A/N: As you will see in this chapter, I'm not a big fan of Two Bit/Kathy. I hope you like this chapter and I am begging you to review! Please! Please ignore the spelling/grammer mistakes for now.

Disclaimer: I don't own The Outsiders!

Keith "Two Bit" Matthews was a proud father of three; one girl and two boys. He was a business owner, a loving husband and an uncle to his sister's children and to all the gang's children. Two Bit was one hell of a guy and a great father, but every father hates to deal with certain things. Things like breaking up fights and grounding his children, or having to tell his eldest why her mother left them when she was one. Yeah, stuff like that. He remembered that day perfectly.

It happened when Minnie was fourteen years old.

Flashback

Two Bit woke up that morning with his beautiful/sexy wife in his arms, naked from a night of sex. He loved waking up like this; naked with his loving wife in his arms while the children were asleep. It just seemed like something out of a book (even though Two Bit didn't do much reading).

Not long after waking up, Two Bit got out of bed and began to get ready for the day. After his morning shower, Two Bit found his wife in the kitchen with his daughter. Despite the fact that Marcia wasn't her mother, Minnie often called her "Mom." Of course Minnie knew that Marcia wasn't her mother, but she didn't remember her own and her step mother had been in the picture since she was only a year old.

"Good morning ladies." Two Bit said with a large smile. Marcia and Minnie shared a look before they rolled their eyes.

"Morning Dad," Minnie said as she cooked the eggs. Two Bit kissed her hair before he pulled his wife into a long, deep kiss. They only pulled away when they heard the sound of fake gagging. They pulled away to see Minnie, Donald and Mickey all looking at them in disgust.

"That's just gross," Mickey said, making a face. Two Bit grinned.

"How do you think you were made, little man?" Marcia hit Two Bit with a dish towel, which made the man laugh.

It was a normal Saturday in the Matthews home, and like every Saturday, Two Bit and his family went down stairs to the bar too clean up.

Two Bit had been in the middle of scrubbing the bar when he heard a knock on the door.

"I'll get it," Marcia said as she dried her hands off; she had been washing dishes. Two Bit thanked his wife and went on scrubbing at the spilt beer and spit.

Marcia walked over to the door, unlocked it, opened it and said, "I'm sorry, but we're closed." She gasped when she saw who it was.

"I'm here to talk to Two Bit," Kathy told her. "Um…Who are you?" Kathy's face was one of disgust and confusion as she looked at Marcia. Marcia glared at the other woman. This was the same woman who had left Two Bit a year after Minnie was born. She broke Two Bit's heart and left her own daughter. Marcia couldn't understand why someone would do that.

"I'm Keith's wife," Marcia said coldly. Kathy laughed at that, as if she didn't believe her.

"Honey, don't lie." Kathy told her. Just then, Two Bit came up behind Marcia and wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her neck. "Who is it baby?" He asked, not even noticing his ex/mother of his eldest child.

"Two Bit," Two Bit knew that voice. It couldn't be... He looked up from his wife's neck to see a blonde woman who looked like she was on drugs, but despite that he knew it was Kathy.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Two Bit growled out. He wasn't letting her anywhere near his daughter, no, his and Marcia's daughter, because Marcia was more of a mother to Minnie than Kathy ever was. Kathy looked hurt.

"I just wanted to see my daughter, Two Bit. I haven't seen her in thirteen year-," Two Bit cut her off.

"And whose fault is that, Kathy? It ain't mine and it sure as hell ain't Minnie's." Kathy glared at him.

"I have a right to see my daughter. I was young and stupid then Two Bit. I wasn't ready to be a mother." She told him. Before Two Bit could say anything, Minnie appeared in the doorway.

"Dad, Mom, who are you talking too?" Minnie asked, looking at her own mother as if she were a stranger. Kathy gasped.

"Minnie," Kathy whispered before she pulled her daughter into a hug. "Oh Minnie, I can't believe that it's you." Poor Minnie looked scare out of her mind, and being Two Bit's daughter, she voiced this.

