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Jasmine sighed as she paced in front of the guest room door. Her father had been sleeping in there for the past week since and Alice had a fight about Jasmine dating and now the teenaged girl felt horrible and knew she needed to do something to fix this. She did indeed love Matthew, but she loved her parents as well and even if her dad could be an ass at times she knew that he loved her as well. She also knew that both of her parents could be stubborn and it was up to her to fix the situation. With a sigh she knocked on the door before opening it a crack.
"Hey dad can I talk to you?" She questioned seeing her father lying on his back with one arm covering his eyes. She knew that he wasn't asleep because she could see him peeking out at her from under his arm.
Edward removed his arm from his eyes and rolled on his side. "Did your mother send you to talk to me? If she did then you can back to her and tell her that when she is ready to apologize she knows where I am and I have no plans on going anywhere else."
His daughter shook her head as she stepped in to the room and shut the door to make sure they would have privacy. "Do you really think that mom would send me to fight her battles for her? I came here to talk to you dad."
The bronze haired man frowned and rolled so that he was facing away from his daughter. He would never say this out loud, but he was pouting because he was hurt that his daughter had a new man in his life and all he had wanted was for his wife to support him and when she didn't he threw a tantrum. "If you need someone to talk to then I am Matthew Hale is free."
Jasmine laughed as she came to sit down next to her father. She pushed his legs out of the way before curling her own legs underneath her. "Is that why you are acting like a five year old? Do you think that I have replaced you or something? Dad you have to know that I am your little girl and nothing is ever going to change that, but you had to know that one day I would meet someone special I'd want to date."
Edward sat up and set his arm on the back of the couch as he turned to face her. "Yeah you are right about me knowing one day you would want to date, but truthfully I did not think it would be until you were forty or thirty if fate was against me. You are my daughter Jasmine my little girl and I don't want you to grow up. Now that you are dating you are going to forget me and you say that you won't, but you will start to spend less and less time with me so that you can spend time with Matthew and eventually I will just be that old guy in the corner cramping your style."
"Oh dad you are already that old guy cramping my style!" She teased wrapping her arms around him before her expression turned serious as she pulled out of the hug. "Dad you are my best friend and the person I can talk to about anything. The bond we share is never going to be broken by anything especially by a boy. Sure things may change, but things will stay the same as well. I need you to trust me to make the right decisions for me. You and mom taught me right from wrong and you have to know that when I eventually do go off in to the world on my own that my success will be because of how I was raised. I love you daddy and I will always be your little girl."
Her father wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. Usually he tried to not be an emotional person, but there was something about the women in his life that made him oddly and overly emotional. "Just promise me that you won't forget me. Remember that while I can be an ass I only care about you and if you really want to date Matt then I support you as long as you follow some rules your mother and I will set. I am sorry if I upset you with the things I said I just want better for you than what your mother and I had. Speaking of your mother, exactly how pissed is she? On a level of one to ten how much groveling am I going to have to do?"
Jasmine laughed at the look of fear which crossed his face. Her father was the toughest man she knew except when it came to her mother. "I would you have an about an eleven when it comes to groveling. My advice is to go and get her something shiny which cost more than one month salary. You know that mom can't resist something shiny."
"Only if my favorite daughter comes with me?" Edward offered his hand which she gladly took. "If you can help me get your mother to forgive me I will get you that cherry red GTO you wanted."
"Oh my god you are going to get me car!" She squealed jumping up and down. "You know you could have just done that in the first place to apologize, but because you are the best dad ever I am going to help you with mom. Now we have to hurry because I want to stop at the dealership after we go to the jewelry store. Did I mention that I love you daddy?"
"I love you too kiddo." Edward stated ruffling her hair and kissing the top of her head. "You are your mothers' child you know. I once bought her a car as well when she was your age. I feel bad for Matty if you two end up lasting. You're as demanding as your mom, but the men who love you know what they are signing up when they first set eyes on you. Come on baby girl let's get something for your mom because I can't take another night on that pull out couch."
TBC….
AN: I took a break in working on my original story to write this when I got inspired. I really hope that you all like it and I would love to hear your thoughts. Because some of you wanted it you will see Matt and Jasper in the next chapter.
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