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I can finally let out a huge sigh with this weight lifted off my shoulders. It was soooooo hard not to just blurt it out in a journal or in the comments XD", "description_bbcode_parsed": "A huge Wolfe Family secret is finally revealed... I can finally let out a huge sigh with this weight lifted off my shoulders. It was soooooo hard not to just blurt it out in a journal or in the comments XD", "writing": "Saturday December 15, 2029\n\n\tWillow walked through the foyer after the door bell was rung a few times in a row. She was in the first floor office reading up on some new possibly laws that could affect the orphanage and the daycare at Wolfe and Fox. She reached the door just as Vapor walked into the foyer from the stairs. Willow opened the door then stood there with her muzzle open staring at the fur.\n\t“Who is it Willow?” Vapor asked. She stopped upon seeing the fur. He stood there with his arms to his side.\n\t“J-Jaden?” Willow finally spoke out.\n\t“H-hi Willow,” he said smiling.\n\t“JADEN! OH MY GOD!” Willow said and lunged at and pulling him into a hug.\n\t“Nice to see you too Willow,” he replied with a chuckle and hugged her back tightly. Vapor walked up and hugged him while Willow still embraced him. After a few moments Willow stepped back and looked at the now adult Jaden in front of her.\n\t“Wow, Jaden, you look really good,” she said.\n\t“You do too. You look the same as when I left,” he said.\n\t“Stop that, I’ve aged too much,” she replied blushing.\n\t“Hey, uh, Willow, do you think Jaden would like to come in or stand at the door freezing all day while you flirt with him?” Vapor asked.\n\t“Oh. Uh yeah. Yes. Come in Jaden,” she replied.\n\t“Thank you,” he said. He walked in and pulled three suitcases inside and sat them near the door. He was muscular and now around a foot taller and his mane fully grown in. Willow smiled at him as she walked beside him into the living room. Once he sat down Willow leaned towards Vapor and whispered something into her ears. Vapor nodded back then left and headed upstairs.\n\t“Where’s everyone at?” Jaden asked.\n\t“Everyone huh?” She replied.\n\t“Well, yeah, I guess,” he replied.\n\t“Sorry. It’s just a shock to see you so suddenly and out of the blue. You should have called we would have been waiting for you,” Willow said.\n\t“Then it wouldn’t have been a surprise, now would it?” Jaden replied.\n\t“No. I suppose not. It really was… is a surprise,” she replied still smiling.\n\t“Anyway, Fang is out in town with Onai, Tib, Katia, Luna and Todd. Everyone else is in their bedrooms other than Pepper and Shade.\n\t“Who’s Todd?” He asked.\n\t“Oh yeah. Forgive me. Todd is Luna’s boyfriend and the father of their pup,” she explained.\n\t“Luna has a pup?” Jaden asked shocked.\n\t“Yeah. You remember Laika? I think she was around four, five or six years old when you were here last,” she said.\n\t“Yeah, I remember the little cutie. What about her?” He asked.\n\t“She has six pups of her own. Her boyfriend, well mate, is living here now. He came here from China under a student visa and now working on studying to become a full USF citizen,” she explained.\n\t“Wow. Okay, uh, anything else?” He asked.\n\t“Pepper and Shade moved out. They moved to California this summer,” she replied.\n\t“Where to?” He asked.\n\t“Laguna Beach,” she replied.\n\t“Sounds expensive,” he replied.\n\tShe chuckled, “oh yeah, very expensive. Their house was over nine million dollars and it’s only fifteen-hundred square feet, if I remember correctly. Beach front property. A nice community with, I think nine other houses. Beautiful area,” she said.\n\t“Wow, they must be doing really well out there. I’m happy for them,” he replied.\n\t“Eh, they’re getting by. They just started their own family too. It’s funny actually. Come to find out Pepper most likely got pregnant on the same night as Laika,” she replied and wiped laughter tears from her face.\n\t“What? Really? That’s crazy! I’m happy to hear they’re doing well,”\n\t“Yeah, It’s so odd Jaden. It was a crazy day. It was found out that Laika was pregnant then later in the day Pepper and Shade called and revealed that she was pregnant,” Willow said and laughed. “It was just a day. Just a crazy day.”\n\t“I bet it was. So Luna and Laika both have pups. The house is full now huh?” he replied.\n\t“Yeah, Laika’s pups are less than a month old actually. She went into labor on Thanksgiving morning, starting around three AM. Then a day or two later I flew out to California to be with Pepper and Shade. She gave birth just a few days after Laika did” she explained.\n\t“Wow. I don’t even know what to say,” he replied.\n\t“Yeah, I’m not sure what to think of this year either, it’s been crazy for our family, just, I don’t know even know. Anyways, how you been Jaden? Are you okay? Did you, uh. Did you keep that promise?” Willow asked. Jaden exhaled then nodded.\n\t“Yeah, yeah I did. Thirty-two places around the US. I left a memento of Shayla at each one,” he explained.\t\n\t“That’s sweet of you Jaden. I’m happy to hear that. How are you doing though?” She asked.\n\t“I’m good. All that really helped me I think. It was tough the first year. I ended up renting a log cabin just outside of Yosemite National Park, for almost eight months. I barely did anything. I barely ate. Hardly left the cabin. Left just once a week to go get food from the nearby town. I just shut myself in. I ended up having a dream like eight months into it. Shayla. She … She appeared in my dream. She was running around, jumping, doing everything a foal should be doing. She was healthy, full of life and happy, except for one thing. Me. She told me to stop being like this and do what we used to do. Go and have fun,” he explained.\n\t“Wow Jaden. I don’t even know what to say about that,” she replied.\n\t“Yeah, it was a rude and very sad awakening for me. I left a few days later and started my… our journey. I rode buses and trains across the country. Something that I told Shayla we would do,” he replied. He picked up his backpack and opened it. He pulled out the ocelot plush toy and held it in his paws.\n\t“I’m glad to see that you still have that,” she said.\n\t“I told you, this thing will go everywhere with me. It never left my sight,” he replied.\n\t“Good to hear that you kept all of your promises,” Willow said.\n\t“Yeah. It was tough for awhile but I pulled through,” he replied.\n\t“So are you back for good or are you just here for a visit, passing through, or what?” Vapor asked.\n\t“I thnk I’m back for good. Probably just stay at that new motel while I try to figure out what I’m going to do, and look for a job too,” he replied.\n\t“You’re not staying at that motel Jaden, I forbid it,” Willow stated.\n\t“Oh yeah? You forbid me to do something? Me? As an adult?” He replied smirking.\n\t“Oh, uh well. Um, do… Do whatever you like, you’re an adult after all,” Willow stuttered out while whipping her paw at him, as if she was swatting a fly away.\n\t“Where do you suggest I stay at?” He asked smiling.\n\t“We still have a spare bedroom or two, if you want,” Willow said.\n\n\tHe looked over in the direction of the first floor guest bedroom and exhaled deeply. He turned his head back around and looked at the wall while he breathed in deeply for a few moments.\n\n\t“I. I can’t stay in that room Willow. Just the memories of Shayla’s last couple of months. Her not able to walk anymore, her not able to sit up on her own to use the restroom, not able to take a bath or shower on her own, unable to do anything that required her legs or back. She passed away on the balcony out there. In my arms Willow,” he said and wiped his face off from a few tears.\n\t“I wouldn’t dare or allow you to be put you in that room unless you asked to Jaden,” she replied.\n\t“Thanks,” he exhaled and looked at the plushy in his hooves.\n\t“You’re still not over it completely are you Jaden?” She asked.\n\t“No. No, I’m not Willow. I’ll never will be. I’m sure you know and understand that. She was my little sister, my best friend other than Fang and Vapor. And pretty much my daughter. She was taken way too soon,” he replied. Vapor stood up and left the living room heading into the kitchen. She returned a moment later with a glass of water and handed it to him.\n\t“Thanks,” he replied then took a few drinks. He sat it down on a coaster on the coffee table and looked back at the plushy. He kissed it then put it back in his bag and zipped it up.\n\n\tAfter a bit Jaden looked at Willow and smiled like he used to at her.\n\t“Say Willow, have you, um, found you someone special yet?” He asked.\n\t“No Jaden. I haven’t. I’ve been really busy with all the businesses and other stuff,” she replied.\n\t“Oh, I’m sorry for bringing that up. I shouldn’t have asked,” he replied.\n\t“It’s okay Jaden,” she replied.\n\t“Have you dated since us?” He asked.\n\t“One guy,” she replied and rolled her eyes.\n\t“Oh?” He asked.\n\t“Ugh… I don’t even know about that one. He was a bit weird. Nice, but weird. I don’t want to get into that one,” she replied.\n\t“That’s okay, you don’t have to,” he replied with a chuckle.\n\n\tOver the next two hours Jaden talked to Laika and met Lin and their pups and Tamra, who was staying over again. They sat there chatting when one of the garage doors opened. Willow stood up and excused herself then stepped out into the garage.\n\n\t“What’s that about?” Jaden asked Vapor.\n\t“She has to talk to Fang privately about something,” she replied.\n\t“Oh okay,” he replied.\n\t“Has she been okay?” He asked.\n\t“Yeah. She’s been good. She’s missed you though. Especially during the first couple of years,” she replied.\n\t“Really?” He asked.\n\t“Yeah,” Vapor replied.\n\t“Do. Um. Do you think me and her would still be possible?” He asked.\n\t“I don’t know Jaden. I’m not the one to ask. You need to ask Willow that,” she replied.\n\t“Yeah. I figured you’d say that,” he replied and laughed.\n\t“Jaden. She did love you in the way that you wanted her to, six, seven years ago. But tread carefully and watch your wording and language,” she warned.\n\t“Okay, I will. Thank you Vapor. Helpful as always,” he replied.\n\t“No problem Jaden. You were and still are a great friend and an amazing fur,” she replied.\n\t“Vapor, you haven’t seen my parents, have you? Since they ran off?” He asked.\n\t“No I haven’t,” she replied and looked over at him. His eyelids were heavy, halfway closed. He breathed in a deep breath then exhaled a few seconds later.\n\t“Okay. I’m glad you haven’t. I’ll kill them if I see them,” he said.\n\t“Don’t do that Jaden. It’s not worth going to prison over. Trust me when I say that. It’s NOT worth it,” she replied and placed her paw on his shoulder.\n\t“Yeah I know,” he replied and smiled at her.\n\n\tA few minutes later Willow walked back in and stood at the top of the steps.\n\t“Jaden, there’s someone that I want you to meet,” she said stepping down the steps and to the side, to get out of the way.\n\t“Who?” He asked, looking at her confused until his attention was brought back to the top of the steps.\n\n\tA young cub stepped into view and walked down the steps.\n\t“I want you to meet Shayla Jayden Wolfe. Your daughter,” she said. \n\tJaden stood there, with his muzzle wide open, processing the information that just bombarded his ears. He took a few steps forward and looked down at the young girl.\n\t“She… my… what? Da-daughter?” he stuttered out.\n\t“Yes, Jaden. Your daughter. My daughter. OUR daughter,” Willow said. The young girl’s coat was mostly white with brown spots all over her. Her tail, paws and hindpaws was that of wolves. Her face and ears were horse. Her eyes were green and hair was brown.\n\n\tShayla walked up to the tall male horse in front of her and looked up at him.\n\t“This is daddy?” She asked then looked over at her mom.\n\t“Yes Shayla. This is your daddy. The one that I told you stories about,” Willow replied.\n\t“Daughter? Shayla?” He asked squatting down. He looked at her for a few second then pulled her into a hug. Tears started flowing down his face while he hugged her. She stood there in his embrace, her arms against her sides, confused and unsure of what was going on and if her mom was right about this being her daddy. After a just half a minute he released the young half horse-half wolf cub from his embrace. He fell backwards to his butt. His legs spread apart and his body being held upright by his hands slightly behind him.\n\t“She looks almost like Shayla,” he said.\n\t“Pretty close because of your genes. Realistically, she looks just like you, minus her tail and paws.” Willow said. He shook his head then slapped himself. Hard. It echoed through the living room.\n\t“OW! Fuck. Okay, I AM awake,” he said.\n\t“Language around my… our, cub,” Willow said.\n\t“How?” He asked looking at Willow.\n\t“Don’t say bad words?” She replied.\n\t“That’s NOT what I meant Willow. How? Her? Daughter?” He asked looking at the young cub still standing in front of him. She was silent and staring at him. Unsure if he really was her daddy.\n\t“Well, you and I had sex and-”\n\t“Willow! I know how pups, foals, whatever are made. We had sex, a lot! But you were on the daily pill,” he replied, causing Willow to giggle.\n\t“Those are only 98% effective,” she replied.\n\t“Okay so you, we, were 2% lucky? Unlucky?” He replied confused, unsure about everything.\n\t“No, definitely not unlucky. She’s my beautiful daughter who I love very much,” she replied.\n\t“Willow… Why? Why didn’t you tell me?” He asked sitting back up on his legs.\n\t“I wanted to so badly Jaden. I really did. But you needed your time to grieve for your sister. I wasn’t going to pull you away from that and the promises that you made her. I knew that if I told you, you’d come back home and not fulfill that promise to your sister,” she replied sitting down near him, a foot or two away. Shayla walked up and hugged her mom then sat down in her lap. She looked up at her mom after she felt the kiss on the back of her head.\n\t“How? I just don’t understand this Willow. How could you… we, have a pup? Foal? I mean, we didn’t use condoms but you were on the pills,” he replied.\n\t“Yes and no Jaden. I stopped taking them after Shayla died because we stopped having sex,” she explained.\n\t“I’m dead?” Shayla asked.\n\t“No sweetie,” Willow chuckled, “another Shayla, we’ll talk about it later okay?”\n\t“Okay mommy,” she replied.\n\t“How? How old is she?” Jaden asked.\n\t“Ask your daughter,” Willow replied and smiled.\n\t“How old are you?” He asked.\n\t“I’m six,” she replied holding up six fingers.\n\t“Oh… Oh. That night before I left?” He asked.\n\t“No, Jaden. I was already two weeks pregnant when you left. The night when you told me that you were going leave to go do the tours for the promise. We had sex that night. Shayla was conceived that night. I didn’t think anything about it. I forgot that I wasn’t on the pill to be honest,” Willow explained.\n\t“So. You really ARE my daughter?” He said. Shayla looked up at him and nodded. She took the necklace from her neck and opened the locket. She pointed at the younger Jaden and said, “daddy,” and smiled.\n\t“God, Shayla. Come here,” he said opening his arms. She stood up and walked over to him. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly while he sat down on his butt. Her legs was pulled into his lap as he sat there with tears forming in his eyes.\n\t“Shayla, I’ll protect you with my life and love you more than you’ll ever want,” he said, “I promise.”\n\t“Okay, uh… daddy?” She said still unsure.\n\t“You can call me daddy if you want to, or Jaden,” he replied. She looked at the locket in her paw and the picture of him and her mom for a short moment. She wrapped her arms around his neck, “daddy,” she said then hugged him.\n\n\tAfter a couple of minutes Jaden looked over at Willow.\n\t“Where? How? I. Ugh… Where does this leave you and me Willow? I don’t even know. … What is even going on?” He asked. Shayla turned around and sat down in his lap then smiled at her mom, who had walked back over near the two.\n\t“I don’t know, maybe we can pick up where we left off at,” she replied. She reached over and rubbed Shayla’s paw smiling back at their daughter.\n\t“Just as if I never left?” He asked.\n\t“No Jaden. You left. But you left for good reasons. Acceptable reasons. Not like my assh- uhmm… ex-husband. I don’t blame you for leaving Jaden. You were physically, mentally and emotionally broken back then. I didn’t want you to leave but I knew that you needed to get away. You needed to get away from the house that you had so much pain and suffering in, your parents house. To get away from this town. And if you never came back, I’d be okay with that too. I loved you so much Jaden and I never told you that truthfully. I really did LOVE you. I. Umm. I think I still do love you Jaden,” she replied.\n\t“I’m so sorry Willow. I just don’t even know what to think. My brain is just going in a million directions right now. I can’t even think straight right now,” he replied.\n\t“Don’t be sorry Jaden. Believe me, you’re fine. I’m not upset that you had to leave. I’m not upset that I got pregnant. I’m not anything bad or mad with you. You needed all that time to grieve for your sister. I hope you can understand why I never told you any of those times that you called,” Willow replied.\n\t“After all this time Willow, you’re still an amazing and caring fur. And cute as ever,” he replied.\n\t“Knock that off Jaden,” she replied blushing.\n\t“There’s that blush. I’ve missed that so much Willow,” he replied and smiled.\n\t“Jaden, before anything, there’s things we need to talk about,” Willow said.\n\t“I’m not surprised,” he replied.\n\t“For now, just visit with everyone. Don’t forget to say hi to Fang, who’s been leaning against the wall forever by now,” Willow said standing up.\n\t“Hi Fang. It’s so nice to see you again!” Jaden said.\n\t“It’s good to see you too Jaden,” Fang said walked up to him. He reached out and shook Jaden’s hoof, “welcome back home bro,” he said then pulled Jaden into a hug.\n\t“Glad to be back,” Jaden replied.\n\t“Hell of a surprise, right?” Fang asked.\n\t“Hehuuuh, yeah. Um. Yeah. I still think that I’m somehow sleeping,” Jaden said. Fang squeezed Jaden’s hoof, hard, causing him to wince.\n\t“Bubba! You hurt him!” Shayla said.\n\t“Nah Shayla, your daddy is strong. That didn’t hurt him,” he replied.\n\t“Fang, what do you think about having a little sister again? And that it’s mine?” Jaden asked.\n\t“I’m cool with it. I love Shayla. She’s fun and amazing. She really loves running around na-”\n\t“[b]BUBBA NO!!![/b]” Shayla said turning red and tried to jump to cover his mouth. Fang laughed and looked up at Jaden. Jaden stood up taking Shayla into his arms. She smiled and hugged him while he walked over to the couch and sat down. He sat her in his lap, turning her around to face him.\n\t“Shayla,” he said quietly, softly.\n\t“Yes?” She replied.\n\t“Nothing. I’m just thinking about someone else,” he replied and sighed. She reached up and placed her paw on his face, wiping some tears away.\n\t“Why you sad?” She asked.\n\t“I’m more happy than sad,” he said.\n\t“Because of me?” She asked.\n\t“Partially,” he replied.\n\t“What’s that mean?” she asked.\n\t“It means part. Like, oh I don’t know. Let’s see. You like MEGO bricks?” He asked.\n\t“Yes. I have lots. I can show you,” she replied.\n\t“Maybe later okay? You know when you build something but then stop building and you’re only halfway done? That’s partially built. It’s not fully complete,” he replied.\n\t“Oh okay. I understand, I think,” she replied.\n\t“Jaden you hungry?” Vapor asked.\n\t“Actually yeah. I haven’t eaten since like five AM and I’m starving,” he replied.\n\t“JADEN! You should have said something sooner,” Vapor scowled.\n\t“I didn’t even notice that I was hungry until you asked me. Just so much today. Coming home. All the surprises with the new cubs. Then I find out that I’ve got a daughter. I, ~[i]laughs[/i]~ I don’t even know what to say, do or think,” he replied.\n\t“You best get that brain of yours working. You’ve got a daughter to care for now and her mother,” Vapor said standing up.\n\t“I think it’s the other way around, Vapor. Willow took care of me,” he replied.\n\t“Because you took care of the most precious thing in your life, Jaden. Everything that Willow did for you, you more than deserved,” she replied.\n\t“Thank you Vapor,” he replied.\n\t“So what do you want to eat?” She asked.\n\t“Doesn’t matter, I’ll eat pretty much anything now,” he replied.\n\t“Good, I’ll make you a broccoli sandwich,” she smirked.\n\t“EWWWWW” Shayla replied scrunching her face.\n\t“You don’t like broccoli Shay… Shayla?” He asked.\n\t“No, bad taste,” she replied.\n\t“Yeah, it’s horrible. I’ll throw it all away just for you,” he said to her.\n\t“YAY! No more broccoli!!!” she cheered.\n\t“Don’t you even dare Jaden. We’ve been trying to get her to eat more veggies recently,” Vapor said, “is a ham and cheese sandwich okay until dinner?”\n\t“Uh yeah. Yeah that’s fine,” he replied then looked at the floor, remembering that his sister and him always ate ham and cheese sandwiches.\n\n***\n\n\tLater that evening Willow walked into the living room and smiled. Shayla and Jaden were sitting on the floor, he was playing with her, with her dolls. Shayla looked up when Willow neared them.\n\t“Hi mommy,” she said.\n\t“Hi baby,” she replied.\n\t“Welcome back home Willow,” Jaden said.\n\t“Thanks,” she replied.\n\t“It’s, uh, it’s nice to say that. Home. Home. Home. Home is such a simple word that’s taken for granted by so many. But having been without a proper home for over six years, it’s an amazing word to say and a thing to have again,” he replied.\n\t“I bet. It’s nice to have you back here,” she said then leaned down. She kissed his muzzle then smiled.\n\t“Knock that off Willow,” he replied smiling.\n\t“No using my line on me,” she replied.\n\t“Sure sure,” he replied.\n\t“Mommy, want to play with Jaden and me?” Shayla asked.\n\t“Not right now baby. Your daddy and I need to talk about some things,” she replied.\n\t“Oh. Okay,” she replied sadly and her tail stopped wagging.\n\t“You’ll be fine Shayla,” Jaden said then caressed her face.\n\t“Are you going to stay here tonight?” She asked.\n\t“I don’t know. That’s up to your mommy and brother,” he replied.\n\t“Oh okay,” she replied.\n\t“Go back to playing, I’ll be back later, okay?” Jaden said.\n\t“Okay,” she replied. He caressed her head then stood up.\n\n\tWillow and Jaden walked into her bedroom and headed around the short wall. He chuckled at the sight of the floor.\n\t“Yeah I know, it’s messy,” she said, “Shayla loves playing in here while I’m relaxing, working or do anything in here.”\n\t“It’s fine,” he said as they sat down on the bed.\n\t“I’ve missed this bedroom,” he said.\n\t“Jaden, I need to know something. It’s kind of personal though,” she said.\n\t“Sure, what is it?” He asked.\n\t“While you were gone, did you… Did you sleep with anyone? Or have unprotected sex?” She asked.\n\t“No I didn’t. It was tempting at times but no. I kept thinking about our time together and I just couldn’t,” he replied.\n\t“Okay. I just want to be safe. There’s been an uprise of STD’s in the past few years,” she explained.\n\t“Yeah I heard about that. It’s a big reason why I didn’t sleep with anyone,” he replied.\n\t“To be honest, I’m kind of glad that you didn’t,” she replied,” she replied.\n\t“Willow, you were my first love. I don’t think I would find anyone that is as amazing as you were,” he replied.\n\t“What would you do if I were to say that we wouldn’t be getting back together?” She asked.\n\t“I don’t know. But I’d stay around because of Shayla,” he replied.\n\t“I would hope that you would,” she replied and leaned back on the bed, “don’t think about leaning over and kissing me.” She chuckled.\n\t“I wouldn’t do that. Not without your approval first,” he replied laying down next to her.\n\t“Was that all you wanted to talk about?” He asked.\n\t“No. I’m just trying to figure out how to say what I need to, without hurting you,” she replied.\n\t“Is it about Shayla? Uh, my sister Shayla?” He asked.\n\t“Both actually,” she replied.\n\t“Well, take your time if you need to,” he replied.\n\n\tAfter a few minutes of silence Willow looked over at Jaden. His eyes were closed, his chest raising and falling at a consistent rate. Almost like he was sleeping. Almost. She leaned over and kissed his muzzle. His eyes shot open and he turned his head and looked over at her.\n\t“I. I didn’t expect that reaction,” she said.\n\t“Sorry Willow. I was almost asleep. You just startled me,” he explained.\n\t“Sorry Jaden,” she replied.\n\t“It’s okay,” he replied.\n\t“Your sister. You know how you helped her during her heat cycles?” She said.\n\t“Yeah. I remember. I still feel bad about it,” he replied.\n\t“Jaden. No, don’t feel bad about that. You were helping her when she needed it the most. You did what you had to and there’s nothing wrong with that,” she replied.