Chapter 82
Fiona is getting ready for the dance. My phone is fully charged up, and I'm ready to take pictures.
"Love?"
"Yeah, Noah?"
"Can you do my tie?" I smile and start tying it.
"You're perfectly capable of tying your own tie, you know that?"
"Yes, I just wanted to have you close to me." I smile and blush.
"There, all done." He kisses me.
"You look very handsome." I look up into his eyes, my hands resting on his chest.
"And you look beautiful."
"Are you serious? I'm wearing my pajamas, and my hair is not even brushed."
"Exactly." He kisses me again. Butterflies flutter around in my stomach.
"Mom! I'm out of the bathroom, can you do my hair and makeup please?"
"Duty calls." I smile at him, and he presses a kiss to my knuckles.
"Fiona, you look so beautiful!" I gush the minute I see her, and I feel tears coming into my eyes.
"You like it?" She says, giving the dress a little twirl, and putting on a necklace.
"Actually, don't wear that necklace. I have one for you." I rush into my room, getting a sapphire necklace my mom gave to me, and clip it around her neck.
"Do you like it?"
"Do I like it? I love it!"
"My mom gave that to me when I was your age. It can be yours now if you want."
"Really? Thanks mom! I'm never taking it off." She gives me a hug.
"I'm glad you like it. Now, Let's get you ready."
I push her into her room, and sit her down at the dresser. I start blow drying her hair.
"So, Fiona, anyone you like?" I wiggle my eyebrows.
"I have friends." She gives me a cheeky smile.
"You know what I mean."
"No mom! Not yet, at least. I'm going into high school next year. I probably won't end up getting one."
"Fiona, you'll find someone eventually. You're going to be a freshman soon. You still have time. I promise."
"Yeah, but it won't ever be like you and dad."
"What do you mean?" I'm confused.
"I don't know, you and dad, you, you guys just seem right for each other. Dad loves you a lot, and I can tell you love him too. Even a blind person could see that. Where do you find something like that? Definitely not with high school boys."
"Hey, you still have your whole life ahead of you. You're fourteen. I only met Noah last year. It's almost April now. I was exactly that same way when I was younger. I waited my whole life, and look at me, I'm twenty seven now, and I've found someone. It doesn't matter what age you meet them, what matters is how they treat you, with respect, care and love. It doesn't all need to happen at once."
"Most kids in my grade are dating already though."
"Doesn't mean that you have to. You can take your time. There's no rush. You're going into high school now. Not to say that you can't find someone, but it's the time to focus on yourself and your grades. You need to get into a good college, to get a good job. Focus on yourself. You have all the time in the world."
"I agree with your mom." My head snaps around, and I set down the curling iron.
"Dad!"
"Hi sweetheart! You look so beautiful." His face splits into a wide grin seeing her.
"You heard our conversation?"
"Some of it. No boys or girls until you're thirty. At least." He sits down in front of her as I finish her hair.
"Noah" I punched his shoulder.
"Dad!" She rolls her eyes.
"Wanna know how I met your mom?" She nods. I laugh and roll my eyes.
"I met her at this coffee shop, and dumped coffee all over her shirt-"
"Dad!"
"I know, I know. I was a jerk. It gets worse after that. I told her to watch where she was going, and she got pissed, and smashed a cupcake in my face." She starts laughing.
"Go mom!" I fist bump her, and turn her slightly to apply makeup on her face.
"Anyways, we all met up at your Uncle Kaio's house, and I didn't think I'd ever be seeing her again. So we saw each other in the elevator, and that didn't end well. Then I ate her chocolates."
"Damn. How are you even dating right now?" Fiona dramatizes. I snort.
"Then-"
"Then your father ruined Nyra and Kaio having a cute moment by telling them to get a room, which was before they were dating. And we fell asleep together. The next morning was when shit hit the fan. Before I met you, Fiona, I tried adopting someone, but it didn't work out. This idiot goes 'oof, rejected," so I punched him in the face and walked out. Needless to say, we were'n't on speaking terms for a bit. Then we made up, and he brought me chocolates. He makes AMAZING chocolates by the way. Anyways we became friends after that, and bonded over a miraculous ladybug. Then he kissed another girl in his office, and I saw. And someone different on New Years Eve."
"Dad!"
"What?"
"How could you?"
"I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to. I'd never had feelings for anyone like that before. So I was a total idiot. She didn't speak to me for a month."
"Good for you mom."
"Thanks, nanna."
"Hey!"
