Frank's Prov

It was Friday, in two days I will be introducing my new found daughter to the catholic church. She may not even like it but we agreed she would try it once and then go from there. I know she is nervous, so today I am going to break the news to the archbishop early that way he isn't surprised.

I walked into the archbishop's office "Frank, it's good to see you". He said to me as I sat down.

I smiled at him, "it's good to see you too"

The archbishop then got serious, "so what is going on that you needed to see me today, it couldn't wait until church on Sunday"?

I looked down, this was going to be hard, "I'm here because 16 years ago I made a mistake, I cheated on my wife, which resulted in a baby girl being born". "For her first 16 years, I didn't know she existed and she's not catholic but for the first time she is willing to try it, this Sunday". I stopped to let it sink in then continued "I wanted to let you know before Sunday, so you wouldn't be surprised".

The Archbishop's facial expression was one I couldn't read, which worried me slightly.

"Frank" the archbishop started "maybe you shouldn't bring her here, maybe it would be best if our church did not know about her". "think about it Frank she would be an outcast here at church".

I thought about it, he wouldn't be wrong but I want her to decide this, not the archbishop.

"I agree with you to an extent, however I want my daughter to decide whether or not she wants to join our family every Sunday or not, I do not want to force her to come or not".

"Frank, I am not sure about this." "I will try to work with this child but I cannot promise everyone else will"

I nodded at him "I can hope this works, if she likes church, it could do her good, her mom was killed in a car accident seven months ago and she spent five months in child services, two months on the streets".

"That is a story, I hope for her sake you are getting her help because Frank I am sure she needs it".

I nodded at him, it wasn't a bad idea.

I stay for a few more minutes then leave for home,

I get home and see Maddie sitting on the couch reading another one of my law enforcement books. She smiles at me as I kiss her on her cheek, "what have you been doing today Mads"?

"Reading mostly, pops and I made dinner if your hungry" she smiled even harder at me "I'm getting better at cooking, I'm happy about that.''

I smile at her "Mads, I went and talked to the archbishop, I felt the need to warn him about this Sunday"

She looked down, not saying anything at first but I could tell she was nervous

"Dad, I'm nervous, and a little scared about it".

I smiled at her "I know honey, but our family will be there so you will be fine" I nodded at him.

Maddies Prov

It was Sunday morning, I was looking in the mirror in the bathroom, wondering for the 100th time if I looked okay. I hear a knock and almost consider ignoring it but I hear "its Erin". I smile and open the door.

She smiles when she sees me "dad said you were looking kinda green at breakfast, you okay"?

I shook my head no "Erin, dad went and warned the bishop, what if this is a bad idea" I took a deep breath, "I am not worried for me, I am worried for dad, for the family" I looked up at her " my father cheated with my mom on your mom which created me, can the church kick him out for that, kick out the family"?

She took a deep breath "first of all, you look great, stop messing with the outfit, second if dad went and talked to the bishop that's good, giving him a warning means he will be less surprised and he is okay with you coming, everything will be fine".

I smiled at her grateful

"Now come on, we have church"

I nodded. In my mind thinking let's get this over with.

We got to the church, it was big, pretty and intimidating.

We get inside, I follow my father to a spot with Jamie next to me. The bishop looks at us and his eyes linger on me then continue. Why do I have a feeling I was just searched for evil?

What feels like hours later, we were at home getting food ready. I hadn't talked much. I didn't like church. I didn't feel anything when I was there, just shame. Dad will probably be disappointed but he said to try it out, if I don't like it then okay.

We were all sitting, just after grace, dad looked at me, "how did you like it?"

I looked down "dad, would you hate me much if I said I didn't like it"?

He smiled, "no, if you didn't like church, I won't force you to go".

I smile at him feeling weight lifted off my shoulders.

Nikki smiled "so what are you going to do while we are at church?"

