~Bakery~

"So" Demetri asks me as we are sitting down with Felix-apparently we met a decade back but I was sleeping then-as we talk about Melody "Melody is willing to hang out this weekend?" I nod my head "What does she like?" I've talked with Melody and she's willing to spend this Saturday with Demetri, get to know him.

"She likes going to the mall" I say "she loves animals, she loves the beach-though no piercings, that is something I'm doing with her" he nods his head understanding that that's something that is meant for us. Mother daughter type of thing.

"So your suggesting" Felix asks as he holds Violet in his arms "for Demetri to do girl stuff?"

"Yeah" nodding my head "you can offer advice about guys"

Felix bursts out laughing as I smile while Demetri just blinks at me "She's interested in guys already?" He exclaims "she's ten!"

"Oh please" scoffing "when I was her age I did way more" stopping as they look at me "not going to get into that, look just trust that our daughter isn't like us"

"What was her first word?" He asks

"I'm sorry?"

He crossed his arms "Melody's first word" my phone goes off and I answer it.

"Hello?" I smile as Violet takes my finger when I wag my finger before her.

"Hello Mrs. Ivashkov?" I hear a male voice "this is Principal Wheeny" I am going to laugh later, I'm going to laugh later "I'm afraid your daughter Melody Volturi's been suspended"

"What?" I ask "Why?"

"Your daughter has been forging student's parents signature" he tells me "I need you to come down, she's being suspended for a week"

"I'll be down there" hanging up "Felix? Do you mind watching Violet?"

"Sure" he smiles saying in a baby voice "Violet just loves spending time with her Uncle Felix. Yes she does" he tickles her and she laughs.

"I'm coming with" Demetri stands up as I stand up

I stare at him "I don't think that's a good idea"

"Why? She's our daughter" reminding me

"What I mean Demetri" how do I put this? "If your there, it might make Melody feel self conscious or now so I put this? She might say something you both will regret if you come"

"Like what?" He demands

"Dude" Felix says "I think what RJ is trying to say is that she's only had one dad, if you go in now and try to be one even though you weren't before Melody might react badly"

"It's what I did with my birth father" Demetri stares at me "I'm sorry but...maybe later we can talk about this" he nods his head as I leave.

~Time Skip~

"What did you need the money for?" I demand from Melody as I drive us home, Felix and Demetri are going to meet us back at home. I learned that my daughter has been selling her resources at being able to forge signatures for students to get out of school and stuff like that.

"I'm sorry" she mutters

"How long has this been going on?" I demand as we get home

"I don't know" shrugging her shoulders as we get out of the car "a few months"

"Months?!" Exclaiming "Melody, how did this even start?"

"I'm sorry, okay!" I open the door as she exclaims this, when we walk in we see DJ, Kimmy, Felix and Demetri here with Ramona and Jackson. What are they doing home early? "Great! You called him" she waves to Demetri crying now.

"I was with your mother" Demetri says "when" she just runs off fast.

"Melody!" I call out closing the door

"Let me" Demetri offers going upstairs

"What happened?" DJ asks

"Melody got suspended" I tell them "for forging signatures"

~Demetri's POV~

I knock on my daughter's door "Go away!" She yells

"It's Demetri" I say

"I said go away!" The floor shakes as she yells this, but I don't go away I just listen to her cry. Shaking my head, I go into my daughters room and see her look at me from her bed. Her room is painted a green blue, very girlie and has a wall with posters of some teenage pop star called BTS. Whatever that is "I said"

"I'm not going away" shaking my head, sitting down on the bed next to her "you might not want me here right now but I'm here" we see that cat, Fat Louie jump up and hiss at me. I roll my eyes at the cat.

(Fat Louie)

"Why does Fat Louie hate you?" Melody asks me

"He doesn't like how I stare at you sometimes" she frowns confused "at night, I would watch you sleep"

"You do know" she asks "that's like stalker creepy" I laugh

"Yes, but" stroking her hair "I do the same with your mother"

"And she's fine with that?" She exclaims

"At first, no" shaking my head "but she eventually warmed up to the idea" My daughter stares at me before she starts to cry "did I say"

"No" shaking her head "I just...never mind"

"Please" I ask "please talk to me"

"I miss my dad, okay!" She screams looking at me "I'm sorry but I miss him"

I look at the photo with Melody and who I'm guessing is RJ's ex husband "Melody, I'm not here to replace him" she stares at me "I'm here for several reasons. One, is that I love your mother and because of a mixup years ago I never got the chance to be with her. Two, I'm here because I want to get to know you and be apart of your life-I know I'm not Andrew" trying really hard not to sneer or gag his name "but I'm grateful for him being there for you when I wasn't, finally I'm not leaving or missing anymore of your life. If you could give me the chance, I'd like to get to know you and be apart of your life if you give me the chance"

She stares at me "Dad talked horribly about you, but here you are being an amazing guy"

"What?" Looking over we see RJ here "Melody? What do you mean?"

"Dad always said how horrible Demetri here was" she said "that he beat you up and"

"I" denying "never laid a hand on your mother in that way, ever" looking at RJ "why would he say this?"

"I don't know" she mutters "Melody, I'm sorry about the whole forging situation"

"I'm sorry to have done it" she says "I just miss dad"

"It's no excuse" shaking her head "we'll talk about your punishment later but for now do your homework, Demetri and I will talk about what your punishment will be"

~Living Room~

"While your suspended" RJ hands Melody a list of chores "you will be doing chores like with Jackson and Ramona"

"Okay" nodding her head

I pull RJ to me and hold her close, Felix is beside her "and after" Melody looks at him "your done with the chores, I'll take you to the zoo" she gets excited about that.

"Can we visit the lions?" I look at RJ and she shrugs her shoulders.

"Sure" he nods his head

"Okay everyone" we see Max and the twins come with two puppies "we've got the puppies"

"Meet Cosmo TD Fuller" Max says "TD stands for the dog"

"And" Adrian holds up their dog "this is Star" Adrian and Vaughn both have dark hair like their mother but with green eyes. Andrew had red hair and green eyes. Violet is the only one with red hair and chocolate brown eyes.

The doorbell rings and Stephanie smiles "Ooh! That's my date! Don't wait up" when she opens the door I hold my mate close "hey"

"Hi Steph" we see the human with dark hair and a forming goatee come in.

"Everyone, this is Darren"

"Hi" waving our hands

"More kids?" He asks

"Yeah" Stephanie stutters "yeah. That's Jackson and Ramona the twins. Melody is my sister RJ's daughter with her husband Demetri. The other twins are mine, Vaughn and Adrian. Then you have baby Violet and her father Felix. Felix is my baby brother" we share a look and Felix is just amused by this human's lie while I'm not, why is she pretending to claim my mate's children as her own? "You remember Max? Then we have my house keeper and au pair. Kids, mom g said homework and to straight to bed. Au pair, have them brush their teeth before bed-house keeper, just stay out of the liquor cabinet and Felix" looking at Felix "you already have one stop trying to sleep with our sister" as they leave she waves "bye kids"

"Bye mommy" the kids wave their hands, Felix barks out laughing when the kids do that.