\n\t“I know Willow. It’s just. The day that she died. She asked me to have sex with her. Like lovers do. I… we did. She knew she was going to die soon Willow. She wanted to be as close to me as possible that entire day. We had sex four times that day. She never let me clean her up of my semen like I had always done. After the last time, that night, I started to clean her up but she stopped me. She reached down and took some of my semen and smelled it. “It smells just like you bubba” she said then smiled. She licked it all from her fingers then teared up. She told me she wanted to look at the stars. She sat up in bed and tried to get off the bed. But with her unable to walk or move her legs anymore she looked at me and smiled and rose her arms. I picked her up and carried her outside. Her last TRUE words was “You made me happy. I love you bubba daddy. I’m going to miss you.” I said that I loved her too. She smiled and kissed me. She took a few short labored breath. A single tear fell from her eyes and rolled down her face. Then she went limp. I sat there for twenty minutes holding her in a hug, not sure what to do. I didn’t really cry until… Until after we walked out from the hospital and into the main lobby. You sat there with me for an hour while others stared at me, at us. You sat there with me in your lap while I cried like a baby,” he recalled.\n\t“Jaden,” she only managed to say.\n\t“It’s okay. I’ve cherished her last words for over six years. I will never forget them,” he replied.\n\t“I know you won’t,” she replied. He exhaled and looked up at the ceiling for a few seconds until Willow placed her paw on his face. She wiped the tears from his face and kissed his forehead. She sat up and smiled at him.\n\t“Shayla, our Shayla. She doesn’t have the issues that your sister did. Like Fang and Pepper, she still wets the bed occasionally, but other than that, she’s fine and perfectly healthy,” she explained.\n\t“I’m happy to hear that Willow,” he said. She faintly smiled and nodded her head. She wiped the last few tears from his eyes and off of his face.\n\t“With the way that you talked about the heat cycles, I assume that you were going to say not with our Shayla, right?” he asked.\n\t“Yeah, but you already knew that I suppose,” she replied. He gave a short airy chuckle and nodded his head.\n\t“I’m sorry for bringing all that up Jaden, but I wanted to make sure you knew that our Shayla is healthy and that she’s not sickly like your sister was,” she said.\n\t“No. You’re fine Willow. It’s just I miss her so fucking much. Everyday,” he said.\n\t“I know you do. I didn’t know her for very long, but I liked her a lot. I loved her. She was a cheerful and happy mare,” she replied.\n\t“Mare?” Jaden asked.\n\t“Yes mare. You always said foal. But a foal is a horse under the age of one. Filly is one that’s between one and four years old. Mare’s are those over four years old. That’s for female’s of course,” she explained.\n\t“Huh. I never knew that,” he chuckled.\n\t“Yeah, I didn’t either. I looked into it after I gave birth to our Shayla,” she replied.\n\t“So, why did you name her Shayla Jayden?” He asked.\n\t“To remember your sister and you. I didn’t know if you would ever come back Jaden. I figured you just settled down somewhere and found yourself a nice lady. You stopped calling after four and half years,” she said.\n\t“I know. I shouldn’t have. Every time I talked to you, it brought all of our memories back. I needed some time to be with just myself. Truthfully, I had finished touring all those landmarks in three and half years. I rented a small apartment in Texas after visiting all the military war ships, submarines and aircraft there. I just needed time for myself I guess,” he said.\n\t“Don’t worry about it Jaden. You were grieving and recovering. I knew deep down that you would want to come back at some point. I just didn’t expect it so soon though, to be honest, I figured you’d come back in at least ten or fifteen years,” she replied.\n\t“I’m sorry Willow,” he said.\n\t“For what?” She asked.\n\t“I don’t know,” he replied and laid back down and stared up at the ceiling.\n\t“Should I be worried?” She asked.\n\t“No, I’m just still wrapping my head around this day. Being back in town. Seeing you again. Fang and Vapor too. And then finding out I have a six year old daughter,” he replied and then laughed for a full five seconds until tears streamed down his face. After letting him recover Willow turned his head towards her.\n\t“I think I can understand how you’re feeling right now,” she replied.\n\t“I don’t even know how I should be feeling Willow. My emotions are all over the place. My head is all over the place,” he replied.\n\t“Well, we’ll for star-” she was interrupted by the bedroom door opening. A few seconds later Shayla walked in and up to the bed.\n\t“Mommy,” she said.\n\t“What do you need Shayla?” She asked caressing her face.\n\t“I’m bored,” she replied.\n\t“How can you be bored in this house?” Jaden asked sitting up. Shayla shrugged her shoulders then looked back at her mom.\n\t“Go play with your toys. We’ll be done talking soon, okay?” Willow said.\n\t“Okay mommy,” she replied.\n\t“Bye Shayla,” Jaden said.\n\t“Bye bye Jaden,” she replied then headed for the door then shut it behind her.\n\t“Jaden huh?” He said.\n\t““She’s kind of shy. It might take a while for her to fully understand or realize that you really are her dad. The pictures that I’ve shown were from six years ago. You’ve changed a lot,” she replied and ran her paw through his mane.\n\t“What am I going to do Willow?” He said.\n\t“Well, as I started to say… For starters, you should take a shower, because you’re smelling a bit, well, bad,” she said.\n\t“Yeah, not surprised. I was on a bus for three days from Texas, and not much time to take a shower at any rest area or gas stations,” he explained.\n\t“Go take a shower then get some sleep,” she suggested.\n\t“Yeah. I think a hot shower would be nice. Should have taken one earlier,” he said putting his legs over the side of the bed.\n\t“No worries, we were talking and catching up,” she replied.\n\n\tAn hour and a half later Willow walked back into her bedroom, carrying Shayla, and chuckled. Jaden was on the bed passed out. He was barely dressed, his boxers at the bottom of his crotch.\n\t“Why he in our bed mommy?” Shayla asked.\n\t“He’s just really tired sweetie,” she replied walking up to the bed.\n\t“Where am I sleeping at?” she asked.\n\t“In between me and your dad,” she replied.\n\t“You sure he’s daddy?” She asked while Willow sat her down on the bed.\n\t“Yes, I’m sure he’s your daddy,” she replied. She walked over to Jaden and pushed his legs up onto the bed then worked his boxers up. She walked back around and laid down, covering Shayla and herself up.\n\t“If you sure, I guess he is daddy,” she replied.\n\t“I am a million billion percent sure he’s your daddy,” Willow said then tapped Shayla’s nose, causing her to giggle.\n\t“Good night Shayla, I love you,” she said.\n\t“Nini mommy, love you too,” she replied and cuddled up against her mom’s side.\n\n***\n\nSunday December 16, 2029 \n\n\tWillow woke up then sat up. She yawned then stretched her arms out in front of her. She looked over to Shayla and nearly fell out of bed. She had [i]almost[/i] forgotten that Jaden had come home the day before. She smiled upon seeing Shayla was cuddled up against her dad. Her head rested on his shoulder. His arm rested against her, supporting her while she laid there peacefully sleeping.\n\t“Morning,” Jaden said with a smile.\n\t“Morning yourself. You been awake for long?” She asked.\n\t“No, not too long,” he said and yawned, “I woke up to her sleeping like this.”\n\t“You both look adorable like that,” she said grabbing her cellphone. She snapped a picture of them then turned it around to show Jaden. He smiled then looked up at Willow.\n\t“Umm, hey. I really gotta go,” he said.\n\t“Oh. Okay,” Willow said dispirited, as her ears folded flat against her head.\n\t“Willow, I mean gotta go to pee. I have to pee,” he said chuckling then grunted.\n\t“Oh. Uh, sorry,” she replied. She lifted Shayla and laid her down on the bed, who balled up. Jaden got up and rushed to the bathroom. He returned a few minutes later and stood there while Willow unsnapped her bra and tossed it on the bed. She smirked at him for peeking.\n\t“Peeking on me now?” She said.\n\t“Uh, sorry, I didn’t mean to,” he replied. She walked up to him and kissed his muzzle.\n\t“You’re still adorable Jaden,” she said then smiled. Her tail brushed against along his body as she walked past him.\n\n\tHalfway through her shower Shayla walked in and knocked on the shower door. Willow opened it and took her paw then escorted her to the falling water. Little Shayla stood under the water and turned her head up. The water fell down onto her muzzle, softly tickling her causing her to giggle. Willow sat down on her legs and ran the washcloth against Shayla’s chest. Shayla straightened her head out then opened her eyes and smiled at her mom.\n\t“Morning mommy,” she said.\n\t“Morning sweetie, how did you sleep?” She asked.\n\t“Rerwwy good,” she replied.\n\t“Really,” Willow corrected her, saying it slowly.\n\t“Re-ally” she replied.\n\t“We’ll work on it,” Willow replied and giggled.\n\t“Okay mommy,” she replied taking the washcloth after Willow held it out to her. Willow sat there watching her daughter lather soap on her body. The soap ran down her body, most of it running down her chest, over her stomach and flowed off her crotch. After ten minutes of her washing her body she handed the washcloth back to her mom.\n\t“You done?” Willow asked.\n\t“Yes mommy,” she replied.\n\t“Okay then. I’ll help you out and get you a towel. I still have to wash my hair. I’ll meet you downstairs okay?” She said standing up. Shayla nodded and walked to the door. Willow opened it and stepped out. She pulled a big towel from the rack then squatted and wrapped it around Shayla then pulled her towards her. Willow kissed her lip to lip then patted her butt.\n\t“Go on, get dried off then get dressed,” she said standing up. She walked back into the shower then started closing the door. “Shayla,” she said.\n\t“Yes?”\n\t“All clean clothing little wolf, including panties,” she warned. Shayla smiled then rushed out of the bathroom.\n\t\n\tWillow walked out of the bathroom into her closet. She grabbed some clothes and left. She looked at Shayla sitting on the bed playing with a toy.\n\t“Hey, didn’t I tell you to go downstairs?” Willow said sitting her clothes on the bed.\n\t“I was but I wanted to wait for you,” she replied.\n\t“Okay sweetie,” she replied. She pulled out a pair of panties and slipped into them. While she put her pants on she looked over at Shayla.\n\t“How do you like Jaden?” Willow asked.\n\t“I don’t know,” she replied.\n\t“What do you mean?” Willow asked.\n\t“I don’t know. He’s nice but… I don’t know,” she replied.\n\t“I guess it’s a big change now, finally getting to meet your daddy,” Willow said.\n\t“He put my panties on me and kissed me after,” she said, looking up from the toy.\n\t“Oh how so?” Willow asked.\n\t“On my cheek, like Uncle Q-Qu… Uncle Q does,” she replied.\n\t“Did it feel like a bad kiss or touch? Like I thought you? She asked. Shayla looked at her for a few seconds then looked away, seemingly deep in thought.\n\t“No,” she said shaking her head.\n\t“Good to hear. Jaden was a really nice boy years ago, funny too, and I’m sure he still is. I trust him, so does Quill, Fang and Vapor and probably all the others,” she said then caressed Shayla’s face, moving hair out of her eyes. “He’ll take care of you and protect you just like I do and your brother and Uncle Q does. He’s a good fur.”\n\t“Okay mommy,” she replied.\n\t“You don’t have to be scared of Jaden, your daddy. I know that he would protect you no matter what. He protected another girl many years ago. He took care of her like I take care of you,” Willow explained.\n\t“Jaden has another girl like me?” Shayla looked up again from the toy.\n\t“Kind of. We’ll talk about that more later. We should let him talk about it. Okay?” Willow said.\n\t“Okay mommy. I’m hungry,” she replied.\n\t“Well, I’m sure your brother has cooked breakfast already. You should go downstairs so I can finish getting ready,” Willow said hooking her bra straps together. Shayla slid off the bed then hugged her mom and left the bedroom.\n\n***\nSaturday December 22, 2029\n\n\t“Willow. Did it hurt?” Jaden asked.\n\t“Did what hurt? And you best not say when you fell from heaven or anything like that,” she replied narrowing her eyes.\n\t“No. I know you don’t care for religion stuff. Shayla’s birth, with her horse muzzle, did it hurt?” He asked.\n\t“Oh. Uh, yeah. Yeah it did. Her muzzle got caught as she came out. The doctor had to push her back in just a bit and reposition her head. If you cause me pain like that again, Jaden, you’ll regret it,” she replied and smiled.\n\t“Oh, I’m sure I will. We’ll have another five or six pups over the next five years or so,” he said.\n\t“I don’t think so,” she said pushing him off the bed. He landed hard and grunted. He sat up and looked at her over the bed mattress.\n\t“You’re just like a child,” he said.\n\t“No. Just not looking to have another pup. Just not yet at least,” she replied.\n\t“So there’s still a chance then?” He asked laying back down.\n\t“Maybe,” she leaned up then kissed him. He put his hands on her sides. She lifted out of the kiss and looked at him.\n\t“What?” He asked.\n\t“Are you seriously trying to get lucky right now?” She asked.\n\t“N-no? Only placing my hands on your sides,” he replied.\n\t“Good,” she replied and kissed his muzzle before sitting up.\n\t“You’re such a tease… Bea,” he replied with a smirk and smile, until she smacked him with her tail.\n\t“We need to talk to Shayla about your sister. She knows something is up. We talked about it when you first met her and then a couple of other times. It’s time Jaden,” she said.\n\t“Yeah, maybe it’s time. I shouldn’t keep my history secret from her,” he replied.\n\n***\n\n\t“Shayla, come here please,” her mom said. Shayla looked over at her, taking her attention away from the cartoons. She stood up and walked over.\n\t“Yes mommy?” She asked then looked over and up at Jaden.\n\t“Follow us, please,” she said then started walking away. Jaden smiled at Shayla then turned around and followed Willow.\n\n\tThe three of them walked upstairs and into Willow’s bedroom. After settling down on the bed, Jaden exhaled.\n\t“You can do it Jaden,” Willow said then smiled after he looked over at her.\n\t“Shayla,” he said and paused.\n\t“Yes Jaden?” She replied.\n\t“Shayla,” he said, “I spoke of her the day that we met. You remember when you asked if you were dead?” He asked.\n\t“Yes. But I’m not dead,” she replied.\n\t“No Shayla, you’re not. But there is … was another Shayla before you,” Jaden said.\n\t“There was two of me?” She asked quizzically and confused.\n\t“No. The other Shayla was Shayla Knight. She was my little sister. She was around a year older than you are now,” he said.\n\t“Can we play together one day?” She asked.\n\t“Maybe one day, but that won’t be for a long, long time, hopefully,” Jaden replied. “You see, my sister died a little over six years ago,” he said.\n\t“Oh,” she replied and lowered her head. She knew what death meant, “what was she like?”\n\t“Funny, beautiful, full of life, cheerful. Everything just like you, from what I’ve seen so far,” he replied.\n\t“Was she nice? Nice like Vapor, Luna and Laika?” She asked.\n\t“She was very nice. One of the nicest mares that I knew. She was really nice for what she had to deal with,” he said, trying to hold off the inevitable, telling her about how his sister died and hopefully before he started crying.\n\t“I like nice furs,” she replied.\n\t“Yeah, I do too,” he replied then sighed. “My sister, Shayla, she died when she was seven years old. She was just seven years old,” he said and stopped taking a deep labored breath. He looked up at the ceiling as tears started flowing down his face. He sniffled and cleared his throat.\n\t“You okay Jaden?” Willow asked. He exhaled and looked over at her. He barely nodded his head.\n\t“I’m sorry that happened Jaden,” Shayla said.\n\t“Thank you,” he replied. “My sister had issues from birth that caused her to have a short life. I don’t know if there was anything that could have been done to save her, but our parents didn’t make it any better. They were, are, bad. They did nothing to help. Anyways, your mom and brother helped me and my sister a lot in her last year. Especially in her last six months. She died in my arms,” he explained.\n\n\tShayla sat there listening to him as he recalled more and more of the story. He left out the parts where they had sex, as it really wasn’t necessary for her to know.\n\t“I’m sorry Jaden,” Shayla said then hugged him.\n\t“Thank you,” he replied.\n\t“I don’t understand how you are my daddy. You look nothing like the picture,” she said and pointed at the locket hanging from Willow’s neck.\n\t“Well, furs change over the years. Here is your mom before you were born,” he said. He pulled out the necklace from under his shirt and opened it. It had the same picture of him and Willow sitting next to each other, but on the other side was a picture of Willow’s head.\n\t“Oh okay, Jaden,” she replied.\n\t“Shayla, you shouldn’t call him Jaden. He is your daddy,” Willow said.\n\t“It’s okay Willow. Let her call me Jaden for now. I mean, she’s only known me for barely a week. It’ll take time for us to bond and me to become family to her,” he said. Willow narrowed her eyes at him for a few seconds for him undermining what she just said. “Trust me Willow, please,” he mouthed silently to her with a smile. With a silent exhale she nodded.\n\n\t“So, Shayla, do you understand why I was kind of confused when we first met. Why I was like that?” Jaden asked.\n\t“I think so. You had a sister that died. She looked kind of like me. Mommy and brother helped you. You left to do stuff for your sister,” she replied.\n\t“Yes. It’s why I smile and also almost cry because of your name. It’s a good name though. It’s a beautiful name,” he said. Shayla smiled at him.\n\n\t“I, uhhm. I’m going to go take a shower. I need to clear my head,” he said.\n\t“Okay. See you in a bit Jaden,” Willow said. He nodded, stood up and headed into the bathroom. Willow and Shayla sat there talking for a bit longer. Willow wanted to ensure that she understood what Jaden had told her.\n\n\tA bit later Jaden looked up after the bathroom door opened up. Willow stepped in and looked at the floor. Jaden was sitting on the shower floor, underneath one of the shower heads.\n\t“You okay Jaden?” She asked.\n\t“Yes. Thanks Willow,” he replied.\n\t“You care if I join you?” She asked.\n\t“I guess so,” he replied.\n\n\tJust a little over a minute later she walked in and sat down behind him. She pushed her legs down beside his legs then rested her head against his back and gently hugged him.\n\t“You did good Jaden, sweetie,” she said.\n\t“I hope so,” he replied.\n\t“You did good, I promise,” she said and kissed his neck.\n\t“Thanks Willow,” he replied. He leaned his head back against her shoulder. The two of them stayed in that position for over five minutes until Jaden sat up and chuckled.\n\t“What’s so funny?” Willow asked.\n\t“Just. It’s just, I don’t know. I’m still trying to comprehend that I have a daughter,” he replied and chuckled again.\n\t“We can do a DNA test if you want to. I won’t be offended,” she said.\n\t“No, it’s not that. I believe you Willow. My brain just hasn’t really made the full connection yet,” he replied.\n\t“It’s a huge surprise dropped on you all at once,” she replied.\n\tHe chuckled again, “so what did Fang say when he found out you were pregnant? What about when you told him it was mine?” He asked.\n\t“He was quite happy for me actually. I knew he wouldn’t care if I was pregnant. But I didn’t tell him it was yours though,” she said and looked over at him. “It’s Jaden’s isn’t it? Fang asked and I said yes,” she explained.\n\t“Glad to know that he doesn’t hate me for knocking up his mom,” he said.\n\t“Yeah. Yeah, he made a joke about that,” she replied.\n\t“What did Pepper think?” He asked.\n\t“She was happy for me too. And you of course,” she replied.\n\t“You raised your family right. They’re all nice, kind, well-mannered and helps those who need it,” he said.\n\t“Yeah. I was fairly strict, but I think it helped them. But not strict enough on Fang and Vapor, for having sex. But I wouldn’t change that though. I love my grandcubs and great-grandcubs,” she replied, and getting a chuckle and smile from him.\n\t“Don’t even dare,” she said.\n\t“What? Call you an old great-grandwolf?” He said and laughed.\n\t“Well, you killed your chance of sex,” she replied.\n\t“Aww. Well, that’s okay. I can wait, because it’s you,” he replied.\n\t“Dammit Jaden, stop making it so damned hard for me to be mad at you,” she yelled, but then whined a little bit. He turned around and scooted close to her, he smiled before kissing her muzzle to muzzle.\n\t“It’s so nice to be beside you again Willow,” he said.\n\t“Likewise,” she said with a smile.\n\t“Jaden, I hope you don’t mind that I named our daughter after Shayla. I knew and know that it might make it hard for you to get over your sister. But know this, I did it only for my love of you and for her memory. If you want, we can have her name changed,” Willow said.\n\t“No! Don’t change her name. I’m honored that you thought of my sister. Plus I think it would just confuse our Shayla having to learn a new name for herself. Thank you, again, Willow,” he replied.\n\n***\nSunday December 23, 2029\n\n\tJaden woke up to his cell phone ringing. He groggily answered it then hung up after a moment. He walked down multiple flights of stairs and finally into the dining room where everyone was already sitting and eating.\n\n\tAfter breakfast Jaden walked into the living room where Willow was sitting and reading a book to Shayla, who was sitting on her lap. He sat down next to them and listened until they were finished.\n\n\t“Anything you needed Jaden?” Willow asked while Shayla looked at the pictures in the book.\n\t“Clothing actually. I’ve only got enough for five days,” he replied.\n\t“I see. You want to go to the store?”\n\t“If you wouldn’t mind, or I can drive myself,”\n\t“I think a nice father daughter bonding outing wouldn’t hurt,” she replied and ran her paw through Shayla’s hair.\n\t“Thanks Willow,”\n\t“Shayla, baby,”\n\t“Yes mommy,”\n\t“I have some work I’ve got to do around the house, so Jaden and you are going to the store. You want to do that?”\n\t“I guess so,”\n\t“Okay. I want you to listen to your dad. You do everything he tells you to do, okay? You listen to him like you do me and your brother,”\n\t“Okay mommy,”\n\n\tWillow sat Shayla to the side then left the room and returned a moment later. She handed Jaden the keys to her vehicle. He reached out and took them, only for her to hold on to them.\n\t“Be careful driving out there Jaden, and don’t let Shayla out of your sight. She can be slippery at times and sneak off without you knowing,”\n\t“We’ll be careful, I promise,” he replied and took the keys after she let her grip go.\n\n\tAfter getting dressed for a little bit of snow that was falling outside, the two stepped into the garage with Willow following. After securing Shayla in her car seat she leaned on the drivers side door with the window down.\n\t“Be careful Jaden, I mean it,” she said.\n\t“I’ll be careful. I don’t drive like Fang,”\n\t“Okay, love you Jaden,” she said then kissed his muzzle.\n\t“Love you too,” he replied.\n\n\tWillow leaned into the car and kissed Shayla and reminded her again to listen to Jaden and to behave or face a punishment.\n\n\tA couple of hours later the two pulled into the mall in Orion City. Jaden got out and opened the back door and unbuckled Shayla. He stood her in the car and helped put her coat on.\n\n\t“Want me to carry you or do you want to walk?”\n\t“Walk,”\n\t“Okay. You ready then?”\n\t“Yes,”\n\n\tHe took her paw and the two headed inside. It was super busy. Easily two-thousand or more others inside doing last minute shopping. He stopped and looked down at Shayla, after a few seconds she looked up at him.\n\t“What?” She asked.\n\t“Oh, nothing, just thinking about something,”\n\t“Okay,”\n\n\tTheir first stop was at a clothing store, like most other stops would be at during their visit. He rifled through dozens of pants and pulled out a few in his size. They walked to the back then he looked down at Shayla. How was he going to try the pants on and keep an eye on Shayla? Willow would kill him if anything happened to her. They stood there for a moment while he thought through the options. Finally, he sighed.\n\t“Shayla, are you okay standing inside the dressing room while I try these pants on? Your mom wouldn’t like it if I left you standing out here alone,” he asked squatting down in front of her.\n\t“It’s okay. I’ve stood in them with bubba before,”\n\t“Okay, thanks sweetheart,”\n\n\tThey stepped inside and he took a few minutes to try each of the different pants on. Shayla sat on the bench and stared at the floor while gently kicking her hindpaws. Jaden looked at himself in the mirror then pulled the pants off. He stopped and looked back when Shayla started giggling.\n\t“What’s so funny?”\n\t“You wearing cartoon panties,”\n\t“Underwear Shayla, not panties,” he replied chuckling, “and what’s wrong with me wearing underwear with cartoon characters?”