Butterflies

A/N: Takes place shortly after Angela came home from the hospital.

When Walker pulled up the driveway glad to be off from work, he noticed that for the first time since Angela could walk she is not out on the porch waiting for him to come home.

He heads inside, hearing a noise from the kitchen Walker goes to investigate. He finds Alex cooking dinner sneaking up on her he gives her a kiss on the neck.

"Hi cowboy" Alex says not even looking over her shoulder

"Hi, how was your day?"

"I've had better. I stopped by the Hope center with Angela today, so she could tell the other kids how much she liked the cards they had drawn for her, and I guess Zack Lane either said or did something that got Angela so mad that she kicked him so hard that he went to the office with a bloody nose."

"Isn't Zack Lane the boy that is always picking on Angela? Isn't he thirteen?" Walker asked really amazed that Angela would take on a thirteen year old.

"That's the one."

"Do you know what he said?" Walker asked, while trying to hold back a laugh as he realized that Angela was so much like him as a child.

"No. Angela hasn't said a word about what happened. She has been up in her room since we got home."

"I guess I better go talk to her, maybe I can find out what happened."

Walker leaves the kitchen and heads upstairs to Angela's room. Angela was sitting on the window seat drawing something that was outside her window when Walker entered the room. Walker sat down next to her.

"Angel, do you want to explain to me about what happened at the HOPE center today?"

"I kicked Zack Lane in the nose and made him bleed. He just made me so mad."

"What did Zack say that made you so mad that you had to hit him?"

"Zack said that I looked weird because I didn't have much hair and I would give the other kids cancer if they got to close. So I hit him." Angela said anger still evident in her voice.

"I understand how you feel sweetie, but you just can't hit someone just because they said something mean. Do you understand that?"

"Yes sir."

"Good." Walker looked at Angela and he could tell what Zach had said had really hurt Angela's feelings. Looking out the window he noticed a caterpillar's cocoon on the tree branch just outside Angela's window.

"Daddy do I look weird?"

"No, baby you don't look weird at all. In fact when you get better you will be as beautiful as ever. Look out there, see the cocoon? The caterpillar goes inside there and to some people it looks a little weird but when it comes out it is a butterfly so beautiful that no one is able to deny it. And since you are already beautiful that when you get better the only thing you could be is gorgeous. Do you understand that?"

"Yes Daddy."

"Good so I want you to just ignore kids like Zack Lane and just remind yourself that you are beautiful and when you get better you will be absolutely gorgeous. Ok?"

"Ok"

"How about after supper we go riding? I think Meeko missed you while you were in the hospital."

"You think so?"

"I know so."

A/N: sorry for the delay, busy with school.

To clarify who Meeko is: Meeko is the name of Angela's horse