Cherry: New Beginnings.

Paper Houses.

A/N: This is a double update! Make sure you read New Plan before this, and please check the end of this chapter for an important update!

THEO'S POV:

Violet, my dad, and Mitch leave tomorrow morning... and Violet hasn't talked to me much since a few days ago when she blew up on me. I don't blame her... Her life is getting flipped upside down once again, and she never asked for it.. That doesn't mean she doesn't need it. And though my dad and I aren't as close, I still feel like maybe I should... Maybe something needs to give between the two of us.. At least before he leaves.

I walk downstairs, dressed for the day already. Violet is sitting outside on the back deck in a black bathing suit, large sunglasses covering her face. She dyed her hair pink again I see, and I assume she did it in her bathroom last night. I like the pink, it fits her. I look around the living room, and move into the kitchen to see my mom with headphones on, plugged into her laptop, and my dad with his legs kicked up on the table, the guitar hugged to his body as he hums something out. The image alone makes me feel lonely, and I wish it didn't... I want it though.. What they've got..

"Hey dad.." I speak up, and he looks away from the guitar, smiling. My mom removes her headphones, and moves the laptop away from her.

"What's up Theo?" My mom asks, and I nod my head to my dad, looking at him.

"Can I talk to you?" I ask, and he furrows his brows, but stands up, setting the guitar on the table.

"Yeah of course." He nods, and I look back at my mom as we walk away.

"We're gonna go pick up some smoothies, do you want your usual?" I ask. She nods with a smile, and i jog over to the back door, sliding it open. "Hey Vi, we're going to get smoothies, do you want anything?" I ask.

"How about a giant cup of shut the fuck up?" She asks, and I nod.

"Nice Vi." I sigh, and close it.

"Does she want anything?" My dad asks, and I shake my head.

"Nope." I brush it off, and grab my keys as we walk through the entryway. The moment we step outside the sun shines down on me, and I feel confident in this. My dad expects a lot from me, but that doesn't mean he's not incredibly kind, and understanding.. I know he loves me just as much as my mom, he just doesn't know how to show it the same. We climb into my car together, and it's quiet as I back out of the driveway, and I know I should start, but I have no idea what to say... Not any idea.

*PLAY PAPER HOUSES BY NIALL HORAN*

"What's going on Theo?" He asks first, and I'm thankful he broke the quiet.

"You're leaving tomorrow.. And I wanted to talk to you alone before you left with her." I mention Violet, and catch him nodding his head. "And I wanted to apologize to you..." I add.

"You have nothing to apologize for.." He looks at me, and I shake my head.

"I haven't... I mean, I.. Dad you're one of the people that I fight with the most, and I don't fight, and it's because I feel like... Like part of me is afraid I'll never be what you are, and I want to impress you. I want to make you proud, and mom she.. Well I love her but I could clap on the beat and she'd be proud.. I just feel like I have more to prove to you. I always have... and I'm sorry for fighting you, for questioning you with Violet. I don't know more than you, and I shouldn't pretend like I do.. I'm just sorry." I shake my head, and continue to drive to Sandy's smoothie shop.

"Theo I... I'm beyond proud of you... I always have been.. I remember when I found out your mum was going to have you, I hoped that you would just like music.. I didn't care if you wanted to play it or sing it or write it.. I just wanted to make sure you liked it... I thought that you might like football, or maybe you'd want to skateboard, or dance or something.. I had no idea.. Then we had you, and the moment you were born you clung to your mum... You followed her everywhere, and you sat with her at the piano, even after Vi was born... and the moment you touched the keys, I knew you'd be just like her, and that was more than enough to make me proud of you..." He speaks honestly, and he's told me he was proud before, this isn't the first time I've heard this, but it does hit me right in the chest.