❝ 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐒 𝐀 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐙𝐄𝐑 and a loser, my dads a pussy who abandoned us for my moms counselor, and Terry gets incarcerated on the daily. I'd like you to give me an example of one good father. ❞ Adelaide spoke, sitting down sideways on her couch and throwing her feet on Lips lap.

"Dad left us for moms counselor?" Allen asked from the floor, where he was playing fetch with Bongo. "Yeah, when mom first started drinking, it got out of control quickly, so her counselor started coming to the house. Even when mom wasn't home." Adie sighed, taking a sip of her almost flat Pepsi.

"Imagine my surprise when I walked in on dad screwing her on the couch." She finished. Lip looked over at her with nothing but an extremely shocked expression, as did Ian and Mandy, who were sitting on both the chairs that were in the living room.

"At least dad called, right?" Allen sighed as he threw Bongo's ball into the kitchen. "It's more than mom could ever do." Adelaide nodded in agreement.

Her dad really wasn't the worst person in the world, but he definitely wasn't the best. According to Lenora, Benjamin Leblanc had a side family. Apparently he ended up marrying said counselor, Clementine Baxter, after his and Lenoras divorce and to make matters worse, he apparently had two kids with Clementine the year Adelaide was born, which was about 13 years before him and Lenora got divorced. Meaning that her and Allen had two half siblings. Although, Adelaide wasn't sure how much she believed, considering her mom had a tendency to lie about her father to make him seem like the biggest cunt in the entire world.

But Allen was right. Benjamin called. Lenora didn't. And she would never admit it, but Adelaide was glad he called. She was glad she had someone on the outside to talk to, someone who could actually help her understand why Lenora felt she had to leave. And she was glad it was her father. Even though he had been anything but.

"Back to the original question, are there any good dads?" Adelaide quizzed, taking another sip from the Pepsi. "Andy Burkhardts dad." Mandy said, looking over to the brunette.

"Didn't he cap himself in a church bathroom cause his wife saw him fucking a choir member?" Lip asked. Ian and Adelaide nodded, confirming that Randal Burkhardt definitely wasn't a good dad.

"Rio Lewis' dad?" Ian asked, as he genuinely didn't know anything about the guy. "Maron? God no, according to Rio, her dad runs the house like a military bootcamp. They're not even allowed to call him dad, its all 'yes, sir' or 'no, sir.' He's an asshole with a capital A." Adelaide explained, recalling all the bad shit Rio Lewis had said about her dad when the two girls were forced to work together on some stupid history project.

"You've hung out with Rio?" Lip asked before putting a cigarette in his mouth and lighting it. "No, she's in my history class." Adelaide shrugged, taking the cigarette from Lip and handing it to Ian.

"There's gotta be some good dads right?" Allen asked as he once again threw the ball for the tiny golden puppy. "I would love to give you some hope for the future, little man, but I don't think there is. Not in the southside, at least." Mandy explained, reaching down to pet Bongo as he ran to Allen and dropped the ball in his lap.

"Y'know, Kev would be a good dad. Although he doesn't count since he's not one." Allen said, looking away from his puppy for a second to look at the older group.

"Good point, Al. He'd be like the supreme dad." Adelaide laughed. "He's super good with kids, I mean, just look at the way he acts with Allen." She finished.

Ian handed the cigarette back to Adie, so she could hand it back to Lip. "Hey, Al, how'd you get that scar on your nose?" Mandy asked the boy, pointing to the horizontal scar that had been left on his nose from him breaking it.

"I fell down the stairs and broke my nose. It was right before momzilla left." Allen explained. Mandy nodded and continued petting Bongo, who was ignoring Allen for the attention. "At least you got a wicked scar from it." Mandy commented, keeping her attention on the pup.

"Also, i'm in love with this dog. I would steal him, but I think Mickey would end up cooking him." Mandy joked. Allen huffed out a laugh and scratched Bongo's head. "I'd hit Mickey with a frying pan before he could manage to cook my dog."

"Jesus, Al. Spending too much time with Carl lately?" Lip laughed, titling his head at the young brunette. "Nope, Debbie." He grinned.

Adelaide sat down at the Gallaghers kitchen table, eating the healthiest peanut butter sandwich known to man. Specifically because it wasn't actually peanut buttter that was on the sandwich, it was some extra healthy nut free bullshit that the Gallaghers had gotten from some coupons.

"Weddings not gonna work." Veronica said as she came into the house and dropped her purse on the table. "What happened?" Fiona asked.

"Mama wants a real priest." Veronica sighed. "Sheila said she'd make your wedding dress if you want." Debbie stated as she made herself a sandwich.

