Last Time: Maddy moved in with Dom and Letty.
This time: Maddy starts her life with her new family.
Chapter two: The honeymoon is over.
That weekend was a busy weekend. Letty, Dom and Maddy all worked together painting the room and at some point that turned into a paint war and Letty and Dom had to go shower and so did Maddy because they were all covered in paint but one thing was for sure...Maddy had won that one.
Nights were getting easier too, she was still having nightmares but they weren't as bad or violent as the ones Maddy had the first night.
Letty went to get Maddy signed up for school that Monday and when she came back she said it was all settled, Maddy would start school this week.
The first week of school was also really busy for Maddy at least...but it felt busy for Dom and Letty too. They spent time in the garage when Maddy was in school enjoying themselves and their alone time. But were just as happy when it was time to go get Maddy because they missed her during the day.
Dom stayed home this time allowing Letty to go pick up Maddy while he finished up the car he was working on.
Letty pulled up to the school and watched for Maddy but didn't see her. She waited in the car for ten minutes and then started to worry...where was she? What was taking so long? She should be out here already. Letty kept watch but still didn't see Maddy. She grabbed her phone and dialed Maddy's number but there was no answer which only made Letty more curious.
Maddy was in the back with a group of emo kids. One of their group girls Maya had liked Maddy and had invited her to hang out after school. They were talking about meeting later at the park.
"What exactly are we gonna do?" Maddy asked.
"We're gonna have fun." Maya said simply not going into further detail.
Maddy glanced at her phone as it started to ring again. "I have to go. My dad's wife is starting to wonder where I am."
"Alright, hope to see you at the park later..let us know if you can't make it alright." Maya said and Maddy smiled and nodded "Alright."
Maddy left heading to the front and Letty spotted her wondering what she'd been doing behind the school.
Maddy got in the front seat and buckled up.
"Everything alright?" Letty asked
"Yeah, sorry I got to talking with some friends and forgot that you were waiting here for me." Maddy frowned apologetically.
Letty started on the way home with a little grin "its alright and hey, at least your making friends."
"Yeah, we were making plans to meet at the park later." Maddy said watching the scene pass through the window.
"what time?" Letty asked.
"Around 8." Maddy responded.
"What are you guys gonna do at the park?" Letty asked
"Don't know." Maddy grinned "Maya just said we were gonna have some fun."
Letty smirked "We'll see what your dad says."
Letty pulled into the driveway and parked.
Maddy grabbed her backpack and went in with Letty right behind her.
"Hey Maddy." Dom greeted her as he always did, a big hug followed by "How was school? You got any homework?"
Maddy grinned "Nah I finished it during study hall last period. And school was fine. Hey dad, I got a question."
"Alright shoot." Dom said
"I made some friends at school yesterday and today they invited me to hang out with them at the park. Can I go?" Maddy asked hopefully.
"What time?" Dom asked
"8." Maddy supplied and waited watching his face.
Dom understood...he really did and he really didn't wanna say no but dinner was at 7 and even if they were done by 8 Dom wasn't sure he wanted her out that late, sides he'd never even met these kids so how was he suppose to trust them with his daughter?
"Hold old are these kids?" Dom asked.
"Well there's three. David is 14 he's the leader of the group, Sara is 13 and Maya is my age." Maddy told him. "So can I go?" she asked
Dom thought about it. He really did. "Not tonight Maddy. "
"Well why not?" Maddy frowned thinking that wasn't fair.
"Because for one, I don't know these kids and I'm sorry but I'm not gonna have you running around with kids I haven't even met yet. Two 8 o'clock is a tad late to be going to the park so clearly there's something else their gonna be doing. Three, you just moved here you don't know this town very well, what if you can't find your way back home?" Dom asked
"Daaaaad...quit it. I'm not a baby. Sides I have gps on my phone I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna get lost." Maddy smirked thinking he was being ridiculous.
"Your dad's got a point Maddy, plus you can't really blame him for being a little protective." Letty added although she was getting an idea, she'd have to talk to Dom about it but it seemed like a good idea.
"Fine...fine." Maddy said with a sigh and headed up the stairs. She set her bag down and texted Maya about how her dad had said she couldn't go out.
Her phone dinged a minute later. "Do you wanna go?"
Maddy responded with "Well yeah."
