Rowan PoV

It was the next morning, well to be honest with you, when I say the next morning, I meant it was like 5 hours after Soph had gotten home from being with Danny, maybe even less time than that, 'cause we both know that I don't have the best time keeping skills here due to the lack of sleep I get at night.

I was up, there's a surprise, (not!, lol), and I was the only one up, which actually surprised me, because bar Soph, we're all early risers in our family usually.

I was sat on the windowsill, staring into the city view, well more like I was enjoying watching the rain fall but you know, it gives off the same vibe, right?.

Papa woke up at around 7 O'clock, looking extremely tired, which was unusual for him, since it's Dad that's usually the insomniac, which I wouldn't be surprised if I got my insomnia from him, ya know.

"Hey Papa, are you ok?"

"Yeah Sweetheart, (kisses top of head), I'm ok, I'm just tired is all"

"Do you want a cup of tea?"

"Sure Poppet, go on then"

So I went to the kitchenette and made Papa and I some tea, like the good kid I could be, I say could be because good kids don't break people's noses, even in a self defence situation, ya know.

When I had finished making Papa's tea, Dad woke up, because he was like me and found it hard to sleep for longer than a couple of hours at a time, 'cause insomnia's a bitch and a half.

"Morning Dad"

"Morning Ro, did you sleep ok?"

"Yeah I slept ok"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah I'm positive Dad, I slept a good solid 3 hours"

"(Snorts), Jesus Ro you crack me up"

"The compliment is appreciated"

Dad just shook his head and laughed, because I was the bloody comedian apparently.

"Do you want a cup of tea Dad?"

"Sure Sweetheart"

So then I went and made Dad a cup of tea, because I'm nice sometimes, ya know, again I don't need to explain how to make a cup of tea, so I'm not going to, (ha lol).

"Here you go Dad"

"Thank you Bambina"

"You're welcome Dad"

So we all sat and enjoyed our cups of tea, time seemed to go very slowly, though that could've been because I was tired as fuck.

"Dad"

"Yeah Rowan Sweetheart"

"Do you think that I will pass my GCSE's?"

"You're not doing an Uncle Georgie to it"

"Wait what?"

"Your Uncle Georgie freaked out during his GCSE studying-"

"I'm not freaking out, ok, I was just genuinely curious as to what you thought Dad"

"Why wouldn't you pass Ro?"

"Because I could panic and fuck everything out the bloody window"

"You won't do that, because as long as you do your best, you'll do great"

"You think so Dad?"

"I know so Baby, because you are extremely smart-"

"I wouldn't have said that I'm smart, let alone extremely smart, but judging by the look on your face there Dad, you think otherwise and I'm not going to correct you on it"

Yeah that made things worse, naturally, as in my experience Parents, at least the ones that care about you, lecture you about how 'unique and individual' we are, especially when you put yourself down.

"Ok, I have a question for you Babes"

"I'm gonna do a you to it Dad, shoot"

"(Snorts), Jesus Christ Ro, anyway, why wouldn't you say you're smart?"

"Because I don't know shit about how the bloody world works Dad-"

"Baby nobody at your age knows how the bloody world works, (kisses forehead), because weigher you like it or not, you're still a kid"

"You knew-"

"Meh, I just knew more than the average person at your age does"

I was a little shocked at how Dad worded it, but I got the point he was trying to get across, so it did the job it was supposed to do, ya know.

"Anyway, you don't need to excessively worry about it, because you're smarter than my dumb arse was in school-"

"No, if I'm not allowed to say I'm not smart then you're definitely not allowed to say that"

"(Snorts), some things never change huh"

I was confused on what Dad meant by that, so I said as such.

"What?, I don't get it Dad"

"You have told me similar words at one point"

"I don't remember this"

"It was your first day of school, you were nervous about it and I somehow convinced you to go in, while we were walking in, you asked me if I liked school-"

"You said no"

"Well I said no because I wasn't clever, and I think your exact words to me were 'If I'm clever then you're clever' and it made me think is all"