A/N Ok sorry it's taken a few days to update but here you go and you'll be happy to know that this is the final chapter. And now the end is near and all that jazz. Btw I do not own the song I have just used.
Chapter 7
It was a few nights later and Tizzy was in her bedroom watching TV. Greg and Lexxi were sitting watching a film in Greg's apartment, they were both sat on the sofa; Lexxi had her feet tucked underneath her and Greg had his arm resting on the back of the sofa. "So, you all settled in now?"
"Yeah I am, thank you so much for letting us stay; Tizzy really likes you. I've never seen her get along with someone so well before. I mean she's never had a dad and please don't be scared by this thought but she really looks up to you." She smiled up at him and he smiled back.
"I feel honoured. She's a great kid." It was true, over the few days that he'd known Tizzy he had fallen in love with her; she was like a daughter to him. The only problem was that he'd fallen in love with her mother, Lexxi and Tizzy meant the world to him but he didn't know whether to tell her or not.
"Thank you so much for taking us in and helping me to move all my stuff in."
"No problem, as long as you're both safe that's all that matters." He decided that the conversation was getting too deep and quickly changed the subject. "Anyway, can I get you a drink?"
"No thank you, I'm ok."
He nodded and stood up then walked over to the kitchen area to pour himself a drink. "You sure you don't want one?"
She nodded, "Yeah I'm sure."
He picked his drink up and walked back into the living room, put his glass on the table and sat back down to watch the rest of the film.
It was getting to the end of the film when Lexxi plucked up the courage to do what she'd been wanting to do for a long time. "Greg?"
"Yeah?" He looked down at her concerned. "What's up?"
"Nothing I just…" She took a deep breath then grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him down to kiss her. She kissed him with everything she had and once he had gotten over the shock he kissed her back.
They were sat, lips locked, when Tizzy walked out and saw them. She quietly crept back into her room and sat on the bed, worried and upset. She liked Greg but she didn't want to lose her mum, she'd already gone through that once with Jake.
Lexxi abruptly pulled away from him and he looked at her confused and scared that he'd crossed the line by kissing her back. "I…I'm sorry Greg. I can't do this." She got up and ran into her bedroom, locking the door behind her and leaving a very confused Greg on the sofa.
"What the hell just happened?" He asked himself, still shocked by the whole thing. Everything went quiet as the DVD finished and the screen went blank but Greg heard a quiet snivelling coming from Tizzy's room. He got off the sofa and walked into her bedroom. "Tiz? Tiz, what's wrong?" He was concerned about her because even though she wasn't his daughter, he still cared for the little girl.
She looked up at him and snivelled again. "I saw you and mommy."
Greg closed his eyes and sighed, when he opened them again he saw her sat on the bed, her eyes red and puffy from crying. "Can I sit down?" She nodded and he sat down next to her on the bed. "Listen sweetie I'm sorry you had to see that."
She looked at him, her eyes sparkling from the tears that were still there. "I don't want you and mommy to go out."
Greg was slightly hurt by her remark. He wanted so badly to love Lexxi but at the same time he knew that Tizzy looked up to him so if she didn't want him to be with Lexxi then there was nothing he could do…or was there. "Why don't you want me to go out with your mommy?"
"Because when she went out with Jake and I didn't like him but mommy said that he was a nice man and he wasn't. I don't wanna lose my mommy again." She looked scared and Greg hated seeing her like that.
"Sweetie you aren't going to lose your mommy and I promise that I am not like Jake. I love your mommy."
"But Jake said he loved mommy but I don't think he liked me very much." She looked sad and lost, Greg knew he had to convince her that he was worthy of hers and her mother's affection.
"Listen Tiz, I love your mommy but I…I love you too and I promise that I would never ever take your mommy away from you, never." He carried on trying to reassure her, unaware that Lexxi was stood outside the door listening to every word he was saying. "I know Jake was horrible to you and I know about what he did to your mommy but I promise that I would never do anything like that." He needed to make her believe him but unlike most guys he wasn't doing it because he wanted to date Lexxi, he was doing it because he cared about them both.
"Really?" She still sounded uncertain but he could hardly blame her, after all she'd been brought up around a guy that beat her mother and hated her.
He smiled at her softly. "Really. I promise that if me and your mommy ever got together; you'd always be the most important thing in her life. She loves you and she's never do anything that you didn't want her to."
"I just don't want her to leave me alone so that she can be with you."
"And I swear that I would never let that happen."
She smiled at him and wrapped her arms around his waist, hugging him and telling him that she believed him. "If you love mommy does that mean you'll marry her?"
Greg hugged her back and looked down at her. "I don't know yet sweetie, I need to go and talk to her though so can you stay here while I go and try to?"
Tizzy nodded and let go of his waist. He stood up and walked over to the door but she called him back. "Greg?"
He turned to face her and raised his eyebrows. "Yeah?"
"I…I love you too."
He smiled and walked back over to her. He ruffled her hair and kissed the top of her head. "I know sweetheart, let's hope mommy does though." He smiled at her and she wished him good luck before he left the room. He walked out into the living room and was surprised to find Lexxi sitting on the sofa crying. He ran over to her and sat down next to her on the sofa. "Lex? Lex, what's wrong?"
She tried to speak through her tears. "I…I…"
"What?" He looked into her eyes, concerned.
"I…I love you Gregory Sanders." He gave her a look of confusion. "I love you so much and I'm so, so sorry about before but I couldn't hurt Tizzy again. Now I know she's ok with it all and I…" He cut her off by joining his lips with hers.
When they finally pulled apart he whispered against her lips. "I love you, I love you and I love your daughter."
One year later Lexxi Sanders sat in her living room waiting for her husband and her daughter to come home from the park. She was pregnant with another child only this time she knew the father would be sticking around. Greg had stayed true to his word and had been twice the man that Tizzy's biological father ever was. He took care of Tizzy as if she was his own and when their newest family member was born she knew that Greg would be a wonderful father to his own child but she could safely believe that he would be a father to Tizzy too. As far as Tizzy was concerned, Greg was her only father and she loved him and her mother more than anything else in the world. Greg had finally gotten what he wanted, a wife, a daughter and another child on the way. Hard to believe that Jake had done something positive for Lexxi. On the day of her wedding she had sent him flowers, thanking him for all the crap he put her through because she knew that if it wasn't for him, she would never have found the man she was with today. It seemed that even normal people like Lexxi, Tizzy and Greg could have happy endings.
A/N Well there you have it, what did you think? R&R, please and thank you. I hope it lived up to your expectations and thanks for reading.
