Dads

Drama!

A few days later Andy came home from a date with Mikael and found Emily on the couch.
"Hey, Em." Andy said with a smile, then saw she was sad. He hung his coat away and sat next to her.
"What's wrong, sweetheart?" He asked and pulled her against him.
"You know I stayed at Devon's place when I ran away, right?"
"Yes, that was only a couple of days ago, I remember, what about it?"
"And you asked me if something happened.."
"Yes, you said nothing happened but I know you lied. What happened?"
"Sunday evening I told him I wanted to go home on Monday, after school. He said he was glad about that and we watched a movie, but at the end of the movie he... he suddenly kissed me a-"
"WHAT?!" Andy said mad. "What else did he do?"
"He pinned me down and he... he touched me..."
"How far did he go?"
"He was trying to pull my shirt up, he had put his other hand in my pants but I bit him and kicked him of me."
"Good." Andy said and hugged her. Emily hugged back. "Do you want to go to the police?" He asked but Emily shook her head. "No, I rather just forget about it."
"I understand." Andy said and stroke his daughter's hair. After a while Andy got up.
"I need to do something, Alex should be back in a minute, will you be okay or do you want me to stay?"
"No, I'll be fine, I'll just watch a movie or something."
"Sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure." Emily said with a little smile and Andy grabbed his coat. He walked out and got into his car. just before he drove of Alex parked his car in front of the house. Andy smiled a little that Emily didn't have to be alone. He started the cara and drove away. Alex walked into the house.
"Hey, Em." He said and sat next to her on the couch.
"Hey Alex." Emily said.
"Where is dad going?"
"I don't know"
"Oh.... weird..."
"Yeah, i guess we'll hear about it later."
"I think so too."

Andy was on his way to Devons place. He soon arrived and he walked to the door. He almost banged in the door. Devon walked to opened the door.
"Hey, Andy, wh-" Devon couldn't finish because Andy punched him in his face. Devon fell back onto the ground and held his nose. Andy walked in and closed the door.
"Andy, what the fuck?!" Devon said pained and looked at his hand that had blood on it now.
"No, you what the fuck! Touching my daughter! What is wrong with you!" Andy said angry.
"What are you talking about?"
"Emily told me she stayed here, she told you she would go back home and you almost raped her."
"Andy, you don't understand."
"I do! You should be my best friend, not sleeping with my daughter!"
"Andy, please calm down" Devon said. Andy grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him up and pushed him against the wall.
"If you lay one finger on her again, if you even look at her inappropriately I'll end you." Andy said threatening and pushed him away before walking back out and closing the door. He got back into his car and drove home. He walked in and saw Alex on the couch.
"Hey, dad." Alex said.
"Hey" Andy said.
"Where were you?"
"Just.... I had to do something."
"Dad, what's going on? Tell me the truth."
Andy sighed. "Fine... but don't tell Emily anything."
"Okay"
"Two weeks ago she ran away and she went to my best friend Devon. She stayed there for two days, when she told him she wanted to leav he..... he touched her and I think he wanted to do more."
"What the fu-frogs." Alex said. "So I suppose you went to him and... what?"
"I punched him."
"Good. Though maybe you should've gone to the police."
"Maybe...."
"I hope we don't get trouble because of this."
"Me too"
"So what now?"
"I don't know... i think we should go to bed, it's late"
"I guess you're right" Alex said and they went.

A few days later someone rang the doorbell and Emily opened.
"Hey, Emily... is your dad home?" Liam said when seeing Emily.
"Ehm... yes, I'll get him for you" Emily said. "Come in" Liam walked in and Emily walked up the stairs. "Dad, there's someone here for you." She said.
"Who?" Andy said as he got out of his room and walked down the stairs.
"My math teacher, Liam"
"What's he doing here?" Andy said a little confused.
"No idea, he said he wanted to talk to you."
"Okay."
"Oh, by the way, where's Alex?"
"i don't know, he just said he was out for a while." Andy said and walked into the living room while Emily went back to her room.
"Hello, you must me Emily's father, Andy." Liam said.
"Yes, I am. Sorry but, why are you here?"
"I needed to talk to you about my brother, Devon." Liam said while putting his hands in the pockets of his leather jacket.
"What about him?" Andy asked, already knowing where this was going.
"Well, I heard you two were friends for a while now but yesterday he called me and told me he got beaten, by you."
"Did he now?"
"Yes, so I'll just say it to you once: They away from my brother if you don't want to get hurt."
Andy chuckled. "Who is going to hurt me? You? I don't even know why you are here because you missed the most important part of the story; why I punched him."
"He told me. You were mad he took the job you wanted."
"What? You really think I would hit someone because of such a thing, pretty boy?"
"Apparently you do." Liam said and punched Andy. Andy held his nose.
"What the hell is your problem?!"
"My problem is that you hit my brother because of a fucking job!"
"I didn't hit him because of that. I hit him because he tried to rape Emily."
"Devon would not try to sleep with a teenager."
"He did. Emily stayed with him for a few days because she was mad at me but when she wanted to leave he pushed himself into her."
"Why would I believe you? I bet you just made this up."
"Why woud I make up that someone almost raped my daughter?"
"I don't know.... but did Devon really do that?" Liam asked, calmer now.
"Yes.." Andy said and checked whether his nose was bleeding or not, luckily it didn't.
"I didn't know..."
"Of course not, why would he tell you that?"
"I'm sorry.... I clearly need to talk to him."
"Yes... indeed you should." Andy said, checking his nose again.
"You okay?"
"Yeah.... I'm okay"
"I'm sorry... I'll leave"
"I think that's a good idea" Andy said and Liam walked out.

