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RP: Telling the Girls

Oct 24, 2011 21:07

Date: October 24th, 2011
Characters: Neve Stadheim, Shelby, Mackenzie & Bryn Stadheim (NPC), Jake Abernathy, Star Abernathy (NPC)
Location: Abernathy Home
Status: Private
Summary: Neve and Jake finally tell their girls.
Completion: Incomplete

( We have something to tell you..... )

character: jake abernathy, post: private, location: private residence, october 2011, character: neve stadheim

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jake_abernathy October 25 2011, 04:16:35 UTC

Jake would freely admit that he was nervous. Knowing his daughter's temperament, he had a right to be, and seeing Neve's three children, well, that scared him too, because he already cared about them, had even before they had started dating. He wanted them to accept it, but he knew that was hopeful thinking there.

He felt almost bad that they had chosen his place because of his fears about Star, and yet she'd seemed fine with the choice, so he was willing to believe it was okay or she would tell him otherwise. Star sat poised on the end of the couch, looking distinctly ill at ease. He suspected on some level she knew what was going on, and was trying to deny it to herself.

He would be right. Star was trying very hard to tell her that this wasn't what she thought it was, that her Dad was seeing Miss Neve. They'd been hanging out even more than they used to, and she'd been busy with school and stuff and hadn't given it too much thought, mostly because the childish part of her hoped if she didn't acknowledge it, it wouldn't happen ( ... )

neve_stadheim October 25 2011, 04:58:29 UTC

Nervous didn't fully cover how Neve felt. She was usually calm, scarily so sometimes. In this situation though, she felt extremely nervous. Her girls were her world, had always been, and would always be. But her world was getting bigger, it included Jake, and to some degree, if Star would allow it - Neve wanted to include Jake's daughter as well. She knew some of the past history though, knew that Star wasn't fond of her father dating, and might not be fond of her. Which Neve would accept, but she wasn't going to back down ( ... )

jake_abernathy October 25 2011, 06:19:16 UTC

Star echoed Mackenzie, her arms crossed protectively over her chest. "You gotta be kidding," she said disbelievingly, because she didn't want to believe it. Not Miss Neve, not her friend's Mom, for God's sake! This wasn't fair, not at all.

But it had to be true, because Miss Neve repeated it, and her Dad reached for her hand to squeeze it. Her eyebrows came together in a scowl. "That's not fair!" she said, standing up abruptly, her arms tightening even further around herself.

"Star, it is fair. We've talked about this before," he said gently. They'd discussed that sometimes grown ups needed other people, that didn't mean that he would love her any less than before.

"With, with her?! Shelby's MOM?" She didn't have the words for much else, emotions swirling around her head and chest.

neve_stadheim October 25 2011, 22:37:09 UTC

Shelby watched her sister and her friend both freaking out, her gaze going from them to her Mom and Jake and back again. She had her own feelings on all of this, confusion and hurt mostly, wondering why her Mom had kept this from them. "I don't think they're kidding." She muttered, scowling slightly. Throwing a loud fit wasn't her style, but she wasn't entirely comfortable with this turn of events either ( ... )

jake_abernathy October 26 2011, 01:15:48 UTC

It was admittedly a bit depressing that three out of the four children seemed to be upset over the announcement. But, Jake thought, they needed to work it out in their heads. He wasn't here to replace their father, he wouldn't think of trying. He could only hope that if things worked out, they would accept him in some way into their lives.

"I would never try to replace your father," he said steadily to Mackenzie, hating that she was throwing a fit for Neve's sake, and needing to at least state that out loud on the onset of things.

Star startled and drew up higher as Mack turned on her. "Because you guys are my friends!" she yelled back. "She's your mom! That's weird.". It also made it harder because Miss Neve had always been nice to her, and it was hard to dislike her after liking her so long. Or think of sharing her dad with her and Shelby and Mack and Bryn. It made her feel panicky deep down.

