Four P.O.V
"My girls" Four says into my ear.
I'm so happy at the moment, I've been smiling so much Emily said if I don't stop smiling soon it was going to get stuck that way, then everybody would be calling me The Joker instead of Four. Tris laughed at that she looked at me from the passengers seat "I could paint your face for you" she said still laughing. Emily just rolled her eyes at us, "you guys are weird" she stated before going back to playing subway surfers on my IPhone. Wait, how'd she get that It was just in my pocket.
We arrive at a really big and expensive Christmas store, I told Tris that she could just go to Wallmart or something, but she said "I want something that will last for a long time" . So here we are in the best Christmas store in Chicago, getting colorful lights and turquoise, light green, hot pink, baby blue and silver sparkly ornaments. Not the manliest tree but I don't live...well I'm not buying the ornaments, just the lights. We get out of my Hummer and walk to the entrance of the store. On the outside it looks all beautiful and peaceful but let me tell you on the inside it is a different story. On the inside of that store , there are kids running around screaming, parents disciplining , moms fighting each other over wrapping paper and ornaments ,its a mad house. We stop at the entrance , Tris and I look at each other like what have we gotten our selves into. And of course Emily was spinning around with her hands in the air screaming "GOD BLESS AMERICA"." Where does she even get this stuff" I ask Tris, she smiles and starts turning around screaming "GOD BLESS AMERICA", I laugh but everybody else turns and looks at us like were mental. After about 2 minutes the manager tells us were a distraction for the customers, so either buy something or leave. Tris and I stop acting like 4 year olds and apologize , but Emily tells him to put a pen in it, and starts twirling again. Tris and I drag her away and she's screaming "OFF WITH YOUR HEAD ,YOU SHALL NOT KILL THEE" in her best London accent. We get Emily back in the car and Tris goes to get all the decorations for the tree, while I'm stuck in the car with the Queen of Hearts. Either she's still having an over dose from yesterdays coffee and hot chocolate, I think she watches way to much T.V, she's still screaming off with your head, and violent stuff like that. At one point she actually took her hand and karate chopped my neck screaming off with your head peasant. I looked at her like 'really' and she said "Fine you can keep your head" and went to combing her dolls hair.
"Four" Emily says in her London accent
"What can I do you for" I say mocking her accent
She scrunches her nose "That was a weird voice dude, but are you mommy's boyfriend now" she says widening her big blue eyes that remind me so much of my own.
"Yea, is that ok with you Em" I say praying that it is, because Emily is really important to me, I kind of wish she was my daughter , I know most boys my age don't wish for that but if you just met Tris and Emily you would understand. They are just a ray of sunshine lighting up my hell.
"Yes , I like that, you make mommy happy" she says nodding her head non stop.
"Is she really your mom" it really just pops out of my mouth, I widen my eyes when I say it, and I regret it.
"No, she's not my real mommy, my real mommy went to heaven, Tris is my sister" she says this with tears streaming down her face. I get out and go to the back seat where she's sitting.
I sit down and pull her to my lap. "Hey, its okay" I soothe.
She shake her head no "Tris doesn't want to be my mommy just my sissy"
"Your wrong, Tris loves you and she's very happy to be your mommy, she told me herself" I say using a little kids voice.
"Really" she asks scrunching her nose and sniffling.
"Yep, she said that you are the only thing she has left in her life that she truly loves, she said that you were a gift from heaven" I explain and everything I said was true.
"So she's happy to be my mommy" she asks looking up at me with her big, beautiful, indigo eyes.
"Of course she wouldn't trade being your mommy for the world" I say kissing the tip of her nose, but I get snot in my mouth and I make an effort to spit it out, and Emily just laughs at me and takes her shirt to wipe my mouth. She snuggles her head into my shoulder and I wrap my arms around her. "Love you Em" I whisper in her ear, she sits up and looks at me, with wide eyes.
I look back at her wondering what I did wrong.
"Four, if you really love me, can...can you be my...daddy" she says the last part so low I have to lean down towards her but I hear everything she says.
I look down at her then I pull her chin so she's looking me in the eyes. "You want me to be your dad" I ask her in awe, why would she want someone like me to be her father she deserves so much better. Well when I get out of college I'm taking over Eaton Industries for my dad, so we will be cool money wise, but I don't want to turn out like my father. A mean, abusive, old, rich ,drunk father. I'm afraid to turn out like him. I look back at Emily who is looking at me and poking my cheek.
