womb and that’s where a baby lives” he sits up and looks at Luka.
“Why don’t you give it back daddy?”
I smile at his youth “it doesn’t work like that Harry once it’s gone you can’t have it back” he gets off my knee and walks towards Luka.
“Is that why you split up daddy because you took mommies womb?”
I reach towards them and grab Luka hand “no Harry daddy did what he had to he saved me he hadn’t I wouldn’t be here with you” he looks up at Luka then back towards me.
“So to have a baby you need a womb but you don’t have one so how can I have a bother or sister?”
I see tears forming in Luka eyes he pushes them aside to answer him though.
“We cant kiddo it’s just us three.”
Harry stands up between us and wraps one arm around my neck and the other around Luka.
“That’s ok I like having more presents at Christmas and maybe daddy can keep a baby in his womb.”
Luka and I burst out laughing god he’s all ours nobody else could have given this kid these genes.