Coming Home
Chapter 3
Duncan's POV
"Are you coming kid?" I said, and then watched the girl happily walked inside. This has to be a prank. Me and Courtney couldn't possible have a child together. Especially since I haven't see her in years, this had to be a prank. I looked down at the girl again. She was short for whatever age she was. She looked just like Courtney… Except for her blue eyes and jet black hair. This was definitely not a prank. She smiled at me, and I head back a moan.
I hope this is a dream. I thought to myself.
"Come on kid, lets go to the living room." I said walking into my living room. I sat on the couch and she sat on the chair next to mine. She looked around with that smile still on her face.
"Kid. How old are you?" I asked.
"My name is Andrea or Andy for short. And I am 15." She said. I sighed, this has to be a prank.
"So where is your mom?" I asked wondering where Courtney was. She looked at me with confusion.
"You mean… she's not here?" She said with sadness dipping with every world. I scrunched up my eyebrows.
"No. Why would she be?" I asked.
"Well you guys are my birth parents so I thought you guys be together." She said quietly.
"Wait so you haven't met Courtney before? Kid, where did you come from?" I asked, she had my full attention now. I needed to know what the hell was going on.
"No I haven't met her before. I'm a foster kid, from Vermont. I hated my foster home; I knew I was born in here so I ran away. I did a lot of things just to find you and be with you guys." She said
"Things like what?" I asked her wondering exactly what this 15 year old did.
"I stole a car, had a couple fake IDs, and fought some boys down the block." She said proudly. Awe Shit.
She is my daughter.
"So in your plan, when you found me and… your mom. What exactly did you think was going to happen from there?" I asked, she worked so hard on her plan but I don't think it turned out the way she planned it. She looked at me for a moment and shrugged her shoulders. I sighed, and sat back in my chair.
"Are you hungry?" I asked her after a couple minutes.
"A little, but can I put my bag somewhere, and shower?" She asked while running her fingers down her slightly tangled black hair.
"Umm, sure. There is a guest room right up the stair to the left make yourself at home. And I'll order some pizza, cool?" I said making sure she was alright with the plan. She nodded and got up, and started walking to the guest room. I pulled out my cell phone and called on of my closet friends. Geoff.
Ring!
"Duncan, my man. I was just about to call you. Bridgette keeps telling me that there is a mini you running around town. She must've gotten into my stash 'cause she is off the wall." Geoff said causally.
"Geoff, that's why I'm calling you. The mini me is in the guest room taking a shower. You and Bridgette need to come over and help me figure out what to do."I said sighing. Geoff laughed.
"Dude, we are already in the car. Bridgette wanted to talk to you. I hope you got food. The girls are hungry."Geoff said, I could tell he had the stupid grin on his face.
"Why are you bringing them? This isn't a reunion Geoff." I said getting frustrated. I don't need any more little girls in my house.
"Yo! Ask Bridge! She told everyone to get in the car, and we did." Geoff said.
"Whatever, and tell Bridgette to pick up some pizza on her way over here. I don't got no food. Bye." I said then hung up. I threw my phone on the coffee table and tired to focus on the tv rather than the 'Little Me' upstairs. The tv was showing some random commercial. So I started going through the channels. Then I saw it. Courtney… and Me… on Total Drama Island, the Boot camp episode, the episode where we kissed for the first time. Oh god. I hated that show.
"Hey! That's Total Drama Island!" Andy said as she jumped on the couch next to me. She was into the show, and I just looked at her.
"You watch this show? Isn't It like 17 years old?" I asked her. Her head didn't even move. She was so into the show. Then the commercial came on and she snapped her head toward me.
"I'm not sure. It's old though. That's all they would play in the Foster Home. I liked it the moment I saw it, even though its total shit. You just get into it." She said to me. I nodded. It was total shit.
"So who is your favorite?" I asked her. She might not know who those people are but I do.
"Courtney. She is crazy and very pretty. Even though she went a little coco in the last 2 seasons. I still like her." She said.
"Yeah, Courtney's my favorite too."I said thinking about all the good times we had together.
"Really? Her and Duncan, they were my favorite couple until he cheated. But I forgave him. I could stay mad at him for some reason. I think it was because somewhere in my heart… I knew they get back together." She said. Looking back at the tv as the show came back on. I laid back in the chair. And watch the show with her. She looked back at me.
"My foster sister used to say I look like Courtney. I kind of see it, but that doesn't except my eyes. But I get them from you. " She said blinking them and smiled.
"You want to know why you look so much like Courtney?" I asked her. She nodded, of course.
"Cause… she's you mom." I said. Her eyes got wide, and it look like she stopped breathing. I put my hand on her shoulder.
"Andy breathe. Andy BREATHE! " I yelled when her face started turning red. She let out a gasp and started gasping for air.
"Then you 'THE DUNCAN!' " She started yelling, and got up and started jumping. I didn't know what to say or what to do. So I just sat there and watch her, until she calmed down. When she was done, she jumped on the couch and laid her head on my shoulder. We finished watching the episode until it was over.
"I have one question." Andy said when the next show started playing.
"Go ahead."
"What do I call you?" She asked . I thought for a second.
