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"Nick," Dad said walking up to the car, "You're home."
"Yeah Dad," I said getting out of the car, "You'll never guess what happened."
"Tell me on the way to the club," he said wrapping his arm around my shoulder and leading me away from Greg and Angel.
"Dad," I said getting out of his grip, "In the car I promised Angel that we could make dinner together, you know as a family."
"Nick, you have a responsibility to the men at the club," he said firmly.
"I have a bigger responsibility to my family," I said angrily, "And nothing you say is going to change that."
"Nicolas," he said surprised.
"We'll talk later Dad," I said picking up Angel, "We're going to make some food."
Angel rested her head on my right shoulder while Greg rested his on my left. I knew that my father was going to be mad, but I wasn't going to break a promise just because he wanted me to.
I hated going to that stupid club. Everyone always asked me about the woman I was dating and about my job. This week was about just being with my family and enjoying that.
Greg, Angel, and I never really got a lot of family time together. We did have time together, but I wanted more. I wanted to be able to just wake up with Greg in my arms and play with Angel and him all day long.
I don't know when it got to the point that Angel was the center of everything, but I knew that I wasn't going to complain about anything that happened. Angel and Greg were the best things for me.
As we made the food laughter filled the air. I loved how even something like making some cookies was the funniest thing in the world. I loved how I was making my daughter laugh and forget the rest of the world.
Some times I hated how smart Angel was because that meant she never had a normal childhood. I also hated that Angel was the child that found Danny dead all those months ago.
It was never fair for a child to see something like that and to know that my daughter had was breaking my heart. I understood what Greg said all that time ago about being put behind bars if he saw that man.
I wanted to beat that man too. I know that it probably wasn't as much as Greg felt, but it was enough to know that if anyone hurt Angel I would be afraid of being around them for lack of self control.
Nothing that had ever happened to me had changed me all that much. When I had that stalker before I know that it freaked me out and that I was afraid, but that didn't even begin to cover this.
Angel had changed my life in so many ways that I had no clue what it was like before her. Greg was the same way. I couldn't imagine my life without the two of them in it.
Those two had a way of consuming your life and not even realizing it. I was glad that the transition was so smooth. Nothing really made things difficult in this whole process.
"Papa," Angel said before yawning.
"Looks like someone is tired," I said picking her up.
"No," she said shaking her head slowly, "Want to make more."
"Shh," I said bouncing her slightly, "Just go to sleep."
"Not sleepy," she said before her eyes shut and she fell asleep.
Greg smiled at me and started to clean up the mess we had made. There was flour and water thrown all around the kitchen and I knew that if we didn't clean it someone else would and that wasn't fair.
Once we were done cleaning Greg took Angel into her room to get her ready for bed. Since Angel was covered in flour she needed a bath. I know that she's my daughter, but I don't think I could handle that.
When Greg was done he walked back in our room with Angel in his arms. I was confused at first, but then I saw that Angel was staring at me and the bed with a look of longing.
Angel was completely wiped out, but she wanted to sleep with us tonight. I didn't know why, but she did. I liked when Angel acted like this. Although it was bittersweet. When she acted like this something was wrong.
"What happened?" I asked when Greg and I were in the bathroom getting ready for bed.
"She says that she misses us," Greg said sadly, "She likes your family, but she wants to go back home."
"Oh," I said looking at her, "I was hoping this would go better."
"What do you mean?" he asked confused.
"That club my dad was talking about," I said shaking my head, "Is for single men. I'm not single and I don't plan on being single."
"You don't?" he asked looking up hopefully.
"There's not a chance that I would willingly leave the two of you alone," I said kissing his forehead, "I love you two too much."
"We love you too Nicky," Greg said with tears in his eyes.
Greg hugged me tightly and kissed my lips slowly. I knew that I was going to be having these kisses for a long time, but I don't think I will ever get used to them. They were amazing.
We went back into our room and got into bed. Angel was in the middle and woke up slightly when we got in. I saw that she looked around before cuddling into the bed and us as much as she could.
"I love you Greg," I said softly, "I love you Angel."
"I love you too Nicky," Greg said smiling, "I love you too Angel."
"I love you Papa," Angel said in mumbles, "I love you Daddy."
Angel had fallen back to sleep once again. Today had been a long day, and I knew tomorrow would be the same way. I just hoped that everything was going to be okay. I wanted things to be good for Angel and Greg.
The holidays were always explosive when I was with my family. Even if there wasn't that many people. Tomorrow I had to be calm to make sure that no one started to yell and get angry. That was going to be easy.