I looked down and frowned "I'm not sure Nikki, maybe read more of dad's books"

Pops smiled "after you have digested all of the law enforcement knowledge in those books then what are you going to read"?

I looked over to him; "good question Pops" I looked over to Erin than Jamie "do either of you still have any law books"?

Jamie raised an eyebrow "you interested in being a lawyer now Mads"?

I laughed "no Jamie, but I hate that I'm not learning or doing something" I smiled at the family "why do you think I was in an advanced school, normal school was boring and too slow paced for me".

Danny shook his head "then why don't you do something"?

I looked at him and asked "like what Danny"?

He was about to say something but stopped and said something else " I guess you're right, what can a sixteen year old graduate do".

It was a Tuesday evening, I was on the couch. I had one more book to read of dads then I was done, I would need new books to read soon.

The door opens, "dad, pops, Maddison"

I look up from the book "in the living room Danny".

A minute later, Danny walks in the room, "hey I talked to my sarg about you doing work around the precinct".

I stood up and smiled "and what did sarg say"? I felt like I was bouncing on the balls of my feet.

He actually smiled at me, "he said we will start out slow, a few hours a week and if he sees good work from you he will up the time". "But if you pull what you did last week, you're done".

I smiled "no nothing, I will be perfect" I hugged him "thank you Danny"

He hugged me back "your welcome kid, where are dad and pops"?

I smiled "I think Pops is out with friends and dad had something for work he had to do".

He nodded at me "so you start tomorrow, I'll stick around until they get home so I can tell them but I will pick you up tomorrow morning about 6:30am, okay"?

I nodded at him, thankful for the opportunity.

Ten minutes later both dad and Pops walked in the door, talking about something but stopped when they saw Danny.

"Hi, Danny what are you doing here"? My dad asks Danny.

He smiled at them "telling Maddison what my sarg said, she starts tomorrow at my precinct".

Both men smiled and hugged the two of us.

Dad looked at Danny, "do I need to drop her off"?

Danny shook his head, "nope, I will pick her up and drop her off.

Dad smiled at him "thank you son, this means a lot to me and to Maddison"

Danny nodded "I know, now she could do more things".

It was the next day, the day I started work in Danny's precinct. I am a bundle of different emotions, nervous, excited and scared. It was 5:30am, and Danny wont be here for another hour. I was awake, dressed and worried for the day to start.

I go downstairs and into the kitchen, where I see dad hunched over a cup of coffee and a newspaper.

"Any coffee left dad"? I ask him.

He looks up "good morning honey" smiling "and yes, plenty of coffee but why are you up"?

I smiled at him and poured some coffee "couldn't stay in my room any longer so I thought it was time for coffee".

He smiled at me, "how nervous are you"?

I looked down frowning, "extremely nervous, I wonder what Danny's excuse is about who I am"?

Dad looked at me, "what do you mean"?

I walked over to where we keep the pop tarts and put them in the toaster then answered his question "well, when Erin first introduced me to Anthony, she told me not to say anything about me being Reagan". "We were gonna tell him I was runaway that you were helping, but the moment he saw me he knew I was a Reagan". "I guess my question is, will Danny's coworkers be as observant"?

He smiled, "I am not sure what Danny told his CO but I am sure everything will be okay".

I smiled at him as pops came into the room, dressed but still looking half asleep. "Morning pops".

He looked at me, looked at dad then smiled "morning Mads, have fun today with Danny"

I nodded at him as I took a bite of my pop tart.

An hour later Danny knocked then walked into the kitchen through the back door "you ready Maddie"?

I nodded at him "I just need my coat" and left to go grab it.

I ran back and nodded at him "okay now I am ready". We left for my very first day at his precinct.

And it's done, with Covid 19 I have no job. I've been watching more of Blue Bloods and reading a lot more Fanfiction in general so I got the writing ideas back. I think I will do a one shot of my SunLunar Ranger story next! So if you follow that story be on the lookout for it. Thanks to everyone who is sticking with me.