Alex

I had a nice birthday, that might be an understatement, it was an amazing birthday, especially this one present I got, well, by now we all know what I got.

It was late afternoon, I woke up and smiled, there was Vicky lying beside me, her hair was usually tied up in a ponytail but now she let it down, there was a few strands of hair across her face, I pushed them behind her ear and whispered, "You're so beautiful."

She smiled and blushed in her sleep, or at least I think she's sleeping. I wrapped my arm around I guess I'll sleep a little longer, I like waking up early...I know it's the late afternoon, but it's early for me because we didn't stop until two in the morning, not really my fault, I mean come on it's Vicky, she likes to do...Different things.

Anyway as soon as I closed my eyes, Vicky started stretching and said, "Do you actually want to stay in bed all day?"

I kept my eyes closed and smiled, "It would be nice, but we should get up now, I still have to get back home."

It took a while but I finally made it to the front door, "Coming back tonight?" Vicky asked as she let my hand go, I nodded, "Yeah, but I think we need to tell your parents about us now."

Vicky was unsure about this, because she was never on good terms with her parents, so she thought that if we told them, they would try to brake us apart. "I think it'll be okay, come on trust me." I held out my hand, she smiled and blushed slightly, "It's been eight years since you became a big part in my life, it was the best thing to ever happen to me. Thank you." Vicky said softly.

After that we went home, once we pulled up to the side walk, I could already see Jerry looking out the window, it seemed like he already knew what we wanted to talk about, because he looked at us and went to the front door, when we reached the front door, Nicky and Jerry were there.

"Hey mom, dad…" Vicky spoke quietly, I guess since it's something important, she doesn't want to scare them or get them mad, "Hello Vicky, how have you've been?" Nicky asked, I was surprised to hear her speak first, I mean out of the two of them Nicky was the most scared of her…At least that's what I think.

All four of us went inside and into the living, Jerry and Nicky sat side by side and Vicky and I sat next to each other. Before I or Vicky could say anything Nicky spoke first, "I didn't want to believe it at first…I mean Alex was smart and kind, and Vicky you were…I'm sorry to say, but destructive and just plain evil."

I held in a laugh, and then I looked at Vicky who frowned at her mother's comment about how she was in the past, "I was mean…But I wasn't like plain evil, that's a bit much. And also…What do you mean you, you didn't want to believe it at first?" Vicky asked.

I nodded, but I kind have an idea as to what she means about that, "You two of course, you both came to us because you want our blessing, am I right?" Nicky asked, "Wait…" Vicky help up her hand in a stop motion, "You knew? How long?"

Nicky put her hands on her lap, "When Alex couldn't stop asking about you, it was shocking to hear someone talk about you like you were an angel." Nicky chuckled, "Even after two years when I noticed, I still didn't want to believe Alex was in love with you, I had a lot of time to think this over, and so far, I've only ever thought that you two just can't be together. But after seeing how Alex become so happy when we agreed to let him visit you, I had no choice but to accept the fact he loves you. But even with that, I was skeptical, because this was you, Vicky, a child that made us fear for our lives at times." Nicky seemed to think of the past Vicky as a bad dream, but I know what she means. Vicky was scary, but even so, she saved me.

"Vicky, I as a mother should have trusted you, and loved you, but I didn't, so for that I am sorry. But I was never good with children, and people who got mad at me, I was a bit of a scardy cat." Nicky said and looked embarrassed, "I thought I was ready, but the second you started talking, I got scared and pushed you away…I was bad at talking to people, with how I am now, you wouldn't believe It, but just like you two, we I changed, but it was already too late, because I neglected Vicky, she started to act out, so I would pay more attention to her, but I was still afraid." Nicky sighed, "From the day you were born, you were always angry because we didn't talk to you enough, I didn't have to courage to say anything."

I kind of feel out of place here…Because this is pretty much between Vicky and her parents. There's one thing about Vicky that I noticed, she may act strong and mean, but she's just like her mother, scared and uncertain about what's going to happen. Jerry and I listened to every word, "We have so much time to talk about what you should have done, but that should be used for another time, right now Nicky, we should just give them our blessing." Jerry said, I nodded in agreement.

