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Chapter 12

Hannah was lying in her bed going through the books from the diner that Luke had brought her to pass the time. Her mom had an important meeting at the inn that morning so was going to come in a bit later. Luke was doing a shift at the diner to give Caesar some help. She was surprised when there was a knock on the door as she wasn't expecting anyone. She was even more shocked to see who it was. "Paris..." She said.

"Hi.." Paris said awkwardly.

"Um...hi..." Hannah said. "Um aren't you meant to be at school?"

"I sort of skipped class.." Paris said.

"What? You skipped class? You, Paris Geller, skipped class?" Hannah said not believing it.

Paris smiled a little. "I've sort of been plucking up courage to come and see you." She admitted.

"I thought you hated me." Hannah said.

"I'm not really that good with new people. I'm not great at making friends.." She admitted.

"Yeh I kind of noticed that." Hannah joked.

"My parents taught me that I had to do anything to get to the top. They said that success is the most important thing so when I found out about you and Rory, I knew you could both challenge me and I got defensive. My parents hate it if I don't get good grades." Paris admitted.

"Wow..." Hannah said shocked that Paris was sharing so much.

"I want to get through Chilton having done well but I don't want to be someone who doesn't have any friends." She said. "I...I'm sorry about what I said to you and Rory."

Hannah smiled, seeing a side of Paris she'd never seen before. Tristan had been right. She was good underneath. "It's ok. How about we start afresh?"

Paris smiled. "I brought you some of my notes. I know Tristan and Rory have probably given you theirs but I thought, just in case they'd missed anything." She said.

Hannah smirked, seeing the old Paris coming through. "Thanks."

"So...how are you?" Paris asked cautiously.

Hannah shrugged. "Not great but I'm getting there."

Paris nodded.

Just then the door opened again and Hannah frowned when she saw her dad walk in. "Go away." She said.

"Hannah please..." He said.

"I don't want to talk to you!" Hannah exclaimed. "Please just go dad!"

"I'm not going until you talk to me." Chris said.

"I should get going.." Paris said.

"No, you don't have to." Hannah said.

"It's fine. I should really get back anyway." She said. "I hope things go ok."

"Thanks." Hannah said giving her a small smile and then watched her leave. She then frowned at her dad. "I have nothing to say to you."

"Well tough because I'm staying here until we sort this out." Chris said.

"Sort what out?" Hannah exclaimed.

"Us. You and me. I want a relationship with you. You're still my daughter." He said.

Hannah shook her head. "Funny way of showing it."

"Hannah.."

"No, we hear from you once a month if that dad! You never remember our birthdays, you have never come to visit us. I'm not Rory, dad. You can't just waltz back into our lives and think I will just jump with joy at seeing you." Hannah said bitterly. "I know you! I know that you just want to get back with mom. It's all you've ever wanted! You just think if you get me and Rory onboard, it will be easier for you."

Chris sighed. "We could be a proper family again if you wanted us to be..." He tried.

Hannah snorted. "I knew it! You come here and say you want to make it up with me but really you just want to make it up with me so you have a better chance at getting back with mom! You don't even care about me at all!"

"That's not true!" Chris protested.

"Really? Then tell me something you know about me. What's my favourite colour? What's my favourite subject?" Hannah said.

"Um...art?" He guessed.

Hannah snorted. "You know nothing about me. You don't even want to know anything about me. Do you know why mom is dating Luke? Because he's been great to us all. He had no obligation to help us out but he did. He cares about me and Rory. He knows everything about us. That's why Luke is in our life."

"He's trying to replace me." Chris protested.

"Good! Because I'd rather have Luke in my life than you!" Hannah shouted. "Rory and I were always an obligation to you. We were always a hurdle for you to get over to get to mom. I don't want anything to do with you."

"That's not true! I love you!" Chris said.

Hannah shook her head. "If you loved us, you would have been there for us. Do you know how hard it was for mom? She had to cope with looking after us and having a hard, full time job! She needed you. We needed you. But you didn't care! You just didn't care!" Hannah said getting upset.

"I proposed to your mom! I wanted to be a family! She said no!" He defended.

"So what? So you just decided to bail on us all? If you had wanted it so badly, you would have been there for us! Do you know how many days mom didn't have much food?" Hannah said angrily. "Mia and Sookie tried to help us but until we met Luke, mom would go without food just so we could eat. When we met Luke, he made sure we had at least one full meal a day. And he never let us pay." Hannah said. "You weren't there dad! You weren't there to look after us!"

Chris looked ashamed. "I'm sorry."

Hannah shook her head. "Too little, too late."

"Hannah..."

"Please...just go dad." She said quietly. "I'm tired. I need to rest before my physio. Please just go."

Chris sighed. "I'm sorry Han..." He said again before reluctantly leaving.

Hannah watched him go before she felt the tears start to fall down her face. She wiped them away angrily. Why did her dad always do this to her? Why didn't he care about her? He just made her so angry. Well she didn't need him anymore. She wasn't a little girl anymore. She closed her eyes and eventually fell into a nap so that she could have strength for her physio.

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