Alex rang he doorbel of a house and soon a man opened.
"Hello, I'm looking for Chester, is he home?" Alex asked.
"Yes, but why do you need to talk to him?" Brandon asked.
"Private matters."
Brandon frowned slightly but then turned to the stairs. "Chester, there's someone here for you." He called and soon Chester walked down the stairs and was a little shocked to see Alex."
"Hello Chester." Alex said.
"Hi... What are you doing here?" Chester asked
"I want to ask you something, could we talk inside, it's not really warm outside."
"Sure.. come in." Chester said and they sat in the living room.
"So what so you want to ask me?"
"What were you thinking when you made that deal with my mother?"
"I see... Well, I explained it all to Emily an-"
"Explain it to me." Alex said a little annoyed
"Things here aren't going too well and we have some financial problems, when Amanda offered that deal I just thought about the money we could use to get out of the mess we were in."
"So you didn't even think about the people you could hurt by doing that?"
"I know I made a mistake. but it wasn't like I used Emily just for the money. I was already in love with her but I was afraid I would ruin out friendship by asking her out. But because I made that deal I somehow wasn't afraid of that anymore."
Alex sighed. "I could punch you, you know. You really were an idiot."
"I know."
"You said you talked to Emily, what did she say?"
"She said she kind of understood why I made that deal and she said she forgave me."
"Okay... let's make this clear: I won't do anything to you because clearly Emily thinks you are a good guy, but if you hurt her one more time I won't be this easy on you. Clear?"
"Clear."
"Good." Alex said and stood up and walked to the door. He sat in his car and drove back home. When he arrived Andy and Emily were making dinner. he walked in.
"Hey, Alex." Andy said. "Where were you?"
"Just... doing something, not really important."
"Okay, well would you set the table, dinner's almost ready."
They had dinner together, Alex told them that he would go back to New Zealand next weekend. Andy and Emily were sad he would leave but were okay with it. Then the doorbel rang. Andy sighed and opened it. Alex and Emily could hear some angry voices and then two people walked in.
"Amanda, leave, NOW!" Andy said angry.
"No, Andy." Amanda said. "I'm their mother and I want to be with my children."
"But we don't want to be with you." Alex said.
"Alex, please."
"No, just accept it that we don't want you around, you hurt us and we don't want you to hurt us again."
"I won't hurt you, I never did."
"Are you really that blind?!"
"No, you two just need to grow a spine."
"Shut up!" Alex yelled. Amanda gave him a glare.
"Don't yet at me, that's not how I raised you."
"You didn't raise me at all! You left when I was 11 years old. Emily just turned 5 that month. You weren't there for us while we needed you, now we learned to live without you. We grew a spine. You decided to leave, now you have to live with the consequences."
"Alex, I was there untill you were 11, then most of the raising is already done."
"But Emily was 5, she still needed you. Besides, dad did all the raising. I cant remember a single day where you actually did a thing to raise me, to raise either of us."
"Alex, whether you like it or not I am your mother and I always will be."
"Maybe you were the woman who placed me on this earth but you are not, not in any way, a mother to me." Alex said. Amanda sighed and looked at Emily.
"You'll give me a chance, right?"
"No" Emily said. "I do want to know a few things though."
"Anything, sweety."
"Don't call me that. I want to know a few things. First: Dad once said you married someone else. Is that true?"
"How do you know?"
"So it is?"
"Yes.... I was married to another man for a while."
"But you and dad never divorced."
"I know."
"And you think it is just okay to marry someone else?"
"Is this really important right now?"
"No... second: why are you pushing yourself into our lifes?"
"I'm not pushing."
"Yes you are."
"It's because I'm your mother, I made some mistakes but I want to be with my children again."
"Okay. Next, how did you know I liked Chester?"
"I did some research and he was the cutest of the football team. And I saw you two hang out sometimes and you haad that sparkle in your eyes that said you liked him."
Emily sighed a bit. "So you spied on me too?"
"Really? That's what you got out of that?"
"Yes. Last question: how did you get into my school? What did you do to the principal?"
"Ehm... I.... I have my ways with men."
"What? Oh my god, you slept with him?!"
"I may have used my body to persue him on getting Chester for me..."
"You know what will happen if that gets out, right?"
"Of course I do, his wife will leave him."
"Yes, and our entire family will have a bad name, and even Chester."
"But it didn't get out."
"No, but you will get out. Out of this house." Andy said. He grabbed Amamda by her arm and pulled her to the door and pushed her out.
"Why do you throw me out?"
"Do you really think I would take you back now I know you married someone else and slept with Emily's principal? Most importantly: while we are still married"
"I'm sure you have had other women too."
"No, I came home with a woman once but it hurt Alex and Emily too much amd I promised them I would mever be with a woman again."
"So you are not doing anything anymore?"
"That's none of your business."
"Wait? Are you gay?"
"Considering I married you, maybe I am." Andy said and closed the door.