The Talk

Ashton's pov:

"Julieeeeeee" I whine and cling onto her arm as she laughs and pushes me away.

"Ashtonnnn" She mimics me back as I give her a small glare.

"I don't want tooooo...."

"But you have toooo...."

"I can't...."

"Yes you can...."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes, I know you are scared and all but-..."

"I'm not scared!!"

"If you say so..." she draws out, while I pout and follow her into her house.

"Do I have to remind you who I am?"

"Sure Mr. Badboy, enlighten me." She gives me a cheeky grin.

"I will have you know I am very manly, if I do say so myself."

"Great then!! I'll get my dad right now-..."

"NO!!!" I wrap my arms around her and tackle her to the couch, while she laughs from underneath me.

I shouldn't even be freaking out.

But I was.

It's been almost two weeks since Julie and I started dating.

I don't want to say that we are the schools power couple...

But we are definitely the schools power couple.

Even though Julie tends to roll her eyes every time I say it, she will come around.

...

Eventually.

But since we started dating, I never really had the 'the talk'....

With her dad....

Julie starts to squirm from underneath me as I smirk and sit up on the couch.

"Jeez, so rude." she mumbles.

"You know you love it."

"Love what?"

I wink at her, "the muscles-..." but before I could finish, she throws the couch pillow at my face.

"Weirdo."

"I love you."

"I love y-... oh hey dad!" Julie's voice squeaks as I look up to see her dad at the door day, taking off his jacket while watching us in the corner of his eye.

"Hi sweetie, and Ashton, nice to see you." He nods his head at me, while I awkwardly scratch the back of my neck.

"Hey Mr.Wells-...."

"Oh you can call me Dominic, Ashton." I nod my head at him as he walks over to us sitting next to each other on the couch.

Well...

That was until suddenly, he squeezes himself IN BETWEEN us on the couch.

Quickly, I scoot back as I could hear Julie's loud sigh from the other side of him.

"Dadddd."

"Oh isn't this nice." He says, feeling content.

"What are we watching?"

"We?" I whisper to myself as I look behind him and at Julie.

"Uhh..." she looks at the tv that was turned off... "Comedy."

"But it's turned off."

"The power went off."

I love you Julie.

...

But baby the lights in the house are on.

"Oh really?"

"Yep." She lays back onto the couch, "but seriously, what are you doing?"

He pauses, looking at me then back at her, "Well Julie... you know what we talked about earlier? I think I need to speak with Ashton in private."

"Oh okay, then I will just-..."

"No you stay here," he turns towards me, "be in my office, five minutes.... don't be late." I watch as he stands up and heads toward the stairs.

Once he was an ear distance away, I turn towards Julie, "I'm dead."

"No you're.... well...." she says, scooting closer to me as I rest my head on her shoulder.

"Do you think he will do that often?"

"Do what?"

"You know... awkwardly sit between us."

"I mean, he might have some ground rules, but I wouldn't think he would take it this far..." she draws out while I lift my head and turn towards her.

"I hate rules."

"Trust me, we all know." She grins.

"Plus, he doesn't know one thing." I wiggle my eyebrows at her as she tilts her head in confusion.

I lean towards her ear, "I can still climb through your window at anytime-..."

"And that is why I am getting locks on my windows!" She pushes me away.

"You wouldn't." I face towards her, as she gives me an innocent smile, pushing up her cute but dorky glasses that I can't help but fall in love with over and over again.

Gosh this woman has me going insane.

"Oh I most definitely would."

"If you do-..."

"Don't you have somewhere to be?" She says innocently, pushing me away again, but this time off the couch.

"This discussion isn't over."

"Mhhhhhm have fun!" She waves, while grabbing the tv remote.

"You're not going to wish me luck?"

"Good luck!" She calls over her shoulder, the sound of Aladdin blasting through the tv.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I wasn't scared of the man.

I wasn't scared of his rules.

He was a father, I respected that, he just wants what is best for his only daughter.

But if I was fearing anything.... then maybe it would be his expectations.

Julie's dad, of course, means so much to her.

What if he thinks... I'm not good enough?

God, I feel and sound like a fuckin wimp.

I love Julie way too much to let her go...

I just hate the fact that this man has so much weight in our relationship.

I would no doubt fight for Julie if her dad didn't approve...

But, I would never, EVER make her choose between me and her family.

So yes... I wasn't looking forward to 'the talk'...

But if it means a lot to Julie...

Then it means a lot to me.

So opening the door to his office, I take a deep breath.

But instantly pause to see what lays before me.

...

Well actually, what DOESN'T lay before.

