First Chapter of this story, enjoy!
" Alexandra Marie Michaels, get your ass down here now!" Rebecca called up the stairs. What was this girls problem? Rebecca stormed up the stairs calling her daughter once more before walking through the door that had a clear Do Not Disturb sign on it. Rebecca watched Alex sing along to some kind of song while lying on her bed writing.
`Why can't she behave like Cameron and Cheyenne?' She thought to herself. Alex had been from Shawn's previous marriage to Theresa Wood but when Theresa didn't want anything to do with Shawn, including his kid she ran off with a bartender from Spain and left him to deal with Alex. Of course Rebecca treated Alex like her own and would do anything for her, but at the age of 17 she was a big annoyance.
Rebecca took a headphone out of Alex's ear and glared at the girl. Alex looked alot like her mother but had her husbands smile. Her once blonde hair was dyed into a dark plum kind of red but she kept the blue eyes of Shawn. At the age of 14 she brought contact lenses, determined that she looked hideous with glasses and her dream in life was to be a writer.
"Alex it's time for dinner" Rebecca said letting out a breath.
"Oh c'mon mom please just this once can I skip dinner?" She asked with hopeful eyes. Truth was she hardly ate, she would only eat when her dad was there.
"No you can't your dad's coming home and he's bringing a friend. And your dad would not be happy if he found out you are underweight" She said standing against the door frame. Alex went to protest but Rebecca held up a hand.
"No buts or ifs come on" Alex groaned and followed her down the stairs.
Right on time the door opened and Shawn bustled in with his bags. Cheyenne hopped down from the table and went running over, holding out her arms to him.
"Hey sweet thing" he said picking her up with a smile, planting a kiss on her cheek. Cameron wasn't far behind, giving his dad a hug. Alex rolled her eyes and sat down, playing with her steak not really wanting to eat it. Shawn looked at his daughter with concern and looked back at Rebecca who shrugged her shoulders.
"Hey Alex" Shawn said hoping for a response.
"Hey dad" She said not even looking at him.
Rebecca walked over to Shawn and gave him a kiss, he pulled back and smiled.
"You didn't tell her who was coming for dinner, did you?" Shawn asked.
Rebecca shook her head, she didn't want to cause fireworks. The pair of them practically hated each other from the many times they had met before. Shawn thanked his wife just as the door opened a bit more.
"Mark!" Cameron said smiling, hugging the giant.
"Heya pal" He said kneeling down to give Cheyenne a hug too. Alex looked up and shook her head, she couldn't believe her dad he promised. He promised. Alex pushed her dinner away and stormed upstairs.
"Alex!" Shawn called before following her. He couldn't understand why they hated each other so much.
Mark greeted Rebecca completely ignoring the spoilt little brat and her attitude.
"Coffee Mark?" Rebecca asked as they walked through to the kitchen.
"Please, I'm dying for one. Ya ain't got no clue how busy it was in the airport" He said sitting down.
Alex laid on her bed and shook her head, he promised he wouldn't bring that stupid giant here ever again. Shawn walked in and sat next to her, shaking his head.
"What the hell was that all about?" He asked angrily.
"You said you wouldn't bring him again dad" She said just as angry.
"He's a family friend so wether you like it or not your going to respect him and appriciate that he's here"
"But dad he's horrible to me" Alex said not hearing what he was saying, respect him? No chance in hell.
"Your just as bad, now get down there and apologize. Now" He warned, this was not what he hoped to walk into. Alex went downstairs and into the kitchen, she didn't even want to look at that stupid man.
"Mom can I have a coffee please?" She asked Rebecca.
"Rebecca" Shawn called her from the other room, she followed his calls leaving Mark and Alex stood there.
"Well you ain't changed" Mark said simply taking a sip from his mug.
"I could say the same" She muttered going to make herself a drink. Mark couldn't stand this girl, she had problems. He wouldn't be surprised if she didn't have a boyfriend with her shitty attitude.
"Well I heard ya dad mention something bout apologizing but then I might just be hearing things"
"Yeah you are" Alex said laughing while pouring some water into her own cup. Mark could choke her right there, but he knew Shawn might have problems if he did. No matter how much he didn't want too, he kept his self control. Alex caught his stern look and sighed. "I'm sorry Mark I'm really glad your here" She mumbled then quickly walked off with her coffee.
"Did you apologize?" Shawn asked watching his daughter run off. "Yeah" She called quickly as she went into her room, switching on her laptop. Alex couldn't wait to speak to Frankie, it had been a month tomorrow since they started dating. She wondered what he would be doing at that moment. She hollered when she seen he was online and started chatting away to him, casually mentioning the big foot that had inhabitted her house for 5 weeks.
Mark sat down with Shawn outside and looked into the window of the house. He could just make out half of Alex's head from the window, Shawn followed his gaze and smiled.
"She's probably talking to Frankie right now" He said taking a sip of his beer. Mark looked at Shawn then back up at her. "Frankie?"
"Yeah her boyfriend" Shawn said shaking his head, he hoped she wouldn't get hurt. Boyfriend huh? Mark knew it weren't gonna last but yet he felt like he should care. But he weren't gonna.