Hey guys :) So this is the next to last chapter! I hope you've all enjoyed this story, it's been fun! Also, I'm sure you've already noticed that I changed the name of this story to Warrior. You'll see why in the last chapter.

Anyways, enjoy!

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Andre's POV

"Andre!" screamed out Tori. "Hey, Andre!"

I jumped up from the couch and turned around. I saw Tori holding a crying (well, more like screaming) Sam. Tori looked completely exhausted and I couldn't blame her. Sam, who was only two months old, had been sick with a cold and he had cried nearly nonstop for three days. I helped take care of him as well, but Tori and I took shifts. "What is it, Tori?" I asked walking up to her.

"It's getting late; will you please go ahead and give Jadelynne a bath and then tuck her into bed?" she asked. "I'm too busy trying to get Sam to go to sleep." Jadelynne was five years old at the time.

"Yeah, of course," I told her immediately.

She smiled a grateful smile. "Thank you so much." she said gently.

I gave her a soft kiss. "She's my daughter now too, you know."

"I know." she said with a smile.

I smiled and then turned around and went to find Jadelynne. I had to go upstairs since she wasn't anywhere downstairs. I looked in our playroom and she was in there reading through a picture book. "Hey Jadelynne," I said.

She looked up and smiled. "Hey," she said. Ever since she found out I was now her dad, she didn't call me Andre anymore, but she also didn't call me dad. She didn't really call me anything. When she was three, she asked Tori about her dad and she told her that her real dad wasn't a good guy and that it would just be the two of them. So you can imagine her confusion when we told her that I would now be her dad. She even seemed kind of mad, but she eventually got used to it. Tori was positive that she would start calling me dad soon.

"Well, it's getting late." I said and tapped a finger on my watch. "We need to get you a bath and then into bed."

"Aww, but I'm not even tired." she complained.

"How about this?" I asked and walked up to her and bent down. "After your bath, we can read any bedtime story you want and maybe that will make you tired. How does that sound?"

She thought about that for a second and then smiled. "Any story I want?"

I nodded. "Any story you want,"

She smiled and then said, "Okay," She closed the space between us and wrapped her arms around my neck. I picked her up and carried her out of the room and into the bathroom.

Jadelynne never likes to think about taking a bath, but once she gets in the water with all her bath toys, she loves it. She's too young to wash herself, so we have a little sponge-type thing that we use to wash her with. She thinks it tickles, so she always laughs as she's being washed. She has the cutest little laugh. Also, she loves it when her hair is getting washed. Yeah, she's an interesting child.

After I got her dried off and dressed in her pajamas, I carried her to bed and tucked her in. She picked out her favorite bedtime story, which I've read to her many times before, but I still read it out loud to her. Even though she knew it by heart, she still listened carefully and laughed at the funny parts of the story.

By the time I was finished, she was getting sleepy. I smiled as I put the book up. "Getting sleepy?"

She rubbed her eye and nodded.

Just then, the door opened and in walked Tori. "Hey guys," she said with a smile.

"Hi Mama," said Jadelynne quietly.

"Hi baby," said Tori and she walked up to her and sat at her bedside. "Did you enjoy your bedtime story?"

"Uh huh," she said with a nod.

"Aww, that's nice. Well…now it's time that you go to sleep." Tori leaned down and kissed her forehead.

"Is Sammy feeling better?"

Tori and I smiled. We thought it was cute how she called her baby brother Sammy. "Yeah, I think he's a little better." She looked back at me. "I finally got him to sleep."

"Thank goodness," I told her.

"Yeah," she said and then turned back to Jadelynne. "I'll see you in the morning, sweetie. I love you."

"I love you, too." she said.

Tori smiled at Jadelynne, smiled up at me, and then headed out of the room. I walked up to Jadelynne's bedside and sat down. I pushed some of her hair out of her face and then leaned down and kissed her forehead. "Good night, baby. I love you."

She slowly smiled at me. "I love you, Daddy."

My breath caught in my throat and my heart picked up speed. I couldn't believe it…she called me Daddy. My sweet baby girl really called me Daddy. I was so thrilled that I almost cried. I hadn't been this excited since the day Sam was born. It was like I was a dad all over again.

My thoughts were interrupted by Jadelynne. "Daddy, are you okay?"

"Oh, yeah, I'm okay, baby." I leaned down and kissed her forehead again. "I'm okay." When I rose up, I said, "You know what…how about we read another story?"

"But…I thought we were only gonna read one." she asked.

"I know, but…I just wanna spend some more time with you tonight."

She smiled warmly. "Okay,"

I got another story and started to read it to her. It was a longer one and I started to get sleepy during it. I could tell Jadelynne was as well since she started yawning. As soon as I finished the story, I put it aside and fell asleep with Jadelynne against my chest.

Sometime later, I felt someone shaking me. "Andre, wake up," I heard someone whisper.

I slowly opened my eyes and saw Tori. "Hi Tori," I said and rubbed my eyes.

"Why are you still in Jadelynne's room?" she whispered.

"It's a long story." I whispered and gently picked Jadelynne up, stood up, and then laid her down on the bed. I pulled the covers up to her neck and then stood up. I looked at Tori and nodded my head towards the door.

We both walked out and headed downstairs. We sat down on the couch and faced each other. "So…what's up?" asked Tori.

I smiled widely. "Jadelynne called me daddy."

"She did?" asked Tori with a smile.

I nodded. "Yeah and…it was incredible. There's just this feeling in the pit of my stomach; it's…it's just…"

"It's magical, I know," finished off Tori. "I've felt this feeling before. The first time I knew I wanted Jadelynne and when Sam was born. It's a pretty incredible feeling, huh?"

"It's so incredible," I whispered. "I also felt it when Sam was born, but…I've never felt it with Jadelynne."

"Well…now you have." she said.

I just stared at Tori for a moment, studying her face and looking at all of her features. I always knew how much Jadelynne looked like her mother, but it was when I was looking at Tori right then that I could really see it. Jadelynne had Tori's hair, eyes, nose, cheekbones, and smile. The only thing that she got from her biological dad is the dimple on her left cheek. You saw it every time she smiled or laughed and, oddly enough, it didn't make me think of her biological dad. Before Jadelynne was born, Tori assumed that whenever she looked at her baby, she would think of the awful man that kidnapped her and hurt her in every way possible, but I don't think she ever thought of him. Whenever she looked at Jadelynne, she saw her daughter and whenever I looked at Jadelynne, I saw my daughter. Jadelynne was her own person and that's what was important.