"Mr. Wells-... uh I mean Dominic?" I question, as I look around to see an empty room.

.... As so I thought.

Suddenly, the chair centered behind the desk in the middle of the room starts to turn around...

Slowly...

Revealing Dominic petting a...

Is that a lion king simba plushie??!

"Ahh Ashton, I've been expecting you." He says, in a low, what seems to be an attempt of an imitating voice.

"Is that a simba-..."

"NO!!" He shouts, and suddenly throws it to the wall before I could finish.

I never had 'the talk' before...

But I don't think it's supposed to be like this.

Dominic quickly puts his hands together on the desk like nothing happened as I try to shake the scary thoughts of a grown man petting a simba plushie while trying to be imitating out of my head.

"Take a seat..."

"There is no seat-..."

"SIT!!"

I knew I would regret this until the day I die.

In front of his desk, I slowly, but painfully go into a squatting position.

If Julie saw this now she would never let me forget it.

I probably looked somewhere between awkward and constipated.

"Ahh very good." He says in a strange accent, reaching down into his desk drawer to pull out...

A packet?

In horror, I looked at what seemed to be almost fifty pages, and on the front, it said 'Dating Rules.'

"What the-..." I turn to the first page.

No getting closer than six feet apart...

No making eye contact for more than five seconds...

No talking unless parent supervision...

No, under any circumstances, physical contact.

"These are just a couple rules, it goes into more detail on the next few pages..."

"Wait but-..."

"If you break a rule, I will have no choice but to fire you..."

"Fire me???"

"Look this is a one time offer, you have to know what you are dealing with."

"Is this for Julie or am I signing a contract to buy a house??"

"Page 38, paragraph 4, buying a house with Julie is restricted..."

I wanted to laugh, this was a joke right? But looking at his expression... Didn't make want to laugh at all.

"Dominic you can't be serious..."

"Do you think this is funny? Do you think I take my daughters feelings as a joke? Is she some joke to you?!"

That got me angry.

Sure, I may not reach his expectations.

I don't read the Bible every night and sing church songs like his expectations might be.

I might not be the most well behaved person on the planet.

...

Or might be well behaved at all.

But the fact that he would think that Julie was just a joke to me pissed me off.

"Look, I can't follow these rules."

"Oh, so what I want for my daughter is not important to you? Is what I say really mean nothing??!"

"I give a damn about everything you have to say! But I can't follow through with this!" I lift up the packet and wave it in front of him before chucking it on to the floor.

He stares at it with a sort of mixed expression.

I was no doubt playing with fire playing with fire... but for Julie I definitely wasn't afraid to get burned.

"If you can't follow these rules, you can't date my daughter-..."

And that was it.

Those words did it.

I.

Flipped.

"The HELL I CAN'T?!"

"Ashton Rider hear me loud and clear, no rules, no girlfriend, And absolutely no Julie."

"You can't do that!!!!"

"I'm her father, I have every say in her future!!!"

"But these rules make no sense!! Did you ever consider the fact that Julie probably doesn't want any of these also??!"

At this rate, we were both standing, screaming at one another.

"What makes you think you can take care of Julie better than I can?!"

"You know why I think?!! Because I am so in love with her, there isn't even a word to describe how much I would do for her. Every. Single. Day. For the rest of my life, I will do nothing but take care of her. I will look after her and put her above myself every second of the day. Her wants, needs, emotions, feelings, will be nothing but my top priority. I'm not afraid of you, or your dumb ass rules, but I want you to know that another man could never love your daughter as much as I do."

Taking a deep breath, I pause after all that I said.

I didn't even know what I was saying, it just came out

With no emotion, Dominic stares me down, and then sits back down in his chair.

I wanted to slap myself in the face.

Great, now he hates me.

But... that was until the edges of his mouth twitches upward.

I could do nothing but open my mouth in complete shock as a smile grazes his face, as he starts to slow clap.

"Well done"

"Wait what-..."

"You passed."

...

"Passed?"

"The test you silly child."

...

"Huh?"

He stands up from his chair, his smile not leaving his face as he walks around his desk and grabs my hand, shaking it.

"You have my blessing to date my daughter."

It was like someone decided to repeatedly slap my face over and over again.

"Wait so you mean, this whole rule thing was a test?"

"I just needed to hear how much my daughter meant to you, I'm not that insane." He shakes his head at me while starting to laugh.

"So I can be closer than six feet with her?"

He pats me on the back, "I'll let it slide. But hurt her... and I'll kill you."

This time, it was my turn to laugh, but when I realized he wasn't laughing with me, I stop.

"That was a joke. Right?"

"..."

"Right?"

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