"Lily! I'm home!" Jack says loudly.
Nothing.
Jack furrows his eyebrows and sets down his things on the table.
He makes his way to her room.
The door was closed and some soft sniffs were heard.
"Lily?"
"Go away."
Jack sighs and gets in.
"What's wrong princess?"
"Nothing, go away."
"Liberty please, what's wrong?"
The girl turns around and hugs her lion plushie.
"Where's mom?" She mutters.
Jack freezes slightly.
"She's not here."
"Yeah, I can see that. Why doesn't she live with us? Like a normal family?"
Jack lays down next to her and pulls the girl to his chest.
"You love me and trust me, don't you?"
"I do."
"And I love you and trust you. That's a family...Liberty, a family doesn't necessarily has to be a mom, a dad and a kid."
"It doesn't?"
"It can be two moms and their kids, two dads-"
"Two dads?"
"That's right...and it's still a family, because there's love, trust and loyalty in between them. Your family doesn't necessarily need to be blood related."
"So my friends can be my family?"
"They can...but only if you know they'll be with you through thick and thin...remember, it's easy to call someone a friend, but hard to call them family."
"But where's mom?" Jack sighs.
"Do you want a stupid answer or a soft one?"
"Stupid. I wanna laugh."
"She was captured by.... the tickle monster." Jack starts tickling her.
"Dad!" She starts laughing and pushing him off.
Jack stops tickling her and smiles.
"Did you bring the tests?"
"I did angel and I have a surprise quiz for you to correct too."
"Can I draw a little star on the A pluses?"
"Of course you can Lily. Dad just needs to eat something and he'll start correcting them."
"Grandma made cookies for us."
"Then I guess I'm eating cookies for dinner tonight."
Her eyes suddenly light up.
"You have a pta meeting on the fifteenth!"
"When is that?" Jack starts thinking about the days.
"This Thursday." Liberty clarifies.
"Oh liberty, what would I do without you?"
"Correct tests alone, cmon! Let's go!" She grabs his hands and tries to pull him up.
Jack sits up and pecks her cheek.
"You know you can talk to me about everything right? I love you no matter what."
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𝑠𝑜... 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠?
Fanfictiony̶e̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶j̶a̶c̶h̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶f̶a̶n̶f̶i̶c̶ *** The bus stops and Jack looks up. It's the next one. He thinks to himself and drops his head back to his phone. The man on the phone walks by him. " No! Corbyn! " Jack looks up confused and...
