Flurry of Flames Second Chance: Part 10
When Natasha heard her father start to unlatch the lock on their door she was already getting Axel to go upstairs, who was playfully refusing her from the middle of the stairs until he heard the same sound of the unlatching door. He gave her a cocky smirk and stealthily made it to her room just in time to shut the door. The young lady took a deep breath and acted like she was walking to the kitchen to get something to eat when her father came in. They looked at each other, and when they did the smile was struck from her face when she realized her father didn't seem to be in the happy mood he usually was. Her father looked away from her when the look of worry crossed her face, trying to conceal it now that he was in her presence. It seemed almost like it was too late when he heard the fridge door, which she had just opened when he got there, close, and felt her hand on his back.
"Daddy? Is something wrong? Is it work?"
A slight smile crossed his face as he sighed. She was turning into her mother right before his ears.
"No, it wasn't work. It's nothing to worry about." He met her eyes with a convincing smile. She didn't buy it for a second and gave him a knowing smile in return.
"C'mon, dad. If you don't tell me mom is going to know something is wrong with you. You know she hates worrying about us." She gave him a kiss on the cheek.
As the older woman's husband and closest companion ever he knew that was true. Maybe he could stop this whole matter here. He promised himself that he wouldn't pry too much. He cleared his throat and looked her square in the eye, stalling only for a moment to figure out something to say.
"I have this bad feeling that someone I love is hiding something from me. I wish she would tell me what that something was so I wouldn't have to find out for myself." It was too bad he already knew what that something was.
His daughter visibly stiffened, yet to an untrained, daughter watching eye it would have been imperceptible. He saw the gears quickly working in her head as he crossed his arms to hear her answer. She wasn't going to tell him.
"I have no idea what mother would hide from you." The simple fact that she said 'mother' instead of 'mom' or 'mommy' told him she was lying, that is, if he needed further convincing. She was trying to sound too smart for herself. "What would she ever hide from you?"
He sighed. If this continued he would decide to reveal the boy upstairs tomorrow. He hated being lied to, and it didn't help that it was his own flesh and blood doing the lying. He sighed.
"It's fine then. Probably just my imagination. Go up to your room so I can calm myself down. You're so cute you muck up my senses." He gave her a playful shove towards the stairs, which was returned with a heartfelt hug. At least he knew she still loved him.
As she walked along the upstairs ledges and into her room he glared at the door way when he saw the back of that spiky, red-headed ass for a mere second.
((A/N: Oh my! I cursed! ; Sorry about another shorty, but I think it was well placed. Don't forget to review. I really want to know if I should continue! Also, there's a couple more shorties that I have decided to upload simply because…well, they are short, but also because I want to move it along a little. Also, I'm getting close to where I stopped writing when I realized I might be doing a bad job. Soon these updates may either start to spread out as far as time goes, or there might even be no change. It kind of depends on my free time, my friends, and school work. Please, if you haven't reviewed and you really want me to continue, please consider telling me so in a review. If I'm doing this for nothing I'm perfectly content with just sharing this work with myself.
Also, I'm very sorry for not updating on schedule, but I had quite a bit of drama going on with the half of my family I don't associate with much. It's a long story, so I won't bother telling you. Either way, the only thing that really matters is that it kept me from updating, which doesn't take really long so it's somewhat aggravating. It's 1:30 AM on the 10th of August, so I will not be putting up the next installment until the 11th. This may seem confusing, but since I promised to upload three shorties this means that part 14 will no be up today, but the others will. …Does anyone really care? I think I'm saying this more to sort out my own head. :giggles:
InTheDarkWithRiku: Thank you for telling me, though I definitely understand that real life happens, as much as I wish it didn't.))