"¡Mija! ¡Vamanos!" Lin yelled from the car, to pick me up.

"Coming!" I smiled seeing him in his car. I grabbed my backpack and ran towards the car.

"How was school peanut?" He asked, as I got in.

"Good." I replied, putting my backpack at my feet.

"Glad to hear it." He smiled at me, then pulled out of the parking lot, as soon as he moved the car I heard a dog bark.

"Tobi?" I asked, looking in the backseat, sure enough, the family dog was perched on the backseat. "Dad, why is Tobi here?" I asked.

"We're going to the park." He said, simply taking a right.

"Oh." I was a little surprised.

"I just thought, you have therapy later, maybe we should do something fun beforehand." He shrugged a bit.

"Thanks." I gave him a little smile.

"Yeah, I thought we could play fetch with Tobi, then like get crappy tacos, take a walk?" He suggested.

"That sounds fun." I admitted.

"I'm glad." He said, parking the car, "okay, let's find a secluded corner, I don't want people coming up to me." He took my hand, and I held Tobi's leash, as we ran over to a cluster of trees and sat down. I was leaned up against a big oak tree.

"You have her ball?" I asked Lin.

"Yep." He smiled, rummaging through his backpack and handing me a tennis ball.

"Thanks." I replied, then took Tobis leash off. "Fetch!" I yelled, and threw the ball a little ways.

"Horrible form peanut." Lin joked, watching me.

"Oh so you could do better?" I asked.

"I'll have you know, I'm very good at the sportsball." He said, and patted his lap for Tobi. Who in turned dropped the slobbery ball on his lap. "See peanut what you want to do, is put a lot of force into the backwards arm wrench then as you release move your fingers as if you were about to flip someone off." He joked, and demonstrated, this led to the ball slipping from his hand and hitting my forehead.

"Smooth." I said sarcastically making eye contact.

"Shut up." He laughed.

"Tobi fetch!" I yelled throwing the ball a second time.

"That was better peanut, I see you're using my advice." He continued his little joke.

"My gosh, I'm actually not. Ugh." I groaned, falling over.

"You okay Mija?" He asked, concern in his voice.

"Yeah I'm fine." I smiled, sitting up.

"Okay, just making sure." He said, "I'm going to read," he held up the parenting book he told me about on Saturday, "so, if you and the dog are enjoying yourselves." He gestured to Tobi who was waiting patiently for me to throw again.

"Okay." I said, half to Lin, half to Tobi.

I continued to play fetch for about five more minutes, while Lin was reading on how exactly he was supposed to parent me.

"We need tacos." He announced clapping his book shut.

"Dad, it's like 4:15." I said, "what meal is this?" I stood up, as he did as well.

"Second lunch." He said, walking to the car.

"I am not a hobbit." I said indignantly.

"That's a matter of opinion peanut." He said, getting in the car.

"No it really isn't." I disagreed, buckling my seatbelt

"Yes it is." He defended, pulling onto the road to go get crappy Mexican food.

"No it's not because Hobbits are fictional characters."

"Debatable."

"No it isn't!" I exclaimed

"Shh." He said, clasping his hand over my mouth. I whimpered against his hand for a minute then gave up and leaned back into my seat. "Okay Peanut, come, tacos." He parked the car in front of a Taco Bell.

"Dad, why here?" I asked following him out of the car.

"Darling I said crappy tacos." He said.

The two of us got our American version tacos, then drove back to the park. We returned to our little cluster of trees, and I continued to throw the ball to Tobi, while Lin continued to read on how to dad.

"Mija, come here." I turned around and he had one earbud in and was holding one out to me. I looked at him confused, but scooted closer to him and put the earbud in. I started listening to whatever was playing from his phone. The singer started singing, but so did Lin, "You're gonna make the finest momma someday. Some man will take you away. But until then, chase down your dreams, laugh all the time and believe, that love's gonna conquer all things. So until then, I'll be your man."

I smiled a little, and he took both of my hands, and started dancing with them. We were sitting across from each other

"There was a time when I thought I knew love until you came into this world. Time keeps on flying but you're always gonna be my baby girl."

He kept singing along with the track. He stood up still dancing with my arms, but I stayed sitting.

"So as you walk through this life you will see the world's what you want it to be, but until then, go on and dance, dance like there's no one around." Lin finally pulled me up and kept his hold on both of my hands, "Never stop singing out loud, and until then, I'll be your man."

He put his hands on my waist and lightly swayed me to the song.

"There was a time when I thought I knew love until you came into this world. Time keeps on flying but you're always gonna be my baby girl."

I lightly laughed at the fact that we were dancing to music on headphones.

"Go and have a ball, take every chance that you make, you know I'll be one call away, I'll always be, I'll always be your man."

At the end of that verse, he spun me around pulling the earbud out of my ear, I looked at him, and he turned the music off on his phone.

"Thanks Mija." He said, laughing a little, putting his phone back in his pocket. "I love you peanut. I hope you know that." He said, gathering me in a hug.

"I love you too." I said, returning his hug.

"Okay, let's get you to therapy." He kissed the top of my head, "you'll be fine." He slipped his arm around my waist and walked me back to the car.

•••

Questions:

Lin:

1.) @cassie_arg : Aaron Burr. I originally toggled between the 2 roles.

2.) bubblegumbroadway : Seb and I watch Sesame Street and Thomas.

3.) @hifriendsilikebooks : I'm really not. I'm trying my best though.

4.) MayaCatFairy : I know. I really do, at the same time, I watched her pass out in front of a hundred people. She's sick. I understand that forcing her to eat won't help her in the long run, but, well, I'm afraid. I'm trying to be a better dad.

5.) allisonnicoleroberts : most likely Seb

6.) @RaiseAGlass : yes of course I ship Lams. Lams is canon.

7.) writer_san : of course! *hugs*

8.) @NerdyHamiltrash : It's hard. It really is. When I met her she could eat a full pizza, but now, I mean, I found out that she was hiding carrots in her pocket from dinner. Carrots. I've seen her look dejected and angry after weighing herself. I've seen her wrap her arms around her stomach every time she feels self conscious. I've heard her stomach growl. I've seen her pass out because she hadn't eaten for a solid week. She lied to me about eating, she lied, I love her, and it hurts me to see her hate herself.

9.) andfreakingpeggy : I'm really not, but thanks for thinking I am.

10.) @randomrps: I worry that Abi's never going to have the same opportunities that other kids have. Or the same self esteem, I just want her to be happy again.

11.) onemusicalthing : I definitely will! I hope it's like, Rent or Fiddler or something classic.

12.) Buckbeak101 : Now I am.

13.) *gets up* *walks out of room* *walks down the hallway* *yells* NOPE! *keeps walking* *never returns*

14.) MayaCatFairy : I don't know what you're asking??

15.) SophiaTheHamilchild ; George Washington. No one really hated him, and he could fix us.

16.) elizaandalex : Definitely.

Yay!

Questions still open for:

Vanessa

Nick

Luke

Friends

Misc. (Seb)

Myself

Thanks for reading!

- Abi