Found

We Meet Again

I turned my head towards Zahir in disbelief that my own son was snaking me out. My Pops eyes trailed over from Zahir's direction back over to me, an eyebrow raised as he rose back up and chuckled. "Which Dougie? Ya'mean Douglas who lives two floors down and goes by Dougie?" He asked

Pretending as if I didn't hear him I continued whisking the eggs making it seem like this was the most important thing right now. And when I noticed they weren't saying anything I dared to raise my gaze , and I was met with one confused look from Zahir and an interested look from my Pops. "So?" He pressed once again

I groaned, "I don't know Pops ion live over here remember" I said placing the bowl down

He grunted and made his way over to the cabinets grabbing more stuff to add to the breakfast. Pops didn't pry into the Dougie situation and to be honest I wouldn't be able to tell him anyways I just met the dude at the store.

Making all the food didn't take too long seeing as the both of us were participating in the task, and not even a good 5 minutes after Zahir ate was he already rubbing his eyes and yawning. "Mommy" He dragged out as he laid across my lap

I chuckled brushing his curls back from his forehead, "I know sleepy head" I told him

Zahir gave me a tired smile, as he closed his eyes and within seconds he was asleep. Not long after Zahir fell asleep, did My Pops come over and place him inside of the spare bedroom that he'd had redecorated into another room for Zahir. When he returned he sat across from me on the other couch, an eyebrow raised," You ain't heard nothing from that deadbeat ?" He asked

Letting out a sigh I shook my head, "Thankfully not at all" I said playing with my nails

Pops just shook his head huffing, "Good, if you ever see him just shoot ' em in his fucking face"

" Alright Pops, he's still Zahir's father" I said chuckling and rolling my eyes

Pops placed his hand on mine moving my attention from my nail to him,  "No man that left his child behind , gets the right to call himself a father and there's no reason why we should allow his dirty dumb ass to have that title" He said seriously 

I sighed, "Pops I know, I know how you feel trust I felt the same way for a hot minute. And y'know as much as I wanna hate'em without his bum ass I would've never been able to become a mom" I told him 

He was getting ready to say something else, but stopped the moment Zahir's head peaked out from the wall adjacent to us. I chucked looking over to him, " That was your shortest nap yet" I told him 

Zahir giggled as he made his way over to the two of us and took place on my lap, "Can we go to the park Pop-Pop?" He asked 

Pop sighed, "As much as I'd love to take you, I gotta head down to the auto shop with your Tio Marty" He said ruffling Zahir's hair 

Nodding his head Zahir pouted slightly before turning his head to look back at me, "Mommy can we go to the park?" He said this time redirecting his question towards me

"Maybe on our way back home we can go to the park Zah"

Smiling he jumped off taking his hand in mine, "Sorry Pop-Pop we have to go to the park" He said pulling but moving over to give my Pops a hug and a kiss 

The two of us laughed, as we got up from the chairs. "Alright Pops, I'll catch you later because if I keep him waiting any longer I'm afraid he's gonna explode" I said giving my pops a hug

Shaking his head Pops made sure to give Zahir a hug and a kiss, "Behave for your mother , and don't give her a hard time now" 

Zahir nodded his head, "I won't Pop-Pop"