Jet Pack Blues

Chapter 2

I could hear arguing downstairs before Gee started crying. I sighed and went down, picking him up.

"What's happening?" I asked.

"I wanna walk Miles to the bus!" Gee cried.

"I don't need someone to walk me to the bus, I'm eleven," Miles said.

"Miles, let him walk you to the bus, he's your big brother," I said.

He pouted unhappily, crossing his arms.

"Go grab a granola bar or something," I said.

Miles grumbled and walked into the kitchen. I carried Gee upstairs to the twins' room.

"Come on, girls, time to get up for school," I said.

I turned on the light and set Gee down. The girls both whined unhappily and I got them both up and on their feet to the bathroom to brush their teeth.

"What do you wanna wear?" I asked as I brushed Lily's hair.

Neither of them really answered and I sighed. I put Lily into a pink dress with black leggings underneath. Cherry wanted to wear a shirt with cats on it and a pair of pink leggings with flowers on them. I brought them downstairs while Gee followed close behind.

"Daddy, can I walk with Miles?" Gee asked.

"Of course you can," I said.

"Miles don't like me," he said sadly.

"Of course he loves you," I said as the girls hurried off to get food. "He's just going through something where he gets angry a lot and he doesn't mean to get angry, he loves you."

I took him to the kitchen where Jamia was making lunches and cereal.

"No, I don't want a packed lunch," miles complained. "Only losers bring packed lunches. I wanna buy the pizza."

"You can't have pizza everyday," Jamia said. "Eat your cereal, you have five minutes."

She put his lunch into his Spider-Man lunch box that he resented because he said it was for babies. Gee walked out with Miles. I looked at the window and watched as Gee kept trying to hold Miles' hand but Miles kept pulling his hand away. The big, yellow school bus pulled up and Miles got on. The bus driver waved to Gee and the small boy waved back happily before running back inside.

"Alright, cutie, time for you to get some food in your tummy," I said.

He walked over to the kitchen and sat at the table. Jamia got him a bowl of cereal and they all ate happily. Soon the girls had to go and we all walked with them to the bus stop. I gave them both hugs and kisses before they hopped onto the bus. Gee waved at them through the window of the bus before it drove off.

"Now it's Daddy and Mommy time!" Gee cheered happily.

This was one of Gerard's favorite times of day because he got to spend time with me and Jamia all alone. He does have a tutor that he goes to see a couple times a week but she's a little busy and can't see him everyday like a normal school kid.

"Daddy, I wanna play outside," Gee said.

"Alright, stay in the backyard," I said.

He nodded and went out to play on the playset in the fenced in yard. I sighed, sitting down on the couch with Jamia, giving her a soft kiss. Jamia and I didn't get a lot of alone time together being the parents of four kids.

"So, I was gonna go out for my sister for lunch," Jamia said.

"Yeah?" I asked. "Where are you heading?"