\n\t“You a adult. You not watch cartoons. You’re too old,”\n\t“Too old, huh? I’ll remember that when you want me to play toys with you. Also, I love cartoons. And Pokemon is one of my favorites. Well, it’s anime, but still a cartoon. But yeah, I like cartoons and no one is ever too old to watch or like cartoons,” he explained. He slipped back into his old pants and folded up the six that he had picked out. He sat down to put his shoes on.\n\n\t“Jaden, can I ask something?”\n\t“Of course,”\n\t“Are you really my daddy?”\n\t“Yes, I am,”\n\t“How do you know? You not been around, ever,”\n\t“I see. I trust your mommy. I trust what she says. I can also see myself in you,”\n\t“How can you be in me?”\n\t“No no, not in you, silly. You see your spots?”\n\t“Yes,”\n\t“Well, I have the same type of spots. We’re both have spots that are white and have a shade of brown. Plus you’re half horse and half wolf. Your spots are about the same color as my hair, see? But you took a lot after your mom too, your paws and handpaws and those cute little green eyes of yours,”\n\t“I guess so,”\n\t“So, you really don’t think I’m your daddy?”\n\t“I don’t know,” she replied and sighed.\n\t“How about this? What if we talk to your mommy and we get a DNA test done? That way a doctor can tell us if I’m your daddy or not,” he suggested.\n\t“What is DNA test?”\n\t“It’s where they, umm, well. They take spit or blood or something from you and me, and then they do all these crazy tests on our spit or blood. When it comes back it has these funny little square things on a clear sheet. If the doctor puts the sheets together and they line up, or almost line up, then those two furs are related,” he explained to the best of his knowledge.\n\t“Okay Jaden. Lets do that,” she replied with a smile.\n\t“We have to talk to your mommy first though,”\n\t“Okay,” she replied as Jaden finished tying his shoes.\n\t“You ready to go?”\n\t“Yes, I’m ready. Where to now?”\n\t“Well, I need some shirts and socks and underwear and shorts. I need a lot of clothing. I’ve been traveling a lot and I had to pack lightly,”\n\t“Okay,”\n\n\tAfter visiting four other stores the two were sitting down in the food court. They had sat down to eat. Jaden got Flying Dragon Chinese, and Shayla wanted a small hamburger and French fries. It took a bit for them to eat, but afterwards Jaden squatted down in front of Shayla and cleaned the ketchup from her muzzle.\n\t“You’re a messy eater,” he said jokingly.\n\t“Sorry,”\n\t“No worries princess,” he replied causing her to smile.\n\t“Jaden, can we go to another store?”\n\t“What did you have in mind?”\n\t“Mommy took me to this one and they have clothes for me. Could we go? Please?”\n\t“Sure thing. Do you know what it’s called?” he replied.\n\t“No, but I remember lots of big colors on the front though. Red and blue and green and yellow and orange and pink and others,”\n\t“I think we passed something like when we first came in. You want to go now?”\n\t“If you want to,”\n\t“Okay, lets go,” he replied and smiled.\n\n\tThe two walked into the cub clothing store and noticed all the different colors of clothing and wall colors. Jaden shivered upon hearing the popular tween song playing, Cubby by Justin Beaver. He exhaled thinking back nearly two months ago. He was sitting on a bus, driving across Texas from Galveston. There was a young cub that was playing the song, on repeat, for more than four hundred miles. The audio was low but being on just the other side of the aisle he could hear it and no way to drown it out. He was pulled out of the thought by his arm being shook.\n\t“Jaden, come on,” Shayla said excitedly.\n\t“Okay, okay, I’m coming,” he replied and chuckled.\n\n\tShe lead him through the store, his arm extended out the entire time. If she had the strength, she would have been pulling him across the floor. She stopped in front of a display filled with t-shirts, which were out of season. She picked up a pink shirt and looked at it after it unfolded. On the front was a unicorn, it’s fur was multicolored, just like a rainbow. She groaned a little bit, she wasn’t too fond of unicorns but they weren’t too bad. It was mainly the horn that was unsettling to her. She sat the shirt back with the others and looked at others.\n\n\tAfter being in the store for a while Shayla was looking at a pack of panties. She held the package in her paws, looking at the designs. The bands on each show the day of the week and the designs varied on each. They ranged from butterflies, striped colors, cake slices, cupcakes and more. She tapped her pockets but whimpered feeling no money, which was often the normal, since her mom bought everything see needed or wanted. She smiled when an idea popped into her head.\n\t“Jaden, daddy, can you buy this for me, please?”\n\t“Daddy huh? You saying that just to get me to buy that?”\n\t“I…” she lowered her head knowing that she was caught in her master grand scheme to get what she wanted.\n\t“Shayla, I’ll buy them, but don’t ever do that again. I would love it if you call me daddy but don’t do it just to get me to buy you something. Okay?”\n\t“I’m sorry Jaden,” she replied as her tail curled between her legs.\n\t“What would your mom think if she heard you do that?”\n\t“She would punish me. I’m rweally sorry Jaden,”\n\t“Should I punish you for this?” He asked. She looked up at him. She remained quiet for a moment until she softly shook her head no.\n\t“I’m sorry Jaden, I won’t do it again. I pwomise,”\n\t“Okay. Don’t let me hear you do that again. Okay?”\n\t“Okay,”\n\t“You ready to go or did you want to look at something else?”\n\t“I think I’m ready,”\n\t“Okay then, lets go pay for those,” he said and held his hoof out. She placed her paw into his and they walked up to the front to pay for the pack of panties.\n\n\tAbout four hours later the two walked into the house, well Shayla ran in and up to her mom. She lunged and embraced her in a hug. Her tail was wagging furiously.\n\t“Seems like you had fun with your daddy,”\n\t“Jaden was fun. Looky what he bought me!” She said then opened the GAP Cubs bag and pulled out pack of panties.\n\t“Aww, that was nice of him,” she said and smiled over at Jaden, “did you cause Jaden any issues?”\n\t“No mommy, I was good,” she replied.\n\t“Good to hear. Jaden, did you get everything you needed?”\n\t“Yeah. Thanks for letting me use your car,”\n\t“No problem. There’s some freshly made hot chocolate in the kitchen. Why don’t you two go get some huh? Then maybe a nice hot shower afterwards,”\n\t“Okay mommy,”\n\t“Thanks again Willow,” Jaden said. He sat the ten bags down and headed into the kitchen.\n\n\tAfter drinking a nice hot cup of hot chocolate with tiny marshmallows in it, the two headed upstairs. As they reached the second floor they stopped after Willow called out to them.\n\n\t“Sorry Jaden, I just want to ask. Shayla are you comfortable with showering with Jaden?” She asked.\n\t“I don’t know mommy,” she replied then looked up at Jaden. He gave her a warm smile.\n\t“Well, go on and take one with him but you can get out if you want to, okay?”\n\t“Okay mommy,” she said.\n\t“I just wanted to make sure, that’s all,” she whispered in his ear.\n\t“I know. It’s better than a no, I suppose,”\n\t“She’ll warm up to you soon Jaden. It’s a major change in her life. And yours,”\n\t“Yeah, I know,” he replied.\n\n\tWillow then gently pushed both towards the stairs and told them to both behave.\n\n\tIn Willow’s bathroom Jaden walked behind Shayla while she looked at the shower, waiting for him to start it. He stepped in and started the shower to warm it up then started stripping down. Shayla sat on the hot tub steps and stared at the floor. After he finished he walked over and squatted down in front of her.\n\n\t“You okay princess?” he asked.\n\t“I. I think so,” she replied.\n\t“Okay. You need help taking your clothes off?”\n\t“No,”\n\t“Okay then, I’ll get our washcloths and towels okay? I’ll leave the door open for you,” he said. After she nodded he caressed her short muzzle then smiled. He stood up and entered the shower.\n\n\tHe looked out of the glass shower wall a few minutes later to see Shayla finally stripping down. She finally pushed her panties down and headed into the shower. She reached up and pressed one of the buttons on the shower control panel. An extra shower head turned on over the bench. She walked over and sat down underneath the water. Jaden spent the next ten or fifteen minutes washing himself off. Afterwards he grabbed another washcloth, wet it and soaped it. He sat down in front of Shayla and smiled. He rose the washcloth up and asked if she was okay with him washing her. She said no, shaking her head, then took the rag for herself. He sat down in the corner at the end of the bench. He watched her run the cloth over her arms, belly and legs. It only took her a couple of minutes. She sat the rag down then sat back under the falling water. A moment later she looked over at Jaden who was sitting there and staring at the floor.\n\n\t“Jaden?”\n\t“Huh?”\n\t“You okay?”\n\t“Yeah, why do you ask?”\n\t“You look at the floor. Like I do sometimes when I’m sad,”\n\t“Oh, yeah, just thinking,”\n\t“About what?”\n\t“My sister,”\n\t“Oh um… the dead Shayla?” she asked, piercing his chest.\n\t“Yes,” he replied with an almost silent sigh.\n\t“I’m rweally sorry that she dead,”\n\t“Thank you Shayla. That’s nice of you to say,”\n\n\tShayla crawled along the bench and moved in between his legs, ignoring his cock that sat between his legs and stared at his face.\n\n\t“You have tears,” she said and moved closer, “I didn’t mean to make you cry.”\n\t“It’s okay, you didn’t,” he replied and exhaled. She moved up and sat up on her legs and hugged him.\n\t“It’ll be okay Jaden,” she said and hugged him tightly. She pulled away and smiled.\n\t“Thank you Shayla. I feel better already,”\n\t“You’re welcome,”\n\n\tAfter she let out of the hug she sat down a couple of feet away, slowly kicking her legs.\n\t“Shayla, you didn’t wash your back or head. You really should,” he said. She looked over at him unamused but nodded. She moved back over and took the cloth and danced around wiggling her arms trying to scrub her back. After a moment Jaden chuckled and called her over to him. He took the cloth and picked her up and sat her between his legs and ran the cloth along her back. After a minute or two he tossed it to the side.\n\t“Okay, all done. Go and wash your hair, okay?”\n\t“Okay Jaden,” she replied.\n\n\tLater that night, Willow, Jaden and Shayla was laying in bed. Shayla was in between them. She had her own room but would rather sleep with mommy. Jaden and Willow was talking when he leaned over Shayla and locked Willow into a kiss. After a moment Willow pushed him up.\n\t“Not with Shayla in bed,”\n\t“What? It was only a kiss,”\n\t“Yeah, and a kiss with you always leads to sex. So no,”\n\t“Okay Willow,” he replied with a soft chuckle.\n\t“I do need to get her sleeping in her own room. I’ve allowed her to sleep with me for too long,”\n\t“Oh,” he replied.\n\t“Just oh?”\n\t“Not my place to say anything or make decisions,”\n\t“Actually Jaden, it is, you’re her father,”\n\t“Yeah, but she doesn’t think that though. Plus it’s you who let her sleep with you all the time, not me. You have to fix it,”\n\t“Jeez, you sound like me a little bit,”\n\t“Oh yeah?”\n\t“Yeah. Anyway, we should get some sleep. It’s going to be hectic for the next few days,”\n\t“I can still remember the Christmas mornings when I stayed over here all those years ago. I miss them,”\n\t“Jaden, why didn’t you ever tell me about Shayla before all that happened and before we started dating,”\n\t“I just hated to bring her pain and suffering onto other families and friends. Like I said, Fang and Vapor knew about her and her issues but I made them promise to not tell you,”\n\t“I see. I kind of wish you had told me. But that was your choice,”\n\t“Why?”\n\t“So I could have helped her and you even more,”\n\t“I didn’t want that though Willow. I hated taking help from you like that. I felt awful and degraded about it, asking for help. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciated it so much for all the help that you did give Shayla and me. I’ll never forget it,”\n\t“You shouldn’t feel like its degrading Jaden. Ever. Not then, not now, not in the future. I would have helped you and her even if we weren’t dating. You were family to all of us and even more so now. I don’t want you to feel bad for not asking for help or money or anything if you need something Jaden. Understood?” She lectured him.\n\t“Yes Willow,”\n\t“Good. Now go to sleep and I’ll see you in the morning,” she said then leaned over and kissed him.\n\t“Good night Willow,” he replied.\n\t“Good night Jaden,” she replied.\n\t“So, are we dating again?” He asked.\n\t“I don’t know,” she replied then laid back down. She rolled onto her side and faced away and closed her eyes.\n\n***\n\nTuesday December 25, 2029 \n\n\t“Jaden! Look what Santa got me!” Shayla said bouncing up and down happily while holding a new Marbie Doll with it’s car.\n\t“That’s awesome Shayla!” He said with a smile. She ran back over and waited to see if she had anything else while Fang was handing out the gifts from Santa. It was a hectic and exciting morning in the Wolfe residence. After every gift was opened Fang, Vapor, Willow, Jaden and a couple of others went around picking up all of the torn up paper, boxes and other garbage. It seemed that everyone got what they wanted or at least most of what they wanted.\n\n\tJaden sat down on the couch and watched as Shayla, Bella and others sat around playing with their new toys, tablets, reading their new books and whatever else they had gotten from Santa or from their parents, grandparent and siblings. Jaden smiled after Shayla put the doll into the car and drove it up to the giant Marbie doll house. The house was taller than she was by nearly a foot, it stood at almost five feet tall, whereas Shayla was three feet six inches tall.\n\n\tTodd smirked at Luna and rose up his Nerf Ultra Blaster and pulled the trigger, sending a Nerf dart flying and hitting Luna in the forehead. He chuckled until she got up and started running towards him. He took off, sprinting out of the living room and into the foyer. Luna was right on his hindpaws. The yells for help by Todd fell on their deaf ears by all of the adults. After maybe twenty seconds they all heard Todd saying loudly he was sorry over and over again. Luna had caught him at the top of the stairs at the balcony after he slipped on the hardwood flooring. She stood over him. He laid on the floor between her legs while she stared down at him. She lifted her hindpaw and placed it down on his chest before reaching down and picking up the Nerf gun from his paw. She aimed and pulled the trigger six times hitting him in his chest at almost point blank range.\n\t“Don’t aim for the head,” Luna said warning him.\n\t“She’s right Todd!” Fang shouted.\n\n\tLuna smiled, took his paw and pulled him up from the floor. She cocked the Nerf gun and pressed the gun against his dick and leaned into his ear.\n\t“Next time, I’ll shot you in your dick and balls,” she whispered.\n\t“Please don’t. I’m sorry,” he replied. She smiled, kissed him then took his paw in hers.\n\n\tThe pair walked back into the living room holding paws. She sat down next to Skyler and handed Todd the Nerf gun again. “Remember what I told you,” she said with a smirk. He nodded and picked up the rubber and foam ammo and put it back into the gun.\n\n\t“Jaden. I’m sorry we don’t have any gifts for you,” Fang said.\n\t“No worries man. I’ve already got my gifts,” he said.\n\t“What do mean?” Willow asked confused. He walked over gave Willow a kiss and smiled at her. He then walked over to Shayla picked her up and kissed her.\n\t“She’s my gift. And being back in Greenwood is my gift. It’s all I need,” he said.\n\t“Don’t kiss me,” Shayla said, “leave me alone.”\n\t“Don’t be rude Shayla. He gave you a kiss on your muzzle like I do,” Willow said as Jaden sat her down.\n\t“NO! He’s not my fucking daddy! You said daddy was far away. Jaden is too big and too old to be daddy!” She said then ran out of the room.\n\n\tJaden sighed and looked down at the floor, his heart broken and defeated.\n\t“I’m sorry Jaden. I don’t know what’s gotten into her,” Willow said standing up.\n\t“No, it’s fine. I pushed it too far with that kiss. She’ll figure out that I am her dad. One day. Maybe,” he said and walked out of the living room. Willow followed him out but stopped and watched as he walked past the stairs and into the guest bedroom on the first floor. He shut the door behind him.\n\n\tWillow quietly bellowed a breath of air through her nose and headed upstairs to her bedroom. Shayla was sitting on the bed with her legs pulled up to her chest.\n\t“SHAYLA!” Willow scowled her name, causing the young horsewolf to jump.\n\t“Mommy?” She said as Willow walked up to the bed.\n\n\tFang told Luna to stop laughing while Shayla cried loudly from being spanked for being so rude and cursing. Shayla sat on the bed crying after being spanked fives times, twice for being rude and three times for saying the “f word.” Willow was lecturing her about not using curse words and being so mean like she was. She wouldn’t let Shayla get a single word in for the next five minutes, the entire length of her lecture.\n\n\tAn hour later Shayla walked back into the living room and up to her mom. “I’m sorry for saying a bad word mommy,” she said.\n\t“Go apologize to your dad. He’s in the guest bedroom,” Willow commanded.\n\t“Okay mommy,” she replied and walked away slowly, her tail hanging between her legs.\n\n\t“Jaden?” Shayla said after opening the door to the bedroom. She walked in after getting no reply. She saw Jaden sitting on the floor against a wall. His legs pulled against his chest. In his paws was the stuffed Ocelot. He was quietly staring at it. She walked up to him and stared for a moment. He had been crying.\n\t“Jaden?” She said.\n\t“What?” He replied in a monotone voice.\n\t“What’s that?” She asked, pointing at the Ocelot.\n\t“It was my little sisters stuffed plushie. I bought it for her one day. She loved this thing,” he replied without looking up.\n\t“Oh. It’s nice looking,” she replied.\n\t“Did you need something?” He asked.\n\t“I’m sorry for yelling at you,” she replied.\n\t“Okay,” he replied.\n\t“Mommy spanked me and grounded me for saying a bad word and telling you to leave me alone and being rude,” she said.\n\t“Oh?” He replied as tears started falling down his face.\n\t“I grounded for a month,” she said.\n\t“Okay,” he replied.\n\t“Are you okay Jaden?” She asked.\n\t“No I’m not,” he replied.\n\t“I’m sorry for making you sad,” she replied.\n\t“It’s not you Shayla. You should go. I have to do something that I don’t want you to see,” he said.\n\t“O-okay,” she replied then walked away. She left the room and back to her mom.\n\t“Did you tell your dad that you were sorry for how you acted?” She asked.\n\t“Yes but he told me to go. He said he needs to do something that he doesn’t want me to see,” she explained.\n\n\tBoth Willow and Fang looked at each other at her comment and both jumped up and ran towards the bedroom and into it. They didn’t see Jaden in bedroom. Both made their way into the bathroom where Jaden was sitting in the shower. He looked over at the two who had barged in on him. Willow pushed Fang out of the door and closed it behind her. She stripped down and headed into the shower.\n\n\t“What’s going on Jaden?” She asked.\n\t“I can’t do it Willow,” he said dropping an opened four inch pocket knife to the floor.\n\t“Jaden, baby,” she said and sat down between his legs and hugged him.\n\t“I want my little sister back Willow,” he said. “I WANT HER BACK!” He screamed and burst out crying. She sat there hugging him and patting his back, telling him it’s okay to cry and to let out his emotions and feelings.\n\n\tThey sat there for over an hour while he cried and cried and begged for his sister back. What they didn’t know is that they had a small, young audience for the last few minutes.\n\t“Jaden?” Shayla said. Both of them looked over at the open shower door to see her standing there. She walked in and up to them.\n\t“What do you need Shayla?” Willow asked.\n\t“Everything will be okay. Daddy,” she said and kissed his muzzle.\n\t“Don’t say it unless you mean it Shayla,” Willow stated.\n\t“I do. Bubba told me that Jaden is my daddy. He wouldn’t let me say your name, only daddy. He told me a lot that you are my daddy. He showed me old pictures of you and bubba and Vapor. He showed me how different you looked every year. I didn’t think mommy was right but she is. You are my daddy Jaden. I’m really sorry for being mean. I’m sorry,” she said then hugged him.\n\t“Thanks Shayla,” he said.\n\t“I don’t know why you are crying but it’ll be okay daddy. Mommy and me are here for you,” she said with a smile.\n\n\tJaden cleared his throat and smiled at her. He picked her up and sat her between him and Willow then hugged her.\n\t“Thank you,” he said.\n\t“I’m sorry for yelling at you daddy. I mean it,” she said.\n\t“Thank you. That means a lot Shayla,” he replied then nuzzled her.\n\n\tAfter a few minutes of him hugging her he let go and leaned backwards and smiled at Willow.\n\t“Shayla, if you’re going to stay in here, you need to take your clothes off. You should have done it before walking in here,” Willow said.\n\t“Oh. Okay, sorry,” she said. Jaden lifted her up and stood her up.\n\t“I’ll leave. I just wanted to let you know that daddy,” she said.\n\t“Thank you,” he replied.\n\t“Strip down before you leave the shower. Just sit your clothes by the shower door,” Willow said.\n\t“Okay mommy,” she said.\n\n\tA few minutes later the two were alone again. Willow looked back at Jaden and sighed.\n\n\t“I want you to go to therapy and talk about how your feeling and what you wanted to do. You need help with what you and Shayla went through. What you went through in the months leading up to Shayla’s death and after,” Willow said picking the knife up and closing it.\n\t“I’m so sorry Willow. I don’t know what I was thinking,” he said.\n\t“Yes you did,” she said bluntly. “You want to see your sister again. But this,” she said lifting the knife up, “this isn’t the way. This is the worse way to try to see your sister again. If it does exist, you’d go to hell for suicide. Your sister would be in heaven. You’d never be together for eternity,” she said with almost a scowl talking about religion.\n\t“I don’t believe in that Willow,” he said.\n\t“Neither do I but what if it is true? Don’t be stupid. Don’t kill yourself Jaden. You’d hurt a lot of people, me included,” she said.\n\t“I’m sorry Willow,” he said and leaned up. He wrapped his arms around her back and hugged her, leaning his head against chest.\n\t“I forgive you Jaden. But I still want you to go talk to a therapist for at least a few sessions about how and what you’re feeling. I know of a really good one who can help you,” Willow said.\n\t“Okay. I will,” he replied.\n\t“Good. Come on. Let’s go back to the family. It’s Christmas after all,” she said standing up. She took his hooves and pulled him up.\n\t“Jaden, if you have any suicidal thoughts again, I want you to come to me. Doesn’t matter what time it is or where I’m at. Call me or come in. I mean it,” she said.\n\t“I will,” he replied and pulled her into a hug. Their bodies pressing against each other as they stood in the shower for the next few minutes until Jaden let her go. She smiled and kissed his face.\n\t“I’m here for you Jaden, anytime you need me,” she said. He exhaled and silently nodded his head.\n\n\tThey walked back into the living room where most of the others were at. Shayla ran over and jumped up to Jaden.\n\t“Daddy, you’re back,” she said. He picked her up and hugged her.\n\t“I’m sorry about that. I was broken because of my little sister,” he explained.\n\t“Oh okay,” she replied, unsure how to actually reply to what he had said since she didn’t really understand what he meant. He sat her down and watched her run back over to her new toys.\n\n\tHe sat down on the couch, Willow sat down next to him and took his hoof.\n\n\t“Fang, Vapor. Just wanted to let you both know that Jaden and I are dating again,” she said.\n\t“Good. You two are good for each other,” Vapor said.\n\t“Take care of my mom Jaden,” Fang said.\n\t“I’ll do what I can being broke and jobless,” he said.\n\t“McHumans is hiring,” Willow said.\n\t“Yeah, I saw the sign while I drove through town after coming back from the mall,” Jaden replied.\n\t“Enough of that for now. It’s Christmas,” Fang said.\n\n\tShayla turned her head and smiled at Jaden, “daddy! Come play with me and Bella.”\n\t“You sure you want me to?” He asked.\n\t“Yes, come on daddy,” she replied and held out a Marbie doll.\n\n\tWillow pushed him off the couch and told him to go. He walked over, sat down and took the doll. He sat there and watched the two girls for a moment and tried to do what they did.\n\n\tIt was a happy time for the Wolfe family. A big family secret was finally revealed to a fur who had no idea what was in store for him and just how much it would change his life, for the good.", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "Saturday December 15, 2029

