I said I was going to make this into a story and here you go. Rated for future chapters.
Star Butterfly and her parents Moon and River stood outside of their Florida home when a black Impala drove down the street and pulled into the drive of a house with a Sold sign on the lawn followed by a moving van. The watched as a half Latino young man, around Star's age climb out of the vehicle before opening the rear door and took a child out of the car, "A…child?" Moon arched a brow, "Is that his little brother? And why is he…"
"Hey!" Star called and the young man looked up, "Can we talk to you?" the young man sighed and nodded as he walked across the street, "Hey, my name's Star Butterfly and these are my parents Moon and River,"
"Marco Diaz, and this little guy is my son Zach," the family of three looked at the child in his arms with wide eyes, "Zach, buddy, say hi to Miss Star and Mr. and Mrs. Butterfly," the 2-year-old child shyly buried his face in the crook of his father's neck and Marco chuckled, "Sorry, he's a little shy."
"Oh…well where is his mother?" Moon questioned and Marco narrowed his eyes, "Oh…I'm so sorry dear boy. I had no idea she is no-"
"I…his mother is back in California…she lost all rights to even see Zach a few months ago for very good reasons too," they looked at him and Marco sighed and shook his head, "Look…let me get unpacked and put Zach down for a nap before I explain everything…I don't want to say anything in front of him. Come by in about two hours," the family nodded as Marco turned and walked back across the street and walked into the house.
Hours slowly passed by and Star and her parents walked across the street and Star knocked on the door. The door opened and Marco stared at his neighbors before stepping aside, allowing them to step inside before he followed them and closed the door behind him.
The four sat in the living room in silence before River cleared his throat, "So…why did your son's mother lost all rights and-"
"River," Moon quietly hissed at her husband, "That's not how you should question something like-"
"She's been…doing heavy drugs," the family looked at the half Latino young man as he sighed and shook his head, "She's been doing that for a few years. She claims she didn't do anything while she was pregnant with Zach and I hope she hasn't because I will go to California and knock her on her ass for ruining my son's life,"
"What happened?" Star questioned and Marco looked at her, "Sorry…but…what happened? What about your parents? Wouldn't they want to see their grandson and-"
"My parents? They knew what Jackie was doing and they didn't have the common sense to tell me or at the very least take Zach away from her." Marco groaned and shook his head, "I went to pick Zach up one day and saw Jackie sitting on the couch, a needle in her arm and a stupid look on her face. Where's Zach? He's in the kitchen, trying to climb into the oven,"
"Oh dear…what did you do?" Moon questioned.
"Well first I took several pictures and videos to hold as evidence, I grabbed my son and then I looked Jackie and asked her what the hell she was thinking?"
"Well what happened?" River arched a brow.
Taking a deep breath, Marco frowned, "She told me that she's been doing this since before we started dating, but she claimed she hadn't touched a single needle while she was pregnant. I don't know if that was true or not, but I decided to take legal actions and took her to court for full custody, and thanks to the pictures and videos, I won no problem."
"Okay, but there is no judge alive that'll separate a child from their mother like that and-"
"I also recorded my questioning and…hell even the judge was disgusted at that point. Jackie lost all rights to contact Zach and her parents and my parents looked at me like I committed murder. I was simply trying to keep my son safe and the fact that my parents knew about Jackie…I told them to stay away from my son…a few weeks ago we found this house and now we're here. Jackie, her parents and my parents have no idea where we are and I intend to keep it that way."
The living room fell silent before Star spoke, "So…why couldn't you explain this earlier?"
"Star," her mother glared at her.
"He's two," Marco shook his head, "And 2-year-olds are usually curious and I don't want him asking questions like what are drugs, what do I mean by needles and whatever else he may ask."
Marco stood up and began pacing the room as he chuckled and shook his head, "To be honest, I had my suspicions that she was doing something. She rarely took notice of Zach. Countless sleepless nights, dirty diaper duty, making sure he had clean clothes, food and whatever else he needed, that was all me," the family stared at him in disbelief, "She may have given up one night of sleep a month if that…and I really, really hope it was to care for Zach and not to put a needle in her arm,"
The room fell silent before Moon cleared her throat, "Well…it sounds like you were well within your rights…you saw your child was in an unsafe environment and you took legal actions to get him away from there." She stood up and shook her head, "We're sorry to intrude…we'll let you finish unpacking,"
"I…I'm going to stay here and help Marco," Star stood up and walked over to the half Latino young man and her parents slightly nodded before they walked out of the house.
Marco looked at the blonde young woman and arched a brow once the door closed, "You know you don't have to help me…hell we don't even know each other and-"
"And you were willing to share something as personal as that with me and my parents, so I feel like I can help you a little," Star looked up and slightly frowned, "So…your ex…she really did all of that?"
"Yeah," Marco took a deep breath and looked down, "I was grateful I got there in time and that the oven wasn't on…I never hit a woman, but after seeing that disgusting display, I nearly forgot who I was talking to and was ready to beat the living hell out of her."
"And you'd be right to," Marco looked at Star in confusion and Star narrowed her eyes and shook her head, "My mom's right, you saw your son was in a dangerous environment and you did what you had to just to keep him safe. To be honest, I was waiting for the part where you turn around and just knocked her on her ass." Marco chuckled a little, "So…can I see Zach?"
"When he wakes up…he gets cranky if he doesn't sleep for the entirety of his nap." Star nodded before the two of them unpacking small boxes.
I added a small thing here before posting it. Enjoy the first chapter.
