Caesar's head shot to the door at the sound of it slamming, in ran a very frantic Lillian who jumped up onto his lap, her elbow slamming into his gut. A hiss of air escaped the man who promptly had the wind taken out of him.

"CAESAR!HUEYWASKISSNMOMMY!!HUEY'SKISSINMYMAWWWMM!!!"

Caesar swallowed back his gasps and gave her a light shake, "Calm down, Baby girl, calm down. Now, what's wrong?"

Lillian inhaled deeply and said again, this time getting annoyed and flailing her arms wildly, "IWOKEUPANDHUEYKISSEDMOMMY!!"

Caesar's eyes widened, speaking hysterical fluently, "No!"

She nodded feverishly, "Huey… Huey was huggn' her in the kitchen and then he started kissin her! He was KISSIN her!!"

"Well… Your mommy likes Huey…"

"But-" but before she had the chance to finish, Jazmine followed by Huey barged in. Jazmine heaved a sigh of relief at the sight of Lillian on the couch with Caesar.

"Oh thank God," She hissed, taking her daughter in her arms, "Lillian, you scared me. You can't just leave, understand?"

Lillian's eyes narrowed, "Yes ma'am,"

"Now why would you run away like that?" Jazmine asked her intently.

"Cos Mr. Huey kissed you," Lillian stated simply, her arms folded over her chest.

Huey and Jazmine looked at eachother and then looked at Caesar who cleared his throat, "Right… well…this is a family matter… and even though this is MY house…!" He spoke as he headed down the hall.

Jazmine sat down with Lillian, staring into her dark eyes, "Lillian… we kinda need to talk about... Who Mr. Huey is,"

"Actually, Jazmine," Huey took a step, "I think I should talk to her,"

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Lillian walked with Huey and Jazmine through the street and up the large hill top, her little hands tucked into her hoody jacked pockets. Huey had his hands in his trouser pockets, he had his eyes fixed on the young girl who barely reached the top of his knee in height, who kept her gaze forward.

"So… you're not just Momma's friend," Lillian repeated in a hushed voice, "You're… her really, really good friend?"

"Lillian…" Huey started, a lump in his throat. What was he going to do? He couldn't raise a kid. He didn't even like the idea of marriage. It was bound to fail, anyway. The fact of the matter was, he had a daughter who saw him as a stranger… which was fair because she was one to him, too. He was really beating around the bush to tell her who he really was, "Your mother and I…. Well…"

She looked up at him expectantly, confusion and slight fear in her eyes.

"Hey!" An idea popped into his head, "Wanna hear a story? About… about a princess?"

"Okay," The little girl smiled. Huey took a seat by the large tree, the young girl bounced merrily into his lap as if it were the natural way of things. Huey fidgeted nervously for a moment, not used to so much physical contact.

Was this gonna be mandatory when he was a real dad?

If she wanted him to be her Dad, that is.

"Well," Huey started, scratching his head, "There was… this gorgeous princess who wasn't much older than yourself when she met a really mean knight in training,"

"Why was he so mean?"

"Well, he was just angry all the time, really," Huey corrected, "He… he didn't like how the princess would be so happy all the time and she would annoy him when she hugged him and… stuff…"

"he doesn't sound very nice," Lillian pouted.

"Anyway," Huey continued, a bit annoyed by so many interruptions and Jazmine giggles, "This knight and princess grew up and inevitably fell inlove. But, the knight was being called to uh… fight a dragon. Yeah. A big horrible white dragon in a big white castle. Anyway, so the knight left his beloved princess…"

"He left!?"

"He had to,"

"That's sad,"

"Well, the princess has a little baby," Huey continues the story, Lillian's eyes widened and then narrowed at the brow.

"But the knight didn't even know! The dragon had him trapped in the white cave for a long, long time…. He probably would have gotten away if he had known,"

Lillian started pulling away slowly but Huey was in a daze. He needed to finish the story.

"When…. he finally defeated the dragon he came home… and found his princess with his… daughter,"

Lillian was staring up at him for a few beats, her breath quickened and her mouth parted as if to speak. Huey watched and waited for some reply but she looked only to her mother who just nodded slowly. Lillian turned back to Huey, "My… mommy was the princess?"

Huey nodded solemnly, "And I…"

"You're no knight,"

"Lillian!" Jazmine exclaimed, but Huey remained silent as if turned to stone by the coldness of his own daughters voice.

She then took off down the hill, running as fast as her little legs could carry her, not wanting to believe that the man who was supposed to be in her life would just go away for so long and not even call for single birthday.

"Lillian!" Huey called after her, running to catch up, "Lillian! Please come back!"

Lillian quickened her pace, knowing her little legs would never match his in a race with speed. She made it to Caesar's house, however and threw herself on his leg.

She sobbed, looking up at Caesar with hurt filled eyes, "They… they're lying aren't they?"

Caesar knelt down and gave her a hug, "No, Lilly. They aint,"

"So… are they gonna get married now?"

Caesar pulled her away and looked deep into her eyes, afraid to answer. He then turned his head for the second time that day as Huey and Jazmine barged in.

"Yall two need to talk," Caesar informed them seriously, picking up the weeping girl in his arms and holding her tightly, "I'll keep Lillian tonight,"

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Aww caesar's soooo cute!!! snuggles Caesar!