Lessons to be a Dad
"Mimika is saddd" Vedu did cartwheels on the lounge floor
Sid tried to climb on his back
"Amma Mimika is saddd" Vedu repeated
II was unfazed
Sahana sat in a corner with the dogs and nibbled on what looked like a cookie
"U shud go talk to her" II suggested
R&B mumbled chewing on a cookie, the dogs flew down to where he was and licked the crumb off the fllor
He grunted unconvinced...
II folded laundry with methodical precision
There were many orderly heaps on the floor
Not too far from the Monet smiling down from the wall
The boys just lay on the Turkish rug and tried to suck on their toes copying each other like monkeys
The boys clothes stcak was almost two feet tall, Sahana's was taller
R&B bend down and picked up what looked a frilly halter neck thing
"Whats this?" he asked chuckling
"Its hers... swim top" II said carelessly
"So skimpy" he said seriously
"Poda!!! Shes TWO" II said not stopping
He sat on the floor by her
"Mimika is wevvyy saddd" Vedu explained to him
"I know" R&B nodded stretching by his wife
He leaned and grabbed a periodical from a magazine basked by the over stuffed Louis chairs
He had to be reading something all the time
He gently nudged her toes with his, the stone wash blue jeans hugging his legs
Her saree clad legs gently pushed his away grinning
"Poda... not now" she said
"I promise to take the laundry up" he offered
"That you WILL and you will fix dinner" she muttered
"Amma can I have sakkapetty" Sid asked
Sahana was finally done stuffing her face with the cookie, she stood up and literally waddled over like a drunk woman, tripping over Vedu's foot and falling on him ina heap
"Go up and talk to her" II urged
"Can u go with me?" R&B asked
"Are u mad?" II asked
"Shes probably not going to want to tell me anything" he muttered
"sO?"
"Please po da" she begged
One of her closest friends at school had pulled a "mean girl" like stunt during volleyball practice at PE
They were teens, harmones were beserk, she had suggested to Nivi that she will "never" be feminine like "them" because she was too tall like her parents
II had tried to convince her to the contrary but Nivi was devastated
R&B didnt really want his daughter "feminine" he was having a hard enough time as it is fending off the twerp of a Gregory
"U did and she is fine" he said uncomfortably
"So u wont even voice your support?" II demanded
"I am not going to go up there and tell her, you are going to be "girlie" he was furious
"Seriously?" Ii was angry now
"What do u want me to tell her, what those girls say doesnt matter. They dont have a secret door to the future" he said cynically stretching his extra long legs
The dogs wandered over and sat on his knees, he gently ruffled their belly fur
"Do u want to go up with me?" he asked them
"Waaa?" they cocked their ears and looked at him eagerly
"Does this mean you will protect us from that fatso?"
"U can stay up in her room if u want" he coed to them
James slid off his knee and climbed into the laundry basket, tipping it over and lay down in the wram clothes
"ERANGU DA" II warned
He whimpered and curled up and shut his eyes
"Paar ivana nobody respects me" II shouted
"Bad goggie" Siddu waved a finger
Vedu walked over and picked him up by his ear as he screamed and freed himself and stood stiffly and barked
"This house is a German concentration camp" James barked
"VEDU" II shouted "Kadikum da adu" ( he will bite u)
"Bad goggie" Vedu declared
"Do u want to go up and see Mimika?" R&B asked for more help
"Yenn ipdi bayapadrey?" (why are u so afraid?) II demanded hands on her hips
"Umm... no I am not" he mumbled, looking for curls to ruffle on his own head
There was none... the luscious locks were gone, the dense growth wasnt, it had a sprinkling of silver dust more over his ears.
"Go up, tell her being feminine is over rated or something" II taught him
"And then?" he urged her to teach him more
"Tell her no matter what she will rock, and who are those twits anyway to body shame her" II grit her teeth
"Hmmm" R&B nodded obediently
"Dont say anything mean about Greg da" she placed a calming hand on his Swatch clad wrist
He stiffened
"Or maybe you shud because he thinks she is feminine" II chuckled humoring herself
He grunted unhappily
"Daddeee can we go to to the POK?" Vedu asked somersaulting by the clean laundry
"Amma's gonna take u, Dad's going to take a nap" he chuckled
Sid walked over and massaged his neck
"Ada paavi, I am folding laundry for two hours" II flung a lil banian at the tyke
Sahana lay on the floor sucking her thumb and feeling her curls... like... umm... someone they all knew, her eyes closed periodically
She fought it as long as she could and caved in
James went by her and curled up, they faced each other and cuddled snoring gently
'"We have so many kids now they have to put themselves to sleep" II laughed, picking her up and placing her in the
folded warm towels laundry basket/bed, James climbed in with her help and curled up by Sahana's feet and started to snooze
"Dad kathuva" (Ranjan will scold me) II yawned smiling at her daughter
"Dadooo angwee?" Sid asked
"Poda" II chided
"Get up... tell her every anti female body thing u can" she whispered leaning over and kissing him on his ear
He grabbed her and seated her on his lap, she curled and leaned on his shoulder
He kissed her hungrily
The boys were used to it by now, they didnt care.. plus they chased a squirrel that was being chased by Chuck
"I love feminine" he growled, feeling her curves
"Rakshasaney" she cursed as his hands became too frisky.. undoing her hook
His lower lip stroked her upper lip
"II" he moaned
"We are in this together... u cant only be their ninja course
building, wildlife hunting, ski instructor, bungee jumping buddy" "Uve got to be the heart break mender, ego booster, sweet talker, wiping tears off guy aka
Daddy" she hugged him tight, muttering gleefully, hiding her devilish smile
She knew how much he hated making small talk
She knew how much he hated to talk about feelings and emotions
She knew how much he hated to TALK. Period.
The boys wrestled each other outside... punching... pulling
"Thutheee is MINES" Sid announced
"Ammma" screamed Vedu
Sid yanked his hair and showed up by the sliding glass door
"Amma thuthee IS MY MY MY MY" he screamed
Sahana jumped startled, settling down quietly soon after
Stuti being a girl in their clas who both boys were wooing at the same time
"Pottam po.(chalo theek hai).. I was always fearing you two will bring home multiple wives, but looks like u will both jointly torture
one paavam girl" II sighed getting off R&B's lap as he made his way inside to take the grand staircase upstairs to go cheer up his daughter
He chuckled mirthfully at his wife's wit...
CID
