Going Solo: Davis Gen. 3.10

I stared at her. She looked different, yet the same. It had been three years since I'd seen her, she looked more mature now. Gone was the low cut shirt and tight jeans I loved seeing her in, replaced with a modest dress that tried, but yet failed, to hide every delicious curve of her body. Her eyes roamed my naked torso, her face flushed with color when she made it back up to my face.

"Cora?!"

"Hello Davis. May we come in?"

We? That's when my eyes left her gorgeous face to see two small people sitting at her feet. I leaned down to pick up one, dread filled my body when I looked into eyes that mirrored my own.

Cora picked up the other little girl and followed me into the house. I sat on the couch staring while Cora pulled toys out of a bag for the girls to play with.

"How've you been?" she asked taking a seat beside me.

"You have kids. I said sitting dumbfounded, watching the two little beings play."

"Yes...and...so do you."

"NO! NO! NO! You...you took off. Ignored my calls and texts. I haven't seen you in years and you just show up on my doorstep with kids trying to claim their mine?!"

This was not happening. This was not right. She can't just take off for years then show up with these girls and think I'd just believe they were mine.

"How dare you! she replied angrily. You know there was no one before you! And there hasn't been anyone since you. Even if I'd wanted to date, working full-time while caring for twins and attending my local college to finish my pre-med degree left me no time!"

"So what? Three years later you show up for what? Money?"

Cora looked insulted, the one with my eyes started to cry.

Cora walked over and consoled her. I paced the small living room trying to wrap my head around what was staring me right in the face. I didn't want any kids, yet here sat two in my living room. Once she calmed the kid down, she sat her back beside her sister.

"Look, do you think I wanted to come here? I remember all too well your talks about how this was not what you wanted. I remember the callous remarks about should you 'slip' up the girl would need to take 'care' of things while she still had time. Which is exactly why I didn't tell you, or come back to University."

There was no mistaking the pain and anger in her voice as she threw my words back at me. Of course I was just talking out of my ass most of the time in college. But one thing I always made sure of was to be safe, to avoid this very thing.

"We used something."

"Yeah...every time but the first."

It hit me then, the end of year party. One too many keg stands for both of us.

"So, back to why you are here now. I'm guessing you want some sort of support? That's fine how much you need?"

A weird look flashed across Cora's face, she turned to look at the little girls then back at me.

"Don't you even want to know their names?"

Names? Yeah, they had names. I'm sure she didn't just call them kid 1 and kid 2. She started talking again without waiting on me to answer.

"The one with your eyes is Hope, and the quiet one with my eyes is Grace. They are pretty easy to tell apart, which is good since....you need to keep them."

"Wait! What? Keep them? No...I'll pay whatever you need, but keeping them, not happening!"

She was out of her mind if she thought she was going to pawn these girls off on me. Cora proceeded to explain to me that she'd finished her pre-med degree and had gotten a full ride scholarship for her doctorate program. The only problem the housing didn't include family housing. She'd have to live in the standard dorm rooms.

"So...I'll rent you a house near campus. Problem solved."

"No, problem not solved. Davis, look this was my last resort. Well...only resort really. My parents...well they haven't been all to happy I returned home pregnant. They won't keep the girls while I'm in school. I have been struggling since I left University as they only help every so often. This is a great opportunity for me. I need you to step up, be a man, and be their father. The program is going to be intense since I'm trying to complete it in less time. I need to focus on that, just for a while, then I'll come back and the girls and I will be out of your hair."

This was not happening...I couldn't keep these kids. My life was not meant for little people to be a part of. I watched as Cora went back to her magic bag of stuff and pull out two bottles. She handed one to each girl and gave them a weary smile. She said she'd been struggling. Some how this woman managed to take care of those kids, work, and finish her undergrad degree.



With a heavy sigh, I made the only call I knew I could.

"Hey Mom, I need you to come over."

**A/N**

So I guess it was time for my game to give me twins. :( PG, see what I was saying about karma. Not only did he get a girl, the game gave him two. LOL

I decided at the start of this challenge that if the game gave me twins or triplets, the first born would be the heir, so that's what I'm sticking with. But depending on how the story progresses, and since I tend to fudge on the number of people in the house, Hope may play somewhat of a part in the story. And both girls appear to be human, Hope may have Davis' eyes, but they don't have the vamp glow and neither seem to have fangs either.

First born was Grace Sidwell. Traits: Good (from Davis) Clumsy

Then there's Hope Sidwell. Traits: Heavy Sleeper (from Davis) Eccentric