"Hey, what?" I raise an eyebrow.
He gulps.
"Nothing."
"That's what I thought."
"Anyways," I continue.
"We reconciled, and he took me to Japan after that. He told me the day before we left. I had a few hours to pack."
"Classic dad!"
"Guys, you're throwing so much shade-"
"MHM." I put a hand on my hip.
"Oof, dad. I think it's in your best interest to not talk." He ruffled her hair.
"Noah!"
"Dad!"
"I just got my hair done!"
"I just spent thirty minutes doing her hair!" We squeal at the same time. I quickly fix it, glaring at him. He holds up his hands.
"Sorry, sorry!" He says.
"Fiona, I think you're all set!" I exclaim, turning her around in her chair. She looks so beautiful. I start crying. Aww shit. Why am I sappy like this.
"Mom? Are you okay? Why are you crying?"
"I-I don't know! I've always wanted a daughter, and-and to do this with her, and now-now you're here, and you look so gorgeous."
"Awww, mom!" She gives me a hug. I sniffle and wipe my tears, taking a deep breath. Noah rubs my back.
"All right you two!Let's go downstairs! I need pictures!" I shoo them both downstairs. I make them stand by a wall and start taking pictures of them. Noah hugs her and smiles, then puts her next to him, and hugs her. He kneels down, and she sits on his knee, and wraps her arms around his neck. I make them pose a few more times.
"Mom, can we please go now?"
"Just a few more, please?"
"Mom!"
"Okay, okay, fine! Be safe, and have a good time. I love you both. And you." I point to Noah.
"I love you, but if anything happens to her, I'll kill you."
"I don't doubt it." He kisses my cheek.
"Love you."
"Love you too, Noah. Fiona, be good, okay? Have fun, and send me lots of pictures, okay?"
"I'll be fine mom, I love you."
"I love you too, Fiona," I hug her.
"You both look so adorable, with your matching clothes, can I please get one more pic-"
"Mom!"
"Naya!" They complain at the same time.
"Fine, fine. Go enjoy yourselves. Love you both!"
"Love you more!" They shout from outside, and I smile to myself.
Fiona's POV:
I'm so excited for this dance. I've never gone in the past years because... well, it was really hard at home, and I just couldn't. But I'm glad I could go this year. I finally have people who care about me, and love me. Noah is the best dad that anyone could ask for. I mean, sure, he has absolutely no clue about it sometimes, whatsoever, and I think he forgets I'm a teenager sometimes(which is fine, I like it), but he's awesome.
"Excited for the dance, pumpkin?" He asks me, turning his head towards me.
"Oh yeah! I've never gone before, because, because-"
"Hey, you don't have to tell me, if you're not comfortable with it." He says gently.
"No, I'll tell you. But I just want to say thank you for taking me because I've never had anyone care about me the way you and mom do. I couldn't ask for better parents."
"Fiona, you don't have to thank me. You know, before I met your mom, I always thought about having kids. I never had any, and I wanted some, but I didn't have anyone. But now I have your mom and you, and I couldn't ask for a better family. I love you guys."
"Really, dad?"
"Yes, sweetheart." I smile happily.
He drives into the parking lot. I honestly love my mom and dad so much. And as annoying and sappy as it is, they are a great couple. I want someone like that.
"Ready to boogie?" He asks, and then wrinkles his face.
"Never say that again." I say, laughing, and he chuckles.
"Don't worry, I wasn't planning on it. It was wrong the minute it came out of my mouth." We laugh together.
"Wait here." He says, getting out of the car. He gets out of the car, and opens my door for me.
My face splits into a smile.
"Why thank you, dear father," I say, putting on a posh accent.
"You're welcome, lovely daughter. Might I say, you look stunning tonight," He bows before me, and holds my hand. We start laughing again.
"Your accent is horrible dad."
"I know mine is bad, but have you seen yours? Yours is even worse than mine!"
"Excuse me!" I dramatically gasp.
"You're not excused." He playfully banters.
"That's exactly what mom would say." I tell him, and he laughs.
"Very true." I snicker.
We walk inside together, him holding doors open for me, and pretending to be all posh, making me laugh every now and then. I drag him into the gym, but not before bumping into Lily.
"Lily!" I squeal seeing her, leaving our dads to chat.
"Fiona!! You look so pretty!"
"You look amazing too!" I gushed seeing her.
"Ready to dance?"
"I feel like you're going to make me anyway," I joke, causing her to roll her eyes.
"Dad?"
"Yes, sweetie?"
