**Outside**
Danielle slammed the door shut behind her and fled down the empty hotel corridor. 'How can he be my Dad? Why did he have to come back? I thought he walked out on us?' she asked herself as she ran like a dog chasing a cat. As she hurtled around the corner she didn't notice the figure that she charged into.
"Whoa, you ok?" Adam asked stopping her and holding her at arms length.
"Uncle Adam?" Danielle asked not even looking up.
"Yeah it's me," Adam replied. "What's wrong?" he asked despite knowing the answer to his question.
"Mum just said this guy was my Dad," Danielle replied.
Adam looked down at the girl he had thought of as his daughter for the past 8 years. "Come on," he said bending down to let her climb on his back. "Hop on. Let's go out somewhere to eat."
Danielle did what she was told and laughed as Adam charged down the corridor like a bull. Once they had reached the entrance (after running down 4 flights of stairs) Adam noticed Jay at the desk. He jogged up to him. "Hey Jay," he said hushed, letting Danielle off his back. "Go sit down, I just want to talk to Jay," he instructed her as Jay looked at him.
"What's up? Did she tell her?" Jay questioned as Danielle walked over to one of the brown leather chairs and sat down. Both pairs of eyes were on her but she didn't notice.
"Yeh, poor kid. I don't think she's taken it too well. I found her charging down the hotel corridor," Adam explained still not once taking his eyes off the brown haired girl sitting on one of the brown leather chairs looking like she had the weight of the world on her shoulders.
"Should we take her back to Kel?" Jay asked. It seemed like the sensible thing to do but Adam didn't want to. He felt that the space would give Danielle time to cool down and come to terms with the news she had just been given and for Kelly and Matt to sort a few things out.
The Canadian shook his head of long blonde hair, which like Jay's was cascading down him back. "No," he said firmly. "I'm going to take her out for something to eat, you know, give her time to calm down. You couldn't tell Kel could you?" he asked taking his gaze of Danielle for the first time in the entire convocation.
"Sure thing," Jay replied hitting him softly on the arm.
Adam smiled unsurely and walked over to where Danielle was sitting patiently waiting.
~*~LATER IN MCDONALDS~*~
"You know, you could have chose somewhere else to go eat," Adam said laughing slightly as the queued to order their food.
Danielle shrugged. "I know, but I like this place," she reasoned.
Adam laughed again. 'She's so much like her Mum,' he thought. "So what do you want?" he questioned as they got to the front of the queue.
"Erm …. Nuggets, fries and a chocolate shake please," Danielle replied.
"I should have known the answer to that question," Adam joked. "Do you ever change?"
Danielle gave him a sarcastic smile. "Yep, the other day I had a coke instead of shake."
Adam ordered their food and then led Danielle to a deserted table near the back. As Danielle began to eat her nuggets and fries Adam watched her closely. She was in a state of denial, ignoring everything Kelly had told her in the past hour. Thinking that if she stayed away long enough then Matt would no longer be there and that it had all been a nasty dream and they could go on like normal but Adam knew that wasn't the case. Matt would want to have something to do with Danielle despite Adam and Jay's dislike for him.
"When are we going back home?" Danielle asked after finishing a nugget.
Adam was hoping she'd be this first to bring up the subject, as he didn't want to be looked up on as the big bad Uncle. "Well, me and Jay have to be back at work in one week. But I'm not sure when we're leaving." Adam replied.
Danielle looked down at the dingy McDonald's floor where fries had been dropped and then mushed up by somebody treading on it. "I don't like it here," she finally said.
Adam looked at her with pity in his eyes. "Hun, I know it's been a tough day for you and I want you to know that both me and Jay are here for you. It has been really hard on your mum to."
Danielle looked up. Since she had found out that Matt was her Dad she hadn't considered Kelly. All she thought was that Kelly had lied to her. She hadn't considered how hard it must have been for her to bring up her daughter on her own for so many years without the help of her Dad. "Is Matt really my dad?" Danielle asked. "I thought my Dad had walked out on me and mum when I was little."
"Yes Dan, Matt is your Dad. I think you'd better ask your Mum to explain that but I want you to know that what she did she did because she thought it was best for everyone involved, including you and her."
Danielle listened carefully taking in everything Adam was telling her as she consumed another nugget. "Do you like Matt?"
"Well … er – it doesn't matter what I think, I want you to form your own opinion of him and not go off what I think," Adam answered dogging the question.
"So you don't?" Danielle asked continuing to push her question.
"Like I said it doesn't matter what I think," Adam replied again. Truth was he wanted to kill Matt for everything he had put Kelly through and was now putting Dan through. Danielle was like a daughter to him. He had watched her grow up, been there for her when she was upset, played with her and all the things Dads do with their daughters. Kelly was also one of his best friends. He had seen her wrecked over Matt before and would be damned if he let Matt upset her again.
** Author's note! **
Hey! Thankz for reading and thankz for reviewing! I have only ever submitted a short story before onto this site. Please review and tell me what you think! I'll try to update as often as I can but sometimes my computer refuses to start! Neways thankz for reading and please review!