\tWillow walked through the foyer after the door bell was rung a few times in a row. She was in the first floor office reading up on some new possibly laws that could affect the orphanage and the daycare at Wolfe and Fox. She reached the door just as Vapor walked into the foyer from the stairs. Willow opened the door then stood there with her muzzle open staring at the fur.
\t“Who is it Willow?” Vapor asked. She stopped upon seeing the fur. He stood there with his arms to his side.
\t“J-Jaden?” Willow finally spoke out.
\t“H-hi Willow,” he said smiling.
\t“JADEN! OH MY GOD!” Willow said and lunged at and pulling him into a hug.
\t“Nice to see you too Willow,” he replied with a chuckle and hugged her back tightly. Vapor walked up and hugged him while Willow still embraced him. After a few moments Willow stepped back and looked at the now adult Jaden in front of her.
\t“Wow, Jaden, you look really good,” she said.
\t“You do too. You look the same as when I left,” he said.
\t“Stop that, I’ve aged too much,” she replied blushing.
\t“Hey, uh, Willow, do you think Jaden would like to come in or stand at the door freezing all day while you flirt with him?” Vapor asked.
\t“Oh. Uh yeah. Yes. Come in Jaden,” she replied.
\t“Thank you,” he said. He walked in and pulled three suitcases inside and sat them near the door. He was muscular and now around a foot taller and his mane fully grown in. Willow smiled at him as she walked beside him into the living room. Once he sat down Willow leaned towards Vapor and whispered something into her ears. Vapor nodded back then left and headed upstairs.
\t“Where’s everyone at?” Jaden asked.
\t“Everyone huh?” She replied.
\t“Well, yeah, I guess,” he replied.
\t“Sorry. It’s just a shock to see you so suddenly and out of the blue. You should have called we would have been waiting for you,” Willow said.
\t“Then it wouldn’t have been a surprise, now would it?” Jaden replied.
\t“No. I suppose not. It really was… is a surprise,” she replied still smiling.
\t“Anyway, Fang is out in town with Onai, Tib, Katia, Luna and Todd. Everyone else is in their bedrooms other than Pepper and Shade.
\t“Who’s Todd?” He asked.
\t“Oh yeah. Forgive me. Todd is Luna’s boyfriend and the father of their pup,” she explained.
\t“Luna has a pup?” Jaden asked shocked.
\t“Yeah. You remember Laika? I think she was around four, five or six years old when you were here last,” she said.
\t“Yeah, I remember the little cutie. What about her?” He asked.
\t“She has six pups of her own. Her boyfriend, well mate, is living here now. He came here from China under a student visa and now working on studying to become a full USF citizen,” she explained.
\t“Wow. Okay, uh, anything else?” He asked.
\t“Pepper and Shade moved out. They moved to California this summer,” she replied.
\t“Where to?” He asked.
\t“Laguna Beach,” she replied.
\t“Sounds expensive,” he replied.
\tShe chuckled, “oh yeah, very expensive. Their house was over nine million dollars and it’s only fifteen-hundred square feet, if I remember correctly. Beach front property. A nice community with, I think nine other houses. Beautiful area,” she said.
\t“Wow, they must be doing really well out there. I’m happy for them,” he replied.
\t“Eh, they’re getting by. They just started their own family too. It’s funny actually. Come to find out Pepper most likely got pregnant on the same night as Laika,” she replied and wiped laughter tears from her face.
\t“What? Really? That’s crazy! I’m happy to hear they’re doing well,”
\t“Yeah, It’s so odd Jaden. It was a crazy day. It was found out that Laika was pregnant then later in the day Pepper and Shade called and revealed that she was pregnant,” Willow said and laughed. “It was just a day. Just a crazy day.”
\t“I bet it was. So Luna and Laika both have pups. The house is full now huh?” he replied.
\t“Yeah, Laika’s pups are less than a month old actually. She went into labor on Thanksgiving morning, starting around three AM. Then a day or two later I flew out to California to be with Pepper and Shade. She gave birth just a few days after Laika did” she explained.
\t“Wow. I don’t even know what to say,” he replied.
\t“Yeah, I’m not sure what to think of this year either, it’s been crazy for our family, just, I don’t know even know. Anyways, how you been Jaden? Are you okay? Did you, uh. Did you keep that promise?” Willow asked. Jaden exhaled then nodded.
\t“Yeah, yeah I did. Thirty-two places around the US. I left a memento of Shayla at each one,” he explained.\t
\t“That’s sweet of you Jaden. I’m happy to hear that. How are you doing though?” She asked.
\t“I’m good. All that really helped me I think. It was tough the first year. I ended up renting a log cabin just outside of Yosemite National Park, for almost eight months. I barely did anything. I barely ate. Hardly left the cabin. Left just once a week to go get food from the nearby town. I just shut myself in. I ended up having a dream like eight months into it. Shayla. She … She appeared in my dream. She was running around, jumping, doing everything a foal should be doing. She was healthy, full of life and happy, except for one thing. Me. She told me to stop being like this and do what we used to do. Go and have fun,” he explained.
\t“Wow Jaden. I don’t even know what to say about that,” she replied.
\t“Yeah, it was a rude and very sad awakening for me. I left a few days later and started my… our journey. I rode buses and trains across the country. Something that I told Shayla we would do,” he replied. He picked up his backpack and opened it. He pulled out the ocelot plush toy and held it in his paws.
\t“I’m glad to see that you still have that,” she said.
\t“I told you, this thing will go everywhere with me. It never left my sight,” he replied.
\t“Good to hear that you kept all of your promises,” Willow said.
\t“Yeah. It was tough for awhile but I pulled through,” he replied.
\t“So are you back for good or are you just here for a visit, passing through, or what?” Vapor asked.
\t“I thnk I’m back for good. Probably just stay at that new motel while I try to figure out what I’m going to do, and look for a job too,” he replied.
\t“You’re not staying at that motel Jaden, I forbid it,” Willow stated.
\t“Oh yeah? You forbid me to do something? Me? As an adult?” He replied smirking.
\t“Oh, uh well. Um, do… Do whatever you like, you’re an adult after all,” Willow stuttered out while whipping her paw at him, as if she was swatting a fly away.
\t“Where do you suggest I stay at?” He asked smiling.
\t“We still have a spare bedroom or two, if you want,” Willow said.

