Disclaimer: I do not own any of the cast or crew of DC, nor do I own the show. This is purely fictional and for entertainment purposes. However, I do own the original characters.

A/N: Thanks to all who have read this story. Sorry for not posting sooner. This chapter might not be the best, but here it is….

"I really want to see my daughter."

"Ok, well let's meet up at the park tomorrow." She offered. "She loves the park. Let's just meet up there at 10."

"Ok, I'll meet you at the park down the street at 10."

"Jake, don't stand us up."

"I won't…I won't." He said opening the door. "I promise. I'll see you at 10."

She sighed as she watched his car from the window. She just hoped Jake was stand by his promise. She went into the kitchen and started to make a lasagna. Her dad came home with Aubree and she was wearing sunglasses and holding a lollipop in her small hands.

"Look, mommy…sucker."

"I see it, baby." She giggled and looked at her dad. "How was she?"

"Great, a little champion. She loves Seattle."

"I gotta talk to you." She told her dad with a smile. "Jake came by."

She took her daughter into the livingroom and turned on cartoons. She went back in the kitchen.

"And?" He dad asked.

"He wants to see Aubree."

"You should let him, Mac." Her dad told him.

"I am, we're meeting at the park tomorrow morning."

"Jake's been clean for a while. He just wants to do the right thing."

"Why in the hell does everyone keep taking up for him?"

"I'm not taking up for him, McKenzie and you know that." He told her. "Jake has made a lot of stupid decisions but he's ready to make up for them. He was crushed and devastated when you moved and took Aubree with you."

"I had to, dad. I never wanted to leave my home. I just couldn't take it anymore. I stood by Jake through it but after…"

She choked up thinking about Jake's dad, Phil. She loved him like a father.

"I know what you thought you did was for the best."

"Thought?"

"You ran away from your problems. Instead of faces them."

"I did, dad." She said getting a drink of water. "I just wanted better."

After her talk with her dad, she decided to call her mom for some motherly advice. McKenzie's mom and dad divorced when she was 15 and her mom moved to Baltimore with her new husband. McKenzie talked to her mom about an hour and her mom's words were in her head when she laid down.

Remember how devastated you were when your dad and I divorced; don't keep Aubree away from Jake. She could resent you for it later. Don't deprive her of a father, no matter how he is.

The Next Day,

McKenzie got up and had a cup of coffee while she fed her daughter. Her dad had left earlier to go fishing with her brother. She cleaned Aubree off and took her upstairs to give her a bath.

"Are you ready to see daddy?" She asked her daughter.

"Daddy." Aubree smiled.

McKenzie got ready and they headed a few blocks down to a park. When she pulled up she seen Jake's car and exhaled loudly. She didn't really know if she was ready for this. Jake was sitting on top of a table and she got out and got her daughter out.

Jake's palms were sweaty and his heart was about to beat out of his chest as he seen McKenzie's SUV pull up. He was so thankful that she agreed to let him see his daughter. That was the first step, the second step was being there for both his daughter, and the mother of his child and the third was getting back together as a family. He had never stopped loving McKenzie. She was the only girl that he could ever say he loved. Just like the mess up he was, he had to become an addict and ruin everything that he's ever wanted. He was so happy when he found out he was going to become a father, hell his whole family was with the news. But like the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. Boy, did they ever.

McKenzie came walking up holding Aubree on her hip. Jake stood up when they got a few feet from him.

"Aubree, look who's here."

Aubree turned to look at him and Jake couldn't believe it. She looked just like him.

"Daddy." The little girl smiled.

"She…she know who I am?" Jake choked out.

"I made sure of it." McKenzie told him. "I've shown her pictures and the show."

Jake gulped. Now that this time has come, he didn't know what to do.