A/N: I'm back with a new chapter! I hope you guys enjoy this... I own nothing but Amber, Gabby, Max and Alex. I do wish I own Randy though. LOL!

Randy heard the front door slam shut. Her knew that his daughter had left the house. He just stood there for a second, stunned.

"Who was the, babe?" the girl on his bed asked.

"My daughter," he said as he got dressed and walked out of the room. "You have to go now."

Randy walked over to his daughter's room and saw a magazine cutout lying on the floor.

"Shit," he said as he walked out of the house, in search for his daughter.

Amber took a deep breath as she rang the doorbell at the Hardy's house. At first, she thought of going to her Uncle John's house, but then she figured out that her dad might look for her there. So she ran the next two blocks and arrived at the Hardy's.

"Amber! What's wrong?" her bestfriend Max said as she opened the door and saw her crying.

"Max, I need to speak to your mom and dad please," Amber said as tears rolled down from her eyes.

"Oh Amber," Max said as she hugged her bestfriend. She was used to seeing Amber always unhappy, she knew how tough it must be for her, growing up without a mother. She then let her in and led her to the backyard, where her parents were talking to their Aunt Stacy.

"Amber!" Stacy said as she saw the petite blonde girl arrive. She noticed that she was crying. "What's wrong, honey?" she said.

"It's...it's dad," Amber said as she sat down to one of the chairs. "I walked in on him while he was in bed with some girl and he got mad at me for it."

"What?" Amy said outraged. "What the hell was Randy thinking? Does he have no respect for you at all?"

"I don't know," she said in between sobs. "What did I ever do for him to hurt me like this? My god, my dad is such a jerk!"

"Don't say that," Matt said. "You know very well that your dad loves you."

"Oh yeah?" Amber angrily said. "How come I never felt it? Never once in my life did I ever feel that my dad loved me! I hate him!" she shouted.

"Take it back, you ungrateful girl!" a voice suddenly boomed. They all turned and saw a very angry Randy standing by the doorway, followed by a very helpless looking John.

"I said take it back!" Randy said as he approached Amber and yanked her by the arm. Amber just stared at her dad, with fire in her pale blue eyes.

"No, because I meant every word," Amber bravely said.

Randy raised his arm, about to slap her, but John and Matt restrained him.

"Randy, that's enough!" Amy shouted. "Max, please take Amber inside."

As the two girls went inside, Randy yelled, "What the hell did you just do? I come here looking for my daughter and this is what I find? My bestfriends, betraying me!"

"We never betrayed you, Randy!" an outraged Amy yelled back. "You, however, betrayed your own daughter! You denied her of the truth that belonged to her! Can't you see that it's hurting her because she can't explain the reason why her father is being such a jerk?"

"I only did what's best for her!" Randy said as he gritted his teeth. "She will only get hurt when she found out that she killed my Trish!"

Stacy couldn't take it anymore, "You know very well that it's not Amber's fault, Randy!" she cried. "I was there with you in the hospital, so don't go blaming your daughter for her death! Trish has been dead for 21 years, for god's sake. Get over it and start being a father to Amber!"

What Stacy said really hit Randy. He broke down and tears started to flow from his eyes. "Do you think it's easy, raising a child on your own?" he said. "Do you think it doesn't hurt me, seeing my daughter grow up to look exactly like the only woman I ever loved? So don't go lecturing me on how I should raise her, because you have no fucking idea on what I'm going through!"

"Raise?" John suddenly spoke up. "You never raised her, Orton! You were never there for her! Sure, you give her everything that she needs, but did you ever stop to think that what she needs most is you?"

Randy just stood there and cried. He didn't know what else to say because he knew that everything that his friends said was the truth, he just didn't want to admit it to himself.

"Talk to her, man," Matt finally said.

"She hates me," Randy said. "And I deserve it."

"You're still her father," Stacy said as she hugged her friend. "She needs to know the truth."

Randy nodded and went inside to talk to his daughter. He found her sitting on the couch with Max, crying. When Amber saw her father, she quickly wiped her tears and said, "What do you want?"

"I think I'll leave you two alone to talk," Max said as she exited the room.

Randy sat down beside his daughter and looked at her. No one can deny the fact that her features and built were exactly like Trish's, except that she had Randy's pale blue eyes.

"Amber," he said as he took a deep breath. "You were right, I am a jerk. And I'm sorry that for 20 years I haven't been a father to you. I'm sorry for being so messed up."

"Why, dad? Why?" Amber said as she looked into her father's eyes, searching for answers.

Randy sat there, not knowing where to start. How can he explain her mother's death to her?

"You see, Amber," he started. "Your mom, Trish, died while giving birth."

Amber's eyes widened and she could not believe her ears. "You mean, I'm the reason why my mom died?" she then started crying.

Randy went closer to her and took the young girl into his arms. It was the first time he did this since Amber was a baby. "Sssh...Hush baby... It's not your fault."

"But then, why do you hate me dad? If you don't blame me for mom's death?" she asked him, confused.

"I don't hate you, baby. It's just that, I was so hurt when your mom died aside from the fact that I was so scared to raise you alone. And seeing you grow up looking exactly like your mom hurt me even more. I didn't know what else to do but push you away, to save myself from being hurt again. Now I realized that I was terribly wrong."

"Oh, daddy," she cried even more as she hugged her dad.

"I'm really sorry baby Amber. I messed up big time. Do you think you can forgive your old man for missing out on those 20 years of your life and start over again?" Randy asked his daughter.

Amber looked into her dad's eyes and smiled, "I'd like that."

I know it's kinda mushy, but I do hope you like it. I have some stuff planned for this fic, so please review so that I can post my next chapter soon...