only fools (fall for you) 》Lip Gallagher/OC

But At Last Came A Knock

"Okay, so explain it to me one more time."

Lip sighed at the girl sitting next to him, going over the topic for the fourth time. Admittedly, it wasn't completely her fault. Liam was sick with a fever causing him to not stop crying and being temperamental, making things hard for him to properly conduct his tutoring session.

As he went in to begin re-explaining the theorem, a sharp cry sounded out from Liam's crib upstairs. With a sigh and a quick apology, Lip got up to get him.

Coming back down the stairs, Liam was still upset. Tears ran down his chubby cheeks as snot dribbled down from his nose. Daniela, realizing Lip's silent frustration, stood up and made her way over.

"Here," she said opening her arms. The boy gave her a look before nodding and handing him over. Daniela bounced Liam around in her arms gently, making small cooing noises. "What's wrong little man?"

Liam's cries settled down almost instantly, as he opted for playing with a strand of Daniela's hair instead. As he went to put the hair in his mouth, Daniela grimaced at the sight of all the drying tears and snot on his face.

Moving back over to the kitchen table, she took a seat and grabbed a napkin, using it to wipe his face clean. Satisfied with her work, she picked up a chunk of hair and held it out to Liam who took it contently.

With a smile, she looked back up at Lip who was still stood by the stairs staring at her, slightly impressed and thankful. With a nod of his head, he also took his seat once more and continued watching her blow raspberries on Liam's cheeks.

"You're good at that."

"Thanks. I remember babysitting Liam a few times. He always liked playing with my hair. Didn't you?" Daniela aimed her question at the young boy now squirming in laughter from her tickling his belly.

Lip observed her interactions with Liam, feeling something close to an attraction at how easily she handled Liam. Or maybe he was just confusing attraction with gratefulness that Liam had finally stopped his crying.

He had always found her attractive, he wasn't going to lie. But they hadn't exactly gotten off to a great start. Admittedly, Daniela wasn't as bad as he originally thought she was. Absently, Lip made a mental note about how nice her smile looked.

Daniela looked up from Liam to see Lip's eyes trained on her in thought. Raising an eyebrow, she moved her Physics textbook around so both of them could read it.

"So explain it again."

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The next morning, Daniela was eating breakfast when a knock came at the door. Opening it, she frowned down at the young girl standing there.

"Debbie? What are you doing here?"

"I need to talk to you," stated Debbie, breezing past Daniela inside the house. She looked around, taking in the basic surroundings.

"Well okay. You want a hot chocolate or something?" Debbie nodded and followed the older girl into the kitchen, taking a seat at the table. "So what's this all about?" Questioned the teen, making the hot drink and setting it down on the table in front of Debbie.

"I think Steve is cheating on Fiona."

"Wait, Debbie. What makes you think that?"

"Well, a while ago, I checked his phone, which I know I shouldn't do, and saw that someone named Candice had messaged him. And then the other night I got Veronica to help me follow him to a house on the other side of the city."

Daniela blinked, taking in all of the information. "You stalked him?"

Debbie nodded and sipped at her drink, enjoying the sweet warmth.