A Road to a New Life (Phan)

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*Dan*

I ended up going to the studio today for Phil's and mine's radio show. Right now I was on a bit of a break as Phil called me. 

"Hello?" 

"What time are you coming home?"

"Probably an hour and a half, why?" 

"Just get here quick."

"Why, Phil?"

" It's about Alex. I talked to her when she came home. You need to  talk to her Dan. She thinks you are pushing her away. She told me that's why she's scared of you. You act cold towards her. You pushed our 8 year old daughter to get on a bus not realizing she didn't eat breakfast and you left the food part of her lunch in the fridge. Show her that you actually care for her, Dan. Then Alex will be able to get closer to you again." 

"I'm not having this conversation right now. I'll see you in a bit." and hung up. 

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Arriving home I could faintly hear music through the walls. AK probably just has her music playing while she's in her room. Walking into the living room, however, I realized that isn't a CD, that's someone playing my piano. I headed to my old room that is now a a guest room to find AK playing a song from memory. It sounded like an old One Direction song. I leaned against the door frame and carefully watched her and took a sneaky photo on my phone. I smiled. This makes me happy. She took up a hobby of mine. Soon she was done and just sat there starring blankly at the keys. "You're really good." I smiled and she looked at me like a deer in the headlights. "You're not mad that I snuck in here?" she whispered. I walked in sitting next to her on the piano bench asking her, "Was that Little Things?" She nodded just looking at me. " When did you learn to play?" I asked. AK shrugged saying, "uh last year. Andrew and Ms. Copp are teaching me." "And you're already this good! AK that's amazing! Does Daddy know?" I said. She shook her head no before hesitantly leaning into me. I brushed my fingers through her hair and said, "I'm sorry I've been distant lately from you. I just never knew what I did that made you fear me." "Before it was how tall you were and the way you talk. Now it's when get aggressive, pushy, or like super protective like you have been for a while. I think it's cause I have a lot of issues." she said. I looked down at her asking, "What issues?" 

(And i'm sorry for the cliff hanger.....)