after we left the university we went back to lips house and saw that no one else was home.

"hey, no ones here what do you wanna-" i was cut off from my sentence when he smashed his lips on top of mine in a hard and heated kiss.

i felt our bodies fall on the couch and lip pulled away taking off my shirt and his. i felt his hands travel up my back and unclip my bra letting it fall. he kissed my neck before moving up to my lips and i leaned down kissing him but then we heard the door open.

i quickly grabbed my shirt and put it over my boobs as fiona walked in with liam.

"oh, fuck." lip said.

"you have a bedroom, lip." fiona told him.

"yep, says the girl who had sex on the stairs last night." lip called her out.

"hallway." fiona corrected as i put my shirt on.

"i stand corrected." lip replied.

"kev and v are on their way over with meat sauce." fiona told them.

"is that an euphemism?" lip asked her.

"i bought pasta. they're bringing their foster kid over to play with em and debs." fiona said as carl walked through the backdoor.

"paint ball rocks. i had the best day of my life." carl said and we saw he had a bandage over his eye.

"hey, what happened to your eye bud?" i asked him.

"did you wear a face guard?" lip asked him.

"nope." carl replied going upstairs.

the door opened and i saw kev, v and their foster kid.

"hey, hey, i want you guys to meet our new daughter." kevin said.

"foster daughter." veronica corrected.

"why you gotta do that?" kev asked her.

"let me help you with that." fiona said seeing v was carrying in a pot.

i looked over at their foster kid, she seemed about 12 or 13 and she was seemed adorable.

"hey, my names mel, what's your name?" i asked her holding my hand out.

she didn't take my hand, all she did was bow making me smile at her. she seemed a little off.

then i saw emma, debbie and frank walk through the door.

"frankie's home." frank said.

lip and i watched as debbie and emma started jumping around.

"oh, my god, we are so wired." debbie said.

"oh, god." i muttered.

"debs, what's going on?" fiona asked her.

"we got high on sugar because daddy quit drinking." debbie explained.

"whose daddy?" fiona asked.

"me daddy. me, me, me. mm." frank said pouring more sugar into his mouth as emma and debbie laughed uncontrollably.

"oh, shit." lip said.

"what?" fiona asked.

"he's done this once before." lip told her.

"we gotta help daddy stay busy and keep his mind off of drinking so he can make 3000$" debbie explained.

"hey, everybody, come here. gather around. i've got something i wanna say. um... i know i haven't been the most exemplary father for the past three or 15 years. but now i'm gonna need your help to get through this. from this point forward, we're going to be a family again. what the hell is that?" frank asked the last part being directed to kev and v foster kid.

the rest of the time was spent running around and trying to distract frank, then he saw a piano and started playing it.

i was sitting next to lip and i felt him tense up and i grabbed his hand.

"what's wrong?" i asked him.

"i'm not buying any of this." lip told me as i nodded.

"well, apparently they are." i told him as he stood up.

"i can't believe you guys are buying into all of his bullshit." lip said as he stood up.

"what difference does it make anyway, he'll be drinking again tomorrow." fiona told him.

"no. not when money's involved." lip said as he walked out of the house and i followed him to see him sitting on the step.

"you okay?" i asked sitting next to him.

"he always does things like this an everyone likes to act like he's not the piece of shit father that he is." lip said as i felt him place his head on my shoulder.

"why does everything have to be so fucked up all the time?" lip asked me as i played with his hair.

"i don't know, but what i do know is no matter how fucked up things can get, i'm always gonna be here for you." i told him as he lifted his head up.

"i love you." lip said as he kissed me softly then pulled away and rested his forehead on top of mine.

"i love you too." i said enjoying the moment.

-

the next morning frank had made everyone pancakes and he still hadn't drank. lip and i walked downstairs to see carl, debbie, emma and fiona eating while frank made more pancakes. i saw mike come out of the bathroom and sit at the table.

"what did i tell you? still not drinking till he gets his money." lip said.

"if i ever drink again." frank said.

"right." lip said as we both grabbed some food.

"java's my vice now." frank said.

"yeah, well, drunk or sober, you're still an asshole." lip told him.

"lip." debbie said defending her father.

"it's okay, deb. everyone's got a right to his opinion. that's what makes this country of ours so great. you want orange juice?" frank asked the three kids.

i poured myself some coffee and lip kissed my cheek as i smiled at him.

"yeah, yum." debbie said.

"where'd you get all this stuff to make breakfast?" fiona asked him.

"traded some old hustler magazines with rusty the drunk. he's working as a dishwasher at the dennys over on west 95th street. you want some oj?" frank asked fiona.

"no. oh. found it. i'm taking this to the job center for a few hours." fiona said grabbing the laptop.

"aren't we supposed to leave soon?" emma asked me.

"right, grab your coat emma." i told her.

"yeah, come on debs, carl, grab your coats. i told kev we'd be over there in five minutes." lip told them.

"hey, i'm going over to grandmas." mike told me before kissing my head and walking out.

"okay, bye." i said.

"is that weird girl have to come with us?" debbie asked her older brother.

"where you going?" frank asked.

"bowling. lip and mel know a kid who can get us in for free. wanna come?" debbie asked him.

"no, debs. i don't think he can." lip told her.

"hey, i'd love to come. just let me clean this place up first." frank said and i could feel lips anger.

i grabbed his hand in attempt to calm him down and i felt him ease up.

"okay." debbie said.

"excuse me." frank said to carl.

"what?" carl asked.

"clear the table." frank told him as carl rolled his eyes and did as told.

we walked over to kevs house and lip and i went inside but when we did, we saw their foster kid on the bed with her legs separated.

"hey, kev were all ready to-" lip began but stopped and started laughing.

"what the fuck." i said trying not to laugh.

"i-" lip said before we both walked away.

"no, lip. lip, wait. mel, mel, come back." kev said but we kept walking.

"maybe we should've knocked first." i said as lip laughed.

we all got to the bowling alley and started having some fun. i could tell lip was still on edge about frank coming and he went over to debbie and carl.

"guys, don't get too used to this, okay?" lip told them.

"what?" debbie asked.

"well, dad's not always gonna be so nice." lip told her.

"yes, he will." carl replied.

"no. not when he starts drinking again, okay? he'll go back to his old ways. and i don't want you two getting hurt." lip told them.

"hurt?" debbie asked.

"yeah, um. remember that turtle you had last summer?" lip asked her.

"walter?" emma asked.

"yeah, yeah, walter. and you guys were really, really into him for like two weeks and you talked to him and you fed him. i mean, you took him everywhere with you, right? but after a while, you know, you guys got busy with other things so walters water never got changed and nobody fed him. then like two months later debs, you wanted to show off walter to your friend susie and you guys started looking for him and when you found him he was all dried up and dead. now, you see, you guys are that turtle, okay? and dad's you. you get what i'm saying?" lip asked them.

"dad's buying us another turtle?" carl asked.

"no. no, no. forget it. never mind." lip said as carl went up to bowl.

"don't worry, lip, i get it. daddy's gonna forget all about us when he starts drinking again. it's okay. i don't mind. i'm gonna enjoy this while it lasts if that's okay." debbie told her older brother.

"yeah. sure, debs. that's, um... that's a good plan." lip said as debbie and emma went to bowl with carl.