Soooo so soo sorry that this took so long! I got my computer taken away from me last week while I was in the middle of writing this chapter :/
But here it is! Nice and extra long for you guys :D
And now all the questions of what happened are answered!
Druummmrooolll please!
Sophie and Chrissy sat watching Doctor Who and eating Nutella up in Chrissy's room. Chrissy let Soph borrow some of her pajamas for the night. Sophie hadn't talked much the entire time they were there, so when the episode ended Chrissy closed her laptop, turned to her friend and said, "Okay Soph, you gotta talk."
Soph sighed and said, "I know." This followed by silence.
"Any time is a good place to start," Chrissy joked and Soph laughed.
"Well," Sophie began and she filled Chrissy in on the phone call the night before, the dream she had, then how weird her mom acted that morning, and all the way up to Sophie answering the door.
"And then there he was, my Dad. Um, and then Mom stepped in:"
"What are you doing here?" She questioned the man at the doorway.
"I wanted to see my kids Melissa," He said with a bit of anger in his voice, but then he smiled down at Jamie and Sophie.
Their mother shot a worried glance at her kids and then said, "Well they aren't yours. You've got the wrong house, my husband died years ago."
"Mom, that's enough!" Jamie yelled and Melissa turned around in surprise.
"But, you? I thought…" She trialed off and looked at Sophie.
"Give it a rest mom! I know you lied, I've known since last night when I found you on the phone!" Sophie yelled.
The man at the doorway looked around the corner to see the familiar face of Fey peering around the corner listening intensely; he inwardly chuckled and said, "Mel, maybe we should bring this outside?"
Melissa's head sprung back to her ex-husband as he used her old nickname; a name she hadn't heard in over 20 years. "Yes, maybe we should."
The four of them went outside and closed the door behind them
"Dammit!" Fey whispered under her break, she waited a few minutes before running to listen at the front door.
Once they were all outside with the door closed no one really knew what to say. Dan spoke first, "So, they believed I was dead?"
"Oh what was I supposed to say? That their father couldn't handle being a dad so he skipped out on us? That he had an inability to love? That he was a piece of shit? What was I supposed to say Dan, they were children!" Melissa said, her voice rising with every word.
"Mom!" Sophie said in defense of her father.
"Nope, I do deserve that." Dan said looking down.
"No you don't." Sophie said and Dan looked back up at her, giving a soft smile.
"Oh Sophie please you don't understand." Melissa spit at her.
"Mom, stop." Jamie said, speaking up for the first time since they had gotten outside.
"Okay Jamie, but first why don't you look so shocked to see your father, or did little miss blabbermouth tell you while my back was turned?"
"No she didn't need to tell me mom," Jamie said and Sophie looked confused.
"Look, Mel-"
"Don't call me that!"
"Okay. But, Melissa, I, I know that I've been a bad Dad, I've been gone for seventeen years, but please, please just let me make up for that. I'm better now, I can be a father." Dan pleaded.
"It doesn't work like that Dan."
"But it could."
"No."
"Don't they get a say?"
"Who the kids?"
"Yes, us." Sophie said.
"Well, no, they don't." Melissa said quickly.
"Yes we do Mom, legally at the age of 16 we get to decide. I'm seventeen and Jamie here is twenty-four! We have our own rights and mother or not you can't take them away from us!" Sophie said getting into her mother's face.
"Oh what? So now you're just going to go live with your dad?! A stranger?!"
"You don't know what I want Mom, for all you know I could say get the hell out of here to Dad. You don't think that I'm not mad for him being gone my whole life? You don't think that I wanna punch him just as much as you do? Because I do Mom! I'm so mad right now! But at least he's making an effort. Most kids don't even get a hello from their dad's that skipped out." She then turned to Dan, "So I'm taking the offer, no matter what you say, because he came back."
"No! You do not get to take my child away from me!"
"Mel-"
"Don't call me that!"
"Fine! But Melissa she's right, you can't say no."
