Axl Rose's Daughter

Part 23.

Fuck we are finally home. I think to myself as we pull in the driveway.
"Dad!!! I'm home!" I say as he comes running out of the back room pulling me into a huge hug.
"Thank god you're ok"
"I guess Jax told you what happened" I said to him as he squeezed me
"Of course he did, he called from the hospital, and after the random show you put on at the club the other night. You need to get this shit under control" he said to me letting me go.

"There's nothing to get under control, I had a seizure, so what. Now where's Harlow?" I said putting my bags down.
"She's asleep....it's 10 at night" he said following me.
"Ivy we need to talk"
"Dad there's nothing to talk about"
"Please..." he said looking at me.
"Fine" I said rolling my eyes and walking with him to the living room where Jax and Slash were sitting.
"You don't want to talk...you want to give me an intervention" I said before sitting down.
"That's not what this is" slash said.
"We need to talk about how you're handling all of this" my dad mentioned.
"Handling what?! There's nothing to handle when it's out of my control!" I raised my voice as Jax went to grab my arm.
"Don't fucking touch me" I said pulling away
"Babe please just sit down"
"No! This is fucking ridiculous. I'm not even home for an hour and I'm being interrogated about this shit in Vegas. I don't know what you thought would happen but this sure ain't it" I said walking away
"Ivy where are you going?" Jax asked
"To bed" I said slamming the door. I looked at the bottle of Oxy on the bedside table. I take two and lay down waiting for them to kick in before falling asleep.

The next morning was rough. In a matter of 3 days being gone my supply was gone so we had to switch Harlow to formula which she didn't like but we were able to mix it with some of my stash in the freezer to slowly get her use to it.
I yawned holding her on the couch as she ate.
"Morning babe" said Jax coming out from our room kissing me on the head before I handed him Harlow as he gave her a kiss and held her close.

"I'm ready to talk now..." I said to him sitting on the opposite end of the couch.
"But I don't want my dad or Slash here. I'm not comfortable talking about it with them."
"I understand that" he said looking up at me.
"I'm sorry for last night. I felt cornered and that's the last thing someone in my position should feel after what happened. And I know I need to get everything in check with myself. I can't be self medicating when I should be weaning myself off these pills"
"I agree"
"Really....that's all?"
"Yeah, all I wanted was for you to come back to reality. I'm not going to knock you or punish you for anything that happened because that wouldn't do any good. And pushing you to do or talk about something just pushes you into a state of insanity and defense. I'm proud of you for taking a step back and realizing that you are, in fact, human and that you can't keep pushing yourself like this. Especially when we had a daughter to look out for" he continued as he looked at Harlow.
"Thank you..." I whispered as I moved next to him and laid my head on his shoulder.

"She's definitely special isn't she?" I ask
"Of course she is, we made her" he said laughing.

Maybe coming back down to reality isn't such a bad thing.