A Different Type of Family

Dada

Mike had been spending a lot of time with the twins and the triplets at their home. He knew that Stef was trusting them with her babies and after he left and signed his rights away, he was happy that she lets Mike see them.

Mike came over and rang the doorbell and Lena opened and smiles. "Hi Mike come in," Lena says as she opened the door fully. He smiled and walks in. "Thanks."

"How are you Lena?" Mike asks as she smiled.

"Good and you?" Lena asked in a smile.

"Good," Lena added as the twins eyed him. 

"Hi Mike," the twins added. It was a Saturday and all and Lena decided to let Mike take the five kids to the park. He was shocked and eyed her rarely. "Are you sure?" Mike asked as Lena nodded.

"I'm sure," Lena added. "You are a good father and I told Stef that we need to trust you more."

"Well it looks like we are going to the park today," he told the twins who nodded.

"Ty and AJ too?" the twins asked. Before Mike could say anything, Lena did.

"No! Just you two and the triplets," Lena added as she gave Mike three diaper bags and gave the twins their backpacks. Lena helped Mike put the triplets in their car seats and the twins strapped themselves in their boosters. Lena helped strap in the triplets.

"Brandon! Bradley I need you two to help your dad with the triplets, okay?" Lena asked.

They nodded and Lena kissed their foreheads and kissed the foreheads of the triplets and left back into the house. It was a very hot day since it is now the last week of June and Ty had his his fourth birthday party a few weeks back.

At the park, Mike parked and helped the twins get out first and got the triplets in  their shared stroller. The twins ran off to play, while Mike watched them closely and the triplets were placed in baby swings. The twins came to the big swings too.

"Can you push us Mike?" the twins asked as he nodded and pushed them on the shared tire swing and they giggled as the tire swing went round and round. They got dizzy and Mike stopped the tire swing. 

"So why did you leave?" the twins asked. Mike sighed.

"I thought I could not be a good dad," Mike added. "It was all me. Not you two or the triplets."

"Oh. Do you still love mommy?" the twins asked.

"I will always love her, but only as a friend," Mike added. "She loves me as a friend."

"So are you best friends?" the twins asked.

"Yup," Mike added. "We knew each other since high school."

"Oh," the twins added. "She loves mama now."

"That she does," Mike added as he gave them juice boxes. 

The triplets started to fuss and Mike took them off the swings  and put them back in their stroller. They went to take a nap and Mike was grateful for that. The twins eyed some balloons and Mike got two. A blue and a green one. 

After the park, he took them to a toy store and each got them a new toy. Brandon got an eight piece Tonka dump truck set and Bradley got a 100 piece set of Hot Wheels and Match Box cars. They loved their toys, while Caleb got a Thomas baby walker that can be pushed, Callum got a Cars one and Callie got a My Little Pony one.

He got them kids meals at Project Pie and he got a steak meal. The kids meals are sandwiches that come with a bag of chips, a big cookie, a fruit, a small toy and a bottle of juice or milk. He opted for the juice.