"I'm going inside to dance with Lily."
"Wait, what are we supposed to do?" Lily's dad, Matt asks.
"Ummm, stay here and do your... guy things." Lily says, before tugging my arm onto the dance floor.
"Lils, Everest at lunch the other day, that was hilarious!" I reference, bringing up the egg incident.
"I know right? I can't believe he got an egg smashed in his face!" She laughs.
"Hello, ladies." Everest says, walking to us.
"Hey Ev!" Lily and I chorus together.
"You here with your mom?" I ask him.
"More or less." Lily and him exchange a look. That was weird.
"Wanna dance?" Lily asks, breaking the tension.
"You gonna be alright here, Fiona?" I roll my eyes in my head. Those two are "just friends". Honestly it's infuriating to watch them.
"Yeah, yeah. Go dance." I walk out of the gym, and back to the entrance, looking for my dad. He and Matt aren't there anymore. I walk around the school. The eighth grade was in the same building as the high school, so social events like this were usually held together. I walk along the hallways, looking for my dad, passing the rose shop, and the photo booth.
"Looking for me, pumpkin?" I hear his voice, and jump around.
"Dad! There you are!" I hug him from the side.
"Beautiful rose , for the beautiful lady," He bows and uses his posh accent once more.
"Dad, your accent is really terrible," I say, laughing.
"Yes, it is." He agrees happily.
"Where's Lily?"
"She's dancing with Everest somewhere. Wait.."
"Wait, what?"
"If Everest is your brother, doesn't that make me... his niece?" He frowns.
"Well.... Yeah." He looks shocked.
"Don't ever tell him that, he'll be after me otherwise." I tell him. He gives me an evil grin.
"Dad. No. Don't you dare." He rushes into the gym, quickly finding Lily and Everest sitting on the bleachers. I jump on my dad's back and put my hand over his mouth. Wow, he's really tall.
"Don't say it dad. Don't say it." he removes my hand from his mouth, and sets me down.
"Hey Ev." He greets.
"Hey Noah. What are you doing here?"
"I'm here with Fiona. Actually, I have to tell you something very important."
"No he doesn't! We're not doing anything!" I try dragging his arm, but he stays put. I tug him again.
"Dad, you're like a heavy sack of potatoes." He ignores me.
"Fiona, actually, made an acute observation earlier today."
"Don't say it. Dad, I'm going to kill you."
"Technically, If I'm her dad, and you're my brother, it technically makes you Fiona's uncle." Ev's face slowly morphs into delight.
"I'm her uncle?" Everest grins evilly. I glare at Noah, and go after Everest. He gets up and runs. I get up to chase him around the gym, but my dad holds me back.
"Dad..." say warningly.
"Fiona..." He mocks me, and I slap his arm.
"Fiona, you better start calling me unc-"
"No." I glare at him.
"Come on F-"
"No."
"HAHAHAHAA." Lily is laughing at us.
"For all the fathers and daughters out there, these next few songs are for you." The MC Announces.
"May I have this dance?"
"You may." He pulls me to the center of the floor. Hold my hand, dancing with me.
"Still mad at me, Fiona?"
"Yeah, but I'll let it slide because you took me to the dance." I grumble. Suddenly I want it that way plays, by the backstreet boys.
"I love this song!" We say at the same time.
"YOU ARE, MY FIRE, THE ONE, DESIRE!" We scream the song together.
"BELIEVE WHEN I SAY!" He sings.
"I WANT IT THAT WAY!" I scream back, people start staring. We sway from side to side.
"TELL ME WHY AIN'T NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE"
"TELL ME WHY AIN'T NOTHING BUT A MISTAKE!"
"TELL ME WHY I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAY,"
"I WANT IT THAT WAY!" People start looking at us weirdly, and we start laughing.
Noah's POV:
I've been having a blast with Fiona all evening. We'd gotten our picture taken, I'd bought her a rose, and we were at the ice cream parlor at around 9:30 in the evening.
"Ughhh my feet hurt." Lily complains.
"Me too babe." Fiona says, putting her hand on her shoulder.
"Dad, can I have a piggyback ride?" Without waiting for me to answer, she jumps on my back, and Lily does the same to Matt. Fiona is now attached to my back.
"Did you finish your ice cream, girls?" Matt asks them.
"Yessir." They reply in unison.
"Hey, Matt, why don't the girls have a sleepover at our house?" I ask, finally giving in to all the begging they've been doing.
"I'm fine with it. Lily, you want to-"
"YES!!!" She screams.
