single dad: v.h

chapter eight

"Why are you going in my school?" Bear asked.

"I wanna talk to Miss Aaliyah. She said I could come see her before class." Vinnie said.

His new job didn't start for another hour and a half so he had time. He was looking forward to this hon because it meant he wouldn't need to rush in the mornings.

"Do you like Miss Aaliyah?" Bear asked rather loudly, making a bunch of kids gasp and look at him.

"Quiet down. There's second graders staring at me. Yes, I like Miss Aaliyah. Do you like her?" Vinnie asked.

"Yeah I like her. She's nice." Bear said, keeping a tight grip on Vinnie's hand as she lead him to her class room.

"Where are we going right now B?" Vinnie asked.

"To Miss Aaliyah's classroom, which is my classroom." Bear said as they walked in the door.

Vinnie walked up to Aaliyah as Bear went over and talked with her friends. She didn't notice him at first.

"Earth to pretty lady grading papers." Vinnie said as he approached.

"Oh, hi Vinnie!" Aaliyah smiled and stood up to hug him.

The hug earned a bunch of "ooo's" and "ahh's" from the kids making Aaliyah and Vinnie chuckle.

"So, would you like to accompany me to dinner tonight?" Vinnie asked.

"Of course, what time would you like to go?" Aaliyah asked.

"7?" Vinnie asked, leaning against her desk.

"Works for me." Aaliyah smiled, looking up at him.

Vinnie smiled and said goodbye to her before heading to the back of the classroom to embarrass his daughter.

"Bear I'm leaving." Vinnie said, sneaking her a piece of gum.

"Bye daddy." Bear said, kissing his cheek.

"Bye love. Grandma is picking you up." Vinnie smiled before leaving the classroom, chuckling to himself about all of the 'Hey Bear, your dad's cute' comments and her loud groans after the comments.

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"Daddy has a date Kaiser. How do you feel?" Bear asked, holding a fake microphone up to his mouth.

"What does he think?" Vinnie asked, smiling at his babygirl sitting on his bed.

"He loves the idea and says you should get married." Bear said, kissing her brothers forehead and then rolling all over the bed.

"Married? This quick?" Vinnie asked.

"Yes. He said he wants more brothers and sisters." Bear proposed the idea, nearly making Vinnie choke on the water he was drinking.

"No more. At least not right now. Maybe in the future." Vinnie answered, recovering from his near death experience with his water bottle.

Vinnie didn't know if he wanted more children or not. He knew that if he and Aaliyah he went far then there would be a possibility of marriage and children but he wasn't all that keen on more kids.

He was afraid of having more kids and everything going wrong. He couldn't be stuck with another kid on his own. That was just the truth as hard as it was to think about. He didn't believe Aaliyah would do that to him.

He was soon interrupted from his thoughts by his mom walking in and shooing him out, saying he looked nice.

He walked out of the house, got in his car, and headed off to Aaliyah's.