Georgia's POV

I lost my grip on Denis' hand and I walked to the desk. I didn't know how to form my sentence but when I saw my father get up from the desk he had no hesitation to let me say anything but 'welcome home'.

My father was just as my mother described him but only his hair wasn't dark anymore it was grey and his eyes were just as she described.

"Your mother kept you from me all of these years." was the first thing he said to me, his accent was positively Russian and he was extremely pale. "You look just like her except for the nose, and those teeth of yours."

"I'm Georgia Francis." I said

"Francis-" He cleared his throat and lit his wooden pipe. "That's not my last name, nor hers."

"It's my stepdads I haven't changed it.."

"Your stepdad was a piece of shit." Gavryn shook his head angrily and Denis walked over to me quickly. "Who is this?" He asked changing his tone

"This, Gavryn is my light in this world." I hugged Denis and Gavryn held out his hand

"I'm Denis Shaforostov." Denis said

"Ukrainian?" He smirked

"What gave it away?" he asked laughing.

"You look like someone from my home."

I smiled at Denis and Gavryn who were now talking in a language I couldn't understand. Oh boy this should be fun...

I waved to them. "Georgia you can look around." Gavryn said

It only took me about 10 minutes to stop looking at book I wasn't interested in and leave the store. Something told me Denis and my real dad hit it off more then I did but maybe this was for the best. I just hope that they were talking about something important and not just their country...

I called James.

"Hello" He said

"James. "

"What's up, did you guys make it to Brixton?"

"Yes, and we found him with no problem."

"Your father? You found him?"

"Yeah we did."

"That's great! I'm happy for you! How is he? Is he nice?"

"He's really nice, except I have one problem."

"What's that?"

"Denis and him are speaking a totally different language and I just left."

"So Denis has stolen your dad." He was laughing

"Yes he did and it's not funny! It's mind boggling."

"Just relax, go get some food and just wait for Denis to call you. It's what we do with Ben when he wonders off at venues."

"Your making this worse.." I said

"Just relax! No need to get your trousers all wound up."

"They aren't.." I mumbled

"Georgia if there's one person who knows you better than anyone else it's me now listen here. Denis and your real dad are clearly hitting it off which means they probably are talking about you since they can connect really easy without it being awkward. It's why we connect. Were British and from the same city, we speak similar, and we have the same patterns when we do things. Now Denis and your father just met but didn't you say he's from Ukraine?"

"Yes." James made everything make sense in situations..

"So that means that they both speak that language and clearly have similarities, without any awkwardness because there is so much to talk about."

"I can hear the experience within this lecture."

"Georgia, let's face it. Your father may be using Denis to get closer to you. How did you introduce him?"

"I told him he was the light of my life." James started laughing

"You and him with that soft bullshit is just crazy but its also sweet."

"I don't know what I would do without you James."

"Lose your mind."

"Exactly... I couldn't tell you when I'm coming back home "

"Brandi is here with me now."

"Ohhh, I see how it is."

"To help Ben out I'm going to have sex on your bed."

"I'm going to hang up now. Please excuse my sick." I gag

"Well, I do actually have to go."

"Bye James."

"Don't worry about Denis and your dad just relax." He hung up as I sat down on the ground. A part of me wished I was with James because this was insane... what was I doing here in the middle of Brixton. I had found my father and I just ditched my boyfriend while he was talking with him. It made me look bad as well as a coward, but I also had every right to be a coward because I had no one else but the guys and Denis was the one I fell in love with...

I slid down the brick wall and waited for Denis and Gavryn.. I checked the time every few minutes and stared at the open sign on the book store door. What could they possibly be talking about? I kicked the ground and played with my phone case. I paced for a bit and I peeked into the store without making myself noticeable..

"Georgia?" I opened my eyes at Denis and Gavryn in front of me

"I thought you-"

"No, I was just talking Denis and we got caught up in Ukrainian politics." Gavryn said as Denis helped me up.

"I'm sorry we left you out of the conversation.. its just that Gavryn is really great and I have alot in common with him."

"I like you Denis." He smiled at Denis who had his arm around my shoulder.

"Your a good guy Gavryn." I looked at Denis and Gavryn they just met and they were practically connected.. Gavryn locked up his shop and came back to Ben's home with us.
"I'm not saying that seeing your mother after all of these years will mend ties but I will take her to my book shop and my small home but where is she currently residing?"

