The coincidence | Rudy Pankow

25: daddy & daughter day

𝑅𝓊𝒹𝓎'𝓈 𝒫.𝒪.𝒱

Layla and the girls went on a girls day which means I get to spend quality time with Maisie I'm quite happy about that because I want to have more father daughter days with her, yeah finding out I had a daughter was a massive shock especially given the circumstances they went exactly ideal but me and Layla are gonna make this work for our daughters sake, that started with me looking after Maisie while Layla lives her life without mom mode on every now and then while I be a father to our daughter because I've already missed out on so much in her life that's why I'm sat in the lounge of Layls and Maisie's apartment building a den with Maisie who keeps purposely running jumping on me to lift her in the air before I go back to building her the pillow fort she practically begged me for which how can I say no to such a cute little girl, my cute little girl

I still can't believe I have a daughter, an actual child , something I helped create I can't take the credit of growing her for nine months or looking after her for her first year and a half of life because I didn't Layla did and for that I'll forever be grateful to her for that she's given me the best gift in the entire world, I'm so glad that she's the mother of my child, when we met I didn't know I had these type of feelings for her, it wasn't until I was on my plane back to Alaska did I regret not giving her any point of contact with me, the way things could've been completely different if I gave her a way of contacting me then it would've been completely different, I don't want to Dwell on the past I want to have some fun with my daughter who is currently running up to me before wrapping her arms around me , I bring her into a hug placing a kiss on her head, making her giggle and sigh contently before closing her eyes just as my phone pings next to me I open it while Maisie snuggles into me I see it's the time for her after I get myself comfortable in the pillow fort I get her settled on my lap and grab her blanket and pillow from the floor next to me I kept them close knowing she might need them if she fell asleep I text the guys group chat back telling them it's okay to come over because they asked if they could I also tell them the doors open and not to knock cause Maisie is asleep, they text back saying they'll be here in five minutes which I send them a thumbs up emoji and sit there holding Maisie while stroking her hair away from her face not even five full minutes later the guys arrive
They ask were I am so I tell them I'm in the den it's quite a big den so we can all fit in here

They get in the den with us when jd sparks up a conversation "I spoke to Layla today and let me say this how if you can't see this girl has feelings for you then your even more of an idiot then I thought" which shocks me that he said that she has feelings for me she obviously don't right?
"Jd man she don't have feelings for me trust me it's strictly a platonic and co parental relationship" I sigh readjusting Maisie who's laying on me the guys just look at me like I grew two heads "what?" I say confused as to why they're looking  at me like that
"We need to book you an appointment to get glasses" Chase says bluntly which causes me to look at him like he grew two heads while the guys just agree with him

" they're right toot can't you see how much that girl likes you, I mean she had your child for goodness sake" Drew says pointing to Maisie who's snuggled into me
I just shrug as we hear Maisie wake up she smiles when she sees the guys and waves her hand which causes Austin to chuckle before speaking "she's such a mini you and Layla" I laugh at his comment before Maisie goes to play with them which ends up in me going on instagram I see Layla posted some pictures which I like and comment them while Maisie is giggling while attacking jd I laugh as I put my phone down I decide to make Maisie some lunch while the guys watch her

As I'm doing that the door handle rattles I hear talking behind the door
"Mads drop it please I'm not having a relationship" I hear Layla say I decide I've heard enough and walk to Maisie just as the door swings open I turn around to greet the girls and my jaw drops with the amount of bags they have most of them are from different kinds of children stores I point to the bags and speak up  " what's in the bags?" She chuckles "always curious aren't you ru" she says before finishing he sentence "it's stuff for Maisie's birthday" she says looking towards the little girl who's eating her lunch I nod with. A smile on my face excited to spending Maisie's birthday with her

We all decide to have a relaxing rest of the day before doing dinner and putting Maisie to bed once she's in bed we all sit in the lounge watching a tv show with the cast, the baby monitor is on the coffee table.

I must've fallen asleep during the movie because when I wake up during the night I see the cast has gone and Maisie and Layla are sat on the floor in the hallway Layla is holding Maisie who has tears streaming down her face but she looks to be sleeping peacefully

"What's wrong?, why didn't you wake me up if she was upset" I say my mind wondering the reason why she could be crying and this upset
"Don't worry she just had a bad dream sometimes she gets them, she says they're about her not being with me, I'm not sure if this is something a kid gets or if it's some kind of separation anxiety"

"Have you spoken to a doctor or pediatrican about it?" I say sitting down next to her
She shakes her head, when she does I see a small tear slide down her cheek, please don't tell me that she thinks this is her fault, "Layls this isn't your fault, I know that's what you're thinking but it's not, you've done everything and more for our little girl even when you were just a child yourself" I tell her wrapping my arms around her as I do that I feel her relax into my arms her sniffles ease up
"Thank you ru, I just feel. Like I caused this for her" she tells me which makes my heart break how can she think that she caused this when she has done nothing but protect our daughter "Layls you've done everything you can to protect our daughter trust me she's lucky your her mom, im lucky that your the mother of my daughter"
I watch her facial expressions change until her eyes water I see the hint of happiness in her eyes probably needing to hear the words from someone, we move to the couch laylas holding Maisie, once we're on the couch Layla instantly falls asleep, when she does I cover them both up before drifting off to sleep myself