Slow dance with you

Not such a role model

"Dad..." Lance breathed as Keith stopped sharply behind him as he was focused on the man. John McClain in the flesh, was in front of him. This was the man Lance want revenged on, to force him to show his true colors of being the monster Lance was left to know or to finally be a true father and accept his son for who he is. The deal was finally having a purpose in action.

"Lance," John smiled softly. Keith could've been fooled for believing he was a normal father. Lance took a step back and grabbed Keiths hand and John saw. He didn't react but didn't seem happy.

"Been a while kiddo," he sighed as Maria set her hands on Leo's shoulder.

"Abuela who's that?" Leo asked looking up at her as Rachel stayed silent and glared at John darkly.

"John, how about you and the twins step outside, I'm just finishing up dinner, Keith, Jessica, rosy, Leo, can you help please?" Maria asked softly as she knelt down to Leo and he smiled at his grandma and kissed her cheek.

"I can set the table," Leo ran off as Rachel set down rosy and looked at Lance. They nodded and walked out to the backyard as rosy went to her mother.

Keith gulped feeling johns eyes on him but walked outside to his son and daughter.

"Are they going to be okay?" Keith asked walking to Maria and Jess.

"Lance and Rachel are... Special... They're a team, have each other's backs, they'll be fine," Maria let out a deep sigh.

"Jess honey why don't you sit down, you must be exhausted," Maria looked at her and Jess grunted sitting at the table.

"No I can help but just give me a minute," Jess smiled rubbing her belly as Leo and rosy walked in with silverware.

"Are you okay Maria?" Keith asked as he followed her to the kitchen.

"We'll see after dinner," she smiled gently back at him. "Thank you for being here tonight for Lance, he really seems happier with you,"

Keith swallowed a lump in his throat looking at her but smiled nodding. Hopefully she won't hate him.

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"So?" Rachel crossed her arms as she still had lances jacket on. Lance stood next to her with his hands in his pockets as he didn't seem afraid.

"How have you two been?" John smiled at his youngest children and they looked at each other and sighed.

"Oh yea we're fine, Rach is in a private boarding school and I'm a captain of soccer team, you know after the accident and all you left us to, the coma and four months of being in the hospital, to bad I was ten, the nurse was hot," Lance shrugged as he quirked a brow at his father.

"Oh don't forget about another five months of healing for you and three for me, and the medical bills, along with school and all that," Rachel snapped her fingers with a small gasp.

"Right, and the whole therapy and medicine we have to take now, a shame really," Lance sighed sarcastically as he looked down at the ground dramatically.

"Right, the trauma of-" "I get it you two," John cut Rachel off short and she shuffled on her feet to situate herself and Lance frowned at him.

"I was in the hospital too you know? N-no one asked if I was okay... I begged your mother to let me see if your okay, or at least to see how damagedly fucked up I was," his voice began to shake as he closed his eyes shaking his head.

"Oh yea I'm sure getting the alcohol out of your system and fixing your broken arm and broken nose was real sad, but mom asked us, and we said no John, we didn't care," Lance shook his head as he had hurt in his eyes.

"How could you say that son?" John whispered.

"How could you do that to us!?" Rachel snapped as heads inside the house turned to them.

"Do you know what you really did John?! You almost killed your kid! Lance wouldn't wake up for two months! I didn't eat properly for almost two months! Why? Because we got the short end of the stick cause you said we're going to visit Jess in the hospital thinking Leo was born?! Cause you lied, you drank, and you are the one responsible," Rachel raised her voice and Lance grabbed her arm quickly before she lashed out.

"I do take responsibility Rachel, I never wanted to hurt you princesa," John gulped but Lance looked at him.

"What about Marco, Luis and I? You hurt us... You hurt me John, I missed my life, two months of when I could've gone to thanksgiving with distant family, I missed Christmas... Mom didn't cook that year, she spent it praying, praying on a stupid act that you did for her son to come back for christmas," Lance had tears in his eyes shaking his head in disappointment.

"Please tell me when you woke up," John croaked as he had tears welding up as well.

"November 5th was the crash... He woke up on January 9th, I've never seen Veronica cry until then," Rachel inhaled deeply.

"She's cried?" John covered his mouth.

Veronica was the second oldest behind Marco who is of them all, she was their rock, the big tough sister that never cried, everyone's tried everything, Marley and me, titanic, she even broke her leg and didn't shed a tear. The younger ones always looked up to her as if she was a goddess.

Until Lance woke up that night, she cried until it was heavy sobbing as she held the barely conscious ten year old as Lance was still out of it but he was back to them, she sobbed and kissed his head as Rachel was clinging onto him and Maria was crying in the doorway as she just got the news from down the hall.

"We all did, because no one got to say good bye, if anything happens to Lance, your dead to me Jonathan, maybe the apple won't fall so far from the tree," Rachel stormed inside as her shoulder hit johns on the way in.

"You... Your okay now right son?" John asked looking at Lance.

"Physically, I'm great, but Jesus... You fucked me up good, so congratulations, I can't forget about you that easily," Lance sighed.

"And who's that boy in there?" John asked quickly and Lance scoffed.

"I knew it, you never changed," Lance laughed with no humor to follow and walked past him not looking back and looked at Keith relieved.

He was smiling and almost laughing with Jess, his mother and the kids, the two little ones where teaching Keith how to salsa as he just stood there baffled as Jess and Maria grabbed his arms and tried teaching him as well.

"I-I can't do this, I don't have hips that do that," Keith pulled away blushing and Lance smiled fondly.

"Cause they're teaching you how to lady salsa, it's like this," Lance walked in as Rachel went to the bathroom.

Lance grabbed Keiths sides as he straightened his pelvis.

"Now follow my lead," Lance smirked and danced along as he grabbed his mothers hand to spin her and Maria burst out laughing at her son and Lance moved to Keith and pulled him close.

"Thanks for everything... Really..." Lance whispered close to his ear.

"Thanks for not being as much as a dick," Keith smiled but pulled away from his arms as he rather watch than be in.

"Come on Keithy!" Rosy begged and Leo ran to him and they tugged on his pale hands.

"What am I chop liver?" Lance whined to distract the two and Keith sent him a thankful look and crossed his arms smiling at the family of chaos. But isn't that what family is?

He didn't know much, but Keith knew enough that these people where happy. He just felt horrible for being welcomed in to walk right out after a man who ruined their lives just came back...