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The five year old pushed a chair against the counter and hop on it to help her father dry the dishes.

"Can you take me to go see cats tomorrow?" Hayley begged.

She had this play at her school and everyone needed to watch a cartoon and incorporate a character as themselves for a big project but no matter how many times the little girl begged her father, he still refused but she always waits for another day to pass and ask again, hoping he's changed his mind.

"Pumpkin, do you really want to go seat in a theater and watch singing cats for an hour?" Michael asked his daughter.

Hayley chuckled, singing cats sounded funny, "Yeah, the chipmunks are singing rats you let me watched that, so why can't I watch singing cats?" She asked.

"I'll think about it but no is the answer for now." He told the stubborn, five year old.

"Fine, then can we watch a movie tonight?" Hayley asked.

Her father looked at the ticking clock on the wall and shook his head, "No sweetheart, you know daddy doesn't let you watch TV pass 9:30 pm and you're not even supposed to be up this late." Michael replied.

He was a single dad, has been since the day the small, brunette girl was born. It gets tough at time but there wasn't anything else in the world he's rather do than be a wonderful father to his little girl and work a full time job, even though at times he wishes Hayley's mother was still alive.

Unfortunately, Elizabeth, the mother died five years ago after giving birth to their daughter. And if there's one thing Michael regrets most was her not getting to know the amazing mother she would have been. That woman was beautiful, caring, everything he wishes he was but will never be, the best wife he's ever said 'I do' to and he misses her terribly every day. But a part of her lived in his daughter and this much he was grateful for.

Hayley pouted, "But daddy, it's Friday and there's no school tomorrow!" She pressed.

"And you still have ballet classes in the morning." Michael told his stubborn daughter. That trait, she definitely got it from him.

"And I don't have to get there until 11:00 am so can we please, please, please, please go rent a movie. Please daddy!" The five year old begged with her dark chocolate brown eyes.

Michael smiled, he just doesn't know how to say no to her and he doesn't think he ever will. He picked the little girl in his arms and kissed her cheek, "I'll tell you what, if you can find where my car keys are maybe we can have ice cream and popcorn going with that movie." He said with a smile.

Hayley's eyes grew big with excitement, "Ok!" she said before her father set her on her feet.

"Ten minutes, go, go!" Michael said.

He watched as his daughter moved as quickly as her small feet would allow her, to go find the key. He let out a soft chuckle before he went back to put the dishes in the cabinets.

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The little girl came back in the kitchen ten minutes later with the keys in her tiny hands and a jacket for her daddy.

"Gotcha!" Michael shouted almost making the little girl run from a heart attack.

Hayley put her hand on her chest and tried to catch her breath as her father laugh at her, "Silly daddy!" She said.

"Ready to go?" Michael asked.

With a nod from the little girl, Michael picked her up in his arms and enveloped her tiny form in his jacket before they exited the house.

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At the rental movie store

"Can we watch the 'A Walk to Remember?" Hayley asked.

Michael took the movie case from her and read the description in the back to make sure it was accurate for her age, "Fine pumpkin, but take at least two cartoons you like." He told his daughter before he went at another section of videos for adults ONLY.

He searched down a few rows before he finally found what he was looking for, he quickly took it from the shelf and hid it inside his jacket as he made his way to the front desk to get it checked out.

"Could you take this before the kid gets here?" Michael kindly asked the desk person.

She was sitting on a chair with her legs crossed and was silently reading her 'hunger games' book when the tall, handsome guy walked towards the front desk. Before her stupid ex from two years ago, look did matter to her but after the cheating bastard cheated, she considered every man a cheater, handsome or not.

The twenty- nine year old got up from her seat then accessed the computer in front of her before taking the DVD from Michael.

She humorously shook her head as she checks out the DVD for him, "Bi-big guy porn featuring karris Jordan. Interesting option, but does your wife know you're looking at your options?" She asked curiously.

Embarrassingly, Michael looked away from the brunette and took a breather, "I got the wrong box by accident, can you change that?" He asked.

The woman shook her head, waiving her dark, black hair in the process as she teasingly smiled, "So you want something…" She begins hesitantly.

Michael scratched his noise, trying to locate where his stubborn little girl was before he got caught renting porn, "Something that's not bi-"He replied.

The dark eye woman turned around and looked at a couple of other box collection from the special shelf behind her to fulfill her customer's wishes, "Can I have your membership card please?" She asked.

"Sure," Michael answered then took his wallet out from his pocket to get the card.

As the brunet scanned the DVD and got it into the check out list, she spoke again, "You mind if I ask you a few questions about your renting references?"

Michael uneasily gasped; it's been a long time since he's had a normal adult conversation with a woman that he got him extremely nervous. Especially because the woman in front of him was actually a goddess in his eyes.

