Our Family.

Chapter 2

Emily's Pov

"Mom can I ask you something?" Andrew asks walking in. "Sure, what's up?" I ask. "Why do people call dad gay and stuff like that?" He asks. "Because when we were in our young twenties he used to dress up in costumes and talk in a really high voice because he was famous on this app called vine. He only did it to entertain people but he's not gay, everyone assumed he was." I tell him.

"It just hurts my feelings whenever I go to school because people make fun of him. I try to ignore it but it's really hard to do." He says. "How about you go talk to your father about it because he's learned how to ignore it a little better than I have." I tell him. He nods and walks up stairs to find him.

I lay back on the couch and watch some tv until I hear someone run down the steps. I look back to see Ava running out the door so I walk to the door and yell, "Where do you think you're going?" "Dad said I can go out with friends tonight. I'll be back at ten!" She yells getting back in the car.

I walk upstairs to the bedroom and see Alx laying on the bed watching tv. "What's wrong?" He asks when he sees my face. "You let our daughter go out without even asking me. I thought we had to talk about these things and say whether the kids can do it or not." I say.

"Well it was kind of a last minute thing and she asked me because she knew you were going to play twenty questions with her. All I did was ask her which friends she was going to hang out with and said she could go." He says. "I didn't want her going out tonight because she has to go to dance practice tomorrow at seven a.m." I tell him.

"I told her to be back at ten, if she's not back then I'll ground her. Okay?" He says. "Whatever." I say walking out. "Babe wait." He says grabbing my arm. "What?" I snap. "I'm sorry. Please don't be mad at me." He says. "I have a right to be mad. You don't talk to me anymore and the kids go to you because they know you'll say yes to everything." I say.

"I promise I will stop saying yes to everything. Just stop being mad at me, you know I can't handle you being mad." He says. "I'm not mad at you, its just someone needed to put their foot down in this house and I decided that I should do it." I tell him. He pulls me into a hug and says, "I'll start being a little bit more stricter. I'll do anything that will make you stop being mad at me." He says.

"I'm sorry for snapping at you." I say. "Hey, none of this is your fault. It's mine and I don't want you apologizing for something you didn't do. You had a right to snap at me because I can't say no to our kids." He says kissing my forehead. "What time is it?" I ask. "Uh, 9:45." He says looking at the clock.

"When Ava gets home, we should spend some time together." I say smiling. He smiles and says, "I like the sound of that." We walk downstairs and find Andrew laying on the floor. "Andrew, why are you laying on the floor?" I ask. "I don't know." He says.

"Ok then." I say walking to the kitchen. I sit on the counter and stare at the wall. I start thinking about random stuff until I hear the front door open. "I'm home!" Ava yells. I look at the clock to see that it's 9:59 so I say, "Alright. Go upstairs and get ready for bed. You have dance tomorrow and you don't need to be tired." Alright. Love you!" She says.

"Love you too." I say as soon as Alx says it from the other room. I hop off the counter and walk upstairs to mine and Alx's room. Before I can shut the door, someone grabs me from behind and turns me around. "Alx you scared me, I thought I was getting kidnapped." I say laughing.

"Nope." He says shutting and locking the door. He picks me up so I wrap my legs around his waist and he carries me over to our bed.

*not even writing that...*