HIS KIDS

ONE MONTH LATER

LUPES POV

ITS BEEN A ONE MONTH AND I HAVENT HEARD ANYTHING FROM ZEUS, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE CALLED HIM AND LEFT SEVERAL MESSAGES UNTIL ONE DAY THE OPERATOR SAID THAT THE PHONE NUMBER WAS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. AT THAT MOMENT I KNEW THAT I WOULD NEVER SEE HIM EVER AGAIN WHICH BROUGHT TEARS TO ROLL DOWN MY FACE, FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS I HAVENT BEEN FEELING GOOD AND I HAVE BEEN THROWING UP EVERY MORNING SO TODAY AFTER I PICK UP MARIA WE ARE GOING TO GO SEE OUR DOCTOR AND SEE WHAT COULD BE GOING ON WITH ME. I WENT TO PICK UP MARIA FROM SCHOOL AND THEN WENT TO MY DOCTOR APPOINTMENT, WHEN WE GOT THERE I SIGNED IN AND WE WAITED UNTIL I WAS CALLED IN TO THE BACK WHERE A NURSE TOOK US TO A ROOM AND SAID THAT THE DOCTOR WOULD BE WITH ME IN A MINUTE.

"WELL LUPE WHAT BRINGS YOU TO SEE ME TODAY" DR. ROGERS ASKED

"I HAVENT BEEN FEELING WELL FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS AND I HAVE BEEN THROWING UP EVERY MORNING" I SAID

"I TOLD HER SHE MIGHT BE PREGNANT BUT SHE WONT BELIEVE ME" MARIA SAID

"IS THERE A CHANCE THAT YOU COULD BE PREGNANT LUPE" DR. ROGERS ASKED

"YOU KNOW MY PERIODS ARE SO UNREGULAR SO I HONESTLY DONT KNOW" I SAID

"HAVE YOU BEEN INTIMATE WITH ANYONE IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO" DR. ROGERS ASKED

"YES" I SAID

"DID HE USE PROTECTION" DR. ROGERS ASKED

"I DONT REMEMBER" I SAID

"OKAY SO WE WILL BE DRAWING SOME BLOOD AND I COULD HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU WITHIN A FEW MINUTES HOW DOES THAT SOUND" DR. ROGERS ASKED

"THAT SOUNDS OKAY" I SAID

HE WENT OUT OF THE ROOM AND THEN CAME BACK WITH EVERYTHING HE WOULD BE NEEDING AND DREW BLOOD FROM MY ARM AND LEFT, MY SISTER WAS ON THE PHONE TEXTING HER FRIEND WHILE I WAS TRYING TO STAY CALM. AFTER WHAT SEEMED LIKE FOR EVER DR. ROGERS CAME IN WITH A MACHINE AND PLACED IT NEXT TO THE EXAMINING TABLE WHERE HE ASKED ME TO SIT ON, HE THEN GRABED HIS CLIP BOARD AND STARTED TO READ THE PAPERS THAT WERE ON IT BEFORE LOOKING AT ME WITH A SERIOUS FACE I COULD NOT READ.

"WELL IT SEEMS YOU ARE PREGNANT AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO AN ULTRA SOUND TO SEE HOW YOUR BABY IS DEVELOPING" HE SAID

"YEAH SURE" I SAID

"OKAY LAY DOWN AND LIFT UP YOUR SHIRT, I WILL BE PLACING THIS GEL THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO USE THE ULTRASOUND MACHINE TO SEE YOUR BABY OKAY" HE SAID

"YEAH OKAY" I SAID

"OKAY WELL IT SEEMS YOUR HAVING TWINS" HE SAID

"TWINS" BOTH ME AND MARIA SAID

"YEAH AND IT SEEMS THAT YOUR HAVING A HEALTHY PREGNANCY SO FAR" HE SAID

"HOW ALONG AM I" I ASKED

"ABOUT A MONTH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU IN ANOTHER MONTH TO SEE HOW YOUR PREGNANCY IS GOING" HE SAID

