Love and Hate (paused)

Lunches and Punches

Dixie POV: I felt bad then I felt bad 2 years ago, but I couldn't go back and if they continued to do this I couldn't go forward either. After Noah left at the hospital everyone went back to their houses me and Delilah went back ours griffin just talked shit about Noah. When he did it in front of Delilah she would shut him up real fast by saying no noah isn't like that or tiny stiff like that. Which I found funny but griffin found annoying. A week after the hospital I got a text from addi saying "that Noah wanted to at least try to make amends with me even though it would be difficult so they invited me griffin and Delilah for lunch with the two family's,' I agreed and it would be that day at 11:30 me, griffin and Delilah got in the car and pulled up when I knocked and addi answer pulling me into a hug, glaring at griffin, and Delilah gave her a hug. She opened the door and everyone was on the couch and just stared mouths wide open I felt like I was a guy picking up a girl for the first date, I would make a bad impression. I just said hi to everyone so did griffin and Delilah went and hugged each of them and stopped at noah and hugged him tighter and more visible and then just sat in his lap and said "nowh I missed you sow mutch," he laughed and said "I missed you more," griffin was about to say something but I quickly took the spotlight by saying "I'm sorry" they all turned to me wanting me to continue "I was really fucking stupid, I went to fast and to slow at the same time with two different people and I know I messed up I know I hurt all of y'all like hell and Noah I'm sorry I ruined something you did everything for and I know you did try and I didn't out of stupidity. I'm sorry and I want you to be happy I really really do. So to start fresh with all of y'all I'm sorry," they all just waited and continued to stare this got me worried as they didn't except one of my apologies and then got up and hugged me which made me very very happy even if the couldn't forgive me fully this is what I wanted a start. Then noah got up and said "I'm sorry too," I didn't even say anything I just hugged him and he hugged me back griffin scoffed and Delilah shushed him and said "dada do you evewr just shush don't wiun the momwent," me and Noah both laughed and pulled away addi then screamed "lunch time," we all sat down Delilah insisting on sitting by Noah and me.

The table

Noah's POV: I felt happy. I felt genuinely happy and this was as the first time I'm a long while. We all started eating and everyone was talking we were eating and it felt like how it was before things got tough but back then there wasn't a child and most definitely wasn't any sign of griffin don't get wrong everything wasn't alright but they were very slowly getting better. We started getting closer to when things became a problem and griffin laughed and said "wasn't that a week before,"- dixie cut him off "what the hell is wrong with you," oh no. I don't think she was mad at the fact he brought it up but he was purposely interfering with her trying to make things okay or half okay. Griffin was a bit taken back by his face but then he said "well baby to make amends you have to come clean and can't be embarrassed that we had sex," I picked Delilah up and brought her out of the room with her plate and we had our own conversation while her mom and dad fought. I knew if I was in their any longer Delilah would see me punch the hell out of her dad. And he was throwing ungraceful words out. Me and Delilah had conversation about how she doesn't like her dad and her Mom doesn't either, they fight all the time and once it got physical but it was only once she promised me after I got tense which she could tell I was. I began to think was this a mini me was she born like this or was it a coincidence. 10 minutes later the yelling stoped and Dixie walked out in tears I jumped to my feet and said "dix are you okay," dix slipped but she smiled and hugged me. I hugged her back and then Delilah came between or feet and hugged us too. Dixie mumbled "he hit me," oh hell no. I walked into the room and there was griffins face. Everyone was yelling at him and I knew everyone wanted to throw hands so I took over yelling "I invited you here you should have just took that but you come in here start a fight, don't even acknowledge your daughter and then hit her," he just laughed like I was weak but what he didn't know that Dixie was my weakness and when you mess with her don't expect another day of life. I wasn't going to kill him but I would punch him until he was 10 punches till his last. The only reason was Dixie if she loved him she wouldn't want him dead and Delilah the sweet little girl that sat in the room lost. I just walked over and punched him over and over when dixie walked in without Delilah I stoped ant turned he was bleeding and I was spotless she hugged me and I said softly "where did he hit you," "on my face" she really responded I let go and turned to him and said laughing just like he did "I won't kill you only because your little girl wants a dad but this last punch is for everything you caused me all the overdoses, all the bottles, all the hospital visits, all the fucking pain you caused me is going right back to you. I took my last punch and left him there to catch his breath or to get a breath. Dixie just flipped him off the same way she did me when she left. She leaned down to his level and said "when you can catch your breath find a car because their is no way in hell your taking mine. Drive to the house and pack your stuff and take your bags and get the hell out of my life, and do you remember that day 2 years ago when I flipped them off well it's your turn," then Dixie turned around and flipped him off and walked into the lining room and we all did. We sat on the couch and laughed about what just happen. Griffin walked out and said "can I at least say bye to my daughter," Dixie started to cry she looked at me and said "noah I'm so sorry," she turned to griffin and said "griffin she isn't yours," everyone gasped It was like when your favorite character died in the show. Delilah said "so griwfin isn't my dads," Dixie nodded and Delilah started to clap and jump. Griffin said "what she is Noah's," Dixie said "wow I'm not a slut Noah is the only other one in the time frame. You too out the only ones I have slept with," I wasn't mad but I wasn't happy either I was just frustrated she kept her from me for 2 years, but it made since everything was adding up but if Dixie could hide a child form me what else is she hiding. Griffin just left he didn't look mad but in reality we all knew he didn't care for them. All I said was "holy fucking shit," I started to leave the room to breath but dixie followed me with Delilah in her hands she said "I'm sorry noah I didn't want to have to face you the guilt was to strong so I just hid and lied like I have been doing for 2 years now I'm sorry, I'm so so so so sorry. You don't have to forgive but I don't know what to do please speak," I just hugged her. She rolled in my arms like Delilah did at the hospital and how she did when we had something. Even though I still think we do. "It's okay I'm not mad a little frustrated but I can't be mad," she said "well you can but that's not like Noah," then Dixie picked Delilah up and said "baby girl noah is your dada," Delilah's face lit up and said "yayyyyyyyyy" and hugged me I hugged her back. I continued to chant with her "yayyyyyyy" we both laughed and I turned to Dixie "thank you," she said "take it as my first and not last apology," something that I always knew was that she was stubborn and I there was no way in stopping her when she lit her mine to something. I unblocked her and she and Delilah left after a while. We planned to let Dixie drop Delilah off with the siblings mainly add and char and lest them babysit while we went to dinner to talk, fix, and start healing. Things were looking up. I hoped nothing would go wrong but I can't rely that much on people.