AN: Late and short, somehow that doesn't sound like me, but yet here it is :D

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Chris stepped back from TC now that her son was out of immediate danger.

"You okay?" she asked, a little worried.

"No I'm not OK! You're son just tried to. . . Tried to. . . Deflower my baby!" He was out of control, pacing around and his voice just going everywhere.

"Oh come on TC! They're teenagers! That's what they do. If it makes you feel any better I will kick his ass once I'm back but you have to face that it wasn't just Tom doing the deflowering!"

"He sneaked into my daughter's room and you have the nerve to defend him?!?"

"No! First of all, I don't believe Tom sneaked anywhere and secondly, if you are the responsible parent you claim to be, why the hell did you give her, her own hotel room? That's just asking for trouble!" Chris looked at Michelle "But I guess some things are just a little more important to you then your kid." She remarked and immediately regretted it. His personal life was none of her business anymore.

Meanwhile Cassie, who still sat naked in the bed wrapped a sheet around herself and tried to tiptoe to her bathroom so she could get dressed. Before she got there however, she felt the need to set them straight.

"Don't talk to my dad like that!" she yelled at Chris. "And daddy, don't blame Tom. I'm not a baby anymore!" She yelled, just as loud as Chris had done just moments earlier.

"Cass honey, I think it may be best if." Michelle tried. But was met only by three furious gazes and a:

"Stay out of this" from TC.

A snort and "Did anyone even ask you anything?" from Cassie.

And, my personal favourite "Gasp, it talks" from Chris.

Then TC turned back to Cassie.

"Listen to me young lady, as long as you live under my roof you will have to abide by my rules! And those include no sex until you're 18 at least!"

"Oh smart move TC, alienate your own daughter." Chris commented, her arms were crossed and she was staring furiously at him.

"Hey, I'm not your dog! I'm not going to shut up just because you say so!" Michelle interjected. Surprisingly enough Cassie and Chris teamed up against her.

"Then stop rubbing up everyone who whistles!" Cassie growled.

"Listen little missy, you want a say in stuff like this? Get yourself a kid. For now, you have absolutely nothing to do with this situation." Chris said.

Before Michelle could answer, or before TC could come to her rescue, Chris was back to glaring at him.

"Just keep your son away from my daughter!"

"Try as I may, I simply cannot watch him 24 hours a day! Besides, who am I to tell them what they can and cannot do? I'm sure they know all about the consequences. I didn't like this any more then you but you have got to face reality!" she said. Cassie, being a smart girl, jumped right in.

"Listen to her daddy." She said, with her best little girl angel face. It didn't work; she was still wearing nothing but a sheet.

"If this was a real relationship, if you had known the boy for more then what? A week? But this,. . This shows only that you really are too young to have a relationship and thus too young to have sex."

"This isn't just a summer fling! We are going to see each other after this!" She pleaded for him to understand. To her surprise her former ally turned on her.

"No you won't. We're moving away." Chris answered, back to her normal tone of voice.

"What? But he..." Cassie stammered.

"He didn't tell you? Now can you see that I am right?" TC asked, genuinely feeling sorry for his daughter.

"No daddy, it is still my choice. It's just not a debate or a democracy. This is my choice and though you can voice your opinion I get the final say. It's my choice." Cassie argued.

"So you chose to let that boy sneak into your room? You chose for that sicko to seduce you like a common whore?" He spat the words out. He just couldn't get the image of his daughter and that... that pervert out of his head.

Soon a red mark in the form of a hand appeared across his cheek. And he realized Chris had just slapped him.

"Stop Insulting My Son!!!" she exclaimed.

"You're right! I should be insulting you! You're obviously unfit to be a parent! Letting him off the hook that easily!"

Though she wouldn't admit it, this remark had really hurt Chris and for a moment she didn't know what to say. Cassie however, rejoined the screaming match.

"Oh shove it dad! You are both overprotective, overbearing psycho's! You should be happy, you found your soulmate!"