"OKAY" I SAID

WHEN HE FINISHED HE GAVE US SOME PICTURES OF THE ULTRASOUND OF MY TWINS AND WE LEFT, WHILE WE WERE HEADING TO THE HOUSE I DIDINT KNOW WHAT TO DO I COULDNT GET AHOLD OF ZEUS TO BE ABLE TO TELL HIM THAT I WAS PREGNANT BUT THEN I THOUGHT HE MAYBE DIDNT CARE ABOUT ME SINCE HE DIDNT ANSWER MY CALLS OR TEXT MESSAGES AND THEN CHANGED HIS NUMBER OR BLOCKED ME SO I COULDNT GET AHOLD OF HIM. WHEN WE GOT HOME I WENT DIRECTLY TO THE LIVING ROOM AND SAT ON THE SOFA, MARIA CAME AND SAT NEXT TO ME AND GRABBED MY HAND IN HERS AND WE STAYED LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE UNTIL I BROKE THE SILENCE.

"LETS MOVE AWAY FROM HERE" I SAID

"AND WHERE WOULD WE GO" MARIA ASKED

"WE CAN GO TO TEXAS AND START FROM ZERO" I SAID

"FINE BUT YOU HAVE TO LET ME GET A TATTOO BEFORE WE GO" SHE SAID

"DEAL" I SAID

SHE RAN UP STAIRS WHILE I GOT MY LAPTOP AND WROTE MY RESIGNATION NOTICE FOR MY JOB AND THEN STARTED TO LOOK FOR A HOUSE IN TEXAS WITH ENOUGH ROOM FOR ALL FOUR OF US, I FOUND A HOUSE NEAR THE BEACH AND I SHOWED IT TO MARIA WHO FELL INLOVE WITH IT. IT HAD FOUR BEDROOMS, TWO FULL BATHROOMS, LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM AND A SMALL OFFICE. I CALLED THE REALATOR AND TOLD HIM THAT I WANTED THE HOUSE THAT WAS UP FOR SALE BY THE BEACH AND THAT I COULD TRANSFER THE MONEY RIGHT NOW TO WHICH HE GAVE ME ALL THE INFORMATION FOR ME TO TRANSFER THE MONEY AND HE ASKED ME FOR MY INFORMATION TO START THE PAPER WORK SO WHEN I GOT TO TEXAS I WOULD JUST HAVE TO SIGN THE PAPERS AND THE HOUSE WOULD BE MINE, I THEN TOLD MARIA TO START PACKING HER STUFF WHILE I WENT TO WORK AND GAVE MY RESIGNATION LATER TO MY BOSS.

WHEN I GOT THERE HE WASNT IN HIS OFFICE SO I LEFT THE RESIGNATION LETTER ON HIS DESK AND WHEN I WAS TURNING I SAW A PICTURE THAT I HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE, I WALKED UP TO THE PICTURE AND IT WAS OF ZEUS AND MR. DE LA VEGA TOGETHER AND AT THE BOTTOM IT SAID COUSINS AND FAMILY FOR EVER. I COULDNT BELIEVE WHAT I HAD READ AND I WALKED OUT OF HIS OFFICE AND WENT TO MY DESK AND STARTED TO PACK ALL MY STUFF IN A BOX BEFORE LEAVING THE COMPANY, ON MY WAY OUT I WENT BACK AND LEFT MY COMPANY BADGE ON TOP OF THE RESIGNATION LETTER AS WELL AND LEFT HEADING TO MY HOUSE AFTER STOPPING BY THE HIGH SCHOOL AND TELLING THEM THAT WE WERE MOVING TO ANOTHER STATE AND I NEEDED THE TRANSFER PAPERS FOR MARIA SO I COULD SIGN HER UP TO ANOTHER SCHOOL WHERE WE WILL BE GOING TO MOVE TO.