\tHe looked over in the direction of the first floor guest bedroom and exhaled deeply. He turned his head back around and looked at the wall while he breathed in deeply for a few moments.

\t“I. I can’t stay in that room Willow. Just the memories of Shayla’s last couple of months. Her not able to walk anymore, her not able to sit up on her own to use the restroom, not able to take a bath or shower on her own, unable to do anything that required her legs or back. She passed away on the balcony out there. In my arms Willow,” he said and wiped his face off from a few tears.
\t“I wouldn’t dare or allow you to be put you in that room unless you asked to Jaden,” she replied.
\t“Thanks,” he exhaled and looked at the plushy in his hooves.
\t“You’re still not over it completely are you Jaden?” She asked.
\t“No. No, I’m not Willow. I’ll never will be. I’m sure you know and understand that. She was my little sister, my best friend other than Fang and Vapor. And pretty much my daughter. She was taken way too soon,” he replied. Vapor stood up and left the living room heading into the kitchen. She returned a moment later with a glass of water and handed it to him.
\t“Thanks,” he replied then took a few drinks. He sat it down on a coaster on the coffee table and looked back at the plushy. He kissed it then put it back in his bag and zipped it up.

\tAfter a bit Jaden looked at Willow and smiled like he used to at her.
\t“Say Willow, have you, um, found you someone special yet?” He asked.
\t“No Jaden. I haven’t. I’ve been really busy with all the businesses and other stuff,” she replied.
\t“Oh, I’m sorry for bringing that up. I shouldn’t have asked,” he replied.
\t“It’s okay Jaden,” she replied.
\t“Have you dated since us?” He asked.
\t“One guy,” she replied and rolled her eyes.
\t“Oh?” He asked.
\t“Ugh… I don’t even know about that one. He was a bit weird. Nice, but weird. I don’t want to get into that one,” she replied.
\t“That’s okay, you don’t have to,” he replied with a chuckle.

\tOver the next two hours Jaden talked to Laika and met Lin and their pups and Tamra, who was staying over again. They sat there chatting when one of the garage doors opened. Willow stood up and excused herself then stepped out into the garage.

\t“What’s that about?” Jaden asked Vapor.
\t“She has to talk to Fang privately about something,” she replied.
\t“Oh okay,” he replied.
\t“Has she been okay?” He asked.
\t“Yeah. She’s been good. She’s missed you though. Especially during the first couple of years,” she replied.
\t“Really?” He asked.
\t“Yeah,” Vapor replied.
\t“Do. Um. Do you think me and her would still be possible?” He asked.
\t“I don’t know Jaden. I’m not the one to ask. You need to ask Willow that,” she replied.
\t“Yeah. I figured you’d say that,” he replied and laughed.
\t“Jaden. She did love you in the way that you wanted her to, six, seven years ago. But tread carefully and watch your wording and language,” she warned.
\t“Okay, I will. Thank you Vapor. Helpful as always,” he replied.
\t“No problem Jaden. You were and still are a great friend and an amazing fur,” she replied.
\t“Vapor, you haven’t seen my parents, have you? Since they ran off?” He asked.
\t“No I haven’t,” she replied and looked over at him. His eyelids were heavy, halfway closed. He breathed in a deep breath then exhaled a few seconds later.
\t“Okay. I’m glad you haven’t. I’ll kill them if I see them,” he said.
\t“Don’t do that Jaden. It’s not worth going to prison over. Trust me when I say that. It’s NOT worth it,” she replied and placed her paw on his shoulder.
\t“Yeah I know,” he replied and smiled at her.

\tA few minutes later Willow walked back in and stood at the top of the steps.
\t“Jaden, there’s someone that I want you to meet,” she said stepping down the steps and to the side, to get out of the way.
\t“Who?” He asked, looking at her confused until his attention was brought back to the top of the steps.

\tA young cub stepped into view and walked down the steps.
\t“I want you to meet Shayla Jayden Wolfe. Your daughter,” she said.
\tJaden stood there, with his muzzle wide open, processing the information that just bombarded his ears. He took a few steps forward and looked down at the young girl.
\t“She… my… what? Da-daughter?” he stuttered out.
\t“Yes, Jaden. Your daughter. My daughter. OUR daughter,” Willow said. The young girl’s coat was mostly white with brown spots all over her. Her tail, paws and hindpaws was that of wolves. Her face and ears were horse. Her eyes were green and hair was brown.

\tShayla walked up to the tall male horse in front of her and looked up at him.
\t“This is daddy?” She asked then looked over at her mom.
\t“Yes Shayla. This is your daddy. The one that I told you stories about,” Willow replied.
\t“Daughter? Shayla?” He asked squatting down. He looked at her for a few second then pulled her into a hug. Tears started flowing down his face while he hugged her. She stood there in his embrace, her arms against her sides, confused and unsure of what was going on and if her mom was right about this being her daddy. After a just half a minute he released the young half horse-half wolf cub from his embrace. He fell backwards to his butt. His legs spread apart and his body being held upright by his hands slightly behind him.
\t“She looks almost like Shayla,” he said.
\t“Pretty close because of your genes. Realistically, she looks just like you, minus her tail and paws.” Willow said. He shook his head then slapped himself. Hard. It echoed through the living room.
\t“OW! Fuck. Okay, I AM awake,” he said.
\t“Language around my… our, cub,” Willow said.
\t“How?” He asked looking at Willow.
\t“Don’t say bad words?” She replied.
\t“That’s NOT what I meant Willow. How? Her? Daughter?” He asked looking at the young cub still standing in front of him. She was silent and staring at him. Unsure if he really was her daddy.
\t“Well, you and I had sex and-”
\t“Willow! I know how pups, foals, whatever are made. We had sex, a lot! But you were on the daily pill,” he replied, causing Willow to giggle.
\t“Those are only 98% effective,” she replied.
\t“Okay so you, we, were 2% lucky? Unlucky?” He replied confused, unsure about everything.
\t“No, definitely not unlucky. She’s my beautiful daughter who I love very much,” she replied.
\t“Willow… Why? Why didn’t you tell me?” He asked sitting back up on his legs.
\t“I wanted to so badly Jaden. I really did. But you needed your time to grieve for your sister. I wasn’t going to pull you away from that and the promises that you made her. I knew that if I told you, you’d come back home and not fulfill that promise to your sister,” she replied sitting down near him, a foot or two away. Shayla walked up and hugged her mom then sat down in her lap. She looked up at her mom after she felt the kiss on the back of her head.
\t“How? I just don’t understand this Willow. How could you… we, have a pup? Foal? I mean, we didn’t use condoms but you were on the pills,” he replied.
\t“Yes and no Jaden. I stopped taking them after Shayla died because we stopped having sex,” she explained.
\t“I’m dead?” Shayla asked.
\t“No sweetie,” Willow chuckled, “another Shayla, we’ll talk about it later okay?”
\t“Okay mommy,” she replied.
\t“How? How old is she?” Jaden asked.
\t“Ask your daughter,” Willow replied and smiled.
\t“How old are you?” He asked.
\t“I’m six,” she replied holding up six fingers.
\t“Oh… Oh. That night before I left?” He asked.
\t“No, Jaden. I was already two weeks pregnant when you left. The night when you told me that you were going leave to go do the tours for the promise. We had sex that night. Shayla was conceived that night. I didn’t think anything about it. I forgot that I wasn’t on the pill to be honest,” Willow explained.
\t“So. You really ARE my daughter?” He said. Shayla looked up at him and nodded. She took the necklace from her neck and opened the locket. She pointed at the younger Jaden and said, “daddy,” and smiled.
\t“God, Shayla. Come here,” he said opening his arms. She stood up and walked over to him. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly while he sat down on his butt. Her legs was pulled into his lap as he sat there with tears forming in his eyes.
\t“Shayla, I’ll protect you with my life and love you more than you’ll ever want,” he said, “I promise.”
\t“Okay, uh… daddy?” She said still unsure.
\t“You can call me daddy if you want to, or Jaden,” he replied. She looked at the locket in her paw and the picture of him and her mom for a short moment. She wrapped her arms around his neck, “daddy,” she said then hugged him.

