Home From School [Niki & Brennan]

[micah]

November 25th, 2008


The bus arrived out the front of Micah's house. "Thanks" He said to the bus driver as he stepped down. He waved to his mates as the bus drove off.

The house seemed so big to him, like everyday as he was walking towards it. The door was huge. Opening it, he may as well of been Superman.

The back of his bag was a bit unzipped, and he knew his mum always told him off about that, she didn't want his stuff falling out, and losing it.

The latest copy of 9th wonders hung out the back of the bag, and he pushed it back in, zipping up the bag. Micah walked into the lounge room, and threw his bag onto the floor, recently he had discovered that he can use his ability without touch, from a distance, so he stuck up his hand and pointed it at the TV. He loved it, it was like being a giant universal remote.

"Mummmmm!" He yelled out to her, walking into the kitchen and getting some of last nights pizza and putting it into the microwave, using his ability to turn it on. He loved to use his ability at every chance he could.
"I'm home!"

He walked back into the lounge room with the pizza in hand, taking a big bite as he flicked the channel with his mind, landing on the Looney Tunes, as he watched Bugs Bunny avoid more gunshots from Elmer Fudd.

"Mummmm!" he yelled again. "Are you home?"

[niki]

Niki had been in the bedroom asleep, she had needed it, for some reason since finding out she was pregnant the day before, she felt she didn't have quite the same energy. She had meant to get up and ready so she could get dinner ready for Micah arriving home. But she simply didn't have the energy especially after the gruelling day at the school. Between teaching the kids and interviewing teachers.

So when she heard Micah's voice, Niki jumped slightly, sitting straight up in bed. She and Brennan had collected Micah from his grandmother's the day before. The day she'd found out she was pregnant. She was also going to tell Micah he was about to become a big brother. She had her speech already for him. She wasn't sure how he would take the news. After all, she and Brennan had only brought him back home yesterday, and as much as Brennan loved Micah like he loved Niki, neither of them really knew each other.

When he yelled on her a second time, she realised she had to get down the stairs and talk to her son. She didn't want to tell him about the new addition to the family until Brennan was sitting there also. She wanted them to tell Micah together. She walked into the living room and sank down onto the sofa next to Micah and pulled him close into a hug.

"I'm home" she said simply, which was obvious, since she'd just sat down on the sofa and hugged him. "How was your day?" she asked, not even caring about the discarded school bag, she was too happy to even think about that.

[micah]

Finally, his mum walked into the room, and walked over, sitting down and hugging him. He loved it when his mum sat down on the couch with him, it just felt right. He hugged her back, quickly. "My day was good, Mum" He said, smiling and kissing her on the cheek. "How was yours?" He said, picking up his pizza and taking another bite.

"Where is Brennan?" He asked her. Brennan promised that he would help him with his secret project he was working on, the fort he was building in the backyard. "He has to help me with my secret project today" He said, getting his drink of soda and taking a sip.

[niki]

Niki smiled as Micah hugged her back. She loved her son so much and had missed him while he was away living with his grandmother. She really was glad to have him back, however, she and Brennan still hadn't had a chance to tell Micah he was going to have a baby brother or sister, and Niki wasn't sure how he would take the news. When he kissed her on the cheek, she felt so special to have Micah in her life. She ruffled his hair, and kissed him back on the cheek.

She began to wonder if she should tell him herself, or wait til Brennan came home. "I'm glad you had a good day, mine, mine has been alright" Niki said softly. She really wanted to tell Micah, but she really wanted for Brennan to tell the news with her.

"Brennan probably got held up in traffic coming back from work, I got home earlier because I wasn't feeling too well" Niki said, knowing full well, this would probably concern her son. Even though it wasn't anything too bad, she didn't know what else to say.

"He'll be home soon, and when he is, we have some news for you" Niki said grinning at her son.

[brennan]

Brennan was, as a matter of fact, at work when Micah came home. The ‘work’ Niki thought Brennan was doing was wrong, though. Brennan had spent the morning working with his students in his self-defense class, but he had taken off early when Niki took off. Being the over-protective father and future-husband that he was, Brennan followed Niki home stealthily. He had made sure Niki made it home safe first, and then he went to Home Depot. Home Depot was like his heaven… apart from the heaven at their house.

Brennan knew about Micah’s secret fort, and he wanted very much to help Micah complete the fort. Then he wanted to play with Micah in the fort. Brennan thought that if he and Micah played, he’d become more of a father and friend to Micah. Unfortunately, Brennan also knew that parents wanting to become just friends with their children usually did not spur on long-term father-son relationships. His first act of triumph would be to complete, or nearly complete, Micah’s fort.

As quietly as he could, Brennan flew the supplies from Home Depot back to the house and started working. He didn’t know exactly what Micah wanted in the fort, but he knew the fundamentals about it. He knew that Micah would want to help with the fort, but at least Brennan could do most of the dirty work. It seemed he hadn’t stopped helping since Niki and Brennan had officially met—and fallen in love—only about a week ago. He didn’t care; he was working for his love, his angel.

