Missed you

"Okay my darling, let's go" said Dom as he smiled and he walked to the back seat of his car to carry Joy.

"Okay Daddy" said Joy as she smiled and she unbuckled her seatbelt as her father came around to the door to carry her out of the car.

"My princess, let me…" said Dom as he was cut off.

"I already did it myself daddy" said Joy as she giggled and she looked very proud of herself.

"Oh… wow" said Dom as he was surprised, it seemed that his little girl was growing everyday right before his eyes, and he felt like if he closed his eyes even for a second, he would miss her growing up.

"I am a big girl daddy" said Joy as she giggled.

"That you are my dear" said Dom as he laughed and he carried Joy out of the car.

"But you are still little, you are only four" said Dom as he laughed and he pressed a button on his car key and his car was locked, his little girl already wanted to grow up.

"Yes daddy, but Mommy says that I am a big girl already" said Joy as she laughed.

"Well your mommy is right, it's good that you are growing, if you didn't then I would worry" said Dom as he laughed and he pinched Joy's nose and she giggled as they walked through the parking lot.

"Speaking of that your mommy, just where in the world is she??" asked Dom to himself as he sighed.

"She better not be late and miss this appointment that she book herself" said Dom to himself as he shook his head and he sighed, Natasha should not have even thought of ruining this day for either Joy or him.

"Hello my baby" came Natasha's voice as she walked to where Joy and Dom were, as if she had heard Dom's thoughts.

"Speak of the one I was waiting for" said Dom to himself as he sighed in relief, at least now he knew that Joy was as important to her as she was to him.

"Mommy!!" said Joy as her eyes lit up and she moved in her Father's embrace, and he sighed and he let her down as she rushed to hug Natasha.

"Hello my darling" said Natasha as she smiled brightly at Joy and she carried her in her arms.

"Did you miss me??" asked Natasha as she poked Joy' nose.

"Yes Mommy, yes I missed you" said Joy as she giggled.

"And so did I my dear" said Natasha as she laughed.

"Mommy, did you finish that important thing that you wanted to do??" asked Joy as she looked at her mother.

"Yes I did my baby, in fact I had a good time" said Natasha as she laughed and Joy giggled, as Natasha walked over to where Dom was, she kept the smile on her face as she looked at her baby.

"I thought that you would run late" said Dom as he looked down at his watch as he looked back at Natasha.

"The time is only 9:55 am, we still have 5 minutes, so we are early" replied Natasha as she looked at Joy and she smiled.

"Mhmm" said Dom as he noticed that Natasha did not even look at him at all, as if she was purposely ignoring him, to which he was sure that she was.

"My princess, let's go now" said Dom as he turned to Joy with open arms as he smiled at her.

"What's wrong??" asked Dom as he noticed that Joy was very still as she turned to look at him.

"You don't want me to carry you?" asked Dom.

"Yes Daddy" said Joy as she nodded her head.

"I want to stay with Mommy" said Joy as she hugged her mother.

"Awww my baby, I also want to stay with you too" said Natasha as she laughed.

"Oh well alright then my princess" said Dom as he sighed, what could he do?? Well nothing at all, it was Joy's decision, he just found it so annoying that Joy would rather stay with Natasha than him, he was her father, and yet she preferred her mother.

"It's good that you know who the superior parent is my baby" said Natasha as she turned to look at Joy and she laughed as Dom walked ahead.

"Wow, alright" said Dom as he scoffed.

"I heard you Natasha" he said.

"I know, I was not hiding at all" said Natasha as she scoffed at him and she began to walk to catch up with him, while Joy just observed the behaviour of the two adults who were her parents.

"So is this how mommies and daddies who don't love each other act towards each other??" asked Joy to herself as she began to think, she knew that her parents didn't love each other, but as her mother had said, they both still loved her regardless, and she was happy about that.

Dom stopped walking as he entered the entrance of the school that was a huge glass door, he wondered if this was safe at all for children, but he guessed that It was, he waited for Natasha and Joy to catch up with him, because they were supposed to come here as a family, and not as enemies.

"Who are we supposed to be meeting here??" asked Dom as to him the school looked totally empty with no one at all in sight, and it was very quiet too.

"I have no idea" said Natasha as she stood beside Dom while still carrying Joy.

"But didn't you make the appointment??" asked Dom as he turned to look at Natasha, he could not trust her.

"Yes, of course I did, and they do not necessarily say who will give the tour Mr. White" said Natasha as she turned to look at Dom and she smiled angrily at him, as if she was being forced to be here with him and Dom just sighed, he was not going to ask, if she wanted to play the victim, then he would let her play the victim, even though he was the true victim of all her actions.

"Ahh Mr and Mrs, White??" came the voice of a young woman in her mid-thirties, she have brown eyes and black hair that she tied neatly into a bun and she had a pair of glasses sitting on her nose, she was wearing a blue dress with a yellow ribbon at the waist.

"Yes??" replied both Dom and Natasha at the same time.

"Oh, I am sorry to keep you waiting, I had to supervise some renovations happening at the other side of the school" said the woman as she smiled and she walked to where Dom and Natasha were standing along with Joy.

"That is no problem at all" said Dom as he smiled.

"Oh my where are my manners?? I did not even introduce myself" said the woman as she laughed and she face-palmed herself.

"My name is Mrs. Goldie Greencrest, and I am the Principal of the Scholars Academy" said the woman named Goldie as she stretched out her hand to shake Dom's.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Greencrest" said Dom as he smiled and he shook her hand.

"Same here" said Natasha as she smiled and she shook her hand.

"The pleasure is all mine, please forgive me for my tardiness earlier" said Goldie as she laughed.

"There is nothing to worry about at all" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Oh Thank you Mrs. White" said Goldie as she smiled and her eyes moved to Joy's.

"And this must be your little angel" said Goldie as she smiled and she waved at Joy.

"Yes, this is Joy, our daughter" said Natasha as she smiled and she did not look at Dom at all.

"Joy say Hi to the principal" said Natasha as she looked down at Joy.

"Hello Principal" said Joy as she smiled and she waved at Goldie.

"Awww Hello Joy" said Goldie as she smiled.

"Well let us begin the tour, and I am sure that you will like what you will see" said Goldie as she smiled.

"I sure hope so" said Dom as he smiled.

"You know, a very supportive parent of ours Mrs. Thompson called me personally to make sure that I am aware that you both were coming today" said Goldie as she laughed.

"Well yes… Chloe is thrilled with the idea of Joy attending this same school, seeing as her son Ethan goes here too" said Natasha as she laughed, Chloe was really something else.

"Oh well, let me not fail her expectations, so please follow me" said Goldie as she smiled and she began to walk and Dom and Natasha followed after her.

"This School has been run by my family for years, in fact we are almost thirty years old" said Goldie as she smiled as they walked through the big, empty hallway.

"Wow, thirty years?? That is older than me" said Natasha to herself.

"That is very impressive, but how come I have never heard of your school before, and I do not mean to sound rude" said Dom as he smiled.

"Oh not at all Mr. White, there is nothing rude with your honest question" said Goldie as she smiled.

"Well the truth is that the school lost money some while ago, and it stopped operating" said Goldie as she smiled.

"That is very serious" said Natasha, it was not an easy thing for an entire school to fold up.

"Oh I know Mrs. White, which was why I was not ready for my family's legacy to be trampled upon, so me and my husband poured all our resources to the school, and here we are today" said Goldie as she smiled.

"And you have done really well, from what I have heard" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Yes, yes we have Mrs. White, and this brings us to our first stop on the tour." said Goldie as she smiled and she stopped walking and she turned to look at Dom and Natasha.