Once In A Lifetime

Time Flies By

Seth's POV

Time went on, the boys got older. James' speech never returned but he picked up sign language quickly. I eventually got the hang of it. Even our friends and family learned as a way to understand James. Even though he could hear, they still signed. It was the norm for us. I also eventually adopted the children. They still had their father's name but hyphenated my name to it. Also a big thing that changed, they all called me dad now. Now KJ was in high school, in his junior year. Jacob was in his freshman year. Thinking about having the two boys in high school made Lissa hate it. Josh was in the fourth grade. James was four and started a pre-k program for the hearing disabled. Even though he wasn't, with his only means to communicate was our only opinion. Everything seemed to get better years after the accident. Lissa's leg healed, she could walk on it just fine after physical therapy but she had her days were she was in a great deal of pain cause of it. She still had to not overdue it. But as the last few years passed, everything seemed better. Everything seemed perfect.

It was an October night and football season was in full affect. These kids definitely had their parents genes. They were very much into sports. KJ was in varsity football and Jacob in JV. I kinda felt for James as I knew already, he would be more like me and not like his brothers as they were all athletic. He was definitely the oddball. It was a Friday night and we were at the high school football field as it was packed watching KJ play. We were at as many football or baseball games as we could be when they played. Cindy and Lucas were there as well. Rachael was there with Spencer and the girls. I never imagined myself at football games, but here I was, cheering for my boy. Lissa definitely was all into it unlike myself but I made sure to support him. Cindy then said, "So, the way they are playing, definitely seems like they will go to state."

"No kidding. I am so pumped." Lissa beamed.

"Well, the way your kid runs, no wonder why." Lucas said.

"Oh, he got that from me." She joked.

I looked at her and smile. "And you don't think an ounce of that comes from his father's genes?"

"Hell no. That boy's athletics come from his mama." She smiled.

I laughed. "I am pretty sure some of that is Kevin's genes."

Cindy smiled. "If you only saw him play football in high school. He was great."

"He was. KJ does take after his father, I will admit." Lissa finally said.

Just then, KJ ran with the ball and made a touchdown. We cheered loudly as we stood up and Lissa almost jumped up and down. "That's my boy!" She yelled.

Rachael laughed as we sat back down. "You really get into this."

Lissa looked back at her. "Oh, you have no idea. Seth has seen me watching my team at home on the tv. I get really into it."

I looked at her as I was annoyed at the thought of it. "She screams at the tv."

The group laughed. "What can I say? I love the sport." Lissa said with a smile.

"Yeah, your voice is going to be gone tomorrow." I told her.

"Well, it'll be worth it." She laughed.

Just then, the other three boys walked up to us. Jacob said annoyed, "Dad, can I please leave these two here. They are annoying my friends."

I smiled as I knew the age he was at. "Go on, we got these two."

Josh got upset. "I do not need to be babysat. I can do my own thing."

"Fine, go, but when I call you, you better come back. Understand?" Lissa said, firmly.