"She lives in my childhood home."
Denis was driving us back to Ben and Gavryn was in the back seat relaxing and smoking his pipe.

"Take me to see her." He said looking out of the opened window.

"I'm buying a plane ticket back to York tomorrow." I said
"I'm going back to Ukraine for another week until we go back on tour starting next Sunday."

"Tour?" I said surprised

"We are doing another tour." Denis said "I told Gavryn inside the shop."

I looked at Denis and I shook my head.. I was angry, no one told me this stuff and I was tired of being shut out and not included in whats to come..."
Denis was trying to pay attention to the road. Gavryn sat awkwardly in the back seat.. Until he opened his mouth.

"Georgia, how is your mother?" He changed the conversation completely. Avoiding what I just said to Denis, I knew that there would be a huge argument in the future with the guys and I. I wasn't invited on tour this time and I had to draw a line. I couldn't be like Brandi or Samantha... but that was my future. Either married, or at home with dogs. This life may have been fun but it's not just about touring and being in the band. I'm not with their band. I wasn't good enough for the tech crew, and I wasn't good enough for merch. I should have just let Mandy beat the shit out of me that day, I should have just let Stephen throw me on the streets when I was 10. I wasn't different from an abandoned dog who had been in several different situations. The one person I always leaned towards who promised not to leave was leaving me on tour.. I wasn't coming. That hurt. I know I sound like a 'Yoko Ono' if you will but being lied to kills me. The lies my mother used to tell me

"I'll bring you food tonight okay? I won't forget."

"I won't let him board your windows up"
"I will buy you new school clothes."

All of these were the lies.. my childhood was nothing but false hope and I thought meeting Asking Alexandria and being brought into the family would be what I deserved a family who would always be there for me. I may just be over thinking this.. maybe this tour was only a week long. Maybe Ben was going to get everyone together this weekend and discuss it. Just forget about it for now.

"My mother." I licked my lips gently "My mother is doing very opportunistic."

"I can't wait to see her." I looked at him and saw for the first time my features.. I had his nose and his dimples. The way his eyes lingered at the road.. I saw myself. My real father, the man who I carried his genes, I just wondered what kind of life I would have had if my mother wasn't so selfish and wasn't so afraid of losing me.. after all the 30 minutes of attention everyday as a kid was so precious.

She will be at her happiest since all of her wasted years." I said. We reached Ben's home and of course him and Samantha were not home and Gavryn sat on the couch. I went into the kitchen and poured me a glass of water, handed Denis and Gavryn a beer.
"Thank you." Denis mumbled. He was acting weird.. I had a really bad feeling about our talk we would have.

"Thank you Georgia." I sat on the love seat away from Denis and Gavryn and drank my water. I wish James was here to talk to and just let out how I feel right now. Thank god Gavryn noticed me staring at the walls.
"So what did you do before you met Denis and his band?" To take me all the way back to the old memories... The eviction notice, the doctrine declaring my American citizenship and that I belonged with my brother.. George, the move, the planes, the bed room Nicole had fixed up for me... the memories kept coming.

"I moved to America after my mother and my step-father were evicted. I lived with my brother and his partner Nicole for about a month. I had a job at a coffee shop called Starbucks. Its a huge franchise over there. When I worked there I had a creep for a boss, a really good co-worker.. I can't remember her name. Then there was Adam. He was... let's just say who he constantly picked on me because of my accent." I paused to see Gavryn's expression and he was all ears. He wanted to hear what I had to say. I avoided Denis' gaze because I knew if I looked at him while telling my real father my life story I would break down and want to be submerged in his arms.. I was madly in love with Denis Shaforostov and nothing was going to change that.
I continued as he took another sip of the Newcastle bottle. "When my best friend throughout my childhood-Nicole also brother's girlfriend, she bought me a Warped Tour ticket and when I went I got lost." Gavryn laughed and Denis nodded smiling at his bottle.. "I got lost back stage." I said

"Denis told me his side of this story." Gavryn interrupted me "Yours is abit different."

"Oh really." I looked over at Denis who was still laughing. "Anyways, since you already knows some of this I really hope you don't mind me telling it to you in how it happened in my eyes."

