Chapter 3

Damon's POV

Ding.

Emily opened the door and she's obviously not happy to see me but invited me inside anyway, just to be polite I assume. No one is at home, just her. That's great, so we can talk about the custody of Cassie. I hope she would unban me so we don't have to go to court over Cassie. I still want to be in her life, both of them.

"What do you want now?"

"I just want to check on you," I told her.

"Also to come and tell me that you have to say 'I love you' to another girl. No thanks."

"Em, I really don't want to revisit that conversation again."

"You don't revisit anything Damon. Only Kaylie of course," she challenged.

"Emily, stop that! I'm not here to plan games or to have you telling me I did the wrong thing or even make the wrong choice to love your best friend. I'm here to take care of Cassie. If you ban me then we'll bring this fight right to the court. Think about it," I challenged her first and won.

I walked out of the door and headed straight to Austin's. It's late and I need to talk to Austin. I can't believe while having the talk with me, while I was spilling my feelings for Kaylie, Austin knew that me and her won't work out but won't tell me about it and kept my hopes up. Was he still pissed at me for hugging Kaylie, like what, a year ago? I thought he was trying to help me and I thought he was my friend. They are dating for one and a half months after Brad Collins happened. They were dating before that too. So that equals 3 months. I arrived at the lake house and walked in. In the living room, Austin was sitting on his white leather sofa drinking some beer while watching football on his flat screen.

"Dude."

"Hey, when did you get back?"

"Just now. I want to talk to you about something," I asked him.

"Hit me."

I really want to, trust me, I thought about it but instead I said, "Kaylie told me something that I didn't expect."

"Expect the unexpected. It's a life quote you know," he told me.

"Yeah and this is unexpected. You didn't tell me you and Kaylie were dating for one and a half months."

"3 months to be exact but…oh. How did you know about that?" he looked surprised. Kaylie didn't tell him? This is fun.

"Kaylie. She told me. I thought we were friends. After you hitting me in the stomach I thought we were good? What happened?" I was confused.

"Sorry man, but I didn't want to make you mad and everything…"

"Well I am mad now so what's your next excuse?"

There was an awkward silence. He owns me in this. I should really just drop it. I have other things to worry about, like my daughter.

"Don't worry, Tucker. Kaylie told me she loves you so I'll back off. I'm leaving anyway."

"Wait…Young, what did you just say?"

Austin's POV

He's leaving? Since when? Does Emily know about this? I picked my phone up as soon as I heard the guest room door closed. I dialed Emily's number. She must have an explanation. I know what happened with Kaylie but Emily? No idea.

"Hello?"

"Emily, what happened between you and Damon?" I asked.

"Like you said it's "between you and Damon" so therefore, it's between Damon and I."

"Please don't hang up. I need to know because Damon is leaving. He's going back to his tour since you don't need him anymore," I explained.

"He's leaving back to his tour? It's because of me; since I told him I don't want him anywhere near our daughter. It's my fault," Emily is blaming herself over this.

"It's not really your fault. He loves Cassie okay? You need to talk him out of the tour thing. He needs your daughter and your daughter needs him. You need him too, both of you," I explained hard and clear.

"I know Austin, but I don't know if I can let him back into my life."

"You don't necessarily need to let him back into your life. Just let him back into your daughter's life. A child living without both of her parents would be devastated."

"You're right. I need to call him and tell him that. It's about our daughter, not mine only. I wasn't thinking about her at all, it was all about me. Am I that selfish?" she asked me.

"No. Call him, Em."

We both hung up our phone and I sat there hoping things will be better for their family.

Emily's POV

Austin. He's right; I was thinking about myself, I was being selfish. My daughter needs her father and me, I was just thinking about Kaylie and Damon. Kaylie, of course always get the guy but it's not her fault in this situation. It's mine, for not thinking about Cassie, but just me. Damon is dead to me but to my daughter, Cassie, he's everything. I called him and this time I'll set it straight.

"Hello? Em?"

"Don't go. Don't go back on tour."

"Emily, I don't get you. You told me to stay away and now you're telling me to stay back with you?" he asked.

"It's not about me!" I yelled.

"Really? It's seems like everything is about you. Cassie, gymnastics, Kaylie!"

"Sorry, Damon. But I…I mean Cassie need you. She needs a father. She needs both of us."

"Now you think that?"

"I'm sorry it took me this long to figure it out, I just…I was thinking about myself not Cassie," I confessed.

"I know. It's always about you. But now, it's not about you or me. It's Cassie. That's what you want right?"

"Right…what are you saying?"

"I want to be in Cassie's life so I will help out. But it's for Cassie's sake. Not yours."

Damon hung up on me. Can he be any more of a jackass? First, he tells me that he's in love with another girl and now he hangs up on me? That's it.

Damon's POV

I hung up on Emily and look through my contacts and clicked on Payson's name and started typing a message to her.

I typed: I'm going back to Vegas tomorrow to Emily's godmother and I hope you can convince Emily to let me bring Cassie back to Vegas with me. Thank you.

I hit the send button and hoped for the best.

Payson's POV

I read through the message. I couldn't understand what he wanted to say so I read it over and over and over again. I think I read it at least a hundred times by now. I guess he want me to convince Emily to take Cassie home. I hope I can make Emily see that. So I guess I'll call her.

"Payson?"

"Emily, Damon is leaving back to Vegas tomorrow so he was wondering if he can take Cassie off your hands for a couple of days, and maybe hopefully weeks?" I asked politely, crossing my fingers.

"Payson don't ask me that."

"Why not? Kaylie updated us on everything and I think from all that has happened, you need to make amends to Damon."

"But it's not your place to…"

"To what? Help out my friends?" I interrupted.

"That's not what I meant, Pay, and you know that."

"No, Em, I don't know. What's your next move? Are you leaving with him and giving up on gymnastics, again, or let Damon have some father and daughter time?" I challenged.

"I guess I can let Damon have that responsibility."

"That's much more like it, Em. Thanks."

"Time?"

"10. Be there."

We both hung up and I was texting Damon for the good news.

Damon's POV

My phone vibrated and I looked at it. It's Payson with good news I hope. I opened the text message and I read it.

Emily agreed to the offer, 10 tomorrow at the airport? See you soon. We'll all be there.

I sent her another thank you text and head back to bed. I hope she doesn't change her mind. The night flew by fast and I got up, everything is packed and ready to go. Austin is taking me to the airport with the others following in Nicky's and Max's cars. We put all my bags in the trunk and I got into the car. Austin drove fast and we got there 5 minutes before 10 o'clock sharp. Perfect timing as always, everyone else was right on time.

"Bye dude," Max greeted me.

"See you soon guys. Thanks for putting up with me," I smiled.

"Damon, here's Cassie," Emily told me. I took Cassie off Emily hands.

"Are you coming?"

"Umm…no."

"Em?" Payson asked.

"I'm staying and hopefully I can make it back into gymnastics."

"Wow. That's awesome, Em," Max.

"Nicky, I heard you scored Lauren," Emily asked him, "She's a real catch. Don't let her get off your hook." They laughed at her joke.

"Guys, enough. Cassie and I have a plane to catch."

We all hug then Cassie and I left for our plane, waving behind us. I'll miss them all.

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