Johns pov
Ever since that phone call with Ringo i have been itching to get back home and see for myself what was going on but i had to stay for a extra week as Yoko went for a scan and i got to see a picture of my baby and it was beautiful thought the nurse had to explain to me what i was looking at i just saw a blob but that blob was my baby and i felt so proud and emotional and i was so happy but i was worrying about India the whole time which lead to Yoko picking a fight with me as i wasn't giving her my full attention. we are not even together anymore and she is still trying to tell me what to do its crazy.
so i decided that i would leave a day early so i am now sitting on the plane thinking about what has been going on at home. Cynthia is a great mum but she has never fully bonded with her. I think she finds it hard because she is so much like me and she wants to be around me so much that maybe Cynthia has felt pushed out and when Hollie came and we learned that Hollie was just like her mum Cynthia gravitated towards her because they could connect more i don't know i may be over thinking everything but i know she treats India differently to Hollie
India reminds me of my mother Julia. my mum was so full of life and full of fun and she always acted silly and played with us and she was not like the other mothers she was just so free. I lost my mother twice once as a kid the second time as a teenager and miss her i miss her fun but once India came along and she grew and she started showing us her character i saw that she was just like my mother and somehow i did not miss my mum as much as i felt that i had her back as India is so much like her so if India has changed and is not the fun loving child that i adore then it would feel like i have lost my mother again and it would feel like i lost a daughter as the India i love would be gone and replaced with someone else if you understand what i am trying to say.
Cynthia pov
The house has been alot more calm and quiet since India has started to behave she has been as quiet as a mouse and she has been so good. Occasionally i just stare at India and i feel upset as i cant see the India from a few weeks ago that would cause havoc. The India of now is behaving like a little lady and i am feeling so much more relaxed and less stressed now that i have two well mannered well behaved little girls.
I was sitting down getting ready to eat lunch with the girls when i heard someone enter our home which i found strange as Paul was up stairs writing his music and john was not due home until tomorrow.
" Hello who's there" i shouted
I sighed in relief when i saw John walk into the kitchen
" ello girls i came home early to see you's"
Hollie jumped of her seat and ran up to John as fast as her little legs could carry her and John scooped her up and covered her face in kisses it always made me fill with happiness to see John with the girls they all loved each other so much.
Normally India would be climbing all over John by now thrilled to see him but she has not even turned round to look at him she just kept munching on her sandwich
" Ello India sweetie" John said his face etched in confusion as to why his little girl was ignoring him
" Hello daddy it's nice to have you home" she said politely
john shot Cynthia a look of confusion. Ringo had warned him that India was behaving differently but he could not believe how much she has changed and he did not like it
" Girls can you's both please go to your rooms as i want to speak to your mummy for a minute
" ok daddy" both girls said at the same time and once the girls were upstairs John began to question Cyn
" so what has happened to India?"
" what do you mean" Cyn answered politely
" don't act fucking dumb with me it is plain to see that India is acting differently"
' she is just being good"
' she was always good Cyn you just never saw the good in her"
" what do you mean by that John?"
" You are always so focused on what she does wrong that you don't remember all the nice things she does and now she accidentally broke your vase and you shout at her and now she thinks she is a bad child so she is acting like Hollie to try and please you"
" how did you know she broke the vase"
" she rang me in floods of tears telling me she was a bad kid and how her mummy wished she was like her sister and now look whats happened to her she is being like her sister"
" and what is wrong with her trying to be her sister" Cynthia shouted back
" what's wrong with it is that she is not her sister she is India she is the little girl who used to wear your heels she is the little girl who would not wear anything but her princess dresses for a full month. She is India she is not Hollie we should be encouraging her to be herself you should not be telling her that she is not good enough and she needs to be someone else what kind of message is that to send to her huh"
" i have never told her that she is not good enough"
" telling her to be more like her sister is telling her that who she is is not good enough and now she is this kid i don't recognize. India has always been so full of love and life when did that become such a problem"
" it became a problem when i was left here on my own to look after 2 kids with no help. India only listens to you i tell her to do something and she wont do it she is to busy playing and wrecking things. it is so stressful she never listens to me but you come in and tell her to do things and they get done straight away"
" well do what i do if she does not do what i ask her to do i take away a toy and if she still does not do what i asked take away another toy and i just keep going and now she knows to do what i ask or she wont have any toys"
"you make it sound so simple"
" it is simple spend time with her get to now her join in with her when she is playing show her you can have fun with her and that you are not just the mum who tells her off all the time"
" when did you become so good at being a dad"
" the moment i left with yoko and India was staying with Paul i came back to visit Paul and India was home sick and India came into the room and i looked at her and she had changed so much she had grown up and i missed it and i felt like shit and i promised to try not to miss out on her growing up again so i decided then and there i will try and be the dad that my own father never was to me i wanted to be there and so far i have been"
" your a great father John and im jealous at how easy you find it the kids adore you"
" they love you as well Cyn now im going to try and get our daughter back"
John made his way upstairs and into India's room to find her tucked into bed reading a book
" Ello Princess"
" Hello daddy"
" i was just wondering if you have seen my daughter India about she seems to have gone missing"
" im India daddy"
" no your not my India would be jumping on the bed right now while giggling and begging me to jump with her"
" i cant do that daddy"
" why not kitten"
" because im trying to be good like Hollie and Hollie does not jump on the bed "
john sighed and sat down on the end of the bed
" India you are perfect the way you were. Everybody loved your playfulness and your laughter and we miss you "
" but that India was bad im good now"
" that India was not bad that India was just like her granny Julia"
" but i need to be good to make mummy like me she likes Hollie "
" mummie likes you darling she loves both of you"
" she doesn't daddy she yells at me i always do things that are bad and they make her mad and it makes me sad but Hollie never does anything wrong she is perfect"
" and you are perfect"
" yes because i am being like Hollie"
" you don't need to be like Hollie to be perfect"
" im tired daddy i want to go to sleep" India said putting her book on the bedside table and snuggling down into her bed. John sighed knowing that he had not made India change her mind but he was determined to bring back his fun daughter again
" goodnight Princess and tomorrow we will have loads of fun i promise "
John tucked India in and kissed her head and left her room planning in his head things he can do to make India have fun and become herself again and he knew 3 boys who would bring the fun.