"YAY! DAD THANK YOU I LOVE YOU!" Fiona squeals in my ear.
"Fiona, you're going to break my eardrums!" I wince at her volume.
"Sorry." She ruffles my hair.
"All right, you guys wanna head out, or stay here?" Matt asks them.
"Can we go home, dad?"
"Sure. Ready to go Lily?" She nods her head.
"Bye Matt, thanks for the ice cream- Hey, Fiona what are you doing?" She scrambles, and is now sitting on my shoulders.
"Okay, all good now!" Matt chuckles at us.
"Thanks for the ice cream Mr. Evanson!"
"You're welcome Fiona. Good to see you Noah. Bye dear, have a good time!" Lily waves bye to her dad and we head to my car.
"Woah, sick ride Noah!" Lily exclaims.
"Thanks, Lily." I dump Fiona in the backseat.
"Owwww."
"Owwww." I stick my tongue out at her.
"Wow, you're such a child."
"Says the teenager climbing on top of my shoulders." She rolls her eyes, and gets in the front seat. Fiona connects her phone to bluetooth and we drive home.
By the time we reach our house, the girls are giggling.
"A-and do-do you remember when that lady came up to my dad? Sh-she was a-all like, 'Hey-Hey handsome, are you single?' and then he-"
"Your dad was all ' I have a wife and daughter'! Her expression though-"
"Oh my god! She was horrified! I'm pretty sure she was married too!"
"What's all this about a wife and daughter?" Shanay asks, opening the door.
"Ohmygod, you should have seen dad. There was this creepy old lady, she was old enough to be a grandma. And she was like ' hey handsome, you single?' and dad was all like , 'sorry, I'm married!'" I see her eyebrows lift slightly at this, and a small smile appears on her lips. She lets out a small chuckle.
"Oh, did he?" She grins.
"Lily, is that you?" She steps out from behind Fiona.
"Hey Naya! Noah said we could have a sleepover."
"Sure, come on in!" She brings them inside, and they go up to Fiona's bedroom.
"I'm your wife now, hm?" She teases, her arms going around my neck, her feet barely touching the ground.
"Not yet. You'll know when I propose." She blushes hard.
"You've thought about marrying me?"
"Many times. " I honestly confess to her. My lips brush hers for a second before pulling away. She walks with me to the stairs.
"I take it, they had a good time at the dance?"
"I think they had fun. I had a lot of fun too."
"Awww total dad material." She teases.
"I never imagined that my life would turn out like this." I tell her, going into our room.
"I imagined it lots of times. I never expected it to feel so wonderful." I kiss her again.
"God, did I ever tell you how much I love you?" I whisper, while holding her close to me.
"Hm, you may have mentioned it once or twice."
"OH really?" She kisses me again, and I hug her, lifting her off the ground.
"Noah! Put me down!" She wriggles in my arms.
"Nope, not happening!" I playfully tell her, the fun mood quickly catching on to me.
"Go change, you big doofus. Then we have to go check on Fiona and Lily."
"Okay," I give her a smile, making sure to pop my dimples, knowing she had a weakness for them. She blushes looking at me, and I stat changing in front of her.
"What are you doing? Not in front of me!" She covers her eyes.
"Nothing you haven't seen already, love."
"Bu-We-Um- I-I-" She stammers, looking at me as I discard my shirt. Her face turns red.
"I'm gonna go be-before I-I-" She turns to the door, and opens it before I spin her around.
"Before you what, love?" I breathe against her neck, and I see goosebumps appear on her skin.
"Nothing." She quickly mutters.
"It's not good to leave me hanging, love." She places her hands on my bare torso. Fuck. I want her so badly. Her eyes darken.
"I- no. See you in a bit, Noah." She turns around and grins at me, and walks out the door, softly shutting it behind her. I stare after her like an idiot. I love her. I love Fiona. I have everything I could possibly want. Why, why am I waiting to lose it? I should tie the knot, right? Fuck. What the fuck. I'm so- so in over my head over her, and I have no clue what I should do next. When would I do it though? We are visiting her mom in 2 weeks. I should ask for her blessing right? Right. Maybe that's what I'll do. What kind of ring would she like? What's her size-
"Noah? Fiona and Lily want you to come downstairs, and sing the.. Backstreet Boys with them?" Naya breaks me out of my thoughts. I pull on a shirt.
"I'm coming, love." My heart is pounding. I have the girl of my dreams here with me. Maybe I should propose soon. I can only hope she feels the same way.
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