Round Here

Chapter Sixteen

November '72

A/N: For a few chapters the point of view is changing from Santina's to Sonny's (her husband). Just so you don't get any kind of confusion. Then it'll change back. I'm just trying something new. 

Tom and I were out and about. My pregnant wife is craving pickles. Something she insisted we didn't have. We had pickles I just think she wants more. We haven't told anyone aside from Tom that we were having twins or even another kid. I was also tasked with picking up our son who has started kindergarten. He hates it since he's much smarter than the other kids. I mean I'm not trying to brag, but our son is really smart. She also has enjoyed the time being home and in the nice weather since Sicily was too hot for her. 

Tom and I were in the grocery store. "Why does she want so many jars?" I looked at him. "Tom if I had any idea I'd tell you. She also said we're out of peanut butter." Tom laughed a bit. "That's cause she eats it all. She's getting so hungry now with having two little ones in there. When are we gonna tell them?" "Tonight at dinner. We're having our families over. Everyone keeps asking her if she's gained weight, but she doesn't say anything. We gotta hurry since we're gonna be late to pick up Marls." He and I grabbed a jar of peanut butter. "Let's go then. Marlon might get scared." I smiled. We reached the checkout. They looked at us. "What a weird combination." I laughed at the cashier. "My wife's pregnant. Has this weird craving for peanut butter and pickles." She smiled. "Oh I know the cravings. I got a little guy coming in the new year." "We've got twins in the spring." She read the total. Twenty bucks it was. Tom carried the bag as I paid. I told her to have a nice day. Just because that was the nice thing to do. We were off to pick my son up. 

Tom and I waited outside the gate for the poor kid. The bell rang and the kids piled out. The teacher came over to us. "Hi Mr. Corleone. How are you?" "Not bad. How are you Mrs. Smith?" She smiled. "I'm not bad. Where's my son?" She sighed. "He's just getting his boots on. He wasn't having a good day today." I was confused. He was fine when I dropped him off this morning. "Oh, how come?" She looked over to the door to see if he were coming. Then she waved to other kids before answering me. "He was having troubles with some of the kids. They were picking on him a bit. Leo and him were fine until Jessica and her friend Kyle knocked their tower of blocks over. He then wouldn't talk to anyone." I saw my little Marble come out. "That's not good. Hopefully tomorrow will be better." "He'll be fine. His work was excellent. He is a very smart boy. You should be proud." "San and I are so proud of him. So is Uncle Tom here." Tom smiled. She opened the gate as she smiled. "How is Santina?" "She's getting bigger each day. We're having twins. We had to go on a shopping trip for her today." She chuckled. "Ah, I get it. Tell her I said hello and that her son is a very smart boy." I smiled. "I will do that. I'll see you tomorrow morning." She nodded before heading back to another kid. I grabbed onto Marly's hand. We walked to the car. 

I opened the car door. "Pass me your backpack son." He took it off and handed it over to me. "Get in Marble." "Otay daddy." He got in so then I closed the door. "Tom you wanna drive now?" "Sure. I don't mind." He went over and got in. I got into the passenger side. He drove off shortly after. "Daddy is mama home?" I turned to him. "Yes mama is home. How come you wouldn't talk to anyone today?" He sighed. "Daddy listen. They knock over my building. I work hard on it. Then they knock it over. So mama said if I had no nice words to not talk. So I no talk." I tried not to laugh. "Alright fair enough son. Are you gonna talk to mama?" He gave me a cheeky smile. "I love mama. Of course I talk to her." I smiled at him. He looked puzzled. "You okay Marble?" "Yes daddy. Are we home? I want mama." We pulled into the mall. "Yes we're home. You gotta take it easy with mama. She's got babies in her tummy." "I know. Mama told me." He undid his belt once we stopped. I noticed the window was open. The heat was on and she had the window open. My wife did some weird things during this pregnancy.