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Chapter 13.
"This is my house, our house." Daniel corrected himself as he unlocked the front door. "You want a drink?"
"Yeah, what you got?" Paige asked following him into the kitchen, stopping to look at pictures on the walls and some artefacts on his shelves.
"Coffee mainly," He glanced up just in time to see her pull a face. "I guess we should go shopping."
"Who are they?" She asked picking up a photograph.
"My parents, they died when I was little." He smiled and put it back. "So do you want the grand tour?"
"Sure."
"Okay, this is the kitchen obviously," He led her through to the front room. "Here we have a TV and video player, a radio, couch, blah, blah. If it looks like it might brake, don't touch it." He said as she looked at a small Egyptian statue.
"You have a lot of junk."
"Well I'll have to sort out a lot of stuff to make room for you so it'll probably be packed into storage or something." He said. "Good thing really, every time Jack comes over he manages to brake at least one of my artefacts. So anyway, upstairs we have my room, the bathroom and this will be your room."
He pushed open the door; the room was white washed with an old carpet. There was a bed by the window and lots of crates full of Daniel's work.
"Okay so it'll need decorating and clearing out but we can sort something out for tonight." He pulled some crates out of the way so they could stand in the centre of the room.
"It's great. Thanks Daniel, or should I call you dad?"
"What ever you feel comfortable with."
"Okay. What time is dinner?"
"Oh yeah, sorry, I forget sometimes. What time is it now?" He looked at his watch. "Six, I better order something then. You want Pizza or Chinese?"
"Pizza." She smiled and followed her slightly eccentric father down the stairs.
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"Pizza was good." Paige said finishing the last slice.
They were watching an old film on the TV, the pizza boxes were on the floor and they had their drinks in their hands.
"You know, this won't be an reoccurring event, the beer I mean." He said putting his bottle on the floor.
"Yeah, I know. The whole underage thing."
"That and I don't normally have beer in my fridge, they were left over from one of Jack's little visits." He sat up in the chair and turned the television off. "Paige I want to talk to you, novice father to unruly daughter."
"Shoot." She said sitting up.
"Well, um, this is kind of stupid but if you have any girl problems, uh, I wouldn't know how to..."
"Don't worry, I'll talk to Janet, she's the doctor right? Or Sam, and don't worry about 'the talk', I know everything I need to know. Oh and by the way just for the record, I am still a virgin."
"O-kay." He said uncomfortably.
"Sorry, I have a tendency to spout crap that no one needs to hear." She shrugged. "Well, I'm glad we had that talk, see you in the morning."
Daniel watched her head towards the stairs; he certainly hadn't expected her to admit to anything like that. He picked up the rest of his beer and downed it before the phone rang.
"Hello, Jackson residence." He answered it.
"Hey Daniel."
"Hey Janet."
"How is she?"
"Fine, I think."
"She's a teenager, you'll get used to her."
"Thanks, look Jan, um, if she, you know, has any problems or stuff, I mean girl stuff, would you..."
"Yes Daniel, I'll talk to her." She laughed. "Anyway, I was thinking maybe we could do something tomorrow, us and the teenagers."
"That sounds great, what did you have in mind?"
"Well, you said something about decorating her room last time we spoke, so I thought that we'd hit the town, see a movie or something, then go and get some paint to start with."
"You sure Cassie would want to do that?"
"She's the one who came up with the idea. She wants to meet Paige."
"Alright then, pick you two up at ten?"
"It's a date, I mean it's a deal."
"It could be a date." Daniel said meekly.
"Daniel, I think that your daughter has been messing with your brain. A date it is."
"See you Janet."
"Bye." They both hung up.
Smiling to himself, Daniel cleared up the mess they had made then went upstairs.
He knocked on Paige's door.
"Yeah."
"Find everything okay?" He said stepping into her room.
"Yep, everything is funkydory." She smiled and sat on her bed.
"Janet just called, she asked if we wanted to go to town tomorrow with her and Cassie to see a movie and get your paint."
"Sounds great. What time?"
"Ten, we're picking them up."
"Okay, you'll have to wake me up though. I don't do mornings."
"Yeah, Jack told me." He grinned. "Good night, sleep well."
"Good night Dad." She smiled and climbed under the sheets.
Daniel closed the door and went to get ready for bed.