“I dunno, where is Brennan?” He asked Micah as he came in and kissed Niki on the head. He wasn’t exactly sure what to do to Micah—he’d never had children and so had no idea what symbol of love they liked. Besides, Micah had only just discovered Brennan. “I didn’t have trouble on the freeway, angel, I can fly.” Turning his attention to Micah, he said, “Yes, we do have some news for you, Micah. And I have a surprise just for you, Micah. So,” with a look at Niki, Brennan continued, “What first, surprise or news? No, better yet, I’ll save the surprise for afterward, because chances are, you’ll not want to know about the news once you see the surprise.”

[micah]

A little surpised when Brennan randomly walked through the door, Micah turned. "Hey, Brennan!" He said to him, getting up and running over to him, hugging him around the waist. Micah wasn't really that tall on Brennan, so that was all he really could do.

Micah was intrigued at the mention of a surpise just for him, and was a little dissapointed when he said that the news should be first, considering he was just about to say surprise.

"Ohhk" Micah said, dissapointment in his voice. "Whats the news" trying to make them know that he really didn't want to hear it, but he would listen either way. Micah was wondering what the surprise could be. And in between the news, the surprise, were Brennan and him even going to work on the secret project!

[niki]

Niki was glad to see Brennan arrive home, not just for herself, but for Micah too who seemed to be quite excited about having an older male in his life again. She smiled as Brennan kissed her on the head. "Oh yes, of course you can, how silly of me" Niki said with a slight blush when Brennan referred to the traffic problem by telling her he can fly. She was also touched when Micah gave Brennan a hug, it made her feel like the family unit was fitting together nicely.

Niki then laughed while Brennan decided on whether to tell the news to Micah first or give him his surprise. Brennan finally settled on the news much to Micah's disappointment Niki realised, which sort of hurt her in tiny way, she was hoping he would be super happy about having a baby brother or sister and now she wasn't so sure he would be.

"Well the news is this" Niki began, as she took in a deep breath and then looked at Brennan for some hope and back up, but also to give him a look of love.

"Brennan and I are going to have a baby, which means you're going to have a baby brother or sister" Niki said softly, smiling at Micah, hoping he'd really like the news, but dreading it at the same time. She couldn't imagine him not to be happy about it, but you never know. Although known Micah, he'd go, oh right, sure, that's great, now what about my surprise. Niki laughed to herself.

[brennan]

(( Ya, I know I'm outa order, but, bleh. *sticks tongue out* ))

Brennan loved that Micah had hugged him. He had felt awkward about not doing anything back, and had opted to hug him back, even if Micah only wanted a one-way hug. Then he laughed as Micah’s spirits fell when Brennan decided that the surprise would wait until later. Brennan actually liked Micah not knowing about the fort now, because if Micah knew about it now he would probably not listen to Niki explain the predicament. Not like having a baby was a predicament at all, more like a challenge that could easily be faced.

Brennan grinned encouragement when Niki looked at him for some. Or maybe she was just looking at him; he didn’t know. In fact, he was just grinning anyway. This whole week was just brilliant. First he ‘met’ Niki, then he and Niki found out that Niki was going to have a baby, then he proposed to Niki, and then Micah came home. Niki was probably the only person happier than Brennan at this moment. He looked at Micah expectantly, wondering what Micah would do. He knew Micah wouldn’t totally blow off the news of a baby sister or brother, but he wasn’t so sure.

[micah]

When the news finally came, it wasn't anything that Micah had been expecting. His mum, pregnant? He was going to have a little sibling. This was very odd, but he couldn't help but smile at the news that they gave him.

"A Baby Brother or Sister!" He said, excitedly, he didn't know what they were going to think about him being so happy, but, he did it anyway. He was pretty excited to have someone younger then him in the family.

"Do you know what its going to be yet? When are you having it, Mum!?" He said, question after question.

"What are you going to name it? Have you thought of anything yet?"

[niki]

When Micah said excitedly a baby brother or sister, Niki felt immediately at comfort. It meant he was happy, and that's all she had wanted. She looked from Micah to Brennan with love in her eyes for both of her boys. "Yes, that's right, a baby brother or sister, I'm guessing by your reaction, you're happy with the news?" she asked Micah expectantly.

She noticed Brennan was remaining quiet, allowing her to do all the talking, but Niki didn't mind. This sort of news was probably better coming from her anyway.

"We don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet, and I'm only a couple of weeks pregnant darling, so a long time to go yet, almost nine months before you see your baby brother or sister" Niki said softly, and still grinning at Micah, she was really pleased he didn't seem too bothered about becoming a big brother.

