Family Reunion

Fixing The Relationship

Lexi's POV

    Adam just left and I hear another knock at the door and walk over to get it. "What did you forget Ada-" I stop as I open the door to see my father standing there looking like a mess. "What do you want?" I ask bitterly with my arms crossed against my chest. "I wanted to talk." He asks nervously. "I think you said plenty yesterday." I talk back and I see him gulp. "That what I wanted to talk about. I'm sorry about what I said, I don't know where it came from." I laugh at that not a normal laugh like somethings funny, more like the are you serious laugh. "You don't know where it came from?" I ask and he nods. "Well what you said means deep down thats how you feel, You might have said that in anger but a part of you means what you said." I tell him and he looks down. "That means you are still mad that I left." He says quietly. "Yeah, I guess I am." 

   "Is there anything I can do to make up for it?" He asks with hope in his eyes. "Honestly I don't know. I don't want to get close again and we have another fight and I leave because next time I won't come back." He looks down in shame. "I can understand that but I want to try to atleast fix our relationship." "Can I think about it?" I ask and he nods and walks to my door and leaves my room.

     The next day I am laying in my bed reading a book when I get a call from and unknown number. "Hello?" I ask. "Hey, Whats up." Marcus says. "How did you get my number Marcus?" "I have my ways. Hows everything over there, Kevin says you guys had a fight and you hung up." "I did and We talked it out. My father wants to fix our relationship and I don't know if I want too" I say honestly. "I think you should." Marcus states.  "Why? Why should I forgive him?" "Cause hes your father" I open my mouth to say something but he cuts me off. "and before you say anything I understand he left but you will regret later in your life if you don't fix it." He says and he makes sense. "How would you know If I would we regret it?" 

   "I might not know you like Cory, Kevin and Jessie, But I do know you enough to know that later in life when he dies and you have that anger still in you it will destroy your life and you will regret never having a relationship with him trust me." He says seriously. "But I don't want to get hurt again. It hurt to leave what happens when he wants me to leave again?" I ask with tears running down my face. "Its okay to be scared, But if you are, tell him. You can't be angry with him all your life." He tells me and I calm down with him talking to me. "Your right." "I know" "Thank you." I tell him. "No problem. I just wanted to tell you that. I better let you go talk to him so talk to you later." He says and hangs up the phone and I get off my bed and throw one of Kevin's shirts over my tank top. 

    I knock on my dads office door and hear a faint 'Come in' I enter and see him look up from his desk. "Hey whats up?" He asks as I sit on the chair in front of his desk. "Can I be honest with you?" I ask nervously and he nods. "Of course whatever it is." "Ok, When I first arrived I hated that you left and never came back and it was hard growing up without a dad. I guess I had all the anger in me and didn't know how to release it." I take a deep breathe and see him listening carefully. "But when I got here and saw you with everyone else I thought why couldn't he be there for me like he was with her kids and I guess that made me angrier but I got over it after awhile. We started to bond and I was letting the anger go which I guess in the end I didn't but I thought I did." I'm shaking and am holding my tears in. "Do you need a minute?" He ask and I shake my head. "No I have to say this." I take another deep breathe and continue. 

    "But when you blamed me for Beth knowing what happened and not letting me explain my side hurt me. And the anger was back because you were protecting her from something you thought I said instead of letting me talk, and I guess it hurt me more then I like to admit. I want to fix our relationship before its too late and  regret it." I say with tears falling. "But I'm scared that we have another fight and you tell me to leave cause no matter how much I hated coming here in the first place I hated leaving more." I finish and he walks around his desk to me and pulls me into a hug. 

   "I'm sorry for not letting you explain and I'm sorry for everything I said and or did that hurt you. I promise I will never blame you for anything without hearing your side again. If you ever feel like that promise to tell me." He says and gives me a hug I tense at first and the give into the hug. "I'll try" I say and he smiles. "Honey! Diners ready Can you get the kids!" We hear Kathy shout at us. "Well we better get the kids ready for dinner." He says as we walk out of his office to round up the kids and then walk to the dining room for dinner. 

ONE MORE CHAPTER LEFT!!

I ACTUALLY CRIED A LITTLE WHILE WRITING THIS