Maya responded again "So sneak out, he'll never know. And even if you do get caught it'll make him understand how strongly you feel about going."
Maddy read it again thinking that maybe Maya was right.
Downstairs Letty was talking to Dom. "How about I go over there and watch these kids, I can get some idea of what they're like and maybe see what they're up to. Then We'll see if they're just messing around at the park or if they're doing something they aren't suppose to."
"I don't know, I'm not sure I really care what their up to, I just don't want her out that late, she's only 12. She'll be 13 in a few months but still. I don't like it. It don't feel right." Dom said with a shake of his head thinking this dad stuff was complicated.
Letty sat with him and they spent an hour cuddling and accidentally fell asleep on the couch in each others arms dozing off. Dom woke up before Letty and smirked going into the kitchen and started dinner. Letty woke a minute after smelling the food and went in seeing that Dom was cooking dinner she went up to check on Maddy.
Letty opened the door and froze. Maddy wasn't in her room. She looked over at the bathroom but the door was open so she wasn't in there. Letty grew worried and went down the stairs. Dom heard the urgency in which Letty came down the stairs, turned down the burner and went to check on her.
"Letty.." Dom was about to ask if she was okay but then Letty turned to him saying "Maddy's gone."
"What..." Dom said shocked.
"She's gone..." Letty said about ready to panic but trying not to...then she cursed "The park, I bet she went to the park." Letty rushed to grab her keys, Dom turned off the stove, covered the food and met Letty in her car.
Letty drove to the park but they didn't see anyone there. "Its still early, she might have went somewhere else to wait til it was time to meet up." Dom said
Letty pulled out her phone and dialed Maddy's number but there was no answer. Letty called again...and then again and cursed "She's not answering." Letty dropped her phone at her side growing more and more upset.
Dom now tried as well calling her from his phone but she didn't answer him either. But he left a message for her "You and I are gonna talk when you get home little girl. " he ended the message with that and hung up.
"Lets go, I'm gonna finish making dinner and then we'll see what time it is, no sense in waiting here for two hours." Dom said.
Letty drove back home parking the car and went inside with Dom.
Dom continued to make dinner and Letty remained agitated and on edge. Dom tried to remain calm since mama bear's temper was already sky high..no need for papa bear to join the party.
Dom was almost done with dinner when Letty's phone rang. Letty saw it was Maddy and answered "Where are you?"
But it wasn't Maddy's voice on the phone "Um..is this Maddy's mom?" a girl about as young as Maddy was on Maddy's phone.
"Who is this?" Letty asked putting it on speaker.
"You don't know me but my name is Maya, Maddy's passed out on the slide and David and Sara took off to make out somewhere...could you give me and Maddy a ride home?" Maya asked sounded afraid.
"Why did she pass out?" Letty asked
"David brought Beer, Maddy only had a couple sips but I guess she can't hold her liquor or something." Maya said repeating what David had said.
"I'm on my way, Don't move." Letty said grabbing her keys again then kissed Dom "Don't worry, stay here and finish dinner I'll get the girls."
"Alright mom." Dom teased but also liked the sound of it.
Letty left heading for the park and when she pulled up she watched as Maya tried to drag Maddy over to the car, Letty got out "I got it, get in the front seat."
Maya let Letty handle it and got in the front seat feeling nervous and scared, things had gotten a bit crazy tonight.
Letty put Maddy in the backseat and then got in the driver seat.
"Where do you live?" Letty asked
"1123 Victor St." Maya said not too happy about it.
Letty looked at the kid then...that was the street the garage was on. Maya lived pretty close by in that case.
Letty focused on the road again and drove Maya home. Then drove to the house and parked the car.
Maddy sat up then having woken up when the car parked. "Where are we?" she asked
"Home, get inside." Letty said getting out herself.
Maddy got out too although she had a feeling she was in trouble she followed Letty in the house.
Dom looked up "Dinner's late but its ready."
Dinner to say the least was quiet mostly. Dom didn't wanna say anything he would regret so he was thinking real hard on what he was gonna say and weather or not he was gonna do anything about it. Once Dom saw that she finished her dinner he said in a not so happy voice "Go sit on the living room couch. "
"Why?" Maddy asked.
