Like Father, Like Daughter. // Mike Fuentes

//thirty-six//

(Brogan)
When I got home I hauled my stuff to my room and went back downstairs and looked for Mike. "Dad?" I asked, no reply. I huffed and walked around the whole house. "MIKE!" I yelled...no response. "What in the fuck." I muttered and went to my room. I grabbed a change of clothes and I walked into the bathroom and grabbed a towel. I took my shower and got dressed in my pajamas and went to the game room and sat in a game chair. "Oh, I didn't know you were here." I turned and and saw Tony. "Didn't you hear me yell for Mike?" I asked and he sat on the couch. "No,  I had headphones on."

"I just wanted to say I'm sorry for cheating and shit. You didn't deserve it." He said apologetically, I shook my head. "It's alright, if you didn't want to be with me, I wish you would've said something." I muttered, everyone knows I still have feelings for him, but, I'm not gonna waste my time with him anymore. "In all honesty, I do forgive you." I said, he nodded. He put his headset back on and grabbed the controller and unpaused his game and went back to playing.

I didn't want to interrupt him, so, I went into the living room and I heard him yell, "Brogan! Come back!" He yelled, I walked back to the game room. "What?" I asked, he  pointed at the chair by the TV. I sat down and looked at him, "What?" I asked again, he shook his head. "Sit with me, I'm bored, keep me company." He said, I rolled my eyes and nodded. "Fine, fine." I said and hugged my knees. I watched him play his game, I grabbed my phone and went on Snapchat, I messed with the filters and took dumb selfies.

I replied to a girl that I've been friends with since 8th grade, our streak finally hit 50. I told her happy 50 and put my phone down. Tony was on his phone and then he looked up at me. "Your dad is on his way, just a heads up." He muttered. I nodded and sighed deeply. "You okay?" He asked, I nodded. "Yeah, just, I don't know. Tired? Bored?" I said, he looked at me. I bit my lip and looked down. "Um... How long have you done drugs?" He asked, my head snapped up at him. "Shit. I don't know, a couple years?" "Why?" "Fuck, you know my backstory!" I said loudly, he looked at me. "Sorry." He muttered.
"Sorry, sorry." I said, he shrugged. I felt bad, I looked down. "Tony.." "Hm." "You're still my favorite turtle." I smiled softly, he chuckled. Even though we broke up and shit, I still wanted us to be on good terms. "Love you, Tone." I said and stood up. "Love you too, dummy." "Whatever happened to Eve, she hasn't messaged or called. I was wondering if she was okay?" I asked, Tony stood up. "Listen, I'm gonna be completely real with you. She said that she's cutting off all ties with us. You. Everyone. Mike is heartbroken, sure, he'll move on. But, she did say she was sorry." He said.

I nodded. I mean, we were kinda close, I'm not upset, honestly. "You okay?" He asked, I nodded. "Yeah, I don't care." I said, he narrowed his eyes. "Stop lying." "I'm not, I promise. I could care less. She was on and off with my dad and she, quite frankly, was A LOT of drama, in my very unpopular opinion." I said and Tony nodded. "YO, TONY, YOU HERE?!" I heard Mike yell, we both went upstairs. Mike looked at me and smiled widely. "Brogan! Baby, I missed you!" He ran over to me and picked me up. I giggled and hugged him, he hugged me and then held me like a baby. He sat down and I put my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes. I sighed softly and hummed quietly.

(Mike)
I held Brogan and Tony looked at me. "How are you doing about the whole Eve shit?" "Fine." I answered honestly. He nodded and sat on the love seat, I looked at Tony and smiled softly. "I hope that Nic kid is treating her right." I said, Tony nodded. "I'm sure he is, he seems like an extremely sweet kid, Mike." He said, I played with Brogan's hair and sighed softly. "I wish I didn't miss out on her childhood and shit, it makes me feel like less of a parent." I said, Tony shook his head. "No, it doesn't. She's here now and you have time to make it up with her. Did her mom give you a thing of baby videos, pictures, and what not." He asked, I nodded.

