Worst of Me

Father's Day Special

Fern

I woke up, feeling a sense of dread as I looked at my phone. I got a Father's Day reminder.

"He's a fucking asshole that's what! Why does he need a day, rewarding him for being the father he never was to me?!" Fern yelled, tears stinging her eyes.

"Mm...what's wrong, Fern.." Eury mumbled, half-asleep next to her. Crap I never told her.

"It's Father's Day." I said,simply.

"Mhm? And..?" Eury asked, starting to become more alert.

"Well...my biological father was an alcoholic and abusive...to my mom more often than me. One day he came home and he..." I choked up as the tears ran down my face. Eury understood what I was trying to say and hugged her tightly.

"Dear lord, I didn't even know that part of your life..I need to be more involved with you." Eury said, feeling bad. I hugged her tighter as tears continued running down my face.

"Fern, look at me." Eury said. I slowly pulled away from the hug and looked at Eury.

"It's going to hurt. The memories, the pain. It isn't easy to let go, but you're in the present. Not the past, not the future. You have two parents who love you and care for you as their own. The father that matters now is the one here in this household. Celebrate Father's Day with an actual father." Eury said, her hands gently pressed on my cheeks. I stayed silent for a moment, shocked and speechless. I finally spoke,breaking the silence.

"..thank you so much...I'm so lucky I have you in my life.." I said, as I pulled Eury in for a hug.

"Mhm..now I'm just gonna go ahead.. And.." Eury yawned, as she started to doze off again. I started thinking about mom, then I remembered what Eury said thinking about it, until I fell asleep.

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I woke up, looking down at Eury, who was still asleep even though it was already 10:30 a.m.

"Wakee upp..." I said, gently shaking her to wake her up.

"Mm...five more minutes mom.." Eury mumbled. I smirked and started to tickle her slowly and softly, waiting for her to wake up.

Is she really not ticklish? I tickled her faster and with more pressure this time. Eury giggled, obviously trying not to react. I tickled her harder and faster now. Eury laughed and sat up, pushing my hands away from her.

"Okay, Okay I'm up." She said. I smiled and stretched.

"How was your slumber?" I asked her.

"I had a really...weird and interesting dream. More weird and frightening actually." Eury said.

"What was it about?" I asked intrigued.

"Well... I saw Blake and you together, you guys seemed flirty. I approached you, but was held back by Titania then I started mopping. My mom clapped and cheered me on saying I was doing a great job mopping and my dad criticized my technique in mopping and was like "I'll show you how it's done." then some horse racers with mops came out and my dad was like race mopping on foot. He won and then I woke up." Eury said. I burst out laughing, but felt slightly concerned.

" That's an amazing dream- except the blake part." I said

"Good thing I didn't go into much depth with that one then.." Eury said, but quickly changed the subject. "S-so what are you doing for your dad?"

"Uh, I'm not sure.." I replied.

"Ooo I know!" Eury said. "Wait I don't..but I can get an idea if you tell me a little more about him."