"No of course not! I want to hear." Gavryn smiled at me as his dimples in his pale, wrinkled cheeks crinkled and sank in one spot.

"Okay, okay." I laughed to myself " So when I got lost backstage Sam their bassist looked at me strangely as he was talking with their manager and the rest of the guys were doing their thing.. until here's where that guy comes in" I narrow my eyes at Denis who was taking a drink of his beer.
"I need to hear how she describes me..." I heard him say to Gavryn who was laughing rather loudly.

"I thought it was security, you know the guys who watch for suspicious activity and such.. no it wasn't security it was him. And he said this-" Denis interrupted
" 'You my dear fan look lost'..." I looked up at him and he was staring at me.. dead at me like a gun to a target.

"You remembered those words?" Gavryn asked Denis

"I always will." He said "The moment I saw her behind that stage I just knew that she was mine. Something that connects us Mr.Gavryn." He said

"What is your last name?" I asked trying to not look at Denis. I craved to kiss him if I was to look at him anymore..

"Levchenchov." He said "It should be your last name."

"I know it should be.. I should have also been raised by you and grew up in Russia. Learning Russian and not being locked in a bedroom alone for hours wondering if your mum will come and take care of you for what time her husband permits. To be hidden from the world besides the 6 hours of school I attended for the years I had to go." I could see Denis shifting in his chair his feet were already gripping the carpet.. Gavryn was listening to me. I didn't know if he was grinding his teeth but he didn't looked pleased.

"Georgia-" Gavryn said

"Or to have your step father beat on your mother for wanting to be with her child, to be called a bastard and never have any light shown on your face besides a small lamp.. not to mention the twin sized bed I had to sleep on for years.. my clothes- my clothes were covered in moth eaten holes, and I washed them at school in the sinks because I wasn't aloud in the bathroom in my own home... this went on for 17 years. 17 years and I just- I just.." I started to cry, water fell out of my eyes dripping all over my cheeks running down my neck. "Or .." I croaked and Denis knelt in front of me on the carpet.

"Georgia listen to me." Denis whispered to me. Gavryn was in the kitchen making something. "It's over. You have me." he grabbed me off the couch and cradled me in his arms. I watched Gavryn come back over to us handing me a warm cup of what smelled like herbs.

"My favorite tea. I thought it would cheer you up." He said
Denis nodded to him as Gavryn sat back on Ben's couch. He began to speak as Denis had sat on the couch and I had my head in his lap feeling his hands gently tug at my loose strands of hair. I sipped the tea and surprisingly it relaxed my whole body.
"How you were raised- I will never forgive that piece of shit you call your step-father. But your mother is the one who I told to stay here with me when we were together the night you were conceived. She was in tears the morning after and she left me. She should have stayed with me, divorced Stephen and we could have raised you together in a stable home. But things haven't ever gone my way with me and your mother. I was moved to Russia as a younger teen and I lived there until I was about 20 and I left. I had always loved your mother.. Abel Francis was the light of my teenage years and she still is but I know I can never forgive her for doing what she did to you as a child. The childhood you endured I would not wish on my worst enemy. You my daughter, deserve better and I truly hope Denis can give you that." He raised up from the couch and nodded to me "I need to smoke."
If I wasn't in tears I'm sure I would have joined him but there was just something that told me to stay where I was. In Denis' arms because the memories were flooding my mind,the loneliness, starvation, and abandonment.. these three made me who I was today. A clingy individual always needing someone around, I had issues and I refused to get help because I knew that having Denis by my side for what time he wouldn't be on tour with my best friends would help me. The deed I had to do next was pick myself up and get Gavryn and my mother together so I can know I made her happy. He needs that and so does she.. I have what I need and that's always going to be

"Denis." I said looking up

I feel like this chapter was sort of crazy..Alot of ideas thrown together but here it is :) Now that her father's found. I'm sure the rest is planed with her mother but what happens next after that? We have things to discover ;) I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I love you all-Mickey

(P.S. Wattpad changed the format on the computer so if the spacing is weird I'm sorry.. ironic that I brought up these issues a few updates ago and had a conversation about how much easier it is on a computer, well now I hate the new settings where you type it normally before changing it to bold or italicized .. anyhow I'm sorry for the rant. I posted a picture of Denis... <3 )