I never wanted to leave. I never wanted the night to end. But clearly everything has to come to an end as I took small steps towards the front door to my house after Theo had dropped me back home.
Although, I told him it was fine for me to drive back home by myself, he still insisted on driving me back himself and ended up walking his way back home. I didn't know why he was being so kind and caring to me. He did everything to make me feel better and to be honest I've never met anyone like him before. Someone who'd go out of his way just to cheer up someone who he barely even knew.
Brushing off all the thoughts of Theo that were hanging on my mind, I decided to focus on what I actually had to face at the moment. Taking the final step, I stood right in front of the door trying to brush away the nagging urge of turning around and leaving and took a deep breath before I finally pulled out my keys and slowly pushed the door open.
I took slow steps towards the staircase when my father suddenly showed up along with Mindy right after him. His face looked tired with puffy bags under his eyes and he seemed to not have slept that well. He stood for a moment taking in my appearance before he took a step towards me and pulled me in an embrace.
I was kind of taken aback with his move as I was expecting him to argue with me or to start questioning me the moment I show up. But none of this happened as he just pulled me into a hug without uttering a single word in advance.
"Don't ever do this again."He muttered. "I was worried sick about you."He let out as he hugged me tighter.
And at that moment, I forgot everything that happened between us and just hugged him back. I loved my father more than anything as clearly he was the only one I had in my life after my mother's death. But things seemed to go wrong a lot between us those days but I knew that nothing was actually worth ruining my relationship with my father.
"I am sorry. But I guess I needed some time to be alone."I told him as we pulled away.
"Look, Ana. I am your father and by no means I'd do anything that would upset you. I do everything for your sake and for you to be happy."He said as he caressed my cheeks with his thumbs.
"Always keep that in your mind. Okay, honey?"He let out as I nodded my head. He planted a kiss on my forehead then turned around to leave as Mindy stepped forward approaching me.
"Where have you been, girl? I have called you a hundred times."She asked me as she knitted her eyebrows together.
"Uh, Mindy. Dad didn't even question me and as I remember I already sent you a text assuring that I was fine so can we please just let it pass?"I pleaded, crossing my arms together.
"Your father and I were worried about you, Ana. You never know what could have happened to you."She pointed out, her hands sliding down to her hips.
"Mindy, I am here and I'm fine okay? So please if we're done with this whole questioning thing, I really need to sleep."I told her as I quickly planted a kiss on her cheek and ran up the stairs to my room.
I felt different this morning. I felt other than myself, carefree and devoid of any problems. I felt at ease with all that is in and around me. A feeling I hadn't felt for so long ago. It was like the world was a happy place again and I was actually looking forward to what the day held for me.
The day was going on so well. This morning's breakfast with my father was free of any of the topics I dreaded talking about. It was just us sitting and having a light chat, like a father like a daughter. He didn't mention anything to me about Zach nor talked about our last fight which was so relieving for me as I wasn't looking forward to ruining the day.
