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3rd point of view
After Alex's passing Anastasia meet a guy at her school named Dawson Alexander McBroom. He was there as a friend to Anastasia. They were both shy to talk to each other. One day Dawson went to introduce himself to Anastasia and they both became good well best friends. For a year they've been best friends did everything together. Gerald didn't like it much that a boy was hangout with Anastasia. One night Dawson confesses his feelings for Anastasia. She felt the same way. That night was the first kiss of Anastasia. She was afraid that Gerald would say, react and do something to end the relationship. So they both agreed to keep it as a secret. Dawsons mother knew about the relationship but she had some ground rules. She knew that Anastasia was adopted by Gerald and Yasmin and knew about them and the careers. If they both wanted to hangout together she needs to be there with them, if Anastasia parents or her older sister aren't home he can't go inside the house, basically she's strict about it. So that's the agreement.

One day Anastasia told Yasmin about the relationship. Yasmin was happy for her. She meet Dawson and his mother and was explained by the ground rules. Yasmin agreed with the rules since both Anastasia and dawson were to young.

Yasmin and Gerald were in New York. The drive was quiet. Yasmin hold Gerald's hand since she knew about the whole thing. He was more calmer. They arrived at the restaurant.

They were in a booth. The waiter brought wine to them. "I don't know what to do with Stassie. I know we leave out of town a lot but she can't be doing this."
"Gerald." She touches his hand "I know you care a lot about Stassie ever since Alex passed away two years ago and you gave her your word that you would protect Stassie at all cost but remember she's growing up. She was going to start dating some day."
"And with this boy who we never met before. What if she gets pregnant at a young age?"
"Gerald relax. I already met him. I met him and his mother. She has a lot of ground rules between them which I agree to. And no she won't because that's not what's going to happen."
"Why didn't she tell me?"
"She's scared of how you were going to react. She thinks that you will force her to break up with him, you would kill him or do something that would break her heart. He helped her heal after Alex passed away. You and him helped her heal but they both catch feelings for each other it's normal just like me and you."
"Baby im just scared if he breaks her heart. I don't want her to be sad like she was before."
"I understand what you're saying that's part of growing up. Why don't you want to meet the kid? Get to know him the real him that your daughter fell in love with."
"Can I scare him? A little bit?" He tries to convince her "it would be funny."
"No." She laughs.
"Okay fine. I will meet the kid and give him a chance but the moment he hurts Stassie, he's going to listen to me." Gerald went overprotective with Ayla and Anastasia since they hit there teen age lives.

Back in LA, Ayla met dawson. She was was surprised that he is a gentleman to Anastasia. Ayla met with Dawson's mother and was explained with the ground rules. She also agreed to it.

Yasmin and Gerald came back from New York. Gerald didn't say anything to the girls. Anastasia was in her room doing homework while listening to music and Ayla was in her room on her computer dealing with her business. "The house seems quiet." Gerald said "do you think the girls are home?" They arrived to the house already inside.
"They would. It's still a school day for Stassie and you know how crazy busy Ayla is with her business."
"Imma go talk with Stassie."
"Remember what we talked about." Yasmin told him. That's where Gerald took a deep breath.

Gerald went upstairs to Anastasia's room. She was in her desk doing her homework. Gerald knocks the door "can I come in?" As the door was open and Anastasia looks at him "doing homework I see."
"Hey dad, come in." Anastasia said nervously when he seen him "you..you came back from New York?"
"Yeah I did." He walks in "so I came here to talk to you about something. The elephant in the room." He sits down in the bed next to the desk as Anastasia was sitting on. "Tell me about your boyfriend dawson. I'm here to listen to you."
"Dawson and I met at school. He was my only friend after mom passed away. Umm we hangout a lot but his mom was there all the time especially now since we're dating. We were best friends that did everything as friends. But he catch feelings for me and I catch feelings for him because we hanged out a lot. Remember that one night I told you that Ayla and I were going shopping."
"Yeah I do." He gets the stuffed animal from her bed. He smiled at the teddy bear "Ayla told me that you guys wanted to have sister time together since you guys barely have time for each other."
"It was actually because he asked me out well it was like a hangout at that time. That's where he told me the truth. And he asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes. I gave him my first kiss." That one killed Gerald but he kept it cool "his mom know and she has some ground rules towards us. If we wanna hang out she has to be there present. He can't be in the house when you, Yasmin or Ayla aren't here. And other things but we agreed to be together in this relationship. Sorry dad."
"Stassie, I remember you when you were just a baby, the night of the accident. I held you in my arms I knew you had the kindness of your father. I promised your mom and father I would protect you at all cost and I don't know if I'm doing a good job at it. When I found out in Instagram it broke me how you have a boyfriend behind my back and how you didn't tell me. Yasmin told me why. Yes I'm like that because I don't want no guy to break your heart at all. I don't want no one to hurt you or your sister Ayla. I understand that you're growing up. This means I will give him a chance if he agrees to meet me in person. And I'll talk to his mom about the agreement with the ground rules. I'm doing this for you so you don't do the same mistakes as me and your mother did. Okay." She gets up from the chair and hugs Gerald "I love you Stassie."
"I love you to dad." Gerald hugs her "thank you for understanding me."