Nicky and Vicky sighed, "Fine, but one more thing, I love you Vicky." Nicky said gently.

Vicky cleared her throat, "Um…" She looked to me and grabbed my hand, please keep going, I thought. She relaxed and said, "I love the both of you too, and Alex and I thought it was best to tell you about our relationship. We haven't done anything…Well we didn't do anything until yesterday. Anyway, for the past eight years Alex has been telling me to hold back, and be more kind to others, and try to change, which I did. The me you see now, is because of Alex." She squeezed my hand.

I smiled and leaned forward, "We want to thank you two as well, if it wasn't for you guys letting me stay with you, she probably wouldn't have changed."

Jerry shrugged, "Can't argue with that."

Nicky slapped his arm, he started laughing, "I'm just kidding, but in a way it's true, you both know that." And then we continued to talk for hours, Vicky was slowly warming up to them, and since she didn't have to worry about people finding out about us, she started to stay close to me, and at times, she would cling to me, like I was going to disappear.

A week later, Vicky and I were at her apartment, she left to get something out of the kitchen, and when she came back she was hiding something behind her back, "Hey Alex, what do you think of this?" It was a teddy bear that holding a bottle, the instant I saw it one thought came to mind, and it kind of made me excited, "You're pregnant!?" I screamed, she frowned, "Who guesses that on their first try?"

"Wait, you aren't pregnant?" I asked.

Now she looked confused, "I don't get why you guessed that…" She sighed, "I wanted to make it harder for you and some fun…" She's cute when she pouts, wait a minute…I was right? The excitement I had before suddenly vanished, that means I have to get a job now, and…We can't live here. And I also have to watch over Vicky, she'll try to do a lot of stuff on her own, and I won't be here all the time…I was freaking out, but I was extremely happy.

She sighed, "Yes I am."

I knew it, but I needed confirmation, I ran up to her and pick her up easily. Her eyes widened when I ran up to her, don't blame, I would freak out too if a giant ran at me full speed, she started laughing when I picked her up, maybe I should have guessed something else, but…Like I said when I was ten, if I become a parent, I'll be better than my own parents.

A few months later her stomach started to get noticeably bigger, so I asked Vicky if she wanted to go over to her parent's house. Now in my mind, I thought, hey if I can't always be there for her, why not her parents? I mean they had two kids, and they took care of them…Well one of them, the other kind of raised herself.

I had to learn to drive, so I could take Vicky to the hospital if I needed to. It took a while, but I got Vicky into the car and we were on way, "Alex you really need to calm down, I can still do a lot of stuff on my own, I mean it's only been five months." Vicky said, she doesn't understand how I feel right now, I want our daughter to be healthy, I might be overreacting, maybe just a bit, but to be fair some people unconsciously follow in their parents footsteps.

I'm not doing that, I'm just worried, for both the baby and Vicky. I don't want her to get hurt while I'm not there, because if she does, she won't tell me, she knows I'll freak out and take her to the hospital. So far we've been good, but I just start to worry while I'm out working.

Once we got there, the first thing that happened, was Jerry fainting, Nicky was so surprised that she didn't even try to help him up, "Vicky! You're pregnant!?" She exclaimed, "Yes…Alex is being annoying right now." Vicky muttered, I frowned, "As you told me many times, I won't do as my parents did, I know. But I still worry, okay?" I countered, "See what I mean?"

Nicky grabbed Vicky's hand, "Come here." And she led her away, I was already late for my job, but she always comes first.

Before I left, I looked down at Jerry, "Hey, dad. You okay?" I asked and bent over to poke his cheek, he's actually out cold. "Great…" I picked him up and took him to his room, when he hit the bed softly, he stirred in his sleep, "I'm a…Grandpa…" And then he said something else, but I couldn't understand him, so I let him sleep.

For the next four months I did nothing but work, the work it came to me surprisingly easy, so every day I did a lot and got extra pay, but sometimes, I did too much. Tomorrow was Vicky's birthday, but today was the day that we, mainly I, because I'm a 'worrywot' which I am not, that's what Vicky calls me now, anyway, I predicted that it would be nine months and one week when she goes into labor.

