Holding Out For A Hero

5. Baby Don't Go

We were sitting in the living room when the doorbell rang. Dave got up to get up and I kept my attention on my laptop.

"Daddy," I heard his girls yell. I wasn't gonna go join them. I didn't want to cause problems. I could hear Dave talking to jordyn.

"I have a friend staying with me for awhile. She just got out of a relationship and had no where else to go," he said.

"I'm suppose to believe that. She's probably just a flavor of the week," Jordyn replied back. She sounded angry. I heard footsteps behind me and I looked. So did Lennon who was sitting beside me on the couch. Violet, Harper and Ophelia stood behind me.

"Who are you?" Violet asked me. I put my laptop on the coffee table and turned back to look at them.

"I'm Brittany. Who are you guys?" I asked in return. I knew who they were but decided it as better to just ask.

"I'm Ophelia," she said as she walked around the couch and sat down beside me. I could hear Jordyn and Dave arguing in the other room.

"You filed for divorce, not me. So what and who I do is none of your god damn concern," I heard Dave say as Harper sat down beside Lennon and started petting her.

"I'm Harper. What's his name?" she asked.

"Her name is Lennon," I replied.

"Like the beatle," Harper said as she pet Lennon.

"Exactly," I said with a smile.

"I can't believe you'd bring some random chick from a bar home with you," Jordyn said. Violet went and sat in the chair Taylor was in earlier.

"I'm Violet," she said sadly. I smiled at her and she attempted a smile back.

"Hey let's go outside and play with Lennon. She needs some excerise anyways," I said as I stood up. Violet smiled and stood up with me. Harper and Ophelia followed us outside with Lennon. While Harper and Ophelia ran around and played wth Lennon, Violet and I sat at the table.

"Thanks for getting us away from our parents," Violet said as I took a puff off my cigarette.

"No problem. I know what it's like hearing your parents fight alot," I replied

"I love them both but they just yell at each other all the time now. It's mainly my mom yelling at my dad. I love him and want him home more but I know he's out there doing something he loves. It's his dream," she said in response. I was blown away by how grown up she sounded. I smiled at her and she smiled back as Dave came outside. I put my smoke out.

"Uh Jordyn wants to meet you before she leaves," he said as we both looked at him. I stood up and headed inside. I wasn't gonna argue or put up a fight. If she felt more comfortable meeting me then so be it. I grabbed my shawl off the couch and put it on to hide the bite mark just to be on the safe side. I walked to the front door and saw her standing there texting. "Jordyn this is Brittany," he said asnd she looked up. She looked me up and down before she spoke.

"There's gonna be some rules if you're staying here while my girls are. I don't want them coming home telling me they heard you two having sex. You can't leave her alone with the girls. I don't care if Taylor is in the hospital dying again you can't leave them with her. Don't touch my girls in any harmful way or so help em god I will ruin you," Jordyn said as she pointed her finger at me.

"First off Jordyn this is my fucking house so if anyone is making rules to be followed in it, it's gonna be me. We can do what we want while the girls are asleep and you can't come in here telling her you'll ruin her. Brittany has never done anything to you so abck the fuck off," Dave snapped at her. I put a hand on his back and rubbed it and he seemed to calm down a bit.