\tAfter a couple of minutes Jaden looked over at Willow.
\t“Where? How? I. Ugh… Where does this leave you and me Willow? I don’t even know. … What is even going on?” He asked. Shayla turned around and sat down in his lap then smiled at her mom, who had walked back over near the two.
\t“I don’t know, maybe we can pick up where we left off at,” she replied. She reached over and rubbed Shayla’s paw smiling back at their daughter.
\t“Just as if I never left?” He asked.
\t“No Jaden. You left. But you left for good reasons. Acceptable reasons. Not like my assh- uhmm… ex-husband. I don’t blame you for leaving Jaden. You were physically, mentally and emotionally broken back then. I didn’t want you to leave but I knew that you needed to get away. You needed to get away from the house that you had so much pain and suffering in, your parents house. To get away from this town. And if you never came back, I’d be okay with that too. I loved you so much Jaden and I never told you that truthfully. I really did LOVE you. I. Umm. I think I still do love you Jaden,” she replied.
\t“I’m so sorry Willow. I just don’t even know what to think. My brain is just going in a million directions right now. I can’t even think straight right now,” he replied.
\t“Don’t be sorry Jaden. Believe me, you’re fine. I’m not upset that you had to leave. I’m not upset that I got pregnant. I’m not anything bad or mad with you. You needed all that time to grieve for your sister. I hope you can understand why I never told you any of those times that you called,” Willow replied.
\t“After all this time Willow, you’re still an amazing and caring fur. And cute as ever,” he replied.
\t“Knock that off Jaden,” she replied blushing.
\t“There’s that blush. I’ve missed that so much Willow,” he replied and smiled.
\t“Jaden, before anything, there’s things we need to talk about,” Willow said.
\t“I’m not surprised,” he replied.
\t“For now, just visit with everyone. Don’t forget to say hi to Fang, who’s been leaning against the wall forever by now,” Willow said standing up.
\t“Hi Fang. It’s so nice to see you again!” Jaden said.
\t“It’s good to see you too Jaden,” Fang said walked up to him. He reached out and shook Jaden’s hoof, “welcome back home bro,” he said then pulled Jaden into a hug.
\t“Glad to be back,” Jaden replied.
\t“Hell of a surprise, right?” Fang asked.
\t“Hehuuuh, yeah. Um. Yeah. I still think that I’m somehow sleeping,” Jaden said. Fang squeezed Jaden’s hoof, hard, causing him to wince.
\t“Bubba! You hurt him!” Shayla said.
\t“Nah Shayla, your daddy is strong. That didn’t hurt him,” he replied.
\t“Fang, what do you think about having a little sister again? And that it’s mine?” Jaden asked.
\t“I’m cool with it. I love Shayla. She’s fun and amazing. She really loves running around na-”
\t“BUBBA NO!!!” Shayla said turning red and tried to jump to cover his mouth. Fang laughed and looked up at Jaden. Jaden stood up taking Shayla into his arms. She smiled and hugged him while he walked over to the couch and sat down. He sat her in his lap, turning her around to face him.
\t“Shayla,” he said quietly, softly.
\t“Yes?” She replied.
\t“Nothing. I’m just thinking about someone else,” he replied and sighed. She reached up and placed her paw on his face, wiping some tears away.
\t“Why you sad?” She asked.
\t“I’m more happy than sad,” he said.
\t“Because of me?” She asked.
\t“Partially,” he replied.
\t“What’s that mean?” she asked.
\t“It means part. Like, oh I don’t know. Let’s see. You like MEGO bricks?” He asked.
\t“Yes. I have lots. I can show you,” she replied.
\t“Maybe later okay? You know when you build something but then stop building and you’re only halfway done? That’s partially built. It’s not fully complete,” he replied.
\t“Oh okay. I understand, I think,” she replied.
\t“Jaden you hungry?” Vapor asked.
\t“Actually yeah. I haven’t eaten since like five AM and I’m starving,” he replied.
\t“JADEN! You should have said something sooner,” Vapor scowled.
\t“I didn’t even notice that I was hungry until you asked me. Just so much today. Coming home. All the surprises with the new cubs. Then I find out that I’ve got a daughter. I, ~laughs~ I don’t even know what to say, do or think,” he replied.
\t“You best get that brain of yours working. You’ve got a daughter to care for now and her mother,” Vapor said standing up.
\t“I think it’s the other way around, Vapor. Willow took care of me,” he replied.
\t“Because you took care of the most precious thing in your life, Jaden. Everything that Willow did for you, you more than deserved,” she replied.
\t“Thank you Vapor,” he replied.
\t“So what do you want to eat?” She asked.
\t“Doesn’t matter, I’ll eat pretty much anything now,” he replied.
\t“Good, I’ll make you a broccoli sandwich,” she smirked.
\t“EWWWWW” Shayla replied scrunching her face.
\t“You don’t like broccoli Shay… Shayla?” He asked.
\t“No, bad taste,” she replied.
\t“Yeah, it’s horrible. I’ll throw it all away just for you,” he said to her.
\t“YAY! No more broccoli!!!” she cheered.
\t“Don’t you even dare Jaden. We’ve been trying to get her to eat more veggies recently,” Vapor said, “is a ham and cheese sandwich okay until dinner?”
\t“Uh yeah. Yeah that’s fine,” he replied then looked at the floor, remembering that his sister and him always ate ham and cheese sandwiches.

***

\tLater that evening Willow walked into the living room and smiled. Shayla and Jaden were sitting on the floor, he was playing with her, with her dolls. Shayla looked up when Willow neared them.
\t“Hi mommy,” she said.
\t“Hi baby,” she replied.
\t“Welcome back home Willow,” Jaden said.
\t“Thanks,” she replied.
\t“It’s, uh, it’s nice to say that. Home. Home. Home. Home is such a simple word that’s taken for granted by so many. But having been without a proper home for over six years, it’s an amazing word to say and a thing to have again,” he replied.
\t“I bet. It’s nice to have you back here,” she said then leaned down. She kissed his muzzle then smiled.
\t“Knock that off Willow,” he replied smiling.
\t“No using my line on me,” she replied.
\t“Sure sure,” he replied.
\t“Mommy, want to play with Jaden and me?” Shayla asked.
\t“Not right now baby. Your daddy and I need to talk about some things,” she replied.
\t“Oh. Okay,” she replied sadly and her tail stopped wagging.
\t“You’ll be fine Shayla,” Jaden said then caressed her face.
\t“Are you going to stay here tonight?” She asked.
\t“I don’t know. That’s up to your mommy and brother,” he replied.
\t“Oh okay,” she replied.
\t“Go back to playing, I’ll be back later, okay?” Jaden said.
\t“Okay,” she replied. He caressed her head then stood up.

\tWillow and Jaden walked into her bedroom and headed around the short wall. He chuckled at the sight of the floor.
\t“Yeah I know, it’s messy,” she said, “Shayla loves playing in here while I’m relaxing, working or do anything in here.”
\t“It’s fine,” he said as they sat down on the bed.
\t“I’ve missed this bedroom,” he said.
\t“Jaden, I need to know something. It’s kind of personal though,” she said.
\t“Sure, what is it?” He asked.
\t“While you were gone, did you… Did you sleep with anyone? Or have unprotected sex?” She asked.
\t“No I didn’t. It was tempting at times but no. I kept thinking about our time together and I just couldn’t,” he replied.
\t“Okay. I just want to be safe. There’s been an uprise of STD’s in the past few years,” she explained.
\t“Yeah I heard about that. It’s a big reason why I didn’t sleep with anyone,” he replied.
\t“To be honest, I’m kind of glad that you didn’t,” she replied,” she replied.
\t“Willow, you were my first love. I don’t think I would find anyone that is as amazing as you were,” he replied.
\t“What would you do if I were to say that we wouldn’t be getting back together?” She asked.
\t“I don’t know. But I’d stay around because of Shayla,” he replied.
\t“I would hope that you would,” she replied and leaned back on the bed, “don’t think about leaning over and kissing me.” She chuckled.
\t“I wouldn’t do that. Not without your approval first,” he replied laying down next to her.
\t“Was that all you wanted to talk about?” He asked.
\t“No. I’m just trying to figure out how to say what I need to, without hurting you,” she replied.
\t“Is it about Shayla? Uh, my sister Shayla?” He asked.
\t“Both actually,” she replied.
\t“Well, take your time if you need to,” he replied.

\tAfter a few minutes of silence Willow looked over at Jaden. His eyes were closed, his chest raising and falling at a consistent rate. Almost like he was sleeping. Almost. She leaned over and kissed his muzzle. His eyes shot open and he turned his head and looked over at her.
\t“I. I didn’t expect that reaction,” she said.
\t“Sorry Willow. I was almost asleep. You just startled me,” he explained.
\t“Sorry Jaden,” she replied.
\t“It’s okay,” he replied.
\t“Your sister. You know how you helped her during her heat cycles?” She said.
\t“Yeah. I remember. I still feel bad about it,” he replied.
\t“Jaden. No, don’t feel bad about that. You were helping her when she needed it the most. You did what you had to and there’s nothing wrong with that,” she replied.
\t“I know Willow. It’s just. The day that she died. She asked me to have sex with her. Like lovers do. I… we did. She knew she was going to die soon Willow. She wanted to be as close to me as possible that entire day. We had sex four times that day. She never let me clean her up of my semen like I had always done. After the last time, that night, I started to clean her up but she stopped me. She reached down and took some of my semen and smelled it. “It smells just like you bubba” she said then smiled. She licked it all from her fingers then teared up. She told me she wanted to look at the stars. She sat up in bed and tried to get off the bed. But with her unable to walk or move her legs anymore she looked at me and smiled and rose her arms. I picked her up and carried her outside. Her last TRUE words was “You made me happy. I love you bubba daddy. I’m going to miss you.” I said that I loved her too. She smiled and kissed me. She took a few short labored breath. A single tear fell from her eyes and rolled down her face. Then she went limp. I sat there for twenty minutes holding her in a hug, not sure what to do. I didn’t really cry until… Until after we walked out from the hospital and into the main lobby. You sat there with me for an hour while others stared at me, at us. You sat there with me in your lap while I cried like a baby,” he recalled.
\t“Jaden,” she only managed to say.
\t“It’s okay. I’ve cherished her last words for over six years. I will never forget them,” he replied.
\t“I know you won’t,” she replied. He exhaled and looked up at the ceiling for a few seconds until Willow placed her paw on his face. She wiped the tears from his face and kissed his forehead. She sat up and smiled at him.
\t“Shayla, our Shayla. She doesn’t have the issues that your sister did. Like Fang and Pepper, she still wets the bed occasionally, but other than that, she’s fine and perfectly healthy,” she explained.
\t“I’m happy to hear that Willow,” he said. She faintly smiled and nodded her head. She wiped the last few tears from his eyes and off of his face.
\t“With the way that you talked about the heat cycles, I assume that you were going to say not with our Shayla, right?” he asked.
\t“Yeah, but you already knew that I suppose,” she replied. He gave a short airy chuckle and nodded his head.
\t“I’m sorry for bringing all that up Jaden, but I wanted to make sure you knew that our Shayla is healthy and that she’s not sickly like your sister was,” she said.
\t“No. You’re fine Willow. It’s just I miss her so fucking much. Everyday,” he said.
\t“I know you do. I didn’t know her for very long, but I liked her a lot. I loved her. She was a cheerful and happy mare,” she replied.
\t“Mare?” Jaden asked.
\t“Yes mare. You always said foal. But a foal is a horse under the age of one. Filly is one that’s between one and four years old. Mare’s are those over four years old. That’s for female’s of course,” she explained.
\t“Huh. I never knew that,” he chuckled.
\t“Yeah, I didn’t either. I looked into it after I gave birth to our Shayla,” she replied.
\t“So, why did you name her Shayla Jayden?” He asked.
\t“To remember your sister and you. I didn’t know if you would ever come back Jaden. I figured you just settled down somewhere and found yourself a nice lady. You stopped calling after four and half years,” she said.
\t“I know. I shouldn’t have. Every time I talked to you, it brought all of our memories back. I needed some time to be with just myself. Truthfully, I had finished touring all those landmarks in three and half years. I rented a small apartment in Texas after visiting all the military war ships, submarines and aircraft there. I just needed time for myself I guess,” he said.
\t“Don’t worry about it Jaden. You were grieving and recovering. I knew deep down that you would want to come back at some point. I just didn’t expect it so soon though, to be honest, I figured you’d come back in at least ten or fifteen years,” she replied.
\t“I’m sorry Willow,” he said.
\t“For what?” She asked.
\t“I don’t know,” he replied and laid back down and stared up at the ceiling.
\t“Should I be worried?” She asked.
\t“No, I’m just still wrapping my head around this day. Being back in town. Seeing you again. Fang and Vapor too. And then finding out I have a six year old daughter,” he replied and then laughed for a full five seconds until tears streamed down his face. After letting him recover Willow turned his head towards her.
\t“I think I can understand how you’re feeling right now,” she replied.
\t“I don’t even know how I should be feeling Willow. My emotions are all over the place. My head is all over the place,” he replied.
\t“Well, we’ll for star-” she was interrupted by the bedroom door opening. A few seconds later Shayla walked in and up to the bed.
\t“Mommy,” she said.
\t“What do you need Shayla?” She asked caressing her face.
\t“I’m bored,” she replied.
\t“How can you be bored in this house?” Jaden asked sitting up. Shayla shrugged her shoulders then looked back at her mom.
\t“Go play with your toys. We’ll be done talking soon, okay?” Willow said.
\t“Okay mommy,” she replied.
\t“Bye Shayla,” Jaden said.
\t“Bye bye Jaden,” she replied then headed for the door then shut it behind her.
\t“Jaden huh?” He said.
\t““She’s kind of shy. It might take a while for her to fully understand or realize that you really are her dad. The pictures that I’ve shown were from six years ago. You’ve changed a lot,” she replied and ran her paw through his mane.
\t“What am I going to do Willow?” He said.
\t“Well, as I started to say… For starters, you should take a shower, because you’re smelling a bit, well, bad,” she said.
\t“Yeah, not surprised. I was on a bus for three days from Texas, and not much time to take a shower at any rest area or gas stations,” he explained.
\t“Go take a shower then get some sleep,” she suggested.
\t“Yeah. I think a hot shower would be nice. Should have taken one earlier,” he said putting his legs over the side of the bed.
\t“No worries, we were talking and catching up,” she replied.

\tAn hour and a half later Willow walked back into her bedroom, carrying Shayla, and chuckled. Jaden was on the bed passed out. He was barely dressed, his boxers at the bottom of his crotch.
\t“Why he in our bed mommy?” Shayla asked.
\t“He’s just really tired sweetie,” she replied walking up to the bed.
\t“Where am I sleeping at?” she asked.
\t“In between me and your dad,” she replied.
\t“You sure he’s daddy?” She asked while Willow sat her down on the bed.
\t“Yes, I’m sure he’s your daddy,” she replied. She walked over to Jaden and pushed his legs up onto the bed then worked his boxers up. She walked back around and laid down, covering Shayla and herself up.
\t“If you sure, I guess he is daddy,” she replied.
\t“I am a million billion percent sure he’s your daddy,” Willow said then tapped Shayla’s nose, causing her to giggle.
\t“Good night Shayla, I love you,” she said.
\t“Nini mommy, love you too,” she replied and cuddled up against her mom’s side.

***

Sunday December 16, 2029

\tWillow woke up then sat up. She yawned then stretched her arms out in front of her. She looked over to Shayla and nearly fell out of bed. She had almost forgotten that Jaden had come home the day before. She smiled upon seeing Shayla was cuddled up against her dad. Her head rested on his shoulder. His arm rested against her, supporting her while she laid there peacefully sleeping.
\t“Morning,” Jaden said with a smile.
\t“Morning yourself. You been awake for long?” She asked.
\t“No, not too long,” he said and yawned, “I woke up to her sleeping like this.”
\t“You both look adorable like that,” she said grabbing her cellphone. She snapped a picture of them then turned it around to show Jaden. He smiled then looked up at Willow.
\t“Umm, hey. I really gotta go,” he said.
\t“Oh. Okay,” Willow said dispirited, as her ears folded flat against her head.
\t“Willow, I mean gotta go to pee. I have to pee,” he said chuckling then grunted.
\t“Oh. Uh, sorry,” she replied. She lifted Shayla and laid her down on the bed, who balled up. Jaden got up and rushed to the bathroom. He returned a few minutes later and stood there while Willow unsnapped her bra and tossed it on the bed. She smirked at him for peeking.
\t“Peeking on me now?” She said.
\t“Uh, sorry, I didn’t mean to,” he replied. She walked up to him and kissed his muzzle.
\t“You’re still adorable Jaden,” she said then smiled. Her tail brushed against along his body as she walked past him.

\tHalfway through her shower Shayla walked in and knocked on the shower door. Willow opened it and took her paw then escorted her to the falling water. Little Shayla stood under the water and turned her head up. The water fell down onto her muzzle, softly tickling her causing her to giggle. Willow sat down on her legs and ran the washcloth against Shayla’s chest. Shayla straightened her head out then opened her eyes and smiled at her mom.
\t“Morning mommy,” she said.
\t“Morning sweetie, how did you sleep?” She asked.
\t“Rerwwy good,” she replied.
\t“Really,” Willow corrected her, saying it slowly.
\t“Re-ally” she replied.
\t“We’ll work on it,” Willow replied and giggled.
\t“Okay mommy,” she replied taking the washcloth after Willow held it out to her. Willow sat there watching her daughter lather soap on her body. The soap ran down her body, most of it running down her chest, over her stomach and flowed off her crotch. After ten minutes of her washing her body she handed the washcloth back to her mom.
\t“You done?” Willow asked.
\t“Yes mommy,” she replied.
\t“Okay then. I’ll help you out and get you a towel. I still have to wash my hair. I’ll meet you downstairs okay?” She said standing up. Shayla nodded and walked to the door. Willow opened it and stepped out. She pulled a big towel from the rack then squatted and wrapped it around Shayla then pulled her towards her. Willow kissed her lip to lip then patted her butt.
\t“Go on, get dried off then get dressed,” she said standing up. She walked back into the shower then started closing the door. “Shayla,” she said.
\t“Yes?”
\t“All clean clothing little wolf, including panties,” she warned. Shayla smiled then rushed out of the bathroom.
\t
\tWillow walked out of the bathroom into her closet. She grabbed some clothes and left. She looked at Shayla sitting on the bed playing with a toy.
\t“Hey, didn’t I tell you to go downstairs?” Willow said sitting her clothes on the bed.
\t“I was but I wanted to wait for you,” she replied.
\t“Okay sweetie,” she replied. She pulled out a pair of panties and slipped into them. While she put her pants on she looked over at Shayla.
\t“How do you like Jaden?” Willow asked.
\t“I don’t know,” she replied.
\t“What do you mean?” Willow asked.
\t“I don’t know. He’s nice but… I don’t know,” she replied.
\t“I guess it’s a big change now, finally getting to meet your daddy,” Willow said.
\t“He put my panties on me and kissed me after,” she said, looking up from the toy.
\t“Oh how so?” Willow asked.
\t“On my cheek, like Uncle Q-Qu… Uncle Q does,” she replied.
\t“Did it feel like a bad kiss or touch? Like I thought you? She asked. Shayla looked at her for a few seconds then looked away, seemingly deep in thought.
\t“No,” she said shaking her head.
\t“Good to hear. Jaden was a really nice boy years ago, funny too, and I’m sure he still is. I trust him, so does Quill, Fang and Vapor and probably all the others,” she said then caressed Shayla’s face, moving hair out of her eyes. “He’ll take care of you and protect you just like I do and your brother and Uncle Q does. He’s a good fur.”
\t“Okay mommy,” she replied.
\t“You don’t have to be scared of Jaden, your daddy. I know that he would protect you no matter what. He protected another girl many years ago. He took care of her like I take care of you,” Willow explained.
\t“Jaden has another girl like me?” Shayla looked up again from the toy.
\t“Kind of. We’ll talk about that more later. We should let him talk about it. Okay?” Willow said.
\t“Okay mommy. I’m hungry,” she replied.
\t“Well, I’m sure your brother has cooked breakfast already. You should go downstairs so I can finish getting ready,” Willow said hooking her bra straps together. Shayla slid off the bed then hugged her mom and left the bedroom.

