Daddy's Not So Little Princess

Chapter 8

It has only been a day since Anna's attack. She was released from the hospital that morning, and as soon as she got home Lucas made her get into bed. She tried to fight him because aside from being a little afraid she was fine.

It had been about an hour since he had walked into the room to check on her but like clock work he entered her room right on time.

"Are you hungry? Or are you thirsty?" Lucas asked as he sat on the edge of the bed. "I can get you anything that you want."

"For the thousandth time I'm fine. I promise."

"I think we should talk about last night."

"Dad," she was uncomfortable discussing what happened with him. She was embarrassed because her dad had warned her about Josh. She just didn't want to believe him. She wanted to believe that there was good in everyone.

"It shouldn't have happened to you. I'm supposed to protect you."

"Dad you can't protect me from everything."

"Yes…I promised your mom that I would protect you, and I let her down."

Anna shook her head, "Dad you didn't let anyone down. You knew from the start that Josh was an ass, and now he won't be able to hurt anyone behind bars thanks to Andrew."

"Yeah well I'm very grateful that he was there for you."

Anna had tears in her eyes. "If he wouldn't have been there I'm afraid to think about what might have happened."

Lucas took his daughter into his arms. "You would have been okay because you are strong like your mother. She made it through some pretty rough times in her life."

"Yeah I have my very on psycho attacker now."

"Some things will never change, but if anyone ever touches you again I will kill them. And I have a good mind to go to that jail and beat the shit out of him."

"I love you daddy."

"I love you too, Princess."

"Lucas, Anna," Brooke called out as she walked into the house.

"We're in here Brooke."

Brooke walked into Anna's bedroom carrying what seemed like a ton of bags.

"What's all of that?" Lucas asked knowing that Brooke always bought presents when things seemed bad.

"Well I thought that Anna might want a whole new wardrobe, and some fashion magazines to look at for the next few days."

"You bought me a whole new wardrobe?" Anna said excitedly.

"They are all COB originals just for you. You are going to be the sexiest girl at Tree Hill High."

Lucas shot her a very overprotective father look, but before he could say anything Anna spoke.

"I don't think I care about being sexy anymore." Anna sighed. "But I always love your clothes so I'm sure I'll love these."

"Luke, can I talk to Anna alone? We need to have some girl talk." Brooke wanted him to leave, and he understood.

"Yeah sure…I need to work on my next book anyways." Lucas stood up from the bed. "I'll be right in the next room."

"I know dad. I'll be fine. Brooke is watching me." Anna reminded her dad. She loved that he was protective, but sometimes he was unbelievably overprotective. And that could be annoying.

Lucas walked out of the room. "How are you feeling?"

"I feel fine physically, but I have to admit emotionally I'm not okay."

Brooke watched as a tear fell out of her eye.

"Everything scares me. I don't want to say too much to dad because I don't want him to worry, but I'm really afraid that Josh is going to break out of jail or something. How did you deal with things after your attack?"

Brooke's attack was a long time ago, but she remembered it like it happened just yesterday. She didn't want to tell Anna the truth, but she didn't want to lie to her either.

"Well I hid my attack from everyone. And from time to time I still have nightmares. That never goes away. You know what helped me the most was talking to someone."

"Like my mom and my dad…."

"No…well yeah your mom helped, but talking to a professional."

"You want me to see a shrink?"

Brook shook her head, "It wouldn't be like that. You just need someone to talk too."

"Is it okay if I just think about it?"

"Yeah…." Brooke smiled. "Just know that I'm always here for you. I love you so much Anna."

"I love you too Aunt Brooke." Brooke hugged her. She knew that Anna needed her mom at times like these, but she also knew that Peyton was watching over all of them, and as long as they had her own their side they were going to be okay.

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A couple of hours later Anna was home alone. She had convinced her dad to go out for a little while, and Brooke had to go get the kids. She liked being alone, but it was kind of scary. Every bump and noise in the house made her afraid, but she knew it was all in her imagination.

She finally drifted off to sleep.

Andrew knocked on the door for a few minutes. He knew that she had to be home. He wanted to bring her school assignments to her. He finally just walked in hoping that Lucas wouldn't be angry with him or something for just walking in.

The house wasn't that big, and he made his way to what looked like a girl's room. He knocked a few times softly, but no one ever answered. "Anna…Anna…" He pushed the door open, and the squeaking sound of the door opening cause Anna to jump.

"I'm sorry," Andrew didn't mean to scare her. He never wanted her to be scared.

"Andrew," she was happy to see him. He was after all her very own hero. Every girl wanted their own hero.

"I knocked but obviously you were sleeping. I'm sorry. I just wanted to bring you your homework." He sat it down on her desk. "I'll just let you sleep."

"No don't go," she sat up in the bed. "I mean if you have time to stay. I would like that a lot."

Andrew smiled. "Yeah I can stay for a few minutes. I figured your dad would be hovering over you like a helicopter."

"Yeah well I convinced him to go buy groceries."

They both sat in silence for a few minutes trying to think of what to say.

"I…." they both started to speak at the same time.

"You go ahead," Anna wanted to hear what he had to say.

