I Really Wish It Was Only Me And You [BENNY RODRIGUEZ]{BXB}

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Ten years later
Harley's POV
I say "hey" and Benny says "hey, love, what are you doing?" I say "writing a report" yawning and he squeezes my shoulder saying "I gotta go to a practice, see you tonight?" I nod saying "yeah, I'll see you tonight" and he pecks my lips saying "love you" and I say "love you" and he leaves then I hear yelling between the twins. We adopted a couple teens about two years ago, they're both fifteen now and now I have to mediate. I say "what are you guys yelling about?" Isa and Elijah both stop and look at me and I raise an eyebrow and they say "nothing" at the same time and I say "sure" rolling my eyes. I say "your fathers not home, what do you wanna do?" Isa says "I'm hungry, so I'm gonna eat" and I chuckle saying "fair, what about you, homeboy?" Elijah says "I don't know" and I say "I don't either" and Isa goes to get food and I go back to doing my report and Elijah says "where's dad anyway?" I say "they had a practice, he said he'd be back tonight" as I finish my report. Isa says "does he even love us?" I say "of course he does, hun, why wouldn't he?" Elijah says "he barely gives us the time of day" sitting at the kitchen table with me and I say "I don't even know, I can talk to him tonight if you want?" They nod and I say "I think he's trying to figure stuff out still, he never gave anyone or anything the time of day for the longest time other than baseball until we met and I think he's still figuring out how to give his attention to everyone equally." Isa says "is that why we never met his parents?" I say "yeah, they're garbage, if you wanna meet them, I'll take you right to them but they aren't good people." Elijah says "how?" I say "they disowned your father when he came out to them, yes, it was the sixties but they weren't willing to change their thinking, his mom just pisses me off and his dad follows whatever his mom says." Isa says "ok, I'm not wanting to meet them anymore" and I chuckle saying "no one likes them anyway" shrugging. We chuckle and they both sit at the table, eating cereal and Elijah says "doesn't dad have friends?" I say "yeah, he does" and Isa says "why have we never met them?!" I say "I hardly seem them, he hardly sees them, they're all around here, they just never hang out" chuckling and Elijah says "I'm impressed that dad has friends" and I say "everyone loves him, I'd be surprised if he didn't" chuckling. Isa says "really? He seems like he'd be a shut in a child" and I say "I was more of a shut in than him, you got your dad wrong" chuckling. I say "he'd play baseball all day everyday, it was his life and it still is, that's how it went, he'd talk to anyone that would talk to him" chuckling. Isa says "so dad was cool?" I say "he was the coolest along with Wendy Peffercorn, everyone was in love with them, everyone wanted to be him and they wanted to get with her, they never dated though" chuckling. I keep telling them about Benny till he gets home and I go up to him saying "hey" and he says "hey, gorgeous" kissing me and I say "don't touch me, you're sweaty" and he says "I know, I know, I'm going to shower." He nods at the kids and they nod back and Elijah says "you said you were going to talk to him?" I say "yeah, I'm going to" nodding and Isa says "I have homework to do" and Elijah says "me too" and they go to do homework in their own rooms. I find a book that I started then I read a few more chapters before Benny comes out of the bathroom shirtless and he goes to grab a shirt. He sits next to me saying "hey" and I say "hey" kissing him and I say "you seem off, what's up?" He says "mom apologized to me last night after you went to bed, she wants to meet the kids" and I say "are you sure she's apologizing just because she wants to meet them or is she apologizing cause she's genuinely sorry?" He says "I think she just wants to indoctrinate the kids" and I say "they're fifteen, they know what they believe, you don't have to accept the apology but she can meet them, the kids deserve to know what she's like." He says "I guess, what if we do it this weekend, I have an idea" and I say "what's your idea my love?" He says "I'm gonna get the band back together" and I chuckle saying "ok, before we start making phone calls, I gotta talk to you about something?" He says "shoot, love" and I say "you have to spend time with the kids, they think you don't care, I know you're going through it but if you just share what's up with them, I'm sure they'll understand but you gotta put the effort if you wanna keep them around." He says "fuck, I feel bad now, what do I do?" I say "I'll make phone calls, go talk to them and tell me how it goes, ok?" He says "ok, I'll be back" kissing me and I say "ok, I love you" and he says "I love you too" kissing me and he goes to talk to them individually. I smile saying "for an old guy you pretty much still got it" and Benny flips me off and shuts the door to Isa's room behind him. I call Squints first cause he's good at passing the message to the others, so I'll make less phone calls, I'll make two instead of eight.