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Chapter 13.
"This is my house, our house." Daniel corrected himself as he unlocked the front door. "You want a drink?"
"Yeah, what you got?" Paige asked following him into the kitchen, stopping to look at pictures on the walls and some artefacts on his shelves.
"Coffee mainly," He glanced up just in time to see her pull a face. "I guess we should go shopping."
"Who are they?" She asked picking up a photograph.
"My parents, they died when I was little." He smiled and put it back. "So do you want the grand tour?"
"Sure."
"Okay, this is the kitchen obviously," He led her through to the front room. "Here we have a TV and video player, a radio, couch, blah, blah. If it looks like it might brake, don't touch it." He said as she looked at a small Egyptian statue.
"You have a lot of junk."
"Well I'll have to sort out a lot of stuff to make room for you so it'll probably be packed into storage or something." He said. "Good thing really, every time Jack comes over he manages to brake at least one of my artefacts. So anyway, upstairs we have my room, the bathroom and this will be your room."
He pushed open the door; the room was white washed with an old carpet. There was a bed by the window and lots of crates full of Daniel's work.
"Okay so it'll need decorating and clearing out but we can sort something out for tonight." He pulled some crates out of the way so they could stand in the centre of the room.
"It's great. Thanks Daniel, or should I call you dad?"
"What ever you feel comfortable with."
"Okay. What time is dinner?"
"Oh yeah, sorry, I forget sometimes. What time is it now?" He looked at his watch. "Six, I better order something then. You want Pizza or Chinese?"
"Pizza." She smiled and followed her slightly eccentric father down the stairs.
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"Pizza was good." Paige said finishing the last slice.
They were watching an old film on the TV, the pizza boxes were on the floor and they had their drinks in their hands.
"You know, this won't be an reoccurring event, the beer I mean." He said putting his bottle on the floor.
"Yeah, I know. The whole underage thing."
"That and I don't normally have beer in my fridge, they were left over from one of Jack's little visits." He sat up in the chair and turned the television off. "Paige I want to talk to you, novice father to unruly daughter."
"Shoot." She said sitting up.
"Well, um, this is kind of stupid but if you have any girl problems, uh, I wouldn't know how to..."
"Don't worry, I'll talk to Janet, she's the doctor right? Or Sam, and don't worry about 'the talk', I know everything I need to know. Oh and by the way just for the record, I am still a virgin."
"O-kay." He said uncomfortably.
"Sorry, I have a tendency to spout crap that no one needs to hear." She shrugged. "Well, I'm glad we had that talk, see you in the morning."
Daniel watched her head towards the stairs; he certainly hadn't expected her to admit to anything like that. He picked up the rest of his beer and downed it before the phone rang.
"Hello, Jackson residence." He answered it.
"Hey Daniel."
"Hey Janet."
"How is she?"
"Fine, I think."
"She's a teenager, you'll get used to her."
"Thanks, look Jan, um, if she, you know, has any problems or stuff, I mean girl stuff, would you..."
"Yes Daniel, I'll talk to her." She laughed. "Anyway, I was thinking maybe we could do something tomorrow, us and the teenagers."
"That sounds great, what did you have in mind?"
"Well, you said something about decorating her room last time we spoke, so I thought that we'd hit the town, see a movie or something, then go and get some paint to start with."
"You sure Cassie would want to do that?"
"She's the one who came up with the idea. She wants to meet Paige."
"Alright then, pick you two up at ten?"
"It's a date, I mean it's a deal."
"It could be a date." Daniel said meekly.
"Daniel, I think that your daughter has been messing with your brain. A date it is."
"See you Janet."
"Bye." They both hung up.
Smiling to himself, Daniel cleared up the mess they had made then went upstairs.
He knocked on Paige's door.
"Yeah."
"Find everything okay?" He said stepping into her room.
"Yep, everything is funkydory." She smiled and sat on her bed.
"Janet just called, she asked if we wanted to go to town tomorrow with her and Cassie to see a movie and get your paint."
"Sounds great. What time?"
"Ten, we're picking them up."
"Okay, you'll have to wake me up though. I don't do mornings."
"Yeah, Jack told me." He grinned. "Good night, sleep well."
"Good night Dad." She smiled and climbed under the sheets.
Daniel closed the door and went to get ready for bed.
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