Teddy PoV

The rest of Ro's birthday night was ok, until she was going to bed, then everything went to shit again, let me set the scene for you kiddos, Ro and I were sitting on the couch in the living room, just staring at the news that was on the tv, not really taking anything in from it, because it wasn't anything we hadn't seen before.

"Daddy"

"Yes Sweetheart?"

"Why are women so complicated?"

"Well to be honest with you Baby, if I knew that I would be married by now"

"And you wouldn't have a lousy kid with an even lousier woman"

She started to walk away, you could tell by her body language that she was really, really sad, I was stunned for several seconds, because I wasn't expecting those fucking words to come out of her mouth.

"Ro, Rowan!, Rowan Caitlin Addams!, I am talking to you!, don't walk away when I am talking to you!"

"What"

"Come here"

"Why?"

"Because I said so"

"Ok"

Ro slumps over, the whole mood of the room was way off, and I knew that it was only going to get worse, let's say it I knew it because of this thing called parental instinct.

"Now, who told you that you were a lousy kid?"

"I don't remember"

"Don't lie to me Rowan!, (sighs), what have I told you about lying?"

"Not to do it"

"Right, I'm going to ask you again, and you're going to give me an answer, wether you like it or not, because, shit Rowan, it's not ok for anybody to say that to you or anybody else, so I need you to understand that, ok"

"Ok"

"Ok so we're on the same page here, good, now who told you that you were a lousy kid?"

"Why?!"

"Because I told you to Rowan"

There was silence, there was silence for a good minute, if not more, before Ro spoke, the silence almost deafening the room.

"Am I in trouble Daddy?"

"(Sighs), it depends on wether or not you're gonna tell me what I asked you to tell me Rowan"

"She wasn't talking to me and I wasn't eavesdropping on her conversation but I, I, I overheard Megan telling someone that while I was there"

"Oh Sweetheart, I'm sorry you had to hear that, was that when you were at her house?"

"Yeah"

"(Sighs), why didn't you tell me that when it happened Baby?"

"Because she stopped coming a couple of days after it happened, so you couldn't do anything about it anyway Daddy"

My stomach dropped, my blood was boiling, because one of the people that is supposed to love her unconditionally fucking called her a lousy kid, so I pulled Ro into a hug, because otherwise I would've cried, and that would have been the wrong thing to do at that point in time.

"Oh Sweetheart, you are not a lousy kid, you are anything but lousy, you make me smile, you make laugh, Sweetheart, I want you to remember something for me, ok?"

"Ok Daddy"

"Now it's important that you don't ever forget it, because you're going to need it someday"

"What is it Daddy?"

"That you are loved, now I know it might seem silly now, but you'll know why one day"

I gently rocked us side to side to try and calm us down, because I needed something to do so that I didn't cry.

"Daddy"

"Yeah Baby"

"Can we go and see Nana tomorrow?"

"Yeah Buba, we can go and see Nana tomorrow"

"Daddy, can you tell me how you met Uncle Jack and Auntie Jade?"

"I can do that for you Buba"

So I cleared my throat so that I could actually talk, I hugged Ro just a little bit tighter than before, and then I began.

"Ok so you know that on Saturdays we go and meet up with everyone"

"Yeah"

"Well, we all used to go to a group for teenagers with children-"

"Wait was that the thing with the weird lady?"

"(Snorts), yeah Baby, it sure was, anyway the first time we went, you were a couple of weeks old, so you slept most of the time, so we came in and the only seat left was one next to Auntie Jade-"

"Where was Uncle Jack and Sophie?"

"They weren't there yet-"

"When did they start coming then?"

"I'm getting to it Buba, so we sat next to Auntie Jade and Chloe, and while you and Chloe slept, Auntie Jade and I started talking, even though we weren't supposed to-"

"Why not?"

"Well we were supposed to be listening to the lady there but I don't remember anything she said"

"That's kinda bad Daddy"

"I know it is Sweetheart, but we didn't really want to go in the first place"

"Then why did you go?"

"Because we had to go"

"Oh, you still haven't gotten to Uncle Jack yet?"

"Ok ok ok, so then the next week Uncle Jack and Sophie came in, they sat next to us and the rest is history"

"Thank you Daddy"

"You're welcome Baby girl"