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"are you okay thena?" my dad asked as soon as he saw my face.

"can we just go home please," i pleaded looking at him.

"yeah of course let's go," he grabbed my bag for me as we walked to the car.

we drove in silence and as we got to the apartment block, a giant smile appeared on my dads face as he grabbed me and ran up the stairs to the apartment.

a laugh bubbled up my throat as he ran up three flights of stairs to our floor, he put me down at the front of our door so he could unlock it.

as soon as we walked in i began to take my hockey gear off leaving me in leggings and a vest top.

i made my way over to my dad on the sofa and sat down next to him as a show played in the background.

"should we order takeout?" my dad questioned.

"yes, can we get chinese please?" i asked giving him puppy eyes.

"of course anything for you thena," he spoke with a smile, lightly kissing me on my forehead as he got up to grab his phone to order the takeout.

i slid off the sofa to go and take a quick shower.  after i finished i sat in front of the coffee table so i could finish my math homework, only having a couple of questions left.

"you played good today kiddo," my dad complimented me as he sat back down.

"thanks pops, even though we lost and our new coach is rude," i spoke with a sigh as i placed my homework into my school bag.

"mhm, gordon bombay a champion in pew wee hockey, we played together for the hawks until i moved and joined a different team," he spoke as my jaw hung open.

"you knew my coach! what! no wonder he looked confused when he said my name," shock still covering my face as i spoke.

"yeah he must have recognised your second name we used to be really close until i moved," i was going to reply until the doorbell rang and my dad got up to get our food.

as soon as he placed the food down we began eating, watching tangled and before i knew it i feel asleep on the sofa.

i partially opened my eyes as i felt someone pick me up, i saw my dad was smiling down at me as he carried me too my room.

"thank you, i love you," i spoke, sleep lacing my voice and he placed me down and the last thing i remember was him kissing my forehead before leaving my room.

the next day i invited connie over, we watched lots of movies and painted each-others nails.

"woah, your nail art is amazing, can you do mine?" connie asked with excitement as she saw the flowers on my nails.

"yeah of course, what colour?" i asked with a smile.

"blue and pink please, pink representing me and blue representing you because you're my best friend," she said to me pulling me into a hug.

after painting our nails we decided to go to the park, we mostly just took turns pushing each other on the swings until the temperature dropped and we decided it was a good time to go home.

we began walking home so i walked connie to her house as she only lived a few houses down from my apartment building.

it was just me and my dad in the two bedroomed apartment, i never met my mom, she left just after i was born so it's just been the two of us for as long as i can remember.

we are super close, i don't know much about my mom as my dad doesn't speak of her so i just assumed it was because he was too heartbroken.

i pushed those thoughts aside as i arrived home, kissing my dad on the cheek before going to bed.