Round Here

Chapter Thirty One

June '86

San's POV

The past few months have been pretty good. The kids have been behaving, going to school, well sometimes. Depends on which kid. We found out Vinny had been skipping some classes here and there, then Lucy and Junior were as well. It wasn't the best thing and I knew that. I tried to make them go but sometimes they don't listen to their mother and it gets me frustrated so I leave it be. Sonny tells me not to but I just can't fight them on it. I tell him to deal with it then. Summer months were always the worst. It was hot, the kids were finishing school, and I had to hear the complaints from my husband. He tells me I'm bad for complaining about the heat but honestly he's just as bad. Lucy, Sophia, and Junior have all turned lucky number thirteen. I couldn't believe they were teenagers already. I felt so old. My little girls are growing up so fast. In a few years time all my kids were gonna be teens, except for Marlon. He was gonna be an adult. It was so hard to believe he was almost eighteen. My little boy was not so little anymore. He was already doing better than me. He's applied to university and that. I was so proud of him. 

Today we were at home. I mean when weren't Sonny and I home. We usually were home. The odd time we'd go out and about but usually we were home. I hated going out. It was so boring here but I'd rather be safe. Sonny didn't mind that. He did whatever I did. The odd time we'd go over and see our parents, but usually we were here. The kids were getting ready to go out swimming. All except for Marlon and Little Sonny. They weren't in the mood to swim. They were busy discussing things. We were outside with the other kids. They were out with us as well. I was just relaxing while waiting for Sonny to fix the pool thing. He was being a nuisance today. He was being a horny nuisance too. We had sex this morning, before the kids came home, and fooled around a bit in the bathroom before coming out. He was just really in the mood and wouldn't stop pestering me. I wondered how he could go on so many times. Even Tom questioned it himself. Tom joined us this afternoon but was fine when we were in the bathroom. 

Sonny came over to me once he was finished. I was in a pair of Sonny's swim trunks and my bikini top. Sonny was just in a pair of shorts. He didn't want to swim today either because like I said all he wanted to do was bone. He sat down beside me on the lawn chair. "So Mrs. Corleone how do you feel?" He said with a bit of a smirk. "I'm just fine dear. Sit back and relax." He listened to me. He wrapped his arm around me. "Mama we're coming to chat about school." I sighed. "What about it now? You already picked your school Marlon." "I know that mama. I know I'm going Columbia, but she wants to as well." Sonny looked at me before looking at them. "No. She's not going to school." "Why the hell not?" He said back to his father. I didn't see a problem. "Because I said so that's why. She's supposed to be a wife and mother. Nothing more than that." "Aunt Kay is a teacher. Why can't I go to school to become one? I want to teach Science to the kids. Uncle Sonny it's simply not fair. I want to be a wife and mother too. It's just I want to become something. I've already applied to go." He gave her this look. "Aunt Kay is different. Uncle Michael didn't have the choice in saying no. She had already went. In our family the women don't go to school." I gave him this look. I sat up a bit. "Santino that's nonsense. If she wants to go to school then let her. She's not doing any harm. She'll be with Marlon. I would have went to school to become a teacher." He laughed. "Santina you can't read so how would that have worked? Plus she doesn't need to go. She spent all these years in school so why waste more time there." "Uncle Sonny please. I'd be wasting my time sitting at home while my husband to be is at school. I'd be so lonely and bored. It's not the fifties or sixties anymore. I want to make something of myself. Being a house wife doesn't appeal to me as much as helping kids and teaching them." She was just like her mother. Em wanted to go to college to become a teacher as well. She loved helping others as much as I did. Sonny was right with me not being able to read it would have hindered that process a bit. "If I let you go how long does it take to become this teacher thing? Being a house wife to your mother seemed okay." He was talking about me. "It'd take three to five years. Nothing too major. Marlon and I will be there for the same amount of time. I don't think Auntie really wanted to be a house wife. She just settled for it because you told her to. I don't want to be bossed around my whole life. Times are changing Uncle Sonny. So please let me go. I love you so much and would love you more if you let me go to school." He sighed a bit before turning to me. "What do you think?" "I think that you should let her go. I think it'd be a good experience. She seems like she'd enjoy it. Let her go, the times are changing and she needs this." He kissed my cheek. "Only if you and I can you know." I knew what he was hinting at. So did the kids. They just shook their heads. "We can, now let her go to school. I mean she's already applied. So we kinda have to let her." He rolled his eyes. "Fine she can go. Now go bother Uncle Tom." "He's in the pool. Somewhere we're not going. We'll go sit on the chair by Uncle Freddie." "Alright you two." They went over to Tom's chair which was closest to Freddie.