addison // jack avery

Part 61

today corbyn is coming to visit christina, so i'm taking norah to see christina's family for the night. we've finished packing and about to go down to the subway. christina looks at me sadly. 

c- are you sure?

a- i can't see him after i've practically taken his niece away from him

c- you're back tomorrow right?

a- yep, eleven am

c- okay be safe

tate and christina said goodbye and we head down, i had a tote while norah carried her backpack. on it was 'light' sewn into the fabric with a star, she got it when she was born from sydnie. 

we got onto the subway and head to christina's parent's house. i've been able to trust them a lot with things regarding norah, they treat her as family and i could never be more thankful. 

after time we made it to their house safely and norah was ecstatic to see tucker again. we took our bags to our rooms and i helped christina's mom make lunch. i watched as she played outside with tucker and fell over as he attacked her with kisses. 

i sent a video to christina and tate. we ate lunch and watched a movie together, and eventually took tucker to the park. when we got home, norah was pretty tired but i managed to keep her up with the promise of food.

i made dinner for everyone as they played monopoly in the other room together. i heard laughter and felt sad that jack isn't here, but he had his choices, it's not like he ran after me. i finished the food and set the table. 

cm- light, do you wanna go steal some of aunty chrissy's blankets?

n- yeah!

i heard them laugh as they went up the stairs and put dinner on the table. seconds later, norah and christina's mom came back down, chucking blankets on our bed and sitting down for dinner. we ate and spoke about norah, how she's been doing in boxing and music. 

once dinner was over, everyone thanked me and we cleaned up. we put on a movie and watched it while norah fell asleep in my arms. i carried her and said goodnight to everyone before heading to bed.

-next day-

i got up and realised norah wasn't next to me. i heard her laughter from the living room and got up and got dressed. i noticed the time was nine am and we should leave soon, i gathered together our things and went out for breakfast. 

we ate and christina's mom got norah dressed while i said goodbye to her dad and brother. norah and christina's mom came out of the room and she hugged me while norah said goodbye to the others. 

christina's dad drove us to the subway and we bought our tickets and said goodbye. once we were on the subway, i gave norah one of my earphones and we listened to the boy's music. 

we finally got home and i tried to call christina when we got to the lobby but no answer, same with tate. we rode up and eventually unlocked to door, i went to take norah's bag upstairs when i saw a face i hadn't seen in five years. 

corbyn. 

he smiled at me and ran over, hugging me tight and leaning his head on my shoulder. i couldn't help but start crying, it's my best friend, here. norah, oh my goodness. i heard her footsteps coming up the stairs but it was too late, i could feel her presence behind me. 

corbyn looked up and noticed her, shocked. she ran to him, hugging his leg and he looked at me with a confused expression. what am i supposed to say? this is norah, your godchild and jack's daughter? no, but it's undeniable. 

n- it's nice to meet you uncle bean

she smiled and held his hand as they walked into her room. i followed and smiled when they were sitting on her bed. 

n- thank you for my birthday presents

he looked at me and i looked down awkwardly, he nodded and turned back to her. 

c- you're welcome, how old did you turn?

n- five years old!

c- oh my god-

a- hey light, do you wanna go find some drawings to show uncle bean?

she nodded and slid off her bed, i went in and sat beside a very shocked corbyn. he grabbed my hands and held them in his. 

c- is she-?

i nodded and he nodded while biting his lip. 

c- why adds? 

a- because it made sense...

c- you could've spoken to me about it, i would've helped you find a better solution

a- i know you would've, but corbyn i was being selfish and idiotic, i needed to let jack be himself

c- okay i'm going to pretend you didn't just use gabbie's words, i heard what she said and it wasn't true. jack is crazy about you, still is. he has been searching for you non stop, he wanted to come to new york at one stage but christina convinced him not to. 

a- i was going to tell you all, when light turned three, i was going to bring her to you all. but i couldn't. knowing that i took her from you all, especially jack, i couldn't face any of you. 

c- we would never think that, in fact i understand why you did it but you did it for the wrong reasons. gabbie got kicked out after that and we never saw her again, she was there to see zach, not jack. she had no right but she threatened that if we told jack what she said, she would find you 

a- corbyn, i'm fine, and it feels so much better to have you close again

he hugged me and then looked at me as norah came back in the room. she walked over to her table and started drawing which gave corbyn a few minutes to ask me more questions. 

c- so she said thankyou for her birthday present, but we didn't-

a- every year for her birthday, christmas and easter, tate, christina and i get her a gift from each one of you. to help her remember that you love her, she knows who each of you are as we couldn't keep that from her, we refer to you, daniel, jonah and zach as her uncles, and she knows who jack is. 

c- that's one of the best things you did for her, thank you, for making us a part of her life

a- of course

c- so her name is light?

i laughed. 

a- no, i call her light because she is the light in my life-

c- what jack used to call you....

a- yes well, her name is norah, it means light. 

he went over and sat next to her, talking to her about space and art. i heard jack's name and listened in. 

n- you and my daddy are brothers, right?

c- yeah sweetheart, and he loves you very much