"Yes I can I raised her! You did nothing! I worked so hard for my two kids to have a good life and you don't get to just waltz back in, a life time later, and claim them as your own! You weren't even around when Jamie was little, you don't know my kids! You weren't there! They are not your kids, you have no right!" Melissa said with anger tears in her eyes.
"Mel-"
"Stop! You lost the right to call me that, years ago."
"I'm sorry, I really am, I hate that you had to do that all on your own."
"That doesn't make it better Dan!"
"I'm trying to make it better!"
"Well it's not working."
"Tthen tell me how to make it better! Please Mel..issa."
"Why should I?"
They continued fighting and Sophie couldn't take it anymore; she ran in the house, knocking over Aunt Fey in the processes, grabbed her coat and took off down the street. She wasn't really sure where she was going until she wound up at the top of the largest slide in the old playground. Sophie didn't know how long she sat out there; all she knew was that it was dark and snowing when he found her.
"Did Jamie send you?" Soph asked.
"No." Jack replied but then she gave him a look, "Okay well sorta, but I wanted to come."
She chuckled a bit and he waited for her to say something, "Hell of a day."
"Soph, I'm so sorry," Jack began but she cut him off.
"Jack, you don't need to be sorry, it's not like you caused any of this anyway. Besides I guess I'm lucky, I mean, he has to care right? Why wouldn't he come back? I mean I'm really mad at him for leaving and at mom for lying but, how can I stay mad if I get to meet the man I've been waiting to come along since I was born? It'll be hard but, it'll get better? Right?" Sophie rambled.
"Of course it will, and you have a right to be mad and upset and confused, Soph," Jack said putting an arm around her. "By the way, you broke Aunt Fey's nose," he said and they both chuckled.
She put her weight on him and rested her head on his shoulder, "Thanks Jack."
They sat for just a little while in silence, eyes closed; enjoy each other's company. Jack opened his eyes to see hers were still shut, that's when he got the idea. A look of mischief arose on the boy's face and he pushed.
"Ja- Whaaahh!" Sophie screamed as she went slipping down the slide with the full wind speed of the winter spirit. She came to a rolling stop laughing, and got up holding her stomach, "Jack, you, poop-face!" She said in-between giggles.
He jumped from the top of the slide and flew down laughing. "Whatcha gonna do about it?"
"Oh I'll tell you what!" She said and began throwing wet, slushy snow in his face. They played around like the children they truly were for a while until they were tired and out of breath. By the end of their game they were resting on the swings.
"Thanks again Jack." Sophie said.
"You're my best friend," He said with a shrug.
"I thought Jamie was your best friend?"
"Weelll, you're my best friend who's a girl."
"Fair enough, you're my best friend who's a guy."
He smiled at her, "You gonna be okay?"
"Yeah, I mean, I suppose." She said looking down. After a pregnant pause she looked back up and said, "Okay go report back to Jamie, let him know I'm okay, I'm gonna stay here a little longer, I'm not sure if I can go back there just yet.."
"Yeah I get it." He said and he walked over to her swing. "I'll be back later tonight, Jam's got Pip to help him out." He gave her a tight hug which she returned. Jack pulled apart and laid a hand on her cheek. "See ya soon."
He flew off in the direction of her house and she whispered, "Bye."
"And that's when Jamie came to talk to me and told me that's he's known." Sophie said finishing the story.
"Soph, I'm so sorry." Chrissy said handing over a tissue for Sophie.
"It's fine," She said whipping her eyes.
"No it's not." She said putting a hand on her shoulder. "Well at least you had Jack there to cheer you up."
"Heh, yeah."
"Hellloo ladies, mind if I intrude?" Jack said opening up the window.
Hehehehe, Jack's gonna have some fun at the sleepover xD Please review for some silliness that you'd like to see take place next chapter, requests are taken in this story ;)
Oh and I accidentally read Dan and Melissa's fighting the way Sherlock and John would fight without the all super smartness interfearing. Oops. Sorry not sorry for putting that in your head.
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