"You can call me anything you want…" I told her. She smiled, probably thinking about all the things she could call me.
"I think I'm going to call you D Man or Dad. Which one do you like?" She asked me. I laughed.
"I like D Man, but you can call me dad." I told her. She smiled.
"Hey dad, I'm hungry." She told me.
"Umm pizza should be here in-" I started but was cut of by the loud
"Party is HERE!" Geoff's voice echoed in the house. Then the little one ran in and jumped on my lap. She was impossible to escape. The little one's hair was in a ponypail and she was wearing her school uniform. She was like 6 or something close to that.
"Dun-kan! We got pee-wa." She said, with a toothless smile.
"Taylor. Go wash your hands, and sit at the table." Bridgette said, as she walked in with pizza. The other one, Allison, walked in front of me with her hand out, like she was waiting for something.
"What's with the hand." I asked her. She sighed.
"Last week at the football game, you said if the quarterback didn't asked me to the dance you would give me twenty dollars." She said to me. She looked just like Bridgette, but acted like Geoff, when Bridgette wasn't around of course.
"Awhh, right. So why didn't he ask you to the dance?" I asked as I handed her a twenty.
"Because, Luke, he has a band, asked me." She said then walked in the kitchen. Geoff came in with nothing in his hands.
"Bro, it this the little you?" he asked looking at Andrea.
"Yup."
"Dude, she looks exactly like Court. It's scary man." Geoff said. I laughed.
"Hey Andrea, come get some pizza." Bridgette yelled from the kitchen. Andy got up and walked into the kitchen to eat.
"Dude, when she came up to the door, I thought it was you playing around or some shit. " I told him.
"Dude having a little girl to prank you is a little much. Even for me." Geoff said smiling. He tossed me a beer.
"I know. That's why I believe it." I told him before drinking some of my beer.
"So when you gonna talk to Court?" Geoff asked. I looked at him like he was stupid.
"I wasn't." I told him.
"Dude! You have you, if not for yourself then for the little you." Geoff said, raising his usually mellow voice.
"Dude, I already been sued by Courtney, for just trying to talk to her. She doesn't want anything to do with me." I said drinking more of my beer.
"Well the little you has to do with you and her. And that is something you need to handle soon. If you gonna keep her, if Court's gonna keep her, or if she going back to the foster home. It's a decision the both of you have to make." Geoff said going back to his mellow voice. I sighed he was right.
"I guess." I asked Geoff.
"Right. Hey Babe! Bring us some pizza." Geoff yelled at Bridgette. A few minutes later she came out with two plates with two slices of pizza. She sat down on the couch and took out her phone, and started talking to someone.
"Hello? It's Bridgette, how are you doing? That's great! I'm good, and the girls are too. Court they are getting so big. You should see them now. " She said into the phone. Geoff looked at me then smiled, I just sighed, drinking more of my beer.
"Come over? Do you still live in the condo by Central Park? Oh okay well I'll see you tomorrow. Love you too, bye." Bridgette said then hung up her phone. She looked at me, and gave me a weak smile.
"Duncan, I know you don't want to do this, but it's the right thing to do. Andrea deserves a chance to meet both of you guys so she can choose who she wants to live with." Bridgette told me. I spit out some of my beer.
"What the fuck Bridge?" I yelled. Bridgette glared at me for cursing, but what did she expect?
"Why does she need to choose one of us? I was just gonna keep her. Courtney didn't want her to begin with, she didn't tell me about her. She doesn't want her." I said quiet enough for only us to hear.
"Duncan! You don't know that. Maybe something happen. She was in school when she was pregnant maybe that's her reason behind giving her away." Bridgette replied defending Courtney's decision.
"Well tell me this Bridge. You had Al when you where in school, you didn't drop out. You finished. But most of all you kept her, and told Geoff. And that was when you guys were going through that bad –" I started, but was cut off by both Bridgette and Geoff 'Shh-ing' me.
"Dude. Don't." Geoff said in a warning voice. I threw my hands up.
"Whatever man, all I'm saying is that she could have told me this when it was all happening." I said, ending the conversation as I got up and walked into the dining room where the girls were talking, eating, and watching the little tv in the room. I sat at the table.
"Duncan, I did not know you had a daughter. Andy is pretty cool." Allison said to me smiling and patting Andy on the back.
"It was a secret. And yeah she is pretty cool Al." I told her, while smiling at Andy.
"Dunkan! Wook it's you when you was wittle." Taylor said point to the tv, it was showing more total drama stuff.
"Yup Tay. That's me when I was little." I said to her. Al and Andy started talking about the show, they asked me questions about the conditions, the cast, and the challenges. A few minutes later Bridgette and Geoff came in and we all just talk about random thing. It was kind of comforting. I looked at Andy who was laughing with Al. Who wouldn't want this. The joy of having a little girl who is proud of you after knowing you for a few hours. I be damned if I let Courtney take this away from me, she already took the first 15 years.
Author's Note!
Happy New Years! :D My special gift to my readers. So Happy New Years to you guys. My new years resolutions is to finish my stories. :D Think I can do it? I do. Well Review!
Love Anna.