"Would you rather go stand in the corner?" Dom asked raising a brow and Maddy decided not to push it or question that. She got up and went to the couch sitting down with her hands folded in her lap nervous now.
It was too far away so she couldn't hear them talking but she knew they were talking.
"What are we gonna do?" Dom asked with a sigh "I don't wanna be too hard on her but I also think she needs some kind of punishment for this...she needs to know I'm not gonna tolerate her disobeying me."
Letty was frowning too "Well what did you have in mind?"
"Earlier I had half a mind to blister her ass, but that seems a bit harsh. Plus sneaking out is a normal kid thing so I don't wanna be too hard on her for that..the drinking however, that I wasn't prepared for..either way this will be the first time she's been in trouble here so I think we should go a little easy on her. " Dom explained.
Letty understood and felt the same and nodded "I agree, she needs some kind of punishment for this. I think a couple warning swats will be enough."
Dom looked at her and then sighed "Your right...I really don't know if I'm ready for this. "
"You want me to do it?" Letty asked putting her hand on his. Dom appreciated it and said "She needs to see us both as the authority figure and it was you she mainly ignored today so yeah. I think that's a good idea." Dom said not looking forward to this at all but he was gonna go and watch to show his support to both girls.
Letty decided exactly how she wanted to handle it she got up and grabbed a wooden spoon before yelling "Maddy come here."
Maddy came in as Letty set the spoon aside. "Maddy your father and I talked about it and we've decided were gonna let the sneaking out thing slide this time, but if you do it again you'll be in trouble. New rule in this house, you don't go anywhere unless we say its okay that is for your safety. However you didn't just sneak out and disobey your father, you also drank and that is something we can't let slide. But this is your first drinking offense in this house so I'm gonna go easy on you this time. Now here's what's gonna happen, your gonna bend over and put your hands on the table and I'm gonna give you a few swats with this. Then your father is gonna give you a couple swats with his hand." Letty held up the spoon now.
When Dom saw the look on Maddy's face, not fear but stubbornness he added "This can go one of two ways Maddy, easy way where you cooperate with Letty so we can get this over with..or the hard way where I'll take over and you'll find out real quick that you shoulda picked the easy way." he warned
Maddy realized that it would just be worse if she didn't cooperate so even though she didn't want to she did what Letty told her to do and tried to be logical about it. She'd done something wrong and she'd taken a risk knowing that Dom had told her no.
Letty felt that she should offer some form of comfort, or some kind of contact so she placed her arm around Maddy's waist hoping that Maddy would see if as somewhat comforting. Then she flicked the spoon down twice. Once on the left butt cheek and once on the right causing Maddy to hiss with the sting. Then Letty landed another two lower hitting her sit spots. One to each side. Then she let go and tossed the spoon in the sink and althougth Letty wanted to hug her she didn't, she wanted this to be over so instead she turned Maddy towards Dom who was still sitting down.
Maddy went over blinking back tears, the tears were more from beating herself up inside then from the sting the spoon had left behind. Dom upended her over his lap and then the harsh voice in her head calling her all kinds of stupid and worthless was drowned out by the gasp as Dom's hard hand came down on her behind. It hurt worse then the spoon! Then Dom landed three more in rapid succession. There was more gasping and for a minute she thought she might actually tear up but then it was over and he let her up and instantly hugged her. She hugged him back and felt Letty join into the hug from behind. "I'm sorry." Maddy said.
"I know, I'm sorry too, sorry that it had to come to that but I meant what I said Maddy, you sneak out again your butts gonna be mine. You hear me?" Dom asked sternly and she nodded
After getting another hug from Letty she went upstairs and opened her diary where she'd written down the rules of the house.
No cussing ( Damn or hell is okay but nothing else.)
No back talking or disrespect ( Joking around is okay but actual disrespect will not be tolerated.)
Curfew is 10 on school nights and 11 on weekends.
No boys in your bed room (Non negotiable )
No sneaking out (That one was just added in. )
No drinking, no drugs and no smoking were things that were set in stone and therefor didn't need to be listed.
Maddy lay in bed thinking, that had sucked but over all? It wasn't awful. Her butt hurt a little mostly because of her dad but she was glad that things hadn't been worse.
TBC...
Next time: Maddy meets Maya's single dad and Dom discovers his daughter is a klutz.