noaai: "Me too, I want too! Now it's me the one who's begging to know what happend between Jackson and Tenley after the swimming stuff. It'd be amazing to be a bonding sweet scene between just both fo them. Just remembering their moments alone in the multichapter I've got goose bumps!"

In another mini-phase of needing to retreat into worlds. Feeling guilty so I just want to remind everyone that I honestly don't ignore any prompt. I just go where the muse takes me. But I think you guys know that and maybe even like these worlds ;) I get more for Chloe/MIMB than I ever expected…

But anyway we're talking about Tenley now. Jackson/Tenley is one of the hardest relationships to write at this stage…But I've already said that sooo…let me just jump in!

100 Encore, Day 81: " Daddy Time Out" (TGO Early)

"Daddy an' Tee in da kitchen eatin' dey cookie sand-witch alone acause daddy most drownded Tee, Nicki. So don't go in dare wit Brae Brae. Jus' don't atil dey done saying 'sorry,' 'it ok.'"

"OK, bossy, I know…" Nicki smirked good-naturedly. She'd known Arabella Catherine Avery for the little girl's entire life. The Averys were loyal, and didn't trust many people with their daughters. If Nicki wasn't free, vacations and date nights didn't happen. But she usually made sure she was free. She loved them and to say they were generous was an understatement. She was paying her own way to her doctorate.

She snapped up Brae's onesie and kissed her cheek, turning her to face Bellie. The baby giggled and reached out for her sister. "Babies can't hab dis. Ony drink milk from mommy's boobies. Not eben baby food yet." Arabella rolled her eyes at Nicki, licking her ice cream.

That hit a nerve with April. Brae was 8-months and still not transitioning well to "real" food.

"Geez Arabella, what is with you tonight? You better watch it or I'm gonna take that ice cream from you right now and march you to bed without a story. He didn't almost drown her either, don't tell people that. Nicki is another adult in this house, you can't talk to her like that."

"She call me bossy. An' you can't do that, mama. Daddy won't like you."

"Oh yeah? You wanna find out? Sass me one more time and we'll see."

"But daddy sayin' sorry to Tee right now so I can't find out…" Bellie mumbled to her coloring book.

April jumped out of her seat and grabbed her daughter's hand. "That's it! Bedtime…"

"NO! NO! Jus' time out! Pease don't take my ice ceem! Pease I sorry." Bellie shrieked as her mother moved her across the living room floor toward the staircase.

Tenley sighed, peeking into the scene in the living room. "Bellie time out."

"Don't worry about that, princess. What about me? Do you think daddy deserved a time out today?"

"Yeah!" she nodded, taking a bite of her dessert.

"Do you wanna give me one?"

She shrugged. "You daddy."

"I'm daddy so I can't have one?" She nodded again, licking her ice cream before it dripped on her plate.

"But sometimes daddies make mistakes. What would you say to me if you gave me a time out?"

She tilted her head to the side, thinking. "Daddy warnin'."

"Warning when? When we were kicking because you were scared to start jumping?"

"Yes. Daddy time out I drinked water." She whispered to the solid purple plate with separate sections in it for different foods, her favorite.

"Yeah, why then princess?"

"You not a promiser, I scared."

"I lied and you got scared. I'm sorry."

"No, you time out firs'."

"Oh right, to think about it. How long?"

"Dunno years."

Jackson sighed. "Too many."

"Has mines," Tee took the last bite of her chocolate chip cookie sandwich. "Two."

"Two minutes in time out? Where should I go?"

"Oh," she giggled, putting a passi in her mouth. "Wit me stay."

"Stay here?" Jackson wrinkled his nose.

"Yeah. You done ice ceem like Bellie. I ceanin'."

"Oh Ok." Jackson put his dessert down. He didn't have much of a sweet tooth anyway. "Can I please help lift you up to the sink while I'm thinking? It's pretty high for you."

"Yeah, OK…don't likea drop."

"Yeah, it's loud when you drop things, right?" Tenley nodded. That was one reason she didn't like to drop things.

"Time up!" Tenley said, when her dad put her back in her kitchen seat. "What you saya me?"

"Well, I thought about it, and I'm very sorry for lying to you, Tee. I broke your trust, and that isn't good for a dad to do. I was just trying to teach you but you weren't ready. Daddy was wrong, can you forgive me?"

"I baby."

"Noo! You haven't been the baby for awhile now. You are so good at helping mommy take care of Brae."

She nodded, deliberately shaking the tight pig tails her mommy did for bedtime."Yeah," she said.

"Can you look at daddy please, Tee? And take your passi out when you talk to me?"

"We eyes."

"I know, we have the same color eyes, princess. Daddy said sorry, sweetheart. I'm sorry that I scared you. But I wasn't going to let you get hurt."

"Drinked water."

"I know you did. I'm sorry. But daddy was right there. Can you forgive me? I love you."

"Yeah I can! You can hug now! Love you!" She instantly put her passi back in her mouth and reached out for her dad to pick her up. She immediately rested her head on his shoulder after his kiss.

"Oh I think it's bed time. But tomorrow I would really like to try swimming with you again, OK?"

"Jus' kickin'. I baby."

"We'll talk, but I won't break my promises this time." He headed up the stairs. "Story time?"

"No! Mama need Tene."

"Oh, we were all gonna do story time tonight..The whole family…but you wanna go to her before you brush your teeth?"

"Mama need me," she just repeated.

As soon as April answered their knock and Jackson walked in, Tenley outstretched her little arms to her mom. "There you are, baby…did you have a good ice cream time with daddy?" She grabbed Tee, pulling her into the bed and snuggling her close.

"Daddy time out," Tee smiled with her passi in.

"Oh speaking of time out…will you go deal with the diva?"

"I thought we were gonna do story time together? If she has to sit out, fine but…I mean, we heard it but that's your situation, right? I wasn't there."

"I just…can't babe. It just got worse upstairs…she's probably still screaming. Did you hear her? Drownding people is her new insult…so, yeah…" April shrugged and bit her lip. "I can't…"

Jackson blinked. He'd been working more, but he still knew how the discipline in the house worked. He wasn't in the room, so being the one to punish Bellie would be the same as April apologizing for the swimming incident.

"Alright, what so calm her down?"

"Threatening to drown people is not acceptable. Kicking people is not acceptable. Stupid is not not an acceptable word to use. Sticker off the chart here tomorrow."

"April, I'll help her calm down, but I really think this is all you…OK?"

"So what, I'm wrong?"

"No! It's just….you were there! You deserve the apology and keeping it until tomorrow will confuse her!"

"Oh she'll remember." April turned her back on Jackson. "Tee wanna do storytime in here? I have your story Bible."

"Yeah." Tenley took her passi out and kissed her mom's cheek.

"Ok, I guess no story time for me then?"

"You can read to Brae." She turned her head and suggested.

"She's probably sleeping. Lemme go kiss her and handle…whatever…G'night Tee! Love you!"

"Love you daddy."

He kissed April's cheek. "You're good right, just pissed?" She nodded. "Talk in 15?" Again, she nodded. But when he got back to the room after talking to Bellie, April and Tenley were asleep. He tucked his daughter in to her own bed and then settled next to April, reaching for his tablet.