It was lunchtime the next day in the collier household,

"MIA LUNCH" Dixie called from the kitchen, Jeff got up of the sofa to get his own lunch as Mia came down the stairs, tripping on the last step. Jeff put his arm out stopping her from falling,

"Woah, careful princess. Don't want to go back to the hospital thank you very much" Mia buried herself into his chest, while he put his arms around her tightly.

"Hey, whats the matter princess?" he kissed her lightly on the head,

"Nothing... Just wanted a hug, thats all" She smiled up at him,

"You can tell me anything, you know that don't you?" He said in a serious manner,

"Yeah, I know Jeff"

"Good" He tapped her on the nose softly, making her chuckle then they went into the kitchen to get some food.

"Here you go kids" Dixie handed them a plate each with sandwiches and some crisps.

Jeff observed carefully how much water Mia drunk, she was in hospital with dehydration as well as the head injury. This made him more aware of how little she drank, so he decided he was going to make her drink at least 8 glasses of water or squash a day, this was her 4th so, so far it was going ok.

"When is John coming Jeff?" Dixie asked inbetween mouthfuls of food

"Ummm like 20 minutes or so"

"Oh ok,"

Tweenty minutes later they were all sat in the living room, when Jeff saw Johns car pull up outside the house, and John walking up the path. Jeff let his son in, anaware of the things John had planned in his mind.

"Hiya Dad"

"You alright John?"

"Yeah I'm alright, how bout you Dix?" he turned to Dixie who had Mia leaning into her,

"Mia?"

"Hmmm.." she looked up, anaware that John was talking to her

"You Ok?"

"Good thanks" she replied politly, then smiling.

"Right John, do you want a drink?"

"Sure, cheers Dad can I just have some water please?" Jeff nodded before leaving, returning a few seconds later with a bottle of water handing it to John, while he sat on the arm chair.

"So what you lot been up to?" he asked in a happy tone

"Not much, what about you?"

"Me and the lads went out last night" He replied chuckling to himself,

"What did you do John?"

"Nothing.." he lied, while taking a few sips out the bottle.

"Yeah.. right" Jeff muttered under his breath.

"Where'd you go anyway?" Jeff asked, intrugued as to what his 19 year old son did for entertainment,

"Went down town clubbing" John said casually

"How much you drink?"

"Dad you don't want to know how much I drunk" he smiled sarcasticlly

"Fair enough," Jeff replied, thinking maybe his son was right and he didn't want to know how much he drunk.

They all continued talking except Mia, who put in her opinion a couple of times other than that stayed silent, while Jeff and Dixie tried to get to know him as much as they could. Within the two hours John spent there, he eventrully got up to leave,

"Bye Dix" He went over to Dixie, who was sat very close to Mia. John gave Dixie a hug then turned to Mia,

"See you later Mia" He then hugged mia, suprisingly she didn't flinch or jump, but hugged him back.

"Bye John" Jeff had a smile growing, while watching his son hug Mia, and Mia hug back. Little did he know what his son really had planned, Jeff wasn't to know John was setting up a act building a fake wall of trust which he could violate and abuse.

"You comming back tommorow John?" He asked hopefully,

"Yeah alright, same time?"

"Um no me and Dix are working, so Mia is going next door"

"I could look after her if you want?"

"Nah your alright mate, me and Dix will be back at 6 though" Jeff was happy he offered, but Mia didn't know him that well, Jeff didn't want her feeling uncomftorble. He already arranged her to go next door with amanda's mum, She couldn't go to school for a day because of her stiches and him and Dix had to keep an eye on her head injury. Amanda would be at school, but Mia got on well with her mum, and Jeff had known her ever since he moved in with Dixie, so he knew she was a good person who wouldn't do anything to harm or offend anyone.

"6 then... later dad" with that he left. John was a little dissapointed he couldn't go there earlier, then Mia would be alone that would make her an easy target.

It was 6 the next day, Mia fell asleep on the sofa after comming back from next door, and Jeff and Dixie were in the kitchen with the door pushed as far as it would go without being closed properly, so they could still hear anything that may happen i,e Mia having a bad dream.

"Jeff please don't tell me you still blame yourself.." Dixie asked sympatheticlly looking at her husband who was staring at the table.

"Well Dix, seriously can you look me in the eye, and tell me it wasn't my fault for her being in the building, can you?" Dixie looked to her hands, she didn't know how to respond.

"See babe, even deep down you think it too" he whispered,

"You want to know what I think Jeffrey" this made Jeff look up interested in what she had to say,

"I think you were an Idiot for saying what you did, but it was her choice to go in there, you didn't play a part in that desicion" she looked him in the eye saying this,

"Dix.." she put her fingers to his mouth as a signal for him to stop talking, which he did

"It really wasn't your fault Jeff" she gave him a weak smile, before he had chance to respond there was a knocking at the door,

"Now go and let your son in before he freezes in this british weather" Jeff followed her instructions, before he let him in, Jeff gave a quick glance to Mia who was still sleeping peacefully. He opened the door letting in his son, putting a finger to his mouth indicating for him to be quiet. John looked over his shoulders, at a sleeping form of Mia on the sofa then nodding to his dad, as a way of saying I know. He followed his farther in the kitchen, where Dixie was still sat like she was before.

"Bless her, is she always like that?" John asked Jeff who sat on his chair next to Dixie,

"Depends, she woke up screaming a few weeks ago" John looked in horror as to what his dad was saying,

"Blimey," John stated, taking a seat and realxing into it. They sat talking for a while, after half an hour or so the door was pushed open a little,

"Hiya sweetheart how you feeling?" Dixie patted the seat next to her, for Mia to sit.

"Good thanks, hey John" she said quietly while sitting next to Dixie rubbing her eyes a little.

"Hey sleepy, somebody was tired today then" John smilling at Mia's direction

"Just a little," she mumbled rubbing her eyes again

"Little, princess you were asleep 3 hours!" Jeff said enthusiasticlly

"Was I.. Oh yeah.." she looked to the clock, Jeff was right,

"Oh leave her alone Dad theres nothing wrong with sleep"

"What is this gang up on Jeff day?"

"Yes!" Mia and John said at the same time, making Jeff and Dixie laugh,

"You heard the Kids Jeff" Dixie stated, earning her a glare from Jeff. They were inturupted by a ringing of a phone it was Johns,

"Thats one of the lads, I've got to go" Jeff looked to the floor in dissapointment, at the fact he couldn't spend more time with him.

"Ok, if you want You can come round tommorow 4ish, Me and dix will be back around 5 but Mia will be here, you'll be alright with John coming round wont you Mia?"

"Yeah sure why not" Mia said, she took the fake trust John offered

"Alright then, see you tommorow then Mia," he hugged her goodbye

"Bye John" she said sweetly, making Jeff smile knowing that they were getting along well. Unaware of what John really had planned for the fore coming day.

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John POV

I smirked as I left the house, I had built up enough trust for dad to let me in. The hard part was done, I had what I needed to do what I wanted. Dad wasn't going to know what hit him, if he thought he could have a happy relationship with somebody else's kid think again dad.

I knew what I was going to do would test his relationship with Mia deeply, maybe even end it; thats what I was hoping for. I knew what I was going to do would be cruel, the best part is his dad would never know what really happened, and he wouldn't be able to do anything about it no matter how hard he tried, because he would think such bad things of Mia, he wouldn't want to bother anymore.