When it turned out I was right, she got mad at me, even though I didn't brag about it. She was just cranky at the time, anyway, at midnight I was holding her hand, which she gripped tightly, good thing my hands aren't tiny, otherwise she would have broken it, but it still hurt, although I don't think it compares to what she was feeling.

Ten minutes later, the doctor said he could see the head, and my hand started to hurt again because Vicky gave it one last big push. Vicky was breathing heavily, and then it was quiet, then one more second, the baby started crying, Vicky with tears in her eyes, let go of my hand and asked for our child.

When the doctor showed me our daughter, I felt like crying, I was extremely happy, I brought her over to Vicky, who started crying and held onto to her gently, I went out into the hall with the doctor and asked if they was anything wrong with her birth. It was a healthy delivery, he told me that maybe I should rest, staying awake for too long could cause some trouble for me.

I took his advice and went to sit beside Vicky, when I came into the room, Vicky looked so happy, too bad she's asleep, I took out my phone and took a picture of her, and the I pulled up a chair to the side of her bed and rested my head on the side.

I was woken up by Vicky and a doctor that was holding our child, "So have you two thought of a name?" He asked, Vicky and I nodded, "Violet. Violet Valentine." At the sound of her new name, she opened her eyes, revealing a mixture of light purple and pink irises. She had my hair, and our eyes, but she looks more like Vicky than me.

At the end of the day, we were home, "Welcome to your new home, Violet." I said and poked her cheek, she grabbed my finger and just started sleeping again. Week after week, I worked, and slowly the hours I spent with Vicky and Violet started to become shorter. A few months later, I took a break from work, I started to notice that I was doing what my father did, he started working long hours after I was born, for the first month it was for my well-being, but then he started to look at me with a disgusted look.

Today Vicky and Vi, as I like to call her, went on a picnic with Timmy and Tootie. "Hey Tootsie, And Timothy. I want you to meet someone." I decided to be dramatic. Because I haven't told them we had a kid, Tootie for sure would have knew, but like me and Vicky, she moved out. Anywho, because I'm so tall anyone can hide behind me, Vicky agreed to make this a surprise for these two.

Timmy and Tootie looked confused and then they looked at each other, "What's going? Sorry we haven't been talking much, my mom and dad kind of chewed me out when I started to date Tootie, and also when I said I wanted to move out." Timmy smiled apologetically, I shrugged, "It's okay, but forget about that for now, like I was saying earlier, I want you two to meet someone." I got out of Vicky's way, she was holding Vi in her arms, a smile spread across Vicky's lips, "This is Violet Valentine. Your niece." Vicky said, Tootie's eyes widened and she ran over to Vicky, "You had a kid?! Why didn't you tell me?!" Tootie shouted, which scared Violet, the baby flinched but didn't cry, "She looks just like Vicky!" Tootie kept trying to touch Violet, but then she backed off and tried again, she wasn't sure about this, so then Vicky put Violet in Tootie's arms, Tootie kind of froze, her arms didn't move and she looked scared as well.

"Tootie, relax, she ain't going to bite you. And hold her right, please." I felt like taking Violet away from her.

Timmy tried to keep a straight face, but he couldn't do it, he stood next to Tootie who was still really nervous about holding Violet, Timmy stared at Violet, "How long?" He asked, "About four months and three weeks." I said proudly.

Timmy grinned, "Congratulations man." He said.

We spent the day trying to get Tootie to calm down when carrying Violet, but she would stiffen up every time she had Vi in her arms. Timmy and Tootie came home with us, about a month ago, we got a house, with the help of Vicky's parents that is, and all my hard work as well.

It was just a small home, four bedrooms two bathrooms, a living room, kitchen, and a basement. Vi was asleep, "She really had fun today." I said and gently rubbed her head, Vicky nodded and took her away from me, "I'm a little tired too, take em back home, but before you do, what do you two think?" Vicky asked them, Vicky looked kind of nervous. "There's really nothing to think about, she's beautiful." Tootie said, "Plus she's freaking cute." Timmy added.

