Remember Me

Chapter 9

Brian and Kassi pulled into Joe's driveway at his Long Island home. Pulling the keys out of the ignition and shutting off the engine, Brian hopped out of the car and helped Kassi out too. They wandered up to his front door and rang the doorbell awaiting an answer. The door swung open revealing a smiling Joe Gatto.

"Hey bud." Joe smiled then noticed Kassi standing beside. "Oh hey Kassi!"

"Hi uncle Joe!" She shouted and walked up to hug his legs.

He ruffled her hair and moved aside letting Q into the house.

"Kassi!" They all heard another little voice shriek. Milana came running up and hugged Kassi, both of them giggling at each other. "Let's go play!" Milana exclaimed grabbing Kassi's hand.

The two of then skipped away to the play room while Q turned to Joe with an amused look.

"Guess they don't need us, huh?" He laughed.

"Please, those two can play with each other for hours." Joe responded and walked further into the house where Sal was already settled.

"Hey man." Sal greeted looking up from his phone.

"How you doing, bud?" Q asked taking a seat next to him on the couch.

"Good. How 'bout you? How you feeling?" Sal questioned.

"I'm doing alright, you know...considering." He shrugged referring to his current life situation.

Just as Sal was about to open his mouth again Joe came back with Murr this time.

"Alright! Who's ready to do some work?" Murr asked excitedly earning weird looks from Q and Sal.

"How the fuck are you always so excited about everything?" Q asked genuinely curious.

"I'm spending the day with my three best friends. Why wouldn't I be excited?" He smiled taking a seat across from them.

"Kiss ass." Sal accused earning laughs from Q and Joe.

Once their laughter died down they all got started on their work.

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About an hour into working Kassi came running in the room and went right up to Brian.

"Daddy?" She asked now standing in front of him.

"Yeah baby?" He answered looking up from his phone.

"Can you tie my shoe, please?" She placed her hands on his knees leaning against him.

"Sure. Come here." He lifted her up and placed her on his lap. As he tied the laces in her shoes the other three jokers exchanged glances. Even though he didn't remember being a father, he was still an amazing dad. "There ya go, sweetheart." He patted her leg and kissed her cheek before setting her down.

"Thank you daddy." She said before running back with Milana.

Brian watched her run away before turning back to his friends. That's when he noticed all of them staring at him.

"What?" He asked confused.

"Seems like you fit back into the dad role pretty quickly." Joe spoke up for the rest of the group.

"Yeah I guess I just...settled into it." Q shrugged.

"Does it feel weird at all?" Murr wondered out loud.

"It did in the beginning, but it's like the longer I'm with her the more naturally shit comes to me. I'm still getting used to it but...it just feels right." Q tried to explain as best he could. He then took another look at his three best friends. He decided he should tell them. "So I kinda had a memory the other day." He admitted.