"I know that I brought your homework and stuff, but I also just wanted to check on you. I wanted to make sure you are okay."

"I'm gonna be okay with time." She thought it was nice that he cared. "Was I the talk of the school? My best friends haven't even called to check on me."

"It wasn't that big of…" he was trying to lie. He didn't really want her to know that the whole school was talking about it. Everyone had their own personal opinion about what happened, but no one knew the truth and most of them didn't even care. They liked the made up versions better.

"Yeah you aren't very good at lying Andrew."

"Yeah so I've been told."

"It's okay. I figured. My dad said that it was in the paper that the star basketball player was arrested."

"He was lucky he was only arrested." Andrew told her. If it was up to him he would have been killed. No woman ever deserved to be treated the way he had treated Anna.

Anna smiled at him. She was really glad that he stopped by. She hadn't told anyone what he said to her about someone having to save her. She thought that was the most romantic thing in the world, and they were only friends. Those had been the words that her father had told her mother long before they were husband and wife. And in her opinion they were the greatest love story that ever existed. But she happened to be biased.

Andrew let out the breath he had been holding. "I love to swim." He said randomly. She was confused, and he knew that she would be. "My favorite color is blue. I have two younger brothers and an older sister. My mom died when I was eight years old. She was attacked on the way to her car. There was no one to save her." Andrew had to take a minute to continue. Anna had no idea. "I study and I try to be the best that I can be because I know she's watching over me. I want to make her proud. I don't party and hang out because I help my dad take care of my little brothers. He hasn't been the same since her death."

"Why are you telling me all of this?"

"Because you said last night that you wanted to know more about me. I don't broadcast my life to anyone because I don't feel like hearing the whispers. I feel like it is better to leave people guessing and wondering than for them to actually know. I'm okay with who I am because my mom always told me she was proud of me."

Anna had tears in her eyes. "I'm so sorry."

"It's okay…I just wanted you to know who I was."

"Well I think that…" Before she could finish her sentence Lauren and Katie burst into her room.

"Oh my gosh are you okay?" They both sat on her bed, and then looked at Andrew. They didn't know why he was there. He wasn't apart of their social world, and he never would be.

"Um…" Anna didn't know what to say.

"I'm just gonna go."

"Andrew you don't have to."

"I've got to. I've got things to do."

Anna nodded. He was gone before she could say thanks.

"What was he doing here?" Lauren asked like it was a bad thing.

"He brought my assignments."

"Aw how sweet…." Katie made a gagging face. "He's your tutor not your friend."

"He saved my life last night."

"Oh…well still he's weird."

"Yeah…um guys I really need my rest."

"We'll rest with you. We had a long day." Katie told her as they laid back in the bed.

Anna wanted them to leave, but she knew you didn't always get what you wanted.

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Lucas stopped by to see Brooke on his way home.

"Hey Luke…The kids are upstairs."

"No I wanted to talk to you."

"Oh okay…."

"Do you think that Peyton would hate me for not protecting Anna?" He really felt guilty about what happened.

Brooke smiled and touched his shoulder. "Lucas Scott don't ever think that. You are a wonderful father, and Peyton would be so proud of the way that you have raised Anna. What happened to her was something that you couldn't have controlled." Brooke looked into his eyes and she could see that he was hurting. "Come here," she brought him into a hug. "Everything is going to be okay."

"How do you know that?"

"Peyton's watching over us." She really did believe that with all of her heart.

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Katie and Lauren finally left. They never once asked Anna what happened. They just kept talking about how they always thought Josh was a good guy, and they don't know how he could possibly do something like that to her. It was like they thought she was lying.

"Anna," Emily walked into her room with a thing of flowers.

Anna rolled her eyes. What was she doing there? "Hi…"

"How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine. My dad's in the shower."

"Oh okay, but I came to see you."

"Oh…"

"I brought you these. When I'm sick I always like to get flowers."

"I'm not sick. I was attacked." Anna's tone was a lot harsher than she had intended it to be.

"I know, and I'm so sorry."

"It wasn't your fault."

Emily got the feeling that she wasn't wanted. "Well I'm sure that you need your rest just tell your father to call me whenever he has time. I would love to have another shot at our date."

"Yeah well I think he's going to be pretty busy tonight. He has plans with my Aunt Brooke, but I'll tell him to call you tomorrow morning when he gets in from his date…I mean from being with Aunt Brooke…"

"Oh he's seeing your Aunt Brooke?"

"Oh um…you know they've always been really close. He really loves her." Anna was laying it on pretty thick. She didn't want Emily to ruin her plans to reunite her father and Brooke.

"Well in that case just don't worry about it." Emily walked out of the room. She had a feeling Anna was up to something.

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In the middle of the night Anna woke up to see her dad sitting in her rocking chair. He had sat in that chair almost every night when she was a little baby. Andrew may have saved her from Josh, but her dad would always be her first hero. She was his little princess, and he was her protector and saver, and that would never change.


Okay so there's another chapter. I hope you guys like it, and I'll probably update tomorrow or late tonight. Thanks for the reviews, and I'm really glad that you guys stuck with me while I was trying to get it all together and updated.