"You know what, TC? I happen to think I have done a pretty good job under the circumstances. I know it hasn't been a walk in the park for you either, with Cory and all. And I realized you are in shock, seeing what you thought was your baby girl like that. But you need to realize that if you ever insult my children or my abilities as a parent again I will break your arm, if not another part of your anatomy." Chris growled and started to move out of the room.

"You can't just threaten people like that!" Michelle angrily said, finally getting into it.

Chris just eyed her with disgust "You're pathetic you know that? Find someone your own age." And then, taking long strides, walked out of the room, slamming the door.

"You handled that really well daddy." Cassie said sarcastically, then walked into the bathroom, slamming the door just as hard.

TC, feeling quite helpless looked at Michelle. Who just glared at him. He sighed and walked over to the window, just staring out of it.

"Could you leave please? I think I have to talk to Cassie alone." TC said, without looking away from the window.

Michelle rolled her eyes at his back, then conceded and like it was nothing at all let her anger drop.

"TC, maybe I should handle this, this is more of a woman's issue." She said, wanting to get closer to her boyfriend's daughter.

"Look Michelle, no offence, you are a lovely person, but you aren't a parent. I really think I need to sort this out with Cassie myself." He said, finally turning around.

"TC, this really asks for a woman's perspective, not a mother's, just let me try."

TC felt a headache rise up, one that would probably stick with him the entire day...

"We'll do it together." He sighed. This meant far more then he was willing to admit. Going in to talk to his daughter with his girlfriend? That just screamed commitment. And in these confusing times commitment wasn't something he was willing to give.

Michelle smiled at him and took his hand in hers. Together they walked over to the bathroom door.

"Cassie honey? It's me, Michelle and your dad. Can we talk to you please?"

"Get the hell out of my room!" Cassie yelled through the door.

"I'm guessing that's a no." TC said dryly.

~

"Start packing." Chris said the moment she entered her own room.

"What?" Sam asked, mad that she was being punished for something her brother had done.

"Start packing NOW." Chris commanded.

"Mom, don't be so over dramatic about this, nothing happened." Tom tried to reassure her, and so save what was left of the vacation.

"Tom, if I had woken up half an hour later something would have happened but that isn't even the point. You're a smart boy, she's a smart girl, you would've figured it all out. Believe it or not, I won't beat you up for that. What I am going to beat you up for is that you did not let me know where you were going, or even that you were away. Tom, I thought that by now you would understand the importance of that... I trusted you, but you have showed that you aren't worthy of that trust, so we are going back." Chris said, looking more disappointed then anything.

"But mom! I haven't done anything wrong!" Sam whined, totalled pissed off that her brother had so moronically ruined her vacation.

"Yeah mom, come on, you have to realise we're not kids anymore! How long are we going to have to stay under this constant protection? We can hardly move, I mean we're almost adults, I want to go to college sometime, I will want to live on my own! You can't protect us our whole life mom!"

"Maybe not! But for now I can. Now you aren't going to college, or to live on your own, now you are a high-school student living under my care, and it is MY responsibility that you don't get yourself killed!" Chris voice started taking on volume again.

"Mom, we're alive, and yeah that's probably because of your excellent care, but tell me, what is the point of life if all you do is try to avoid death? I want to live mom, do things other people do... Have some privacy."

"You make it sound like I locked you up in the big brother house." Chris muttered. "Do you honestly think, that I don't want you to have that life? That this whole operation is meant just to rob you and your sister of a normal life? Honey I don't want that, I am doing my best to life you all the life you can handle and all I asked for was a little cooperation. I always thought I had your trust, that you saw what I was doing was necessary, but you don't, so we are leaving this place, it isn't safe here anymore."

"It won't be safe anywhere." Sam said, crossing her arms and daring her mother to answer that one.

The End

Nah just kidding, more chapters are yet to come. Please leave a review on your way out.

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