Parent's Day
Summary: Scoutmaster Lumpus announces that Parent's Day is tomorrow and Cadence freaks. When the day comes and Daddy Ferret sees her boyfriend he isn't pleased at all.
Pairings: LeonardxCadence
Cadence was snuggling with Leonard when the intercom squealed through camp.
"Attention Campers, tomorrow all your relative are coming to visit so be prepared!" He said. Cadence suddenly froze in fear.
"Cade, you okay?" Leonard asked
"No," she said in a high pitched tone.
"Why? It's just your dad coming to visit."
"You don't understand Leo, my dad hates all the guys I date, he's over protective of me and so are my brothers." She said nervously.
"You're over exaggerating; he can't be THAT over protective."
"Alright, he's an example: 6th grade Christmas dance, my date knocked at the door and my dad answered it. My date was so scared he ran home and I was stuck in my room all night. The next day, he broke up with me." Cadence said.
"What did your dad exactly do?"
"Just stared at him and said 'So, you're dating my daughter huh?' and I don't know what he did after that and since then I've always kept my boyfriends quiet. I'm not going to mention Edward to my father, but my brothers have that "over protective" gene that they know right away. It's scary, but they're my brothers."
"My oldest brother Louie, he had a girlfriend and his little brothers where the ones over protective of him. We would try to find out everything about this girl, sand sadly in the end we found her cheating on him and when we told him he would yell at us and found out the hard way."
"Poor Louie, is okay about us?"
"Ya, he knows you well enough, but he still has his doubts since you went out with Edward. He's not a big fan of Edward," Leonard explained.
"I get it, kind of," She said. Leonard put his arm around her shoulders and rubbed her arm. She put her head on his shoulder. Then she heard the familiar running steps of Edward.
"Hey you guys! Did you hear? Parent's Day is tomorrow," he said out of breath.
"Yeah," Cadence said monotone.
"In other words, she's scared because her father is one of those I'm-going-to-kill-the-guy-who's-dating-my-daughter type."
"Oh, dude, you're in trouble." He said.
"She's not going to tell him."
"Well, he's going to find out eventually, and you're the one getting the beating." Edward said. Leonard gulped and looked at Cadence, her eyes were blank.
"Cade, Cade! It's going to be okay! I won't ever leave you, and if your dad doesn't like me, well, he'll have to deal with us together." He kissed her head. Edward rolled his eyes. Cadence felt a tear forming and she quickly wiped it away.
"I hope it's going to be okay, I just need you to make a first good impression."
"I'll do anything,"
"Well, we all should make a good impression, my 3 brothers are all successful and they are, difficult." Edward said.
"You already know my brothers, you just need to meet my parents, and they are cool."
"My parents are okay-ish" Edward said.
"Stop saying parents! I only have a parent."
"Well, better than having none." Edward said. Cadence punched him in the arm, hard. Edward rubbed it in pain.
She tried all day for the perfect speech to say to her dad tomorrow.
"Hi, dad! How have you been? It's been really fun, thanks for sending me here! Here are my 2 close friends. Wow that sounded really fake." She said in her mirror. "Hey dad, what's up? How were my brothers while they were gone? I miss you so much!" She tried smiling but it drooped. "It's no use! I'm screwed! Leo's screwed!" Cadence said to her mirror. Edward was sitting on his bed watching her make a fool of herself.
"If I can give the best advice I can, I would say 'Calm down and relax'" Edward said.
"You're right Edward, this is my dad! He knows me, he trusts me, and he'll listen to my reasons,"
"Wait, I'm right?" Edward said with pride.
"Don't overdo it." She said and sighed "I'm still in so much trouble; I'm worried more for Leo's sanity than mine. Leo is the best I can ask for, and I can show my dad that, then he'll have to move on knowing that I have a boyfriend, who actually isn't scared of him, I hope he isn't"
"I started to feel insulted after you said 'the best I can ask for'" Edward said lying down.
"Edward," She up to him and sat at the edge of the side of his bed "You'll always have a place in my heart, and no matter how corny I sound right now, I still love you as my friend and I wouldn't ask for better than that," She said. Edward looked at her and gave in; he put his arms around her waist and places his head on her shoulder in a friendly way.
"You don't hear many nice things come from my mouth but I wish you all the luck I can give you for tomorrow and I promise to be the best platypus to your father, it's only a small thing I can do for you Cadence,"
"Edward, thanks, I got to go talk to Leonard before tomorrow comes," She said removing his hands from her waist and getting up and walked to the door, "Edward?" He looked up, "Thanks," was all she said and walked out. It was getting dark as she walked to Leonard's cabin and knocked. The door opened and instead of Leonard, she got Louie.
"Hey Louie, is Leonard there?"
"Not for the moment, can I talk with you?" He said seriously.
"Sure," She said, her tail tightened out of nervousness. He directed her to his bed and directed her to sit down next to her. She noticed that neither Liniment nor Larry was there.
"It's about Leo;" He started "He's told me amazing things about you, and all you've done for him and I don't want to see his heart crushed, I"
"I won't hurt him, it won't be like Edward and I in our past relationship," she interrupted with a very serious tone.
"As I was saying, I know you won't, I see the way you're attached to him. Truthfully, I didn't think much of you at the beginning, you were so good at sports, and you got Edward to be nice for once, I thought you were some show-off at first, but I had to change my mind a little after Leo started to have that crush on you, I mean, that was the first REAL time I saw Leonard so into a girl, I didn't want to ruin it for him," He paused.
"Wait, Leonard, told me he never had a REAL girlfriend before,"
"Oh that, well, in junior high, Leonard was the guy with all the girls around him because he was the sensitive musician with the shaggy black and teal hair, he liked a few girls before but once it was out, the girl automatically became his girlfriend, no kissing, no hugging, one of those elementary school dating, it was so pitiful for him to see these relationships he decided to end them all himself, it made him kind of sad, all of us tried to make him feel better, we tried everything, we reminded him about Camp Kidney and it made him happier but still quiet, summer came, we packed out things and came here, simple? Not really, first two weeks he was still very quiet, then you came along, I never saw him so, flushed." Louie explained, Cadence was speechless, Leo is such an open guy, I can't imagine him, so, settle. In a way, she felt more loved, if I'm keeping Leonard happy, I'm going to stay.
"Louie..." she said in almost a whisper.
"Cade, all I'm asking is to make Leonard happy, even though I'm only about 40 minutes older than him; he's still my baby brother," as soon as Louie finished the door opened and Leonard walked in, Cadence quickly got up and wrapped her arms around his neck. Leonard looked at his brother; Louie couldn't do anything but smile.
"Leo, you know what, be yourself tomorrow, if my dad doesn't like you, well, too bad, 'cause I'm here to stay," She said in his shirt. Leonard was confused; Louie passed by and patted him on the shoulder. Leonard looked down at her and wrapped her body around her tense body and she relaxed.
"What did my brother tell you?" Leonard asked.
"He talked about you, about how quiet you were, and stuff like that. Leonard, what we have is the most cherished thing I have, we have, and I'll always be here, and this is my promise," she said softly. She looked at him and placed a kiss on his lips.
"I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph and I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain," Broken – Seether Ft Amy Lee
A/N: Gahh, I'm so late! Stupid Writer's Block. Anyways, hope you like the first chapter of Parent's Day, the worst is to come in the next chapter, yes some Edward & Cadence Friendship and Cadence and Leonard fluff, there's no specific genre for this story, I'm going to put General for now until I figure it out. The last part of fluff was inspired by those lyrics.