When Micah asked about names, she looked at Brennan again, this was something they hadn't even thought about yet. "Well we haven't spoken about names yet, have we Brennan?" Niki asked him, as she looked up at him before looking back at Micah, "However I was thinking if it was a girl Adelaide, and if it was a boy Aiden, what do you think?" Niki said, looking from Micah to Brennan. After all, it wasn't just Niki's decision, it was Brennan's too, it was his child too after all.

[brennan]

Brennan watched the talk between Micah and Niki and smiled. He would soon be a part of this tight-knit, or rather, almost tight-knit family. Almost tight-knit meant that Micah had been away from Niki for a while, and there were bound to be things that the two needed to get caught up on. However, now Brennan was in the family… or he would be.

Brennan was not the least bit uncomfortable with talking to Niki and Micah. In fact, he loved talking to both of them; it was like he had already been part of the family for years. Of course, though, that was not true: he’d only really started talking to Micah a couple days ago. But when Niki suggested names for the baby, Brennan choked.

“Baby names?” Brennan asked, looking at Niki skeptically. He didn’t know of any baby names, much less of any babies. Brennan wasn’t good at thinking up anything on the spot, much less names. He thought he’d have months to prepare for the name-choosing. He shrugged, “I don’t know. Tell you the truth, all I am thinking now is John and Jane, but those are easy and unoriginal names. I do like Adelaide and Aiden, though.”

After a second of indecision, Brennan grinned. “We have months to find the perfect names. But Micah looks like he has only moments before he bursts from the suspense of not knowing what the surprise is. Can I show him, please?” Brennan looked at Niki like he would his mother when he was asking for something he wanted.

[micah]

What age were these people living in. John and Jane, Adelaide and Aiden. Where they crazy. Micah didn't want his little brother or sister to get teased and bullied at achool because his parents picked a dodgey, 200 year old name for him or her.

"What age are you living in. You can't name a kid that. They would get bullied! I would have to defend them and beat up the bullies" Micah said, finishing by saying "like a hero..." under his breath.

He had completely forgotten about Brennans surprise. "Show me! Show me!" He said quickly, excited again, standing up and running for the back door.

[niki]

Niki laughed when Brennan choked over the baby names Micah brought up. When you thought about it, he had a point, they had plenty of months to think about baby names. She almost laughed at the unoriginality of John and Jane however, but then of course Brennan said himself they were unoriginal. She was happy however, when Brennan said he liked the names Adelaide and Aiden, but her happiness was short lived when Micah seemed to be a bit put off by the names.

"What's wrong with Adelaide or Aiden? There is nothing wrong with those names Micah" Niki said a little hurt, but what could she do? If he didn't like them, he didn't like them. "Good to know you'd look out for your little sister or brother though" Niki added with a grin.

Then Brennan brought up the surprise for Micah, and of course how could Niki stop Micah from seeing his surprise. Besides they did have plenty of time to think of names. She laughed when she saw just how excited Micah was over the surprise.

"Sure, sure, on you go, I don't mind, I could do with just resting up for a while anyway" Niki said with a smile. She would let the boys go out and do their thing, and she would stay inside, put her feet up on the sofa, lie back and relax.

[brennan]

Brennan scratched his head, and smiled wryly when Niki asked if there was something wrong with Adelaide or Aiden. What was Niki trying to do, get the kids’ names to match? She wasn’t having twins, for goodness sake. However, he did like the name Adelaide. It sounded so… cute. But he said nothing, and instead smiled. “Yes, you sit down, Niki. Watch TV, don’t work.” He said, knowing her state, and not really realizing that she could do things other than sit and watch TV if she wanted.

“Now, so there’s no peeking,” Brennan said, and took a cloth he had draped over the arm of the couch. He tied it around Micah’s eyes, “No peeking and the surprise won’t be ruined.”

He picked Micah up like he would a sack of potatoes, hoisting him to his shoulder. “Geeze, Niki, I never knew potatoes could be this heavy!” He said as he tickled Micah. Then he opened the back door and exited it. He continued across the lawn until he got to the fort that Micah had started. He’d just added on more outsides, but the work wasn’t done yet, Brennan needed Micah to ‘help’ him finish.

“Tada!” Brennan said, setting Micah down and taking off Micah’s blindfold. “I started work on it today so when you came home you could help me!”

[micah]

Finally, it was time for his surprise, he was about to run outside when Brennan stopped him, and put a blindfold around his eyes. Now he was really curious to see what was going on. He wanted to know what his surprise was, and it was just like waiting for Christmas, way to long.

He couldn't help but laugh when Brennan picked him up like a sack of potato's. He must be really strong to lift a 14 year old boy up like that. Finally, when they walked across the yard, Micah was put down, and the blind fold was taken off.

"Woah!" He said. Brennan had gotten a heap of timber for the fort. "WOAH! That is sooo cool!" He said, running to it, and getting bits of timber and lifting them up. Brennan told him that he had started to work on it and Micah and Brennan were going to work on it.

"Lets get to work" He smiled. "Thanks Brennan!"