***
Saturday December 22, 2029

\t“Willow. Did it hurt?” Jaden asked.
\t“Did what hurt? And you best not say when you fell from heaven or anything like that,” she replied narrowing her eyes.
\t“No. I know you don’t care for religion stuff. Shayla’s birth, with her horse muzzle, did it hurt?” He asked.
\t“Oh. Uh, yeah. Yeah it did. Her muzzle got caught as she came out. The doctor had to push her back in just a bit and reposition her head. If you cause me pain like that again, Jaden, you’ll regret it,” she replied and smiled.
\t“Oh, I’m sure I will. We’ll have another five or six pups over the next five years or so,” he said.
\t“I don’t think so,” she said pushing him off the bed. He landed hard and grunted. He sat up and looked at her over the bed mattress.
\t“You’re just like a child,” he said.
\t“No. Just not looking to have another pup. Just not yet at least,” she replied.
\t“So there’s still a chance then?” He asked laying back down.
\t“Maybe,” she leaned up then kissed him. He put his hands on her sides. She lifted out of the kiss and looked at him.
\t“What?” He asked.
\t“Are you seriously trying to get lucky right now?” She asked.
\t“N-no? Only placing my hands on your sides,” he replied.
\t“Good,” she replied and kissed his muzzle before sitting up.
\t“You’re such a tease… Bea,” he replied with a smirk and smile, until she smacked him with her tail.
\t“We need to talk to Shayla about your sister. She knows something is up. We talked about it when you first met her and then a couple of other times. It’s time Jaden,” she said.
\t“Yeah, maybe it’s time. I shouldn’t keep my history secret from her,” he replied.

***

\t“Shayla, come here please,” her mom said. Shayla looked over at her, taking her attention away from the cartoons. She stood up and walked over.
\t“Yes mommy?” She asked then looked over and up at Jaden.
\t“Follow us, please,” she said then started walking away. Jaden smiled at Shayla then turned around and followed Willow.

\tThe three of them walked upstairs and into Willow’s bedroom. After settling down on the bed, Jaden exhaled.
\t“You can do it Jaden,” Willow said then smiled after he looked over at her.
\t“Shayla,” he said and paused.
\t“Yes Jaden?” She replied.
\t“Shayla,” he said, “I spoke of her the day that we met. You remember when you asked if you were dead?” He asked.
\t“Yes. But I’m not dead,” she replied.
\t“No Shayla, you’re not. But there is … was another Shayla before you,” Jaden said.
\t“There was two of me?” She asked quizzically and confused.
\t“No. The other Shayla was Shayla Knight. She was my little sister. She was around a year older than you are now,” he said.
\t“Can we play together one day?” She asked.
\t“Maybe one day, but that won’t be for a long, long time, hopefully,” Jaden replied. “You see, my sister died a little over six years ago,” he said.
\t“Oh,” she replied and lowered her head. She knew what death meant, “what was she like?”
\t“Funny, beautiful, full of life, cheerful. Everything just like you, from what I’ve seen so far,” he replied.
\t“Was she nice? Nice like Vapor, Luna and Laika?” She asked.
\t“She was very nice. One of the nicest mares that I knew. She was really nice for what she had to deal with,” he said, trying to hold off the inevitable, telling her about how his sister died and hopefully before he started crying.
\t“I like nice furs,” she replied.
\t“Yeah, I do too,” he replied then sighed. “My sister, Shayla, she died when she was seven years old. She was just seven years old,” he said and stopped taking a deep labored breath. He looked up at the ceiling as tears started flowing down his face. He sniffled and cleared his throat.
\t“You okay Jaden?” Willow asked. He exhaled and looked over at her. He barely nodded his head.
\t“I’m sorry that happened Jaden,” Shayla said.
\t“Thank you,” he replied. “My sister had issues from birth that caused her to have a short life. I don’t know if there was anything that could have been done to save her, but our parents didn’t make it any better. They were, are, bad. They did nothing to help. Anyways, your mom and brother helped me and my sister a lot in her last year. Especially in her last six months. She died in my arms,” he explained.

\tShayla sat there listening to him as he recalled more and more of the story. He left out the parts where they had sex, as it really wasn’t necessary for her to know.
\t“I’m sorry Jaden,” Shayla said then hugged him.
\t“Thank you,” he replied.
\t“I don’t understand how you are my daddy. You look nothing like the picture,” she said and pointed at the locket hanging from Willow’s neck.
\t“Well, furs change over the years. Here is your mom before you were born,” he said. He pulled out the necklace from under his shirt and opened it. It had the same picture of him and Willow sitting next to each other, but on the other side was a picture of Willow’s head.
\t“Oh okay, Jaden,” she replied.
\t“Shayla, you shouldn’t call him Jaden. He is your daddy,” Willow said.
\t“It’s okay Willow. Let her call me Jaden for now. I mean, she’s only known me for barely a week. It’ll take time for us to bond and me to become family to her,” he said. Willow narrowed her eyes at him for a few seconds for him undermining what she just said. “Trust me Willow, please,” he mouthed silently to her with a smile. With a silent exhale she nodded.

\t“So, Shayla, do you understand why I was kind of confused when we first met. Why I was like that?” Jaden asked.
\t“I think so. You had a sister that died. She looked kind of like me. Mommy and brother helped you. You left to do stuff for your sister,” she replied.
\t“Yes. It’s why I smile and also almost cry because of your name. It’s a good name though. It’s a beautiful name,” he said. Shayla smiled at him.

\t“I, uhhm. I’m going to go take a shower. I need to clear my head,” he said.
\t“Okay. See you in a bit Jaden,” Willow said. He nodded, stood up and headed into the bathroom. Willow and Shayla sat there talking for a bit longer. Willow wanted to ensure that she understood what Jaden had told her.

\tA bit later Jaden looked up after the bathroom door opened up. Willow stepped in and looked at the floor. Jaden was sitting on the shower floor, underneath one of the shower heads.
\t“You okay Jaden?” She asked.
\t“Yes. Thanks Willow,” he replied.
\t“You care if I join you?” She asked.
\t“I guess so,” he replied.

\tJust a little over a minute later she walked in and sat down behind him. She pushed her legs down beside his legs then rested her head against his back and gently hugged him.
\t“You did good Jaden, sweetie,” she said.
\t“I hope so,” he replied.
\t“You did good, I promise,” she said and kissed his neck.
\t“Thanks Willow,” he replied. He leaned his head back against her shoulder. The two of them stayed in that position for over five minutes until Jaden sat up and chuckled.
\t“What’s so funny?” Willow asked.
\t“Just. It’s just, I don’t know. I’m still trying to comprehend that I have a daughter,” he replied and chuckled again.
\t“We can do a DNA test if you want to. I won’t be offended,” she said.
\t“No, it’s not that. I believe you Willow. My brain just hasn’t really made the full connection yet,” he replied.
\t“It’s a huge surprise dropped on you all at once,” she replied.
\tHe chuckled again, “so what did Fang say when he found out you were pregnant? What about when you told him it was mine?” He asked.
\t“He was quite happy for me actually. I knew he wouldn’t care if I was pregnant. But I didn’t tell him it was yours though,” she said and looked over at him. “It’s Jaden’s isn’t it? Fang asked and I said yes,” she explained.
\t“Glad to know that he doesn’t hate me for knocking up his mom,” he said.
\t“Yeah. Yeah, he made a joke about that,” she replied.
\t“What did Pepper think?” He asked.
\t“She was happy for me too. And you of course,” she replied.
\t“You raised your family right. They’re all nice, kind, well-mannered and helps those who need it,” he said.
\t“Yeah. I was fairly strict, but I think it helped them. But not strict enough on Fang and Vapor, for having sex. But I wouldn’t change that though. I love my grandcubs and great-grandcubs,” she replied, and getting a chuckle and smile from him.
\t“Don’t even dare,” she said.
\t“What? Call you an old great-grandwolf?” He said and laughed.
\t“Well, you killed your chance of sex,” she replied.
\t“Aww. Well, that’s okay. I can wait, because it’s you,” he replied.
\t“Dammit Jaden, stop making it so damned hard for me to be mad at you,” she yelled, but then whined a little bit. He turned around and scooted close to her, he smiled before kissing her muzzle to muzzle.
\t“It’s so nice to be beside you again Willow,” he said.
\t“Likewise,” she said with a smile.
\t“Jaden, I hope you don’t mind that I named our daughter after Shayla. I knew and know that it might make it hard for you to get over your sister. But know this, I did it only for my love of you and for her memory. If you want, we can have her name changed,” Willow said.
\t“No! Don’t change her name. I’m honored that you thought of my sister. Plus I think it would just confuse our Shayla having to learn a new name for herself. Thank you, again, Willow,” he replied.

***
Sunday December 23, 2029

\tJaden woke up to his cell phone ringing. He groggily answered it then hung up after a moment. He walked down multiple flights of stairs and finally into the dining room where everyone was already sitting and eating.

\tAfter breakfast Jaden walked into the living room where Willow was sitting and reading a book to Shayla, who was sitting on her lap. He sat down next to them and listened until they were finished.

\t“Anything you needed Jaden?” Willow asked while Shayla looked at the pictures in the book.
\t“Clothing actually. I’ve only got enough for five days,” he replied.
\t“I see. You want to go to the store?”
\t“If you wouldn’t mind, or I can drive myself,”
\t“I think a nice father daughter bonding outing wouldn’t hurt,” she replied and ran her paw through Shayla’s hair.
\t“Thanks Willow,”
\t“Shayla, baby,”
\t“Yes mommy,”
\t“I have some work I’ve got to do around the house, so Jaden and you are going to the store. You want to do that?”
\t“I guess so,”
\t“Okay. I want you to listen to your dad. You do everything he tells you to do, okay? You listen to him like you do me and your brother,”
\t“Okay mommy,”

\tWillow sat Shayla to the side then left the room and returned a moment later. She handed Jaden the keys to her vehicle. He reached out and took them, only for her to hold on to them.
\t“Be careful driving out there Jaden, and don’t let Shayla out of your sight. She can be slippery at times and sneak off without you knowing,”
\t“We’ll be careful, I promise,” he replied and took the keys after she let her grip go.

\tAfter getting dressed for a little bit of snow that was falling outside, the two stepped into the garage with Willow following. After securing Shayla in her car seat she leaned on the drivers side door with the window down.
\t“Be careful Jaden, I mean it,” she said.
\t“I’ll be careful. I don’t drive like Fang,”
\t“Okay, love you Jaden,” she said then kissed his muzzle.
\t“Love you too,” he replied.

\tWillow leaned into the car and kissed Shayla and reminded her again to listen to Jaden and to behave or face a punishment.

\tA couple of hours later the two pulled into the mall in Orion City. Jaden got out and opened the back door and unbuckled Shayla. He stood her in the car and helped put her coat on.

\t“Want me to carry you or do you want to walk?”
\t“Walk,”
\t“Okay. You ready then?”
\t“Yes,”

\tHe took her paw and the two headed inside. It was super busy. Easily two-thousand or more others inside doing last minute shopping. He stopped and looked down at Shayla, after a few seconds she looked up at him.
\t“What?” She asked.
\t“Oh, nothing, just thinking about something,”
\t“Okay,”

\tTheir first stop was at a clothing store, like most other stops would be at during their visit. He rifled through dozens of pants and pulled out a few in his size. They walked to the back then he looked down at Shayla. How was he going to try the pants on and keep an eye on Shayla? Willow would kill him if anything happened to her. They stood there for a moment while he thought through the options. Finally, he sighed.
\t“Shayla, are you okay standing inside the dressing room while I try these pants on? Your mom wouldn’t like it if I left you standing out here alone,” he asked squatting down in front of her.
\t“It’s okay. I’ve stood in them with bubba before,”
\t“Okay, thanks sweetheart,”

\tThey stepped inside and he took a few minutes to try each of the different pants on. Shayla sat on the bench and stared at the floor while gently kicking her hindpaws. Jaden looked at himself in the mirror then pulled the pants off. He stopped and looked back when Shayla started giggling.
\t“What’s so funny?”
\t“You wearing cartoon panties,”
\t“Underwear Shayla, not panties,” he replied chuckling, “and what’s wrong with me wearing underwear with cartoon characters?”
\t“You a adult. You not watch cartoons. You’re too old,”
\t“Too old, huh? I’ll remember that when you want me to play toys with you. Also, I love cartoons. And Pokemon is one of my favorites. Well, it’s anime, but still a cartoon. But yeah, I like cartoons and no one is ever too old to watch or like cartoons,” he explained. He slipped back into his old pants and folded up the six that he had picked out. He sat down to put his shoes on.

\t“Jaden, can I ask something?”
\t“Of course,”
\t“Are you really my daddy?”
\t“Yes, I am,”
\t“How do you know? You not been around, ever,”
\t“I see. I trust your mommy. I trust what she says. I can also see myself in you,”
\t“How can you be in me?”
\t“No no, not in you, silly. You see your spots?”
\t“Yes,”
\t“Well, I have the same type of spots. We’re both have spots that are white and have a shade of brown. Plus you’re half horse and half wolf. Your spots are about the same color as my hair, see? But you took a lot after your mom too, your paws and handpaws and those cute little green eyes of yours,”
\t“I guess so,”
\t“So, you really don’t think I’m your daddy?”
\t“I don’t know,” she replied and sighed.
\t“How about this? What if we talk to your mommy and we get a DNA test done? That way a doctor can tell us if I’m your daddy or not,” he suggested.
\t“What is DNA test?”
\t“It’s where they, umm, well. They take spit or blood or something from you and me, and then they do all these crazy tests on our spit or blood. When it comes back it has these funny little square things on a clear sheet. If the doctor puts the sheets together and they line up, or almost line up, then those two furs are related,” he explained to the best of his knowledge.
\t“Okay Jaden. Lets do that,” she replied with a smile.
\t“We have to talk to your mommy first though,”
\t“Okay,” she replied as Jaden finished tying his shoes.
\t“You ready to go?”
\t“Yes, I’m ready. Where to now?”
\t“Well, I need some shirts and socks and underwear and shorts. I need a lot of clothing. I’ve been traveling a lot and I had to pack lightly,”
\t“Okay,”

\tAfter visiting four other stores the two were sitting down in the food court. They had sat down to eat. Jaden got Flying Dragon Chinese, and Shayla wanted a small hamburger and French fries. It took a bit for them to eat, but afterwards Jaden squatted down in front of Shayla and cleaned the ketchup from her muzzle.
\t“You’re a messy eater,” he said jokingly.
\t“Sorry,”
\t“No worries princess,” he replied causing her to smile.
\t“Jaden, can we go to another store?”
\t“What did you have in mind?”
\t“Mommy took me to this one and they have clothes for me. Could we go? Please?”
\t“Sure thing. Do you know what it’s called?” he replied.
\t“No, but I remember lots of big colors on the front though. Red and blue and green and yellow and orange and pink and others,”
\t“I think we passed something like when we first came in. You want to go now?”
\t“If you want to,”
\t“Okay, lets go,” he replied and smiled.

\tThe two walked into the cub clothing store and noticed all the different colors of clothing and wall colors. Jaden shivered upon hearing the popular tween song playing, Cubby by Justin Beaver. He exhaled thinking back nearly two months ago. He was sitting on a bus, driving across Texas from Galveston. There was a young cub that was playing the song, on repeat, for more than four hundred miles. The audio was low but being on just the other side of the aisle he could hear it and no way to drown it out. He was pulled out of the thought by his arm being shook.
\t“Jaden, come on,” Shayla said excitedly.
\t“Okay, okay, I’m coming,” he replied and chuckled.

\tShe lead him through the store, his arm extended out the entire time. If she had the strength, she would have been pulling him across the floor. She stopped in front of a display filled with t-shirts, which were out of season. She picked up a pink shirt and looked at it after it unfolded. On the front was a unicorn, it’s fur was multicolored, just like a rainbow. She groaned a little bit, she wasn’t too fond of unicorns but they weren’t too bad. It was mainly the horn that was unsettling to her. She sat the shirt back with the others and looked at others.

\tAfter being in the store for a while Shayla was looking at a pack of panties. She held the package in her paws, looking at the designs. The bands on each show the day of the week and the designs varied on each. They ranged from butterflies, striped colors, cake slices, cupcakes and more. She tapped her pockets but whimpered feeling no money, which was often the normal, since her mom bought everything see needed or wanted. She smiled when an idea popped into her head.
\t“Jaden, daddy, can you buy this for me, please?”
\t“Daddy huh? You saying that just to get me to buy that?”
\t“I…” she lowered her head knowing that she was caught in her master grand scheme to get what she wanted.
\t“Shayla, I’ll buy them, but don’t ever do that again. I would love it if you call me daddy but don’t do it just to get me to buy you something. Okay?”
\t“I’m sorry Jaden,” she replied as her tail curled between her legs.
\t“What would your mom think if she heard you do that?”
\t“She would punish me. I’m rweally sorry Jaden,”
\t“Should I punish you for this?” He asked. She looked up at him. She remained quiet for a moment until she softly shook her head no.
\t“I’m sorry Jaden, I won’t do it again. I pwomise,”
\t“Okay. Don’t let me hear you do that again. Okay?”
\t“Okay,”
\t“You ready to go or did you want to look at something else?”
\t“I think I’m ready,”
\t“Okay then, lets go pay for those,” he said and held his hoof out. She placed her paw into his and they walked up to the front to pay for the pack of panties.

