Dreams

Vision-Derek Morgan

FBI SSA Agent Derek J. Morgan always loved going to the zoo as a child. The city of Chicago had one of the most famous zoos in the country and the world. His parents took him as a child and now he was returning the favor. A cute little four-year-old girl dressed in purple tugged his right hand.

"Daddy, do we have to go in the reptile house?" Another equally cute little girl dressed in yellow tugged his left hand.

"Yeah, daddy do we have to?" Bianca and Fiona MarKes, the daughters of Sheldon and Derek, asked these questions.

"No, princesses we don't have to. We can go and look at something else."

"Oh you're just being a fraidy cat!" Mocked the little boy walking behind them, holding Sheldon's left hand.

"Am not!" Bianca yelled back.

"Are too." Said the little boy holding Sheldon's right hand.

"We're not fraidy cats." Fiona spat back, showing angry eyes.

"Hey, hey. Stop that right now." Derek stopped walking and turned to his and Sheldon's sons. "You know we don't tease each other. It's not fair for you to make fun of your sisters because they don't want to go in the reptile house." He looked sternly at Benjamin and Douglas. "They didn't tease you when you didn't want to go in and see the birds, did they?"

"No sir." They replied.

"Okay, what do we say?" They apologized to their sisters. "Now if you want to, you can go in with Papa, and we'll wait out here for you to come out."

"Can we go Papa?" Ben asked.

"I don't know. Can you?" Sheldon asked. They thought for a second about their question.

"Oh, may we go Papa?" He nodded that Doug had corrected his phrase.

"Yes, you may. Let's go and get out. I'm not that fond of snakes either." They turned and walked into the reptile house.

"Well, ladies it's just us." Derek was looking for a bench or table for them to sit and wait.

"Daddy, I have to use it." Fiona said.

"Me too." Derek looked around for the restrooms sign.

"Over here." He directed them over to his right. "Excuse me; are any of these restrooms Family Restrooms?" He asked a zoo employee.

"Yes sir, the one with Koala on the door."

"Thanks." He started to walk over with them.

"Uh, sir I'm not sure if you can go in with them." The employee sounded unsure, thinking that maybe Derek was a pedophile. Derek thought he would have gotten used to those looks and those questions by now. Today wasn't one of those days. It was times like these that him feel like Gay Couples and their families hadn't made much progress in the world of straight and normal.

"It's a family restroom. I want to make sure my daughters are safe so I'm going in."

"It's okay Daddy, we're big girls. We can go by ourselves." Bianca stated.

"Yes, at home with us, at school and with Mommy and your grandmothers. But this is a public place and I know not so nice people hang out here."

"Like the bad guys you catch?"

"Yeah, baby like those bad guys."

"We can try this one time right?" Fiona asked. His daughters had him wrapped around their fingers from the minute they arrived. He seriously thought about it. He couldn't keep them at age four forever. He sighed.