Bleah, open for R&R come on. I need something.
Apollo growled as he looked at the punching bag, he envisioned Ema, watching him be brutally beaten by her friends. Part of him wanted to hurt her, but he knew he didn't want to. Not when there was a child involved. He punched the blue bag full of sand as Trucy and Charlotte watch Apollo through a two-way mirror. Charlotte got on tiptoes as she stared at Apollo.
"He looks angry." said Charlotte. "Why is Daddy angry?"
Trucy sighed before looking at her. "Charlotte, some things are better left to grownups. Your Daddy and Mommy just need to talk?"
Charlotte looked down at her feet. "Is it because of mommy?" she asked. "She told me she did something stupid to make daddy go away."
Trucy opened her mouth, then she closed it. "Come on, lets go get you an ice cream."
About a hour later Apollo saw Ema waiting for him at the coffee shop outside the gym.
"Apollo wait." she said as he turned away from her. "I want to explain things, give me a chance. Please."
"Explain... you've got five minutes." he said quietly.
Behind him were Charlotte and Trucy hidden by a large menu.
"You have to understand." she said quietly. "I had my foster family to think about. If they found out about you, they would have killed me."
Apollo laughed slightly before looking up at her.
"And you think I would have let them?" he said. "You know I was never one to take things lying down. The reason I let them beat me was because you had already destroyed my heart."
She touched her face lightly before, she stroked his hair lightly. He moved her hand out of his hair and put it down on the table.
"Mark my words, I intend to make you pay." he whispered. "But don't worry, I'll make sure Charlottes daddy doesn't know. After all, we wouldn't want him to get hurt."
"Why is daddy mean?" Charlotte asked Trucy who were watching Ema who was crying slightly. "Doesn't he like mommy?" Trucy sighed before taking Charlotte out of the cafe.
"Now is that all?" he asked. "Will you leave me alone?"
"I want you to hold me." she whispered. "To hold me like you used to, I want you to love me."
Apollo saw red, he stood up and the chair beside his fell on the floor. He looked at Ema. He then flung a chair at the counter causing a sneeze guard to shatter.
"I told you never to say that." he said. "I hate you alright, just like you hated me back then, I don't feel anything from you apart from pain."
He walked out of the cafe leaving Ema behind crying. He then ran into an alleyway clutching his chest. It hurt him to say those words, but he didn't want her in his life again. He was afraid to trust her, that she would hurt him as she did years ago. But what hurt him the most was that she had moved on, she had a daughter, he couldn't have her even if he admitted it to her.
"After all this time all you want is her to accept you." Said Phoenix who just appeared out of nowhere. [Hobo ninja madness!] "It's not too late you know."
"It is, she's got someone. A daughter. A family." Whispered Apollo. "What would you do Mr. Wright? If you were in my position."
"If she was happy, then let it be." He said. "If she means what she says and she still wants you, go for it. She fucked you over once. I don't think it'll have that much of a effect on you if she does it again."