\tAbout four hours later the two walked into the house, well Shayla ran in and up to her mom. She lunged and embraced her in a hug. Her tail was wagging furiously.
\t“Seems like you had fun with your daddy,”
\t“Jaden was fun. Looky what he bought me!” She said then opened the GAP Cubs bag and pulled out pack of panties.
\t“Aww, that was nice of him,” she said and smiled over at Jaden, “did you cause Jaden any issues?”
\t“No mommy, I was good,” she replied.
\t“Good to hear. Jaden, did you get everything you needed?”
\t“Yeah. Thanks for letting me use your car,”
\t“No problem. There’s some freshly made hot chocolate in the kitchen. Why don’t you two go get some huh? Then maybe a nice hot shower afterwards,”
\t“Okay mommy,”
\t“Thanks again Willow,” Jaden said. He sat the ten bags down and headed into the kitchen.

\tAfter drinking a nice hot cup of hot chocolate with tiny marshmallows in it, the two headed upstairs. As they reached the second floor they stopped after Willow called out to them.

\t“Sorry Jaden, I just want to ask. Shayla are you comfortable with showering with Jaden?” She asked.
\t“I don’t know mommy,” she replied then looked up at Jaden. He gave her a warm smile.
\t“Well, go on and take one with him but you can get out if you want to, okay?”
\t“Okay mommy,” she said.
\t“I just wanted to make sure, that’s all,” she whispered in his ear.
\t“I know. It’s better than a no, I suppose,”
\t“She’ll warm up to you soon Jaden. It’s a major change in her life. And yours,”
\t“Yeah, I know,” he replied.

\tWillow then gently pushed both towards the stairs and told them to both behave.

\tIn Willow’s bathroom Jaden walked behind Shayla while she looked at the shower, waiting for him to start it. He stepped in and started the shower to warm it up then started stripping down. Shayla sat on the hot tub steps and stared at the floor. After he finished he walked over and squatted down in front of her.

\t“You okay princess?” he asked.
\t“I. I think so,” she replied.
\t“Okay. You need help taking your clothes off?”
\t“No,”
\t“Okay then, I’ll get our washcloths and towels okay? I’ll leave the door open for you,” he said. After she nodded he caressed her short muzzle then smiled. He stood up and entered the shower.

\tHe looked out of the glass shower wall a few minutes later to see Shayla finally stripping down. She finally pushed her panties down and headed into the shower. She reached up and pressed one of the buttons on the shower control panel. An extra shower head turned on over the bench. She walked over and sat down underneath the water. Jaden spent the next ten or fifteen minutes washing himself off. Afterwards he grabbed another washcloth, wet it and soaped it. He sat down in front of Shayla and smiled. He rose the washcloth up and asked if she was okay with him washing her. She said no, shaking her head, then took the rag for herself. He sat down in the corner at the end of the bench. He watched her run the cloth over her arms, belly and legs. It only took her a couple of minutes. She sat the rag down then sat back under the falling water. A moment later she looked over at Jaden who was sitting there and staring at the floor.

\t“Jaden?”
\t“Huh?”
\t“You okay?”
\t“Yeah, why do you ask?”
\t“You look at the floor. Like I do sometimes when I’m sad,”
\t“Oh, yeah, just thinking,”
\t“About what?”
\t“My sister,”
\t“Oh um… the dead Shayla?” she asked, piercing his chest.
\t“Yes,” he replied with an almost silent sigh.
\t“I’m rweally sorry that she dead,”
\t“Thank you Shayla. That’s nice of you to say,”

\tShayla crawled along the bench and moved in between his legs, ignoring his cock that sat between his legs and stared at his face.

\t“You have tears,” she said and moved closer, “I didn’t mean to make you cry.”
\t“It’s okay, you didn’t,” he replied and exhaled. She moved up  and sat up on her legs and hugged him.
\t“It’ll be okay Jaden,” she said and hugged him tightly. She pulled away and smiled.
\t“Thank you Shayla. I feel better already,”
\t“You’re welcome,”

\tAfter she let out of the hug she sat down a couple of feet away, slowly kicking her legs.
\t“Shayla, you didn’t wash your back or head. You really should,” he said. She looked over at him unamused but nodded. She moved back over and took the cloth and danced around wiggling her arms trying to scrub her back. After a moment Jaden chuckled and called her over to him. He took the cloth and picked her up and sat her between his legs and ran the cloth along her back. After a minute or two he tossed it to the side.
\t“Okay, all done. Go and wash your hair, okay?”
\t“Okay Jaden,” she replied.

\tLater that night, Willow, Jaden and Shayla was laying in bed. Shayla was in between them. She had her own room but would rather sleep with mommy. Jaden and Willow was talking when he leaned over Shayla and locked Willow into a kiss. After a moment Willow pushed him up.
\t“Not with Shayla in bed,”
\t“What? It was only a kiss,”
\t“Yeah, and a kiss with you always leads to sex. So no,”
\t“Okay Willow,” he replied with a soft chuckle.
\t“I do need to get her sleeping in her own room. I’ve allowed her to sleep with me for too long,”
\t“Oh,” he replied.
\t“Just oh?”
\t“Not my place to say anything or make decisions,”
\t“Actually Jaden, it is, you’re her father,”
\t“Yeah, but she doesn’t think that though. Plus it’s you who let her sleep with you all the time, not me. You have to fix it,”
\t“Jeez, you sound like me a little bit,”
\t“Oh yeah?”
\t“Yeah. Anyway, we should get some sleep. It’s going to be hectic for the next few days,”
\t“I can still remember the Christmas mornings when I stayed over here all those years ago. I miss them,”
\t“Jaden, why didn’t you ever tell me about Shayla before all that happened and before we started dating,”
\t“I just hated to bring her pain and suffering onto other families and friends. Like I said, Fang and Vapor knew about her and her issues but I made them promise to not tell you,”
\t“I see. I kind of wish you had told me. But that was your choice,”
\t“Why?”
\t“So I could have helped her and you even more,”
\t“I didn’t want that though Willow. I hated taking help from you like that. I felt awful and degraded about it, asking for help. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciated it so much for all the help that you did give Shayla and me. I’ll never forget it,”
\t“You shouldn’t feel like its degrading Jaden. Ever. Not then, not now, not in the future. I would have helped you and her even if we weren’t dating. You were family to all of us and even more so now. I don’t want you to feel bad for not asking for help or money or anything if you need something Jaden. Understood?” She lectured him.
\t“Yes Willow,”
\t“Good. Now go to sleep and I’ll see you in the morning,” she said then leaned over and kissed him.
\t“Good night Willow,” he replied.
\t“Good night Jaden,” she replied.
\t“So, are we dating again?” He asked.
\t“I don’t know,” she replied then laid back down. She rolled onto her side and faced away and closed her eyes.

***

Tuesday December 25, 2029

\t“Jaden! Look what Santa got me!” Shayla said bouncing up and down happily while holding a new Marbie Doll with it’s car.
\t“That’s awesome Shayla!” He said with a smile. She ran back over and waited to see if she had anything else while Fang was handing out the gifts from Santa. It was a hectic and exciting morning in the Wolfe residence. After every gift was opened Fang, Vapor, Willow, Jaden and a couple of others went around picking up all of the torn up paper, boxes and other garbage. It seemed that everyone got what they wanted or at least most of what they wanted.

\tJaden sat down on the couch and watched as Shayla, Bella and others sat around playing with their new toys, tablets, reading their new books and whatever else they had gotten from Santa or from their parents, grandparent and siblings. Jaden smiled after Shayla put the doll into the car and drove it up to the giant Marbie doll house. The house was taller than she was by nearly a foot, it stood at almost five feet tall, whereas Shayla was three feet six inches tall.

\tTodd smirked at Luna and rose up his Nerf Ultra Blaster and pulled the trigger, sending a Nerf dart flying and hitting Luna in the forehead. He chuckled until she got up and started running towards him. He took off, sprinting out of the living room and into the foyer. Luna was right on his hindpaws. The yells for help by Todd fell on their deaf ears by all of the adults. After maybe twenty seconds they all heard Todd saying loudly he was sorry over and over again. Luna had caught him at the top of the stairs at the balcony after he slipped on the hardwood flooring. She stood over him. He laid on the floor between her legs while she stared down at him. She lifted her hindpaw and placed it down on his chest before reaching down and picking up the Nerf gun from his paw. She aimed and pulled the trigger six times hitting him in his chest at almost point blank range.
\t“Don’t aim for the head,” Luna said warning him.
\t“She’s right Todd!” Fang shouted.

\tLuna smiled, took his paw and pulled him up from the floor. She cocked the Nerf gun and pressed the gun against his dick and leaned into his ear.
\t“Next time, I’ll shot you in your dick and balls,” she whispered.
\t“Please don’t. I’m sorry,” he replied. She smiled, kissed him then took his paw in hers.

\tThe pair walked back into the living room holding paws. She sat down next to Skyler and handed Todd the Nerf gun again. “Remember what I told you,” she said with a smirk. He nodded and picked up the rubber and foam ammo and put it back into the gun.

\t“Jaden. I’m sorry we don’t have any gifts for you,” Fang said.
\t“No worries man. I’ve already got my gifts,” he said.
\t“What do mean?” Willow asked confused. He walked over gave Willow a kiss and smiled at her. He then walked over to Shayla picked her up and kissed her.
\t“She’s my gift. And being back in Greenwood is my gift. It’s all I need,” he said.
\t“Don’t kiss me,” Shayla said, “leave me alone.”
\t“Don’t be rude Shayla. He gave you a kiss on your muzzle like I do,” Willow said as Jaden sat her down.
\t“NO! He’s not my fucking daddy! You said daddy was far away. Jaden is too big and too old to be daddy!” She said then ran out of the room.

\tJaden sighed and looked down at the floor, his heart broken and defeated.
\t“I’m sorry Jaden. I don’t know what’s gotten into her,” Willow said standing up.
\t“No, it’s fine. I pushed it too far with that kiss. She’ll figure out that I am her dad. One day. Maybe,” he said and walked out of the living room. Willow followed him out but stopped and watched as he walked past the stairs and into the guest bedroom on the first floor. He shut the door behind him.

\tWillow quietly bellowed a breath of air through her nose and headed upstairs to her bedroom. Shayla was sitting on the bed with her legs pulled up to her chest.
\t“SHAYLA!” Willow scowled her name, causing the young horsewolf to jump.
\t“Mommy?” She said as Willow walked up to the bed.

\tFang told Luna to stop laughing while Shayla cried loudly from being spanked for being so rude and cursing. Shayla sat on the bed crying after being spanked fives times, twice for being rude and three times for saying the “f word.” Willow was lecturing her about not using curse words and being so mean like she was. She wouldn’t let Shayla get a single word in for the next five minutes, the entire length of her lecture.

\tAn hour later Shayla walked back into the living room and up to her mom. “I’m sorry for saying a bad word mommy,” she said.
\t“Go apologize to your dad. He’s in the guest bedroom,” Willow commanded.
\t“Okay mommy,” she replied and walked away slowly, her tail hanging between her legs.

\t“Jaden?” Shayla said after opening the door to the bedroom. She walked in after getting no reply. She saw Jaden sitting on the floor against a wall. His legs pulled against his chest. In his paws was the stuffed Ocelot. He was quietly staring at it. She walked up to him and stared for a moment. He had been crying.
\t“Jaden?” She said.
\t“What?” He replied in a monotone voice.
\t“What’s that?” She asked, pointing at the Ocelot.
\t“It was my little sisters stuffed plushie. I bought it for her one day. She loved this thing,” he replied without looking up.
\t“Oh. It’s nice looking,” she replied.
\t“Did you need something?” He asked.
\t“I’m sorry for yelling at you,” she replied.
\t“Okay,” he replied.
\t“Mommy spanked me and grounded me for saying a bad word and telling you to leave me alone and being rude,” she said.
\t“Oh?” He replied as tears started falling down his face.
\t“I grounded for a month,” she said.
\t“Okay,” he replied.
\t“Are you okay Jaden?” She asked.
\t“No I’m not,” he replied.
\t“I’m sorry for making you sad,” she replied.
\t“It’s not you Shayla. You should go. I have to do something that I don’t want you to see,” he said.
\t“O-okay,” she replied then walked away. She left the room and back to her mom.
\t“Did you tell your dad that you were sorry for how you acted?” She asked.
\t“Yes but he told me to go. He said he needs to do something that he doesn’t want me to see,” she explained.

\tBoth Willow and Fang looked at each other at her comment and both jumped up and ran towards the bedroom and into it. They didn’t see Jaden in bedroom. Both made their way into the bathroom where Jaden was sitting in the shower. He looked over at the two who had barged in on him. Willow pushed Fang out of the door and closed it behind her. She stripped down and headed into the shower.

\t“What’s going on Jaden?” She asked.
\t“I can’t do it Willow,” he said dropping an opened four inch pocket knife to the floor.
\t“Jaden, baby,” she said and sat down between his legs and hugged him.
\t“I want my little sister back Willow,” he said. “I WANT HER BACK!” He screamed and burst out crying. She sat there hugging him and patting his back, telling him it’s okay to cry and to let out his emotions and feelings.

\tThey sat there for over an hour while he cried and cried and begged for his sister back. What they didn’t know is that they had a small, young audience for the last few minutes.
\t“Jaden?” Shayla said. Both of them looked over at the open shower door to see her standing there. She walked in and up to them.
\t“What do you need Shayla?” Willow asked.
\t“Everything will be okay. Daddy,” she said and kissed his muzzle.
\t“Don’t say it unless you mean it Shayla,” Willow stated.
\t“I do. Bubba told me that Jaden is my daddy. He wouldn’t let me say your name, only daddy. He told me a lot that you are my daddy. He showed me old pictures of you and bubba and Vapor. He showed me how different you looked every year. I didn’t think mommy was right but she is. You are my daddy Jaden. I’m really sorry for being mean. I’m sorry,” she said then hugged him.
\t“Thanks Shayla,” he said.
\t“I don’t know why you are crying but it’ll be okay daddy. Mommy and me are here for you,” she said with a smile.

\tJaden cleared his throat and smiled at her. He picked her up and sat her between him and Willow then hugged her.
\t“Thank you,” he said.
\t“I’m sorry for yelling at you daddy. I mean it,” she said.
\t“Thank you. That means a lot Shayla,” he replied then nuzzled her.

\tAfter a few minutes of him hugging her he let go and leaned backwards and smiled at Willow.
\t“Shayla, if you’re going to stay in here, you need to take your clothes off. You should have done it before walking in here,” Willow said.
\t“Oh. Okay, sorry,” she said. Jaden lifted her up and stood her up.
\t“I’ll leave. I just wanted to let you know that daddy,” she said.
\t“Thank you,” he replied.
\t“Strip down before you leave the shower. Just sit your clothes by the shower door,” Willow said.
\t“Okay mommy,” she said.

\tA few minutes later the two were alone again. Willow looked back at Jaden and sighed.

\t“I want you to go to therapy and talk about how your feeling and what you wanted to do. You need help with what you and Shayla went through. What you went through in the months leading up to Shayla’s death and after,” Willow said picking the knife up and closing it.
\t“I’m so sorry Willow. I don’t know what I was thinking,” he said.
\t“Yes you did,” she said bluntly. “You want to see your sister again. But this,” she said lifting the knife up, “this isn’t the way. This is the worse way to try to see your sister again. If it does exist, you’d go to hell for suicide. Your sister would be in heaven. You’d never be together for eternity,” she said with almost a scowl talking about religion.
\t“I don’t believe in that Willow,” he said.
\t“Neither do I but what if it is true? Don’t be stupid. Don’t kill yourself Jaden. You’d hurt a lot of people, me included,” she said.
\t“I’m sorry Willow,” he said and leaned up. He wrapped his arms around her back and hugged her, leaning his head against chest.
\t“I forgive you Jaden. But I still want you to go talk to a therapist for at least a few sessions about how and what you’re feeling. I know of a really good one who can help you,” Willow said.
\t“Okay. I will,” he replied.
\t“Good. Come on. Let’s go back to the family. It’s Christmas after all,” she said standing up. She took his hooves and pulled him up.
\t“Jaden, if you have any suicidal thoughts again, I want you to come to me. Doesn’t matter what time it is or where I’m at. Call me or come in. I mean it,” she said.
\t“I will,” he replied and pulled her into a hug. Their bodies pressing against each other as they stood in the shower for the next few minutes until Jaden let her go. She smiled and kissed his face.
\t“I’m here for you Jaden, anytime you need me,” she said. He exhaled and silently nodded his head.

\tThey walked back into the living room where most of the others were at. Shayla ran over and jumped up to Jaden.
\t“Daddy, you’re back,” she said. He picked her up and hugged her.
\t“I’m sorry about that. I was broken because of my little sister,” he explained.
\t“Oh okay,” she replied, unsure how to actually reply to what he had said since she didn’t really understand what he meant. He sat her down and watched her run back over to her new toys.

\tHe sat down on the couch, Willow sat down next to him and took his hoof.

\t“Fang, Vapor. Just wanted to let you both know that Jaden and I are dating again,” she said.
\t“Good. You two are good for each other,” Vapor said.
\t“Take care of my mom Jaden,” Fang said.
\t“I’ll do what I can being broke and jobless,” he said.
\t“McHumans is hiring,” Willow said.
\t“Yeah, I saw the sign while I drove through town after coming back from the mall,” Jaden replied.
\t“Enough of that for now. It’s Christmas,” Fang said.

\tShayla turned her head and smiled at Jaden, “daddy! Come play with me and Bella.”
\t“You sure you want me to?” He asked.
\t“Yes, come on daddy,” she replied and held out a Marbie doll.

\tWillow pushed him off the couch and told him to go. He walked over, sat down and took the doll. He sat there and watched the two girls for a moment and tried to do what they did.

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