Title: A Father's Love
Author: Jonathan
Rating: M
Chapter: One B
Category: Jade/Robbie RADE
Spoilers: "The Worst Couple"
Summery: Jade West just been dealt a blow that she didn't see coming. The only person who might help her is her true father?
Disclaimer: Victorious is owned by Dan Schneider, Danwarp, Nick, Viacom. Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, and Army of Darkness is owned by Raimi, Tapert, and Renaissance Pictures.
A sudden knock on the door was sounded.
A forty-year old woman plopped her book down upon a table and got off the couch. She looked at the clock, already knowing who was behind the door. The original plan was for her old friend to come by for dinner, but with what she had to tell him, she knew she should tell him the details before. Especially before he met his daughter for the first time.
Jade's mother made her way to the door and placed a hand on the knob. Taking a breath, she opened the door, only to see a man that she hasn't seen close to eighteen years. He was just as tall and dark as before. His gaze still sent shivers down her spine as she looked upon his scarred face… a face that could only resemble Jade's. The strong chin, the dark hair, the snide remarks she could already remember him saying from all those years ago.
Jade West was truly the daughter of the man in front of her. Not Mark West. Not the man who was led to believe was Jade's father. She took a breath, and greeted the man from her past, "Hi… Ash…"
Ash gave her a look over… amazed on how beautiful she remained. "Darleen… It's been a while…"
Darleen nodded, "Yes, it has…" She opened the door further, "Please, come on in."
He watched as she repositioned herself, enough to make way for his entrance. As he came into the house, he heard the door close behind him. He looked around the house, and was amazed on how well Darleen was doing. It was a mere moment until Darleen Kobb came around him. She looked at him, taking in his apprearene. "Thanks for coming, Ash."
"I'm just surprised you called me." He told her. "What's it been? Eighteen years?"
Darleen thought for a moment, "Just about, yeah…"
"You haven't aged a bit." He told her, a grin on his face. "Baby, you still got it."
Darleen smirked. "You still got the attitude, I take it."
"Darleen, I have good reason to speak the way I do. You know damn well what happened to me."
She sighed, "I know…" She shook her head, "And the last thing I want is to rehash that, Ash." Darleen glanced back at him, "We spent too much time trying to make sense out of what happened. I tried to help you, Ash. I tried to…"
"Trying didn't help." He told her. "You didn't rip your girlfriend up with a chainsaw."
"Ash…" She attempted. "Please, I don't want to do this." Darleen took a step forward. "I called you up because I want you to meet someone. And I hope once you do, you and her can finally get passed these issues."
He looked at her, "Issues?" Ash asked, loudly. "Honey, I got more issues then I know what to do with."
She took a step forward, "And I don't? You think what I got is great? My marriage to Mark ended like crap. My daughter doesn't come to me with her problems, and I am still under a crap-paying job. Don't you dare tell me that I don't know about issues."
Ash took a step back, "You were married?"
Darleen sighed, "Yes…" She let out a breath, "For a good twelve years. But we divorced. And my daughter hasn't been the same ever since." She looked at him, "I haven't been the same ever since."
He let out a sigh, "I didn't realize…"
She smirked, "It's kinda hard to realize when I haven't talked to you in so long."
Ash chuckled, "Yeah, I can see that." He let out a breath, "If you were having problems, Darleen, you could've called me. I wouldn't mind showing this guy Mark a thing or two."
Darleen looked at his hand, "I bet…"
Ash noted her gaze. "I keep my chainsaw in my car, y'know."
Darleen nodded. After everything that Ash went through, keeping a chainsaw and a shotgut in his car was understandable. "I'm just glad you're here."
He looked at her, "You are?"
"Yeah…" She said to him. "I am." Darleen then gestured to the couch which he followed through with.
Together the two of them made their way to the couch and sat down. "Can I get you something to drink?" She asked him.
"I'm okay, Darleen." He told her with a with a snide grin. "What do you want to tell me?"
Darleen took a moment, "There's a reason why I called you."
He smirked, "You mean besides my charming good looks."
Darleen groaned, "Yeah, besides that…" He nodded. "Remember when I told you I had a daughter…"
"Yeah…" He told her, confused.
"Well, I dunno how to say this…" She let out a breath. "My daughter… Jade…"
"Yeah…"
"Is your daughter too."
His eyes widened, "What?" He looked at her, still shocked. "What do you mean she's mine?"
"I'm who's?"
Darleen looked to the left and saw her daughter standing by the foot of the steps. "Jade…"
"Wait! I'm his daughter?" Jade asked, shocked. She looked at him, "I'm the daughter of a S-Mart clerk?"
"S-Mart?" Darleen asked.
"Hey, Hey, Hey…" Both women turned to the man in the room. "What are you saying, Darleen? This brat is my daughter?"
"I'm no brat." Jade remarked. "If anything…"
"Jade." She told her daughter. Darleen then looked at Ash, "This is Ash. Technically, he is your father."
"How the fuck is he my father?" She growled. "My Dad…"
"Mark West is not your father." Darleen told her. "Ash Williams is." She told them.
"How am I supposed to believe that?" She questioned. "I never met this asshole before."
"Hey, I never met you before either." He told his apparent daughter. "I just found out about you fifteen minutes ago."
Jade looked at her mom, "And you never told me this before?"
"Jade…" Darleen attempted.
"She has a point, Darleen." Ash told her. "Why didn't you tell me I was a dad?"
"Why weren't you there when I needed you?" She asked, half yelled.
Ash took a moment, shocked by her question. She knew why he wasn't around. "Darleen…"
She approached him, "Maybe this was a bad idea. Maybe I shouldn't of told you about Jade."
"Darleen…" Ash tried again.
Jade looked at her supposed father. "I dunno who you are, Ash. But, I think you better go."
Ash looked at Jade, and then Darleen. "Look, I'm not the one who unloaded a whole pile of shit on me. If anything, this giving me shit is nothing new to me. You know that, Darleen. Y'know what I've been through. And make sure you're right about her being my kid. Because I don't need any more bullshit." He got to his feet and turned around. He looked at Darleen "Thanks for dinner, Darleen." He then looked at Jade. "And, you… you two have some obvious shit to talk about, and once you figure that out, then you can come looking for me."
That being said, Ash walked to the door, and placed his hand on the knob. He opened the door, and looked back at the two women. "Take care of your mother."
That said, Ash left the two of them. Jade not knowing what to make out of what she's been told.
TBC in Chapter 2
