All characters are over 18.
Author note: You need to read the other chapters in the series before reading this one. My apologies for not numbering the others. The order is:
Katie Explores Her Sexuality
Katie at College
Katie's Mom Finds Out
Katie continues, ch. 4
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THE TALK:
"Katie, we need to talk about our future. I need to know what you want."
"What do you mean dad?"
"Well, I've been thinking about a few things. Do you want to continue to live together until you're done school? If so, I would like to buy or rent something bigger. This apartment was never meant for two people. I'm also worried that I'm holding you back socially and that our situation might hurt you in the future. You seem to have a grudge against your mother but we definitely wronged her big time. You have to try to see this from her viewpoint."
Katie thought, oh I've definitely seen things from her viewpoint, about twenty times watching her little video!
"You've already lost your mother because of me and I don't want our relationship to damage you in the future. What if someone else finds out. What if you start going out and the person finds out about us. I'm just worried about you."
"Dad, nothing happened because of you! I initiated everything that happened! Remember?"
"Yes, but I didn't stop it and I should have known better, I'm your father."
"Dad, stop beating yourself up! I have no regrets on what we did and are still doing. I'm sorry about what happened with mom but I've gotten closer to you than probably any daughter ever has and I love it! As far as the others go, we just have to be careful. No one will find out."
"To answer your first question, I would like to continue together until I'm done school and if you can afford a bigger place that would be great."
"Money is not really a problem, especially since your mom said I don't need to send her money anymore."
Hearing that made Katie completely forget about the weeks it took to get over the bruises and cuts from her fight with her mom.
"I'm still worried that you hardly ever date though."
"First of all, I'm really busy with school. Secondly, guys have asked me out and I always go out at least once but I'm not going to go out again if I don't like them."
"Okay, well promise me you'll keep looking. I don't want to side-track your life. Someday you're going to want to meet a nice guy and have kids."
"I promise dad."
KATIE PICKS A HOUSE:
We decided to move out of Katie's apartment into a bigger place and we were going to continue to live together until Katie was done school. I wanted to buy a place instead of wasting money renting for several years plus I was used to living in a bigger place of my own and missed it.
The problem was, I was super busy at work, in the middle of a couple of huge projects and could not take the time off to go house hunting. Katie on the other hand had just finished her fall exams and had almost a month off before she had to be back in the new year. Plus, I hated shopping and definitely hated looking for houses.
So I made her a proposal.
"Katie I'm really busy and would like you to look into buying our new place."
"You want me to buy the new place?"
"Well, I want you to do all the work of looking for a new place and ending our existing apartment lease and I'll do the buying part. I have a few requirements such as a separate room for my office but in general you can pick the place and I get final approval of course."
I showed her the upper limit on what I wanted to spend and told her I preferred a house in an older neighbourhood. I also wanted one that we could immediately move into and not have to spend a fortune on changing everything.
"We can spend that much?"
"Yes, but keep in mind we need to live in it and will need to buy some furniture to get started."
"Wow, you want me to do all that?"
"Honey, think of this as a very practical, very large, school project. Most of what you to take in school you won't use but buying our new place is as useful as it can get and a wonderful learning experience. I'll try to answer any questions you have but basically it's your show. To be honest, your mother used to do this kind of thing. I'm not very detail oriented and don't notice household or neighbourhood issues, so trust me, we're both better off with you doing this plus I have absolute faith in your abilities."
Katie was terrified and excited and emotionally overwhelmed all at once, terrified of such a big responsibility, excited at such an opportunity and emotionally overwhelmed that her dad had such confidence in her. She jumped up and hugged her dad so hard that it almost broke his ribs!