One and the Same

15

-'Dont cry princess!', Angelo sang through the laptop screen, Maria held her face in her hands and sniffled, -'I never thought I'd be talking to you', -'Well, here we are! Nice to meet you', -'Nice to meet you, dad' Maria chuckled.

-'So these are Robin, Phil, Haven, Annie, Tiff and Sarah', Angelo showed Maria pictures of his large brood of children, -'I have four sisters?', Yep and two brothers!', Maria started crying again, -'I wanna meet them. How old are they?', -'Robin is...your age....the rest are under ten', Maria looked down awkwardly and fiddled with her pandora bracelet, -'Right...well I'd like to see yall one day', her father nodded, -'We live in New Jersey... we just moved', -'Oh. Neat! Uhmmm...', -'Tell me about you Maria', he said with a sweet voice, Maria blushed, -'What do you want me to say?', -'I dont kno...what do you like? What are you good at?', Maria chuckled, -'I like animals. My papas got me a kitten the other day...his name is Tux...uhm I'm good at numbers so I'll go study finance and shit I guess', Angelo opened his eyes wide, -'Smart. Like your mamma', -'What, for not aborting me like you told her to?', Angelo was stunned, -'She told you that', -'Of course she did' she sighed deeply. Gaga had her hear glued to the wall in the hallway just listening. Her eyes watered.
-'Maria I love you. I wanna know you now. I was an idiot', -'I guess...', -'Youre my fifth daughter. FIFTH! Can you imagine? Five girls', -'Mhmm, I wanna meet my siblings and-', -'So hows your mother', Maria raised her eyebrow, -'Shes fine I guess', -'More than fine. You guys are millio-', -'Oh shut up about money already. Shes fine, shes a normal person with normal situations okay? Shes happy, shes with her boyfriend and-', -'Boyfriend?' Angelo perked up, -'Yeah...', -'...Do they plan to marry?', -'I guess. I like the guy, hes great', Angelo shook his head, -'...When are you gonna come visit us?', Maria smiled widely and shrugged, -'As soon as possible....I wanna spend time with y'all', Angelo nodded, -'I'm proud of you my baby girl' he sighed and wiped a tear away, -'Why? I havent-', -'I cant wait to get to know you. Please come soon', -'I will dad. I promise. Wow Ive never called anyone dad before...', -'Well, youll get used to it'.