Don't Tell Nash

blank hearts

~Rachel's Pov~

My heart stopped... what do I say? Nothing.  Run away.  I rubbed my eyes praying to God I was hallucinating.

"Dad?" I shivered and stood up.

"Oh my god Rachel." He tried to hug me but I jolted backwards.

"You!!" I didn't know what else to say.

"I'm sorry." He said.

"Shut up you prick!!" I yelled at him.

"Excuse me!?" He said.

"Get away from me!"

"I know your upset but-" I cut him off.

"UPSET!? Upset doesn't even begin to explain how I feel you are such a... there really is no word for you!" I yelled.

"You've gotten so big." He says acting like everything was okay denying the fact that he just popped up out of nowhere after disappearing for about eight years!

"Yeah I have unfortunately you weren't there to whiteness me growing up like a real father should have!!" I yelled at him.

"Loose the tone missy." He said to me.

"No. I'm not going to loose the tone.  What the hell are you thinking.  You left me, Hayes, Nash, and mom for YEARS not days not weeks years and now you have the nerve to talk to me like I just saw you a couple hours ago?! No okay I'm not going to let you do that, I'm not going to let you stomp all over me and then pick me back up and try to fill me like a balloon!  I'm not stupid.  I'm trying to stop making things about me but right now this is about me and I'm not going to let myself love you again or even like you for that matter.  I was a child.  A child who needed her father to teach her about boys. A child who needed her father to teach her how to throw a baseball.  A child who needed her father to teach her how to ride a bike.  A child who needed her father when her heart was broken.  A child who needed her father to stand up to bully's for her.  You weren't a father to me you aren't a father to me you are a stranger.  A stranger who I happened to love and trust very much.  You can NOT come here and act like its nothing because it's everything.  I cried and cried when I realized you weren't coming back!  This was our park this was the park I came to with you all the time. Our get away place!  I can't believe you right now!! I can't believe anything right now!! Not only was I sad when you left I was terrified that I wasn't good enough that you didn't want us because we weren't worth wanting!! I was scared!! I thought that there is no way that he just left something must have happened to him but no your standing right in front of me now and all I can think is this guy is not my father not my friend this guy is a stranger." I went on and on but once I started I couldn't stop because this guy here WAS my father he WAS a friend and I loved him very much because I thought he would always be there for me I thought that was how it went.  This guy is a stranger and I'm just another acquaintance.

~Aarons Pov~

I heard a voice. It sounded like Rachel but I wasn't sure.  So I went to check it out.  When I looked I saw it was Rachel she was with two people one of them looked like the guy she met at the beach and the other I didn't recognize but he did look familiar.  Rachel was yelling at the guy and I ran over to her when she was done.  I knew she didn't want to see me but it was worth it because I didn't care.  When I reached the sand I realized who it was it was her dad.  I've seen him in some pictures around the house.  Giving him wide eyes I grabbed Rachels hand and pulled her towards me she put her head in my chest and began to cry.  She wrapped her arms around me and I held her head.

"Aaron-" I cut her off.

"Shh it's okay." I said putting my head on top of hers sideways. I mouthed to Mitchell to go call Nash and Hayes and handed him my phone.  He did as told and they came right away.  They both stopped at the sand eyes wide open in amazement.

"D... Dad?" Hayes asked.

"Um yeah it's me." He said.  Nash just stood there staring at him.

"What are... what are you doing here?" Hayes said.

"I was just walking on the beach. I come here every once in a while and I saw someone crying so I came over to see if she was okay and it turned out to be Rachel." He said.  It began to thunder and lightning.

"Listen we got to go." Nash said grabbing everyone.

"I'm sorry." He said.  Nash stopped and turned around and walked over to him.

"Bastard." Nash whispered and punched him in the face.

"Nash!" Rachel yelled.  Nash walked back over to us.

"Let's go." He said and dragged everyone to the parking lot.

"Come on." Nash said to Rachel.

"Come where?" She asked.

"Home." He said.

"What? No I'm not coming home I'm staying with Mitchell." She said.

"No your not come on." He raised his voice.

"No. No I'm going with Mitchell." She said sounding scared.

"Get over here!" He said grabbing her arm. She pulled out of his grasp grabbed her arm and got into Mitchell's car.  They drove off and as they did she looked back her eyes glued to Nash still holding her arm.  A tear fell off her cheek and she was soon out of sight.

"DAMN IT!" He yelled and kicked the car.  He turned around and put his back against the car and tilted his head back so he was looking up.  When he turned back around he got in the car and drove off leaving Hayes here.  I drove Hayes back to the house and I was out all night looking for Rachel.