"Oh, that's nice, but what good is a dress if I don't have a priest." V asked rhetorically. While she said this, Lip came into the kitchen and began making himself some food.

"You could hire an actor." Debbie stated. "Remember the guy who played Elmo at my birthday party?" Fiona looked down at the strawberry blonde girl with confusion, "You remember that?" She asked.

"He took his head off. It was traumatizing."

"Think an actor could work?" Fiona asked.

"Y'know what, I can probably get Father Pete to do it, if Carl will help. Or Allen." Lip said, looking at the adults and then to Adelaide. "What's it gonna cost me?" Veronica asked.

"Uh, Karen and I use your place Friday night?" He suggested. Veronica smiled and answered with a simple 'done.' Adelaide rolled her eyes at the mention of Karen, let alone the thought of Karen and Lip having to use someone elses house to get it on.

"What's it gonna cost me? Y'know, to let you sell my brother to some perv." Adelaide asked, standing from the table and leaning on the island. "I can get you a case of beer, and I can probably steal a bunch of movies for you." Adelaide thought about the offer. "And what about Allen. Gonna have to compensate for the amount of trauma he might get." She mentioned with a mischievous grin.

"I'll steal some dog toys and treats from Petsmart." Adelaide smiled. A perfect deal. She got booze that she would rarely end up drinking, and movies that she would watch all the time and her brother got treats and toys for his furry best friend. "Done, but Bongo only really likes the chicken treats." She mentioned. Lip only nodded in response.

"Father Pete? The groper?" Fiona questioned. "God willing." Lip grinned.

"We got hot dogs?" Lip asked as Carl walked into the kitchen with a jar of water which also held a goldfish. He brought the goldfish over to the microwave and put it in, turning it on after doing so.

Everyone's eyes were immediately on the young boy. "What?" He asked as if he didn't just put a fish in the microwave.

"You're never going near Bongo." Adelaide sighed.

"Don't go too crazy here, Sheila, but as close to Vera Wang as you can get." Veronica told Sheila, as she worked on V's dress. "You are going to make a beautiful bride." Sheila complimented. And it was true, V was gonna be a gorgeous bride.

"Oh, Sheila, you're making me feel like Cinderella." V beamed.

"Screw Cinderella. Little doe eyed bitch. Probably one of the worst roll models for little girls." Karen piped up from her spot at the table. Adelaide rolled her eyes and went back to looking at magazines with Debbie.

"I think Cinderella was a feminist." Sheila stated. "The whole idea of marriage is a useless vestige of an archaic civilization." Karen remarked.

"How would you know?" Debbie asked in the sassiest voice known to man. "I watched one unravel." Karen replied.

"I watched one unravel too, doesn't make them all bad, Cinderella." Adelaide remarked, sending a glare over in Karens direction. "My dad walked out on my mom, but hell, I still want to have a fairytale wedding one day." Adelaide finished with a smile, going back to the magazine in Debbies hand.

"Oh, yeah? And who're you gonna get married to? Lip?" Karen asked, glaring at Adelaide. "I'd rather cut off my tits." Adelaide replied, causing Fiona to choke on her drink.

"Oh, so one example of a bad one makes them all bad? Hmm?" Debbied asked. "Marriage was nothing more than a legal exchange of women for property." Karen stated as if times don't change.

"Maybe you're beung a little pessimistic." Fiona commented. "It's just a piece of paper." Karen laughed.

"A birth certificate is just a piece of paper." Debbie remarked. "And money. Money is just a piece of paper, but those are pretty valuable." The strawberry blonde finished. "True." Sheila agreed.

"Kinda sad how a kid has a better outlook on life than someone who's two years away from graduating highschool." Adelaide sighed.

"Hey, Gloria Steinem, enough of the blah-blah. Let's talk bachelorette party." Veronica said, stopping the argument.

"I got that covered, don't worry." Fiona stated. "Oh, you better."

"Hey Parker, got your fake?" Veronica asked Adelaide, who nodded, "Yeah, but I couldn't find a sitter for Al, and you know how he gets without me."

Veronica nodded, "We'll bring you back a drink."

「↠ 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐚- 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 ↞」
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allen being very protective over bongo is the best thing ever.

btw mandy and adie are gonna end up becoming besties at some point, so look forward to that.

another thing, those two people that were mentioned at the beginning, Andy Burkhardt and Rio Lewis, are characters that'll become side characters in act two, i just thought i should introduce them.

anyway, i hope you all enjoyed this <3

𝘶𝘱 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵: 𝟢𝟩. 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖽𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗄, 𝗀𝗈 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾...