Skater Boy

Chapter 16

He's My Son Too!

Mason

"Hey Mase!" Rock called as he kicked Alfie butt at Call of Duty. "Where you been pretty boy?" I thought about my response, and decided to just go for it.

"Visiting my son." Was all I said before I headed over to the kitchen to see what we had, if we had food to feed an almost three-year-old. I was bent over looking in the fridge when Rock's hands went to my shoulders and pulled me up, turning me around he looked me dead in the eyes.

"You were doing what?" he asked, I leant around him and looked at Alfie who was still sitting on his recliner his mouth wide open.

"I was visiting my son."

"You have a kid! Since when! With who!" Alfie started as he made his war path over to me, he and Rock were the only ones that I had actually confided in about my continuing feelings for Scarlet.

"Well, he is three in October, I found out about him two weeks ago, and he is Scarlet and my kid." I watched my friend's reactions.

"Did you say Scarlet?" Rock said shaking me.

"Yes."

"The Scarlet?"

"Do I know any other Scarlet?" I asked Alfie leaning again.

"The Scarlet, that you were – slash – are in love with? The Scarlet that left you when we were younger? The Scarlet that sent those stupid letters?"

"Yes." I said, realising that Rock might have just lost his mind.

"What the FUCK!" he roared. Throwing his hands up into his buzz cut head. "What... how did this happen?"

"Well since you and Cleo do it enough you would think that you would know, if not, poor Cleo." I teased.

"Fuck off I know how but what!"

"I know! Trust me I know." I said, looking around the apartment that I shared with two of my four bandmates. "and we're going to have to start cleaning up."

"Why?" Alfie said, looking at me like I was one that lost my mind. Which I probably have.

"Because Scarlet can't take him to her day-care job, you and Cleo are on the rocks again," I pointed at Rock. Who rolled his shoulders and mumbled about how she would be back soon for whatever kind of understanding that those two had. "and Nikki is working today. So I have told Scarlet that I – we – would look after Bentley."

Alfie and Rock looked at each other before they they sprung into action and helped tidy up the place. Rock volunteered to go down to the local mall and get some food for the kid, while we child proofed as much as we could. "What the hell is going on Mason?" Alfie asked as we vacuumed the couches and looked for anything that could hurt the kid. "Scarlet comes back after that disappearance and so many years with a kid, you know I love the girl like she was a sister but are you sure that she is telling the truth?"

I looked at Alfie and laughed. "You'll see that she's not lying when she gets here." I said.

Rock returned twenty minutes later with bags and bags of food, and even a bag from Toys R Us. "What the hell did you do?" Alfie asked.

"I got a bit carried away." He said. As he brought out the Lego box with an R2-D2 on it.

"A bit?" I asked, looking at this thing. Fuck! I shook my head and looked at the clock and then my phone, Scarlet had texted me about five minutes ago saying that she was ten minutes out. "Okay, Scar will be here with Bentley in about five minutes. Now some ground rules. No swearing, no fighting, and no calling me dad or daddy," both of them started at me, "Bentley doesn't know who I actually am and Scarlet wants to keep it that why for now."