Chapter 9: The Arrival
They arrived in Paris at 9:00 p.m. It had been a long day. They had spent
12 hours
in the air or in the airport. Both Reanna and Dana had slept through the
entire flight.
When they landed Kevin could barely hold his eyes open. He looked over at
Dana and
Reanna, both sound asleep. Kevin smiled and thought they were the most
angelic beings
he had ever seen. He felt tears come to his eyes, he thought they looked so
much like
their mother. He dismissed his tears, ‘This is no time to cry,’ he thought.
Kevin rose to
his feet. He stretched his arms and called out to A.J. “Hey Bone, do me a
favor and pick
up Dana for me.” A.J. nodded and gently picked Dana up. Almost
automatically, she
wrapped her arms around his neck. A.J. smiled sleepily and mouthed ‘ I love
kids.’ A.J.
walked down the aisle and exited the plane. Brian walked up and yawned then
asked “Do
you need any help with her?” Kevin looked at Reanna, who was curled up into
a tight
ball. He thought she could be a dead ringer for her mom. He turned back to
Brian and
replied, “Yeah would you help me guide her to the car?”
“Yeah.” Brian
replied. Brian
turned to Nick and placed a bag on top of Nicks stuff and said, “Because you
are one of
my most beloved friends, you get the priveledge of carrying my bag.”
Nick
smiled sourly
and replied, “I love you too.” Nick walked down the aisle and out the plane.
Kevin shook
his head and gently woke Reanna up. He said soothingly, “C’mon sweetie,
we’ve gotta
go to the car, okay?” Reanna barely opened her eyes, she was still half
asleep. Kevin
helped her up, and continued “C’mon, me and Brian are going to help you.”
Reanna
slowly stabalized herself. She held on to Brian and Kevin as they guided her
down the
aisle and out of the plane.
When they reached the limo, Reanna was still half asleep. She felt like she
hadn’t
slept in days. She could barely stand up. She held on tightly to Kevin and
Brian as they
stopped at the limo. Kevin said to Brian, “Bri, you hold her while I get
into the limo and
then I’ll help her into the limo.” Brian nodded and held Reanna tightly, not
wanting to
drop her. Kevin got into the limo and then helped Reanna crawl into the
limo. Brian
crawled in and the limo drove off. Reanna looked through blurry eyes at Dana
who was
sound asleep in A.J.’s lap. She wanted so much to lay down, she could barely
keep
herself from drifting into unconscienous. She would have to sprawl out onto
Kevin and
Brian to lay down. She didn’t want that to be considered as affection,
because she didn’t
want any in return. She couldn’t hold her head up any longer. She didn’t
care about them
anymore, she just wanted to sleep. “Oh screw it.” She mummered. Kevin
curiously
asked, “What Reanna?” But instead of a response, Reanna laid her head down
on Kevin’s
lap, and stretched her feet out on Brian’s lap. Within seconds, she was fast
asleep. Kevin
didn’t know how to take this, was this affection, or was she just tired?
Howie grogily
smiled and said, “Looks like your well on your way to becoming a dad.”
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When they arrived at their hotel, instead of waking her up, Kevin decided
to carry
Reanna to their hotel room. When he got to his room, he palced Reanna on the
spare bed,
A.J. did the same with Dana. A.J. stood back and talked to Kevin for a
moment. “I think
you were made for this Kev,” A.J. began, “I guess we’re gonna have to start
callin’ you
Poppa Bear huh?” He finished with his eyebrows arched and a smile crept upon
his face.
Kevin crossed his arms across his chest and sighed, “I don’t think it’s that
easy.”
A.J.
patted Kevin’s back and reassured him, “Hey give it some time. You just lost
someone
you lovd and they lost their mom, but I know everything will be fine. I just
know it.”
Kevin had always liked the uncanny way A.J. could make someone feel better.
“I hope
you’re right, Bone.”
A.J. raised his sunglasses and smiled, “Hey, have I
ever been
wrong?” Kevin gave a smirkish smile and replied, “Yes.”
A.J. dropped his
sunglasses
back down so they enveloped his eyes, “Oh shut up, and just believe me, kay?
Goodnight
Kev.” With that A.J. strutted out of the room. Kevin fell asleep pondering
what A.J. had
said. Would everything be okay? That path was a rough ride ahead.
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