"Who the hell are you?" She asked. Kathy pulled away, tears running down her cheeks. Two Bit and Marcia both knew they were fake tears.

"Minnie, I'm your real mother." Kathy looked as if she expected Minnie to jump for joy and start calling her Mommy, but of course that didn't happen.

"Well whoo-fucking-hoo. That's great," Minnie said bitterly, her eyes narrowed. "So tell me, where have you been for the past thirteen years? Out boozin' and doing drugs I take it." Kathy looked at her in shock.

"Aren't you happy to see me?" Minnie snorted.

"Well I'd like to know why you left us in the first place, Miss. You aren't my mother, you might have given birth to me, but you aren't a mother. Marcia is my mother, so get the hell away from me. I bet you only came back because Dad has some money now with the bar." Kathy was about to deny it, but Minnie cut her off. "Just leave, because I don't want to see your face again. You left me once; I bet you can do it again." With that, Minnie walked back into the bar. Kathy stood there in shock. Two Bit turned to her.

"I think you should leave." With that said, he walked into the bar. Now Marcia and Kathy were all alone. Marcia glared at Kathy.

"Touch my daughter again, and you'll have me to deal with. How can you just waltz back to town and expect for Two Bit to take you back and for Minnie to call you Mama? Must be the drugs," With that, Marcia walked back into the bar and shut the door.

Two Bit couldn't find Minnie once he made it into the bar. "Where is your sister?" He asked his sons.

"She ran up to her room I think. Dad, who was that woman at the door," Donald asked his father. Two Bit ignored his son as he ran up the steps to the living area of the building.

Two Bit found his daughter in her room, clenching her old tattered teddy bear with tears running down her cheeks.

"Hey kiddo," Two Bit greeted his daughter. Minnie said nothing to her father at first. But then she asked Two Bit a question that he had been dreading for years.

"Why did my mother leave us?" Minnie asked her gray eyes filled with tears. Two Bit walked over to his daughter's bed and sat down with a sigh. He really didn't want to answer, but he knew he had to.

"When Kathy found out that she was pregnant, I had been the happiest guy in Tulsa. Sure, I know that having a kid wasn't all fun and games, but I wanted to be the father that I didn't have. I was so excited about the pregnancy that I didn't ask Kathy how she felt about it. After you were born, Kathy was never in the same room as you alone for very long. I didn't notices this at first, cause I was too happy 'bout becoming a father." Two Bit rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"When you were a year old, I found you on the front porch of my mother's house with a note. I got you inside a put you down for a nap before I read the letter. It was from Kathy explaining why she was leaving. She said that she….that she never wanted to see that "Little brats" face ever again and that she had found a guy that was going places." Minnie snorted at that.

"So she only came back because you have a successful business." Minnie muttered angrily, but despite the anger in her voice, her eyes told the world of her sorrow. Two Bit pulled his daughter into a hug, allowing her to cry on his shoulder. Minnie broke down into sobs right after her father pulled her into a hug.

Two Bit waited for his daughter to calm down before he spoke again. "Even if that woman did leave us, Min, we made out pretty good. You now have a wonderful step mother, two brothers," Minnie snorted at that one. "And an extremely handsome father," Two Bit added the last part, a large smile on his face. Minnie giggled at that.

"Whatever you say Dad," She told him. Two Bit pouted.

"Don't you think your daddy is good looking?" He asked. Minnie made a face.

"Ewe, you're my Dad, of course you're not good looking." She was grinning now. "You're drop dead gorgeous!" This made both of them laugh. After they calmed down, Two Bit kissed his daughter's head and got up to leave.

"Daddy," Minnie called before Two Bit left the room. Her father turned around to look at her, a small smile on his face.

"Yes Minnie?" Minnie smiled back.

"I love you." Two Bit's smile grew.

"I love you too, Minnie."

End of Flashback

Yes, there were just some things that a father had to do, even if they didn't want to.