The Private School

Chapter 42

(A/N: Posting the chapters slightly earlier than usually today as I'm going snowboarding as part of my 21st, 2 hours as a present.. This is a long chapter but kind of a lot happens in it. Enjoy!!)

"Are you ok sweetheart?" Dad asks as he drives us back home. "You've been very quiet" He points out. Truth is I need to ask him about that court case but I don't know how to.

"Yeah I'm fine, just been a long week" I answer quietly.

"Well how about when we get back, we can chill out and you can tell me all about it" He says. I smile in response.

How do I ask him about something that happened before I was born and even more, something that he has managed to not talk about near me all these years?

I am brought out of my thoughts as I feel my phone buzz in my pocket. I check and see it's a text from Stefan.

'How's it going? x' It reads.

'Haven't asked yet, I'll let you know later x' I send.

Soon we are back home and I dump my bags near the front door and sit down on the sofa, grabbing the remote and switching the TV on.

"Are you just going to leave your bag here then?" Dad asks standing next to it.

"Yeah, I'll take it up when I go" I answer as I find an old episode of NCIS.

"Ok then" He sighs and walks through to the kitchen. "What would you like for dinner?" He asks from the kitchen.

"Surprise me" I answer. I'm not bothered what I eat.

"Fine" He says as he walks back through holding a leaflet and grabs the phone.

"What are you doing?" I ask.

"Ordering something in, I fancy pizza" He answers.

A couple of hours later we finish up on dinner. That pepperoni pizza was amazing.

I need to talk to Dad now, I need to ask him.

"Dad, can we talk about something?" I ask nervously as I go into the kitchen and watch him clean up.

"Sure, what do you wanna talk about?" He asks.

"Something serious, it might be worth sitting down" I say. He looks at me, as if he's trying to read me.

"Is everything ok? You're not gonna give me a heart attack and tell me you have a boyfriend are you?" He asks, as a joke I think.

"No, nothing about boyfriends" I assure him. Although he really would have a heart attack if I told him I am dating my Maths teacher, even more the one he gets on with.

"Ok then, just give me a minute to get done here and we'll talk" He says as he continues to clean up.

"Yeah sure" I nod and leave the kitchen, I go back to watching NCIS, it's the episode where Tony and Ziva are dancing together, he says 'They're playing our song, sweetcheeks', it's the cutest scene. It reminds me of prom, when Perfect comes on and Stefan says that to me, I swear we watch too much NCIS.

"So, you have my attention now, what's up?" Dad asks as he comes back to the sofa and sits down. I mute the TV so we can talk. "This really is serious, Addison you're getting to me now" He says concerned.

"How did you and Mum meet?" I ask, choosing my words wisely.

"Err, well, she was like mid 20s-" I interrupt him.

"I know how old you both were, I wanna know how you met" I tell him.

"Addison, I don't understand where this is going" He says confused.