"Eh," He mumbled, "Sure, ask away."

"Do you always run titles with your daughter around or is this the first time?" The brunet asked bitterly, almost as if she just have had swallowed a kind of disgusting venom. What kind of father comes to a rental movie store with his daughter to rent porn? She asked herself.

Michael raised a questioning eyebrow before he answered, "I beg your pardon?"

The brunet bitter sweetly repeated her question more clearly as if she was mad about something. Like she was having a bad day and just miraculously found someone to let out that personal anger.

"When you rent porn, do you usually do it with family around or is this a special occasion?" She asked.

Michael uncomfortably gasped as he replied, "I'd rather not take part."

"Really?" Dramatically, the young woman looked towards a shelf where her partner for the night was working at and shouted, loud yet clear enough, "Birkoff is bi- big guy a one or two night occasion?"

Michael angrily shut the girl up, "What are you crazy? Tone your voice down!" He said.

The woman let out a small chuckle as his little girl walked towards the desk with a handful of DVD's and rose on her tip toe.

"What are you getting daddy?" Hayley asked.

The young woman laughed at the little girl's curiosity and mocked, "Yeah daddy, what are you getting?"

Michael rolled his eyes irritatedly, "What's your name?" He finally asked. It's not like she had a tag on her shirt that said her name so he wouldn't magically know the woman's name.

"Nikita," She replied.

Nikita? Michael thought what a unique name.

"Well nikita would you mind not asking me those questions when my daughter's with me?"

Nikita threw a smile at his way before handing Hayley her bags of CD'S "Here you go sweetheart." She said politely and to Michael, she wrapped his DVD in a small bag for him and replied, "How about when you return these back?"

Michael unbelievably looked at nikita and rolled his eyes as she smirked at him, "And oh, make sure your wife doesn't catch you." She told him.

Hayley frowned thinking what is she talking about?

"My mother's dead." The five year old informed.

Nikita embarrassingly kicked herself for her rude comment towards the little girl's deceased mother, "I'm so sorry." She said genuinely and sympathetically.

Michael simply took Hayley's tiny hands and exited the rental store after paying his funds, "Good night." He told nikita.

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After her 10:30 pm shift, nikita drove to Michael's house using the address that was on his membership card. She felt extremely bad about what she said earlier without even knowing the guy and she felt like if she didn't apologized, she wouldn't be able to go throughout the night. She could put herself in Hayley's shoes because she lost her mother too at a young age and knew it must have been awful for the little girl when she had said what she said.

Taking a breather, she climbed the three stairs of the big house porch before raising her fist to knock on the door.

"I'll get it!" Hayley shouted as her father was sloshed lazily on the couch watching 'The Simpson's'

Michael sighed, "Absolutely not! You're not even supposed to be awake right now." He said.

But even then, his always stubborn daughter followed him to the door.

Through the glass in front of the door, Michael sighed at the person in front of the door.

To Hayley nikita waived her hands and to Michael she let out a small smile.

"Pumpkin, go back to watching cartoons." Michael said as he opened the door to step at the front porch where nikita was waiting.

"I'm really sorry about earlier, I didn't mean to be insensitive." Nikita said once she and Michael were alone.

Michael put his hand in his pocket and hummed, "Well sorry's not going to cut it; you know how many tears that little girl cried in the car?" He said.

That's when Hayley poked her head back outside as she was eavesdropping, "Liar, liar, pants on fire," The little girl cried, "I did not cry daddy!" She objected.

Nikita chuckled lightly and Michael turned around at the squeaky laugh from his daughter, "Urgh!" He groaned at his daughter.

Hayley giggled before she skipped back to the living room, leaving the two adults to talk.

"I'm very sorry and since sorry is not going to cut it, I'd like to make it up to you. Let's grab coffee, lunch, dinner, whatever you want. I just really won't be able to live with myself after tonight if you don't let me do this, so please?" Nikita said with a raised eyebrow.

Michael smiled; he wouldn't mind coffee tomorrow as he waited for Hayley to finish her ballet classes at 3:00 pm tomorrow.

"Coffee's fine," He agreed.

Nikita smiled back at him and thanked him for the chance to accept her apology kindly, "Thank you." She said.

They awkwardly stood at the front porch in the chilly night of Rosewood for a few minutes before Michael broke the peaceful silence, "Well I'll see you tomorrow, I guess?" He said.

"Yeah, sure," Nikita smiled.

He lightly nodded, "Good night, again," Michael replied.

"Good night to you too, and tell your daughter good night as well." Nikita said.

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Please review and let me know what you thought. More characters will come in later; there will hardly be any conflicts because this is a laid back story. Hope you all enjoyed the chapter and see you next time!

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