~*~Kayleigh
Danielle slammed the door shut behind her and fled down the empty hotel corridor. 'How can he be my Dad? Why did he have to come back? I thought he walked out on us?' she asked herself as she ran like a dog chasing a cat. As she hurtled around the corner she didn't notice the figure that she charged into.
"Whoa, you ok?" Adam asked stopping her and holding her at arms length.
"Uncle Adam?" Danielle asked not even looking up.
"Yeah it's me," Adam replied. "What's wrong?" he asked despite knowing the answer to his question.
"Mum just said this guy was my Dad," Danielle replied.
Adam looked down at the girl he had thought of as his daughter for the past 8 years. "Come on," he said bending down to let her climb on his back. "Hop on. Let's go out somewhere to eat."
Danielle did what she was told and laughed as Adam charged down the corridor like a bull. Once they had reached the entrance (after running down 4 flights of stairs) Adam noticed Jay at the desk. He jogged up to him. "Hey Jay," he said hushed, letting Danielle off his back. "Go sit down, I just want to talk to Jay," he instructed her as Jay looked at him.
"What's up? Did she tell her?" Jay questioned as Danielle walked over to one of the brown leather chairs and sat down. Both pairs of eyes were on her but she didn't notice.
"Yeh, poor kid. I don't think she's taken it too well. I found her charging down the hotel corridor," Adam explained still not once taking his eyes off the brown haired girl sitting on one of the brown leather chairs looking like she had the weight of the world on her shoulders.
"Should we take her back to Kel?" Jay asked. It seemed like the sensible thing to do but Adam didn't want to. He felt that the space would give Danielle time to cool down and come to terms with the news she had just been given and for Kelly and Matt to sort a few things out.
The Canadian shook his head of long blonde hair, which like Jay's was cascading down him back. "No," he said firmly. "I'm going to take her out for something to eat, you know, give her time to calm down. You couldn't tell Kel could you?" he asked taking his gaze of Danielle for the first time in the entire convocation.
"Sure thing," Jay replied hitting him softly on the arm.
Adam smiled unsurely and walked over to where Danielle was sitting patiently waiting.
~*~LATER IN MCDONALDS~*~
"You know, you could have chose somewhere else to go eat," Adam said laughing slightly as the queued to order their food.
Danielle shrugged. "I know, but I like this place," she reasoned.
Adam laughed again. 'She's so much like her Mum,' he thought. "So what do you want?" he questioned as they got to the front of the queue.
"Erm …. Nuggets, fries and a chocolate shake please," Danielle replied.
"I should have known the answer to that question," Adam joked. "Do you ever change?"
Danielle gave him a sarcastic smile. "Yep, the other day I had a coke instead of shake."
Adam ordered their food and then led Danielle to a deserted table near the back. As Danielle began to eat her nuggets and fries Adam watched her closely. She was in a state of denial, ignoring everything Kelly had told her in the past hour. Thinking that if she stayed away long enough then Matt would no longer be there and that it had all been a nasty dream and they could go on like normal but Adam knew that wasn't the case. Matt would want to have something to do with Danielle despite Adam and Jay's dislike for him.
"When are we going back home?" Danielle asked after finishing a nugget.
Adam was hoping she'd be this first to bring up the subject, as he didn't want to be looked up on as the big bad Uncle. "Well, me and Jay have to be back at work in one week. But I'm not sure when we're leaving." Adam replied.
Danielle looked down at the dingy McDonald's floor where fries had been dropped and then mushed up by somebody treading on it. "I don't like it here," she finally said.
Adam looked at her with pity in his eyes. "Hun, I know it's been a tough day for you and I want you to know that both me and Jay are here for you. It has been really hard on your mum to."
Danielle looked up. Since she had found out that Matt was her Dad she hadn't considered Kelly. All she thought was that Kelly had lied to her. She hadn't considered how hard it must have been for her to bring up her daughter on her own for so many years without the help of her Dad. "Is Matt really my dad?" Danielle asked. "I thought my Dad had walked out on me and mum when I was little."
"Yes Dan, Matt is your Dad. I think you'd better ask your Mum to explain that but I want you to know that what she did she did because she thought it was best for everyone involved, including you and her."
Danielle listened carefully taking in everything Adam was telling her as she consumed another nugget. "Do you like Matt?"
"Well … er – it doesn't matter what I think, I want you to form your own opinion of him and not go off what I think," Adam answered dogging the question.
"So you don't?" Danielle asked continuing to push her question.
"Like I said it doesn't matter what I think," Adam replied again. Truth was he wanted to kill Matt for everything he had put Kelly through and was now putting Dan through. Danielle was like a daughter to him. He had watched her grow up, been there for her when she was upset, played with her and all the things Dads do with their daughters. Kelly was also one of his best friends. He had seen her wrecked over Matt before and would be damned if he let Matt upset her again.
** Author's note! **
Hey! Thankz for reading and thankz for reviewing! I have only ever submitted a short story before onto this site. Please review and tell me what you think! I'll try to update as often as I can but sometimes my computer refuses to start! Neways thankz for reading and please review!
~*~Kayleigh