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Post by tshamien on Feb 21, 2012 23:05:11 GMT -5
Tristan smiled then and looked at the judge. The judge was quiet for a moment and then nodded, "Full custody to Tristan Shamien, next case." He slammed the gavel down.
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Post by Zippy on Feb 21, 2012 23:10:48 GMT -5
Erin smiled at him and went to go get Mikey from the waiting room. She picked him up and promptly delivered him into Tristan's arms.
"He's all yours."
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Post by tshamien on Feb 21, 2012 23:15:06 GMT -5
Tristan was beaming, he took Mikey into his arms and hugged him tight. "You get to come home with me and stay for good." He said to him, "how's that huh?"
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Post by Zippy on Feb 21, 2012 23:30:21 GMT -5
Mikey smiled. "Can I call you dad?"
Erin's eyes welled up in tears and she stood there awkwardly.
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Post by tshamien on Feb 21, 2012 23:33:22 GMT -5
"Always, all the time. I never want to hear you call me Tristan ever again," He said and kissed Mikey's cheek before hugging him once more. He glanced at Erin.
"Thank you."
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Post by Zippy on Feb 21, 2012 23:48:27 GMT -5
"Hold your end of the bargain," she said, and rubbed Mikey's back. "I'll see you later, oaky?" And then walked out.
A few hours later, she had successfully dropped most of Mikey's stuff off at Tristan's place. She bent over and looked at Mikey. "You be good for your dad, okay?" Mikey nodded, giving her a confused look.
"Where are you going?"
"We talked about this. You get to live with your dad now. Forever and always." Erin explaiend, but knew it was no good. mikey hugged her.
"I don't want you to go!" Erin kissed the top of his head and glanced at Tristan, her eyes red and wet.
"I'm sorry!"
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Post by tshamien on Feb 22, 2012 7:04:58 GMT -5
Tristan looked into her eyes for a moment and the gently rested his hand on Mikey's shoulder.
"hey, it's gonna be alright. Look at me," he waited until Mikey looked at him. "I know this is all scary and new, but I'm gonna take care of you just like Erin did. Erin will get to visit alright? She's not leaving forever, you just can't live with her anymore."
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Post by Zippy on Feb 22, 2012 10:17:46 GMT -5
Mikey hugged Erin tighter and Erin sighed, hugging him back for a moment longer before reattaching him from her grasp and handing him to Tristan.
"I'll see you later," she said, and reached for the door. She wasnt sure if she just lied or not. She left.
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Post by tshamien on Feb 22, 2012 10:20:39 GMT -5
"Alright, it's okay, see?" He hugged Mikey close and rubbed his back. "Ssshh...she's not gone forever. I promise." he hoped he hadn't just made the biggest lie in the world.
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Post by Zippy on Feb 22, 2012 10:25:49 GMT -5
Erin went back to her shitty small apartment, cried for a while, before packing up and taking a trip to visit her brother in Florida.
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Post by tshamien on Feb 22, 2012 11:55:20 GMT -5
A few weeks later...
Tristan and Mikey had settled in fine in their new life together. Mikey had his own room, hell he practically had his own run of Tristan's modest house, but Tristan didn't mind. Tristan basically made his own hours at the shop so he was always there to pick Mikey up from school and he dropped him off in the mornings.
They were sitting on the couch together and Mikey was being unusually quiet.
"You okay?" Tristan asked him, glancing down at his son, he looked a little flushed.
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Post by Zippy on Feb 22, 2012 13:10:44 GMT -5
Mikey gave him a pale look and threw up all over his Legos, then started to cry.
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Post by tshamien on Feb 22, 2012 13:20:30 GMT -5
Tristan blinked for a second and then closed his eyes. This was disgusting, but he reminded himself that Mikey was four and couldn't help it. "Okay...it's okay, buddy." He lifted Mikey up gently in his arms and carried him into the bathroom. He lifted up the toilet.
"if you gotta do it again, do it in there." Tristan felt his forehead. The poor kid was burning up. "Jesus...." He stood up and started to wash off his pants quickly. He'd change in a minute.
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Post by Zippy on Feb 22, 2012 13:27:36 GMT -5
Mikey was sobbing now and partially threw up in the toilet, but then was on the ground and vomitted all over the bathroom floor.
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Post by tshamien on Feb 22, 2012 13:37:38 GMT -5
Tristan was going to panic and he needed to not panic. He grabbed his cell phone and dialed Erin immediately.
"Mikey it's okay," He helped him to sit back up and held his head over the bowl, he didn't know what else to do. "Try to breathe okay?"
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