"Star!" He said sternly. "Do not raise your voice at anyone."

neve_stadheim October 26 2011, 07:25:03 UTC

It was upsetting, though not surprising that the majority of their girls were unhappy with the news. Neve couldn't fault any of them though, they each had their own reasons for being upset and letting them work through it was the only way they would be able to work past it. She understood Star's concerns and worries, or what she could only assume the girl was worried about. Neve wasn't going to take Jake from Star, or try and be a mother to her. She did hope that over time and if things moved a serious direction with Jake, that Star would both accept her and possible want her in her life somehow - but she would let Star come to that decision in her own time ( ... )

jake_abernathy October 26 2011, 12:45:30 UTC

Jake frowned faintly, biting back the automatic parental-type response that wanted to come to his lips when Mackenzie spoke to him like that. It wasn't his place, though if she had done it in any other situation he probably would have corrected her as every adult had the right to ask respect of the children talking to them. Instead, he just looked at her, knowing Neve would take care of her children as needed at the time right for her ( ... )

neve_stadheim October 27 2011, 04:19:00 UTC

Neve was honestly horrified by the way Mackenzie was acting. She wasn't surprised, her daughter had a little too much of her own personality in her. She was thankful in that Shelby at least wasn't back talking Jake, she wasn't talking much at all. Which was a whole different concern, her eldest wasn't nearly as loud as her middle child, but she also wasn't ever as quiet as her youngest either. Getting down to the bottom of how her girls were feeling wasn't exactly appropriate right now, she would talk to them though ( ... )

jake_abernathy October 27 2011, 21:44:42 UTC

"I KNOW," Star shouted back before finally fleeing. She had no idea why Mackenzie was yelling AT her when they were AGREEING, and that confusion only added to the confusion she felt over everything else at the moment, making her more upset and more volatile and more ready to burst ( ... )

neve_stadheim October 28 2011, 03:03:40 UTC

Mack didn't say anything in reply to Star. Honestly she didn't know why she was yelling at the older girl when they were the only two people in the room who didn't seem 'okay' with this new information. Well, maybe they had Shelby as well, but her sister was way too calm about it all in her opinion ( ... )

jake_abernathy October 28 2011, 12:15:02 UTC

Star managed to only close her door loudly, not outright slam it, and Jake took a moment to be grateful his parents were not in the house right now. He hadn't told them when they were telling the children, simply taking advantage of an already planned absence, though they did know he was telling Star soon. His mother had patted his shoulder consolingly and told him to give Neve a hug for her.

If she threw her pillows all across the room, well, no one but her would know, at least right away. She couldn't help but be upset. A few tears leaked out and she tried to sniff them back. It only made things worse.

"I'm sorry," he told her softly, not wanting to have caused her and her girls trouble, though he wasn't sorry for dating her and wasn't sorry for caring about her. They would push through this, it was only a brief storm, but he still regretted that it might hurt her. He pressed a brief and gentle kiss to the back of her hand, looking at the remaining upset children and the one who wasn't.

neve_stadheim October 29 2011, 17:19:45 UTC

Mackenzie wanted out of the Abernathy house, wanted to be at home in her own room. That wasn't happening though because her Mom wasn't even acting like they were going to leave. She cast a look at Shelby, pleading her older sister to be on her side, to say something or do something that could get them out of here. She was still pacing, and was purposefully not looking at her Mom or Jake right now ( ... )

jake_abernathy October 29 2011, 23:16:55 UTC

Jake wondered how to explain that they hadn't lied, they just hadn't told them. Omission was of course a way of lying, but they just hadn't wanted to risk upsetting the girls if there was a chance that they might not click in that way. But they had, and they had grown close enough in this short time to risk involving their girls in it all ( ... )

neve_stadheim October 30 2011, 02:39:42 UTC

Neve felt a little at a loss. She had expected Mackenzie to have fits, and even expected Shelby to be edgy about this. She hadn't expected either one of them to think they had been lied to though. Granted not telling them was lying by omission, she just hadn't realized her girls would be so bothered by the fact. Explaining that it was for their own good didn't seem like it would work, since she wasn't entirely sure they would understand the reasoning behind it ( ... )

jake_abernathy October 30 2011, 04:12:11 UTC

"I know. That's half of Star's problem too," Jake replied quietly. He rarely kept things from Star. SHe had sort of known he'd dated, but he'd never brought anyone around her until Karen; she'd never known what it meant directly pertaining to her. She hadn't taken well to it, and she probably wouldn't this time around either. Though having known Neve for years might help, after the initial resistance to it. He wasn't certain, as his daughter's reactions weren't always very predictable ( ... )

neve_stadheim October 30 2011, 06:50:01 UTC

"We'll get through this." Neve murmured, not sure if she was trying to reassure Jake or herself that they would get through this. She never kept things from her girls, and hadn't had a serious relationship since Zach's death. So she could understand why Mackenzie and Shelby were upset, and why Bryn wasn't. Her older girls likely saw Jake as a replacement, and Neve was just going to have to work harder to assure them that Jake wasn't intending to replace their dad ( ... )

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