"Yeah, I watch the videos all the time." I said tearfully and looked at Brogan, "Aw, Mikey is crying!" Tony said, I sniffled and chuckled. "Yeah, yeah. Shut up, ya fucking turtle." He rolled his eyes, the front door opened and Jaime, Vic, and Kellin walked in. Kellin was holding a baby. "Vic and I adopted a baby! Her name is Copeland!" He said excitedly, I smiled widely. "Congrats, guys!" I said, Tony smiled. "Aww, she's so adorable." He said, Jaime nodded and sat next to me and Kellin sat next to Tony. "Are y'all ready for parenthood?" I asked, Vic nodded. "Mm, yeah, we think so." He told me, setting the pastel pink diaper bag down. "Who's the soccer mom?" Jaime asked, "Kellin!" "Vic!"

Brogan whined and moved around, I chuckled. "Don't yell." I said, Jaime laughed. "Sorry, sorry." Vic said, I nodded and played with Brogan's hair. "I'm bored." "Me too." "Invite some Of Mice over?" Vic asked, I looked at him. "Let's call them." I said, Jaime got up and called Austin. "Brogan." I said softly and shook her. "Hmm! W-What?" She whined and curled up. "Get up, baby." "Why? I don't wanna." "Of Mice is coming over." I said and she rubbed her eyes and nodded. She sat up and yawned. "Hey, B!" Kellin said, she waved and then looked at Copeland. "Aw, what's her name?" "Copeland."

"Soccer mom?" "It's Kellin." Vic said, I laughed. "Sweet." She said and Jaime came back in. "They're on there way!" He said, Brogan waved at him. "Where have you been?" Jaime asked her, she shrugged. "Nic's place." She said, Jaime nodded and then the door opened. "HEY GUYS!" Alan yelled and then Cope started to cry loudly. "Oh shit.. I'm sorry." He said and Aaron walked over to Kellin and gently grabbed her, he calmed her down.

"What's up, guys?" Austin asked, I shook my head. "Nothin, nothin." I said, Tony shrugged. "Bored, entertain us." He said, Brogan chuckled and looked at Tino. "My favorite uncle!" She said and Vic's jaw dropped. "What did I just hear?" He asked, Tino smirked. "Hah!" Brogan stood up and ran over to Tino and hugged him. "I missed you." "Missed you more, kiddo. You should stay the night with me sometime." He asked, she nodded. "Sure!" He smiled and then sat down. We talked about random shit for a little bit then Kellin and Vic left, "Wanna play Bullshit?" "What's that?" Aaron asked, Alan looked at him. "A card/drinking game." Brogan said, I shook my head. "Drinking is optional." She said. "Obviously." I said as she got the deck of the cards and shuffled them.

Everyone got together and she dealt the cards and we played for a little bit and then Brogan got rid of all her cards first. "Goddamn it!" Tino said, I laughed and then threw his cards at me. "Jackass!" I yelled, Brogan laughed hysterically and so did Austin and Alan. "Let's stop." Phil said. "Fine." Tino said, we gathered the cards together and them away. We all talked for a couple hours about music, movies, random shit in general.

"Brogan, do you even go to school?" Alan asked, she shook her head. "No, um, I don't like school because everyone is mean to me, so, I quit going. And plus when my mom was with Jack, he would, um. He would hurt me so bad and I couldn't go and he also would keep me home." She said and I tensed up. Tino clenched his jaw, I looked at him and then looked at Brogan. "Was he nice at first?" "Well, yeah, then after a bit he started being abusive and shit." She glanced at us.

"I though I told you guys this?" She asked, I shook my head. "I'm sorry. Your mom never reached out to me. Not once to even say hey or anything." Tino said, she nodded slightly. She grabbed a cigarette and grabbed my lighter, Alan slightly relaxed. "Well.. Uh, lets talk about something happy. Kellin and Vic have a baby." "Yeah, she's an angel." "For now." Austin said, Phil snickered. "He's right, then she'll turn into a little devil." A chorus of 'yeah's came from the others. "Vic will be like the strict dad, probably." Jaime said, I nodded. "Yeah, probably." I said.

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