"Yep" she's says popping the P and nodding like I just asked her does she want ice cream.
"Why"
"cuz... your nice and you don't hit mamma or say bad words at her, and you like me to. You don't think I'm a curse, what is a curse by the way. Oh and you act like a daddy to. You come home with mommy everyday and cook dinner, then you sing and play games with us, and you do whatever mommy says do plus my friend said that the daddy isn't spose to tell the mamma what to do and you don't, oh and you tuck me in at night and sleep their if I ask you to, and you don't yell at me for being bad", she said this all at once so she was out of breath and her cheeks were scarlet.
"Well...If you want me to...I would love to be your daddy" I said looking at her strait in the eyes "and I promise you whatever happens I will not leave you" I promise her this, my mom left when I was young and it turned Marcus into another man, and I don't want to be like that...like him. She nods and kisses my cheek "I love you daddy" she whispers and I silently cry " I love you to, baby" I say kissing the top of her head. I look at my watch , wow its already 3 we've been here for an hour already. I reach for my phone but I cant find it, then I hear the subway surfers theme song, I look down at Em, "how did you get my phone" I ask her. She looks at me innocently with a puppy dog face "It was in your pocket, and it was crying because it felt alone so I made it feel better by playing on it". I just look down at her " I am getting you a IPod" I say taking my phone. She pouts, but tells me she wants a blue one.
Tris finally come out but she looks like she's just come from battle. "Sorry it took so long " she said putting the Christmas decorations in the passenger seat. "It was a mad house in their, th-" she stopped talking when she saw my eyes they were more than likely red and puffy. She took the keys out the ignition and came to the back seat.
"What's wrong" she says looking strait into my eyes.
"Ummm" I don't know how she will react if I tell her Em asked me to be her dad. "I'm a dad figure?" I say it more in a question but she gets it anyway. "Your a father?, wha...why the hell are you even here with us? JustasIthinkIfindadecent manhehadtohaveanknockedupsomegirlsonowyournottakingcareofyourchildbecauseyourwithme. How the h-" I cut her off ,she was talking way to fast I barely got anything out of that.
"Tris" I say looking at her with wide eyes, "I'm not a biological father I have never and I repeat never gotten this close to women, I'm still... you know what I meant Emily asked me to...beherfather " I say really fast and low ,to be honest I'm scared of Tris she can be the nicest person until you get her mad.
"What" she whispers
"Emily asked me to be her dad" I say looking at Tris
"What did you say" she asks with one eyebrow up, and of course that distracts me because I end up trying to raise one eyebrow but my stupid eyebrows wont comply "FOUR" I jump up "did you break my little girls heart" she asks dead serious .
"No, I told her yes. I love Emily...and you" I say smiling at her.
She starts to cry and leans into me "thank you" she whispers before kissing me when she pulls back I tell her how I have felt about her since the first moment I met her. " I love you" I tell her and she smiles, and she leans towards me and our foreheads touch. Its all quiet and were smiling, then my stupid ringtone which is Versace by Migos blast and scares Emily awake.
"Zeke, what did you do to my ringtone" I say answering the call.
"Hello, to you to. Anyway I haven't had your phone all day so I have no idea what I "did" to it" ,I look down at Emily but she starts looking around and pointing out shapes in the air, I shake my head Em is so full of charcter she should be an actress or something.
"Zeke, what do you want" remembering that I have a phone up to my ear.
"Wow, why so grumpy Four? Were at your girlfriends house and your not answering the door, If you to are busy or something..."
"Zeke, stay at her house well be their in 15 minutes"
"Okay, but you know Christina she cant wait for anything, not even sales for shoes" he says before I hang up.
Tris P.O.V
He told me he loved me and he said he would be a father figure to Emily, I'm so happy.
The ride to my house is quiet, but not awkward, its peaceful and enjoyable. When we get to my house I almost scream. Their are 8 teenagers on my front lawn playing football ,doing cheer stunts and making out, they are screaming and acting like drunk teenagers. We park and I run to my lawn "WATHA HECK" I scream , everybody turns and looks at me.
Then a tall, bronze skinned shaggy brown haired boy runs up to me. "why are you yelling , this isn't your house" he says glaring down at me.