I nodded in agreement and Vicky rolled her eyes, but she agrees with us, Tootie hugged Vicky and kissed Vi on the forehead, her eyes a little teary, Timmy did the same, "See you later." And then I took them home, they asked me a lot about Violet and Vicky, I didn't want to tell them everything, because Vicky wanted to.

When I dropped them off, they said, "And don't call us those names." At first I was confused, but then I remembered I greeted them differently. "Why? I like those names, Tootsie and Timothy, come on, nick names won't kill you." I said.

Timmy crossed his arms, "Makes me sound like a girl." He grumbled, "What?" I asked.

He realized that sounded stupid so he blushed, "Leave him alone, his mom and dad wanted a girl, but instead they got Timmy." Tootie told me, Timmy frowned, "Thanks…That makes me feel better. Whatever. Alright, see you later Alex."

With that I was on my way back to my family, just thinking about it made me giddy, I'm definitely gonna raise her better than they did, I'm not going to make any mistakes.

Two months later it was my birthday, my nineteenth birthday, my ninth birthday without my mother, and my thirteenth birthday without my father. The entire day I just played with Vi, and hung out with Vicky as well. Another seven months, it was Violet's First birthday. I may have went a little overboard with her gifts, which Vicky yelled at me for, but I just thought that I should get what she would like…Which happened to be a lot.

Like me, Vi is already able to walk, but she got the hang of it a lot earlier than I did. She walking around, looking up at us, we had her birthday party at Vicky's parents' house, and the people that were invited were, Timmy's parents, and Timmy. The others are, Tootie, Vicky, myself and her parents. We sat around the table, Vi sat on Vicky's lap, she watched me light the candle, her eyes lit up when the big number one was lit.

While we sang happy birthday she looked so happy, she went from Timmy to Tootie, and then she looked at his parents and then Tootie's parents. Finally she looked at me and Vicky, Vi started giggling, and then she started to swipe at us, like she was saying, come closer. I leaned down and she put her hand on my nose, "Dada."

The rest of the party were ate cake and talked, it was fun and everything, but I was still distracted by Vi and her first words, Vicky was happy, but in a way, she was also mad. Of course me being me, I didn't get it right away, sometimes it takes me a while to get somethings.

After that everyone went home, and then we went to bed. When I woke up the next day, I was getting something to eat, and then someone knocked on the door, Vicky was also up so she went to answer it, I couldn't hear anything, but I heard the door close lightly, I went over to the door and found Vi looking out the window, "what are you doing?" I asked her, she turned and pointed out, "Did another one of Vicky's old victims call her out again?" I sighed and looked out, there was a man and woman, the man had jet black hair with some gray strands, and the woman had blond hair that almost seemed white.

They were both the same height as Vicky, and both looked sad yet humble, I sighed, Vicky was arguing with them, well it wasn't much of an argument, since all they did was nod and say something when Vicky stopped talking. When I opened the door Vicky said, "I don't care that you've changed, you left him alone! I never wanted to you again." Vicky stared daggers at the blonde.

I walked over to them, they're a lot smaller than I remember. "Vicky…It's okay, let me talk to them."

Vicky hesitated and then glared at them, "Fine. Don't come crying to me if you get hurt again." She said coldly, I can't blame her, they left me when I was young, and to top it off, they ignored me. Vicky went inside and slammed the door behind her, "Sorry about Vicky…She just can't let go of what you two did." I said, they turned and slowly looked up at me, "You've…Grown…" My mother said, I looked over to my father, "Hello father."

An image popped into my mind, my father leaving on my sixth birthday, how he looked at me when he left, hate, and contempt. Now he's looking up at me with grief, sadness, and regret.

If I disappo you with this chapter I'm sorry, sorry it took me so long to put this up, been focusing on another story, this is kind of rushed I guess you can say, I hope you like what I came up with, next chapter will be the last one.

Thanks for reading! I hope you all have an awesome day!

Rilurz~