Daughter - A Surrera Fanfic

Chapter 8 - Blackout

Author's note: Hey everyone! Just wanted to say thank you for all the love for this story, and that I hope you will leave a comment if you want to and enjoy this chapter! 

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Andy has spent quite a lot of her free time in the Sullivan household in the two months that have passed since her very first visit.

She doesn't know exactly why, isn't sure how, but after the taco dinner, which was crowned somewhat of a success, she just continued visiting on her days off. The invitations from Olivia kept coming, growing closer together, asking her for dinner again or telling her about a new recipe she has been making and Andy just ought to try, one that she can't possibly bring by the station the next time she comes over. It didn't involve much persuasion on the part of the sixteen years old, to have Andy park her car in front of their house at least once a week, sometimes even more frequently than that.

He is never there, though. He never joins the two of them in whatever it is they might be doing.

Every time Andy comes by, she searches for him with her eyes, scanning the room for his tall figure, hoping he would smile at her like he did on that Tuesday evening. Hoping she will find Robert standing at the door, welcoming her in, and not the harsh captain Sullivan.

Her heart drops to her stomach every time she sees him, on the occasions he doesn't leave the house well before Andy even has a chance to arrive. He is cold and distant, has nothing left from the spark in the eye and the warmth he radiated that evening, when they fixed their drinks and laughed and smiled at each other like they have no care in the world.

Sullivan just leaves the house, telling his daughter he will be back in a few hours, or locks himself in his bedroom if he has nowhere else to be.

Andy can't possibly understand what she has done wrong, what made him give her such treatment. But it has been two months and she has had enough of his mood swings, has had enough of his silence.

If he wants to act like she is invisible, so be it. Two can play this game.

"Liv, why are we watching this?" Andy asks twenty minutes after the movie started.

"Because you have never seen Twilight, and I think it is a must watch." Olivia replies, dead serious. In response, Andy throws some of the popcorn they are sharing at the direction of the younger girl.

"My dad isn't going to be happy about the mess you are making." Liv warns, talking about the man as if he is not present in the room, then fights back and throws the popcorn in Andy's direction.

He is there with them for a change, but his nose is shoved so deep into a book Andy can't see his face, and he pretends he can't hear anything, even though the both of them know he just chooses to ignore them as long as Andy is around.

She hates the way his presence makes a ball of nerves settle low in her stomach, hates the fact that she is painfully aware he might be looking in her direction. She doesn't need to please him, she doesn't care about him, she is determined to treat him the same way he treats her. He is her captain, she is his lieutenant, and if he decided they can't be friends, due to a reason that is beyond her understanding, so be it.

She has tried to convince herself she doesn't need his friendship, doesn't need his small smiles and his attention. So why does she feel like she has to tuck the piece of hair that keeps falling down on her face behind her ear, every time that electric shock goes through the back of her neck, when she can sense he is staring?

"I feel like I need to apologize for the way he treats you." Liv whispers, barely enough for Andy to hear above Kristen Stewart's voice coming from the big screen positioned against the wall across them.