Two can play at this game "What's your name" I ask him.
"Zeke" he states looking down at me
"Well Zeke, my boyfriend is right in that hummer and I think you know him pretty well, and not only do I live here but I own this house. So if you don't tell your people to stop acting like hooligans I can go unlock the door and you can go crazy inside ok"
He nods his head and steps out of my way , I walk across the lawn and to the door and unlock it. They all walk in quietly, after the show I just put on they are probably not going to test the waters. "FOUR GET EMILY AND COME ON" I scream, he gets out and walks in with Em in his arms.
He walks into the living room and sets Emily down everybody looks at her and she perks up when she sees 16 eyes staring at her. They are so still and barely breathing like they have never seen a kid before. I guess Em is thinking the same thing because she walks up to a boy identical to Zeke and pokes him in the eye. He screams and scares Emily she jumps about 4ft into the air and screams. Once she's back on the ground she touches her heart and looks at him in shock. Then she marches up to him and slaps him across the cheek his eyes widen and he touches his cheek. "Don't you ever scare me like that again, not cool dude, not cool" she says before going to Zeke, and sitting on his lap. He looks at her wide eyed then puts his arms around her waist and holds her still wide eyed. Every body starts laughing their heads off.
A tall dark pretty girl stands up and walks over to Emily "hey I'm Christina what's your name" she says talking to her like she's a 3 year old or something...well she's four but she doesn't act like it.
"I'm Emily, and you don't have to talk to me like that I'm not a baby, OOO your shoes a pretty, my mom doesn't get me cute stuff she has no sense of style she says pointing at me,
"I do to have a sense of style" I argue back
"No you don't'
"Yes I do, wait why am I arguing with a four year old" I ask no one in particular but there all busy laughing.
"Four in a half" Emily states. She turns back to Christina "sorry about that, she wont admit she doesn't have a sense of style she's in..in.. DADDY WHATS THAT D WORD"
"Denial" he says, she nods yes
"She's in denial" Emily states
"Emily I am not in denial" I tell her "Denial" she says I'm about to say something when I realize everyone's laughing theirs heads off.
Emily goes over to the boy she poked. He looks at her with a look of horror. "Hey dude, I'm Emily" she says twirling around. He looks up at me "I'm Uriah and no offense but she scares the crap out of me" he says pointing to Em who is currently doing jumping jacks. We all laugh "Pansycake" Zeke yells out.
Emily looks at him with an evil glint in her eyes and goes to get something. She comes back with a baby alive, that thing seriously freaks me out , I don't know why I bought that thing for her. She puts it in his face and he screams "what tha heck, that thing looks like the seed of chucky" he yells. So Emily shoves it in his face and he flips off the couch and starts running, so Emily chases after him as he runs out the front door screaming "HELP ME, ITS GONNA KILL ME" he screams and Emily laughing her head off but running right behind him.
I turn and look at everybody else who is trying to hold in laughter and Four is looking constipated from trying to hold in his laugher. I look at all of them and burst out laughing and they all follow right behind me.
"Four you gonna introduce us or what" a girl with a pixie cut asks in a New Jersey accent.
"Oh, yea. This is Tris and the girl who is chasing Uri around is Emily. Tris this is Shauna, Lynn, Will, Marlene, Eric and Christina and Zeke who you have already met" he says pointing each person out.
Christina, Marlene and Shauna all ask the same question at the same time. "So is she your daughter"
"Well, technically she's my little sister, but I have raised her from birth so to us she's my daughter and I'm her mother". They all nod.
"Well enough with the personal questions, who's ready to have some Dauntless fun" Zeke says rubbing his hands together , but his moment is ruined by Uriah who comes running back in the house screaming "SHES GOING TO BEHEAD ME" and Emily coming in right after him screaming "OFF WITH YOUR HEAD PEASANT".
Were all laughing, Fours laughing so hard he farts, and of course us being childish go EWWW and start laughing again. I look at Four who is still laughing and Emily who is still chasing Uri around and smile, all I want is for her to be happy and it she is looking happy to me.
Author's Note: Thanks for reading I hoped you enjoyed it. Please Follow and Review, it really makes my day when I read what you guys think about the story. I was going to write this big A/N but seeing as its 6:00am and I haven't gotten a wink of sleep, I'll just write a big A/N tomorrow.
~Liyah
