Skizz's Perspective-

The Night Before-

Skizz yawned as he was about to go to bed.

He then heard the phone ring and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hi Skizz." The doorman said, "This girl named Maxie is asking to see you. Can I let her up?"

"Maxie? Yes, please let her up."

Skizz hung up and was confused at why Maxie was here.

When Maxie got to his door, he let her inside and she looked exhausted.

"Maxie? What are you doing?!" He hugged her and held her close.

"I wanted to see you." She said yawning.

"You can't be up this late. Where are your dads?"

"They didn't want me to talk to you anymore and I wanted to know why so I ran away."

Skizz's eyes widened, and he looked concerned.

"Maxie, you cannot do that! Your dads are probably worried sick!"

Skizz reached for the phone.

"No don't call them! Dad will get mad. And I want to know why he doesn't want me to see you anymore. He said you and Uncle Tango aren't good people."

Skizz sighed and kneeled down to Maxie's level.

"It's a long story."

"That's what everyone keeps saying! But I wanna know!"

Skizz looked at Maxie's determined yet sleepy expression.

"I'll tell you tomorrow morning. Let's get you some rest."

The Next Day-

Tango woke up and walked out of the bedroom and saw Maxie asleep on the couch with Skizz.

He stared before shrugging and walking to the kitchen, getting ready to make breakfast.

Maxie awoke to the smell of pancakes, and she sat on the counter.

"Uncle Tango?"

"Yeah?" Tango asked, glancing at her as he poured pancake mix into a bowl.

"Are you a bad person?"

"Er- I'd like to think I'm not. Why?"

"Dad says you are." She said before giggling as Gryffindor tried to get her to feed him breakfast.

They stayed in silence before Maxie looked up at Tango again.

"Why does dad think you're a bad person?"

"Well...I've done some bad things."

"Like what?"

"Well, sometimes, when we lose control of our emotions, we end up snapping at the ones we love, and we may end up doing some bad things..."

"Like what?"

"You could get in an argument with them or do something dangerous."

"Did you do something dangerous?"

"I...life is full of surprises, you know?" Tango leaned on the counter and looked into Maxie's eyes, "As a close friend of mine says, 'there's a reason for everything'. And he tells me that there's a reason I did what I did."

"Do you wish you didn't do those things?"

"Every day." Tango whispered.

Maxie hugged Tango and he hugged back.

"How come the first thing I see when I wake up is about to melt my heart?" Skizz asks and Tango chuckled, leaning back from the hug.

"Uncle Skizz!" Maxie hugs Skizz, who smiles at her.

"Hey Maxie. Wanna help me feed Gryffindor?"

"Yeah!!"

-

After breakfast, Skizz knew it was time for him to call Impulse and tell him he had his daughter.

"No! He'd be so mad when he finds out." Maxie said, trying to steal the phone from Skizz.

"Maxie, he's probably worried sick about where you are. I need to call him."

Maxie sighed and nodded.

Impulse's Perspective-

Impulse grumbled as he got a call from Skizz, but he answered it.

"What." He snapped, "I'm in the middle of searching for my missing daughter; if you have something to say to me- "

"She's at my apartment."

Impulse's eyes widened.

"She's what?"

"She's at my apartment." Skizz repeated.

Impulse growled, "Prove it."

Impulse heard the phone being passed over and then he heard his daughter's voice.

"H-hi dad." Maxie said nervously.

"MAXIE! What the heck are you doing over there?! I thought I told you specifically not to- "

"I ran over here to see what was really going on! You kept saying he was a bad person but he's not! And Uncle Tango makes really good pancakes. I don't understand why you're not wanting me to hang out with them anymore."

Impulse sighed, "I'll tell you after I pick you up. Now stay there."

Impulse hung up and Bdubs looked confused.

"She ran to Skizz's apartment. Come on."