I Understand. An AU/punk story.

Waking in the morning, Audrey is snuggled up to my side and Harry not in bed. Pulling one of his zip ups over my cold body, I go the kitchen and find him busy in the kitchen.

"Morning baby.... What are you doing?" I mumble sleepily, jumping up on the counter next to him.

"Morning, and cooking breakfast for you two ladies. How did you guys sleep?" He smiles, putting down the spatula and pecking my lips. His voice ragged with morning.

"OK, how about you?"

"Pretty good I -"

"Didy?" I hear Audrey call for me, sighing I jump down and go to my room and find her sitting up smiling in my bed.

"Morning, bunny. How did you sleep?" I ask her, fishing her clothes from her over night bag.

"Good." She yawns and crawl to me, taking her stuff from me, she gets dressed in my bed and then runs out screaming for Harry. Leaving me to get dressed too.

Once done, I go to the kitchen and find Harry putting a pancake on Audrey's plate. She skips off to the living room and he smiles at her as she goes.

"Hungry?" He asks as I make my way over.

"No... but I have to bring her back to Rhonda soon."

"You sure? And yeah I figured, why did she need to stay the night?" We're talking quietly, not wanting the little girl to hear.

"I have no idea.... she called me and asked. When I asked why she wouldn't answer." I shrug. He frowns and scratches his head of messy hair, not sure what to think about the whole situation.

-

Once breakfast is over and taken care of, we make our way to the car and drive to where Rhonda is supposed to be meeting me in the morning. Much to my surprise she wasn't.

"What time does her shift start?" I ask Harry nervously as we and some of his buddies sit in a booth. Audrey colors on a napkin with a pen happily, for there aren't any crayons in a gang cover up building...

He glances down at his watch.

"It started twenty minutes ago..." He looks at me nervously. I kiss the top of Audrey's head and bounce her on my knee lightly as she goes about her business.

Three hours later, Rhonda finally makes her way in to the bar.

It's understatement to say I'm mad.

"Harry keep her busy!" I snap, handing him the tot. He frowns, not sure how to take her, but does it regardless, knowing how pissed I am.

After shes out of my arms I get up and storm over to her. Grabbing her shoulder I spin her around.

"Where the fuck have you been?!" I snap. She glares at me, a scar on her forehead that was not there yesterday looms bright.

"Not really nay of your fucking concern." She snaps back.

"Well you know what, actually it is! Considering I have had your exhausted and upset daughter for three hours in a fucking bar!" I hiss, taking a finger up, scolding her with it. I know I was quite a few years younger than her, but I didn't care. I loved that little girl and she deserved a mature and responsible adult.

"Oh, don't you dare lecture me! I know whats best for my child and I don't need a child to try to tell me different." She raises her voice lightly, Audrey snaps her head up. Harry moves her to the other side of him so she can't see.

"Excuse me!? I'm not the one acting like a child! You're the one messing around with all of the trash guys, whom apparently don't have problems with hitting woman!" OK that was crossing the line. But I was past caring.


"Oh like your baby daddy boyfriend is SO much better!" Now's shes full out yelli -

Wait.....

did she just say.....



Baby daddy?

"W-what?" I splutter. Taking a step back.

"Harry's Audrey's dad!"

"HARRY!" I screech, turning to him, his head pops above the back of the booth, a mix of fear and. No. Just fear on his face. He tells Audrey to stay and speed walks to us. "Is it true?!" I hiss, pushing his chest slightly when he tries to hold my hand.

"What?!" He puts his hands out to the side, very confused.

"ARE YOU HER AUDREY'S DAD?!" I shriek, more mad than I have ever been in my entire life.

"What?! What the fu -... NO??!" His eyes bulge from his head, the vein in his forehead pops out as he turns to Rhonda who's covering his face. "What the hell are you talking about?" He spits at her.

"OKAY OKAY! He's not!.... I'm sorry! I'm just so mad! and I... I thought... Whatever. I don't have to explain myself!" She yells, storming off. Pushing past me she goes to Audrey and picks her up, heading towards the door.

"You're not taking her!" I yell, at her, hot on her heels. She was Obviously not capable of taking care of my poor little Audrey. I couldn't just let her walk away and try to protect her with whatever psycho she was dating her around. I didn't want people like that around Audrey. It wasn't fair to her.

"Excuse me, but I think I am!" She laughs, anger overwhelming her. Audrey starts crying, confused about why the big kids were yelling. Harry's arm finds the small of me back, trying to calm me. Rhonda storms out.

"DIDY!" Audrey screams over her shoulder, reaching out for me!

My heart brakes at the sight of it. Tears flood my eyes as she speeds off with the little girl. I spin away from Harry and storm off to the bathroom.

"Lilian!" Harry calls after me, but I just wan't to be alone.

Notes

I'm in a real bad mind set right now. Writers envy. I want a beautiful story like some on here and I feel like min isn't ugghh. SO jdnfwfwef. I watch this is us and I still don't feel better. Sorry for the late update. Feeling blue.