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"Daddy," Angel said running up and throwing her arms around me, "I missed you."
"I missed you too Baby," I said kissing her forehead, "Did you and Grandma have fun?"
"Yeah," she said grinning, "We bought stuff for everyone!"
"That sounds fun," I said lifting her up.
"Oh and I met Uncle James," she said nodding, "And Aunt Courtney and Mimi. We had a lot of fun. Mimi and I are playing with Zero. You should come play with us."
"How about we show you what we got today?" I said walking to the car with her where Nick was pulling bags out.
"Daddy Nick," Angel said happily, "I missed you."
"I missed you too," he said smiling, "Want to see your presents?"
"You got me presents?" she asked cocking her head to the side.
"They're not just for you," I said setting her down, "But they are toys."
"Yay," she said jumping up and down.
Nick finished setting the bags down and motioned for Angel to open them. Angel didn't act like most kids in this way. She sat down on the grass and went through the bags slowly.
When she saw what was in the bags she put them in separate piles. I wondered what the piles were until I saw that one was for water. She was putting them with things that were similar in what they needed.
"Do you like them?" Nick asked kneeling next to her.
"I love them," Angel said hugging me, "I love you Daddy Nick."
"I love you too Sweetie," he said hugging her back tightly.
As I watched the two of them hug I felt a smile tug on my lips. Everything was great. I didn't think anything could be better then what I had now. I felt two people walk up next to me, but I didn't care.
"Some kid you have there," a woman said behind me.
"Yeah," I said smiling, "Hi, I'm Greg."
"Courtney," she said offering her hand, "And this is my husband James."
"It's nice to meet you," I said nodding my head.
"Your daughter is very amazing," James said calmly, "We were talking before and she is so smart and sweet."
"Thank you," I said looking back at her, "I love her so much."
"She loves you too," Courtney said sweetly, "She kept talking about you and Nick. She loves you so much."
"Daddy," Angel said running over to me, "Come play with Daddy Nick and I."
"Why don't we all play?" I asked motioning to Courtney and James.
"How about we go eat first?" John said walking up to us, "Come on. Mimi is already in with Vanessa eating."
"Okay," Nick said picking Angel up, "Hey James."
"Hey Nick," James said patting Nick's back, "Good to see you little brother."
"Daddy Nick," Angel said looking up at him, "Do I have any more siblings?"
"Yup," he said nodding, "Altogether I have six brothers and sisters."
"Wow," she said here eyes wide.
Everyone went into the dining room and sat down. Angel and Nick were on either side of me. A small girl was sitting next to Vanessa talking quickly about Zero. From what I knew I had to guess that was Mimi.
Mimi had medium length blonde hair and dark brown eyes. Her skin was a natural tan color. She was wearing a pink skirt and a white blouse. I wanted to laugh out loud thinking that I could never get Angel to wear anything like that.
Angel never was the type of girl to wear something so plain and simple. It's not that Angel liked big and flashy, but she liked to add her own flair to things that she wore or did.
"Daddy," Angel asked swallowing the mashed potatoes she was eating, "Can I dye my hair again?"
"What colors?" I asked like I normally did.
"Rainbow," she said excitedly, "I think it would look cool if I got layers and dyed them all different colors."
"I like it," I said laughing, "Do you like it Nick?"
"Yeah," Nick said grinning, "It's very Angel."
"Thank you," Angel said bowing slightly.
"We'll go to the salon tomorrow and get it done," I said nodding.
Vanessa and John eyed me for a second and I knew they weren't pleased that I was letting Angel do this, but Angel was smart enough to make her own choices. I wasn't going to hold her back just because others didn't like it.
When I was a kid I always wanted to dye my hair, but my parents wouldn't let me. So, when I moved out the first thing I did was dye it. I know that I did it to prove I could and I didn't want Angel do have to do something like that.
Anyway, it didn't matter. Angel was my daughter and Nick's too. I'm glad Nick said that Angel was his daughter. I knew that we were headed in that direction and to get him to say that was big.
I also knew that it wasn't going to be a big deal to Angel. Angel already thought of Nick as her other father. Now Angel was getting to know her family. I knew that it would be fun for her to learn everything she could here.
Thanksgiving was in two days and that left little time before we had to go back home and to work. I hated to think of it like that. I wanted to spend more time with my baby girl.
After everyone was done eating we all went outside to play. It was Angel and I on one team while Mimi and Courtney were on the other. We played with the water guns while the rest built the swing set or talked on the phone.
I hated that it was so close to Thanksgiving and Nick's parents were still working. I know that they had important jobs and that they are never done, but they could take a little time off.
"Daddy," Angel said tugging on my sleeve, "Come on. Daddy Nick said we could go ride horses with him."
"Did he now?" I said picking her up, "We'll see you all later."
"Bye," everyone said and Angel, Nick, and I walked to the horses to learn to ride.
