for you

we need to talk.

Three weeks have passed since Jack told him he was going to divorce her.

Zach has seen nothing from Jack's apparent promise.

The brunet was outside with Belle just resting a bit on the grass while Jack was getting everything ready for tonight.

He was making some dinner for the three of them.

Jack was planning to take them to a cute little location and explain everything slowly and carefully to Belle.

The blond (with already brown roots) puts everything in the fridge to be in perfect condition and walked outside.

Gabriela was at work, so it was just the three of them.

Jack laid down next to them.

"No Zachy, that looks like a froggy!"

"You think? I can't see it."

"I see a puppy." Jack inserts himself in the conversation.

"A puppy?"

"Please that's a dino, for sure!" Zach shakes his head.

"No! It's a froggy! don't you see the big eyes?"

"Bee I'm talking that cloud baby." He points at the cloud next to the one she was referring to.

"Ohhhhhh! it's definitely a kitty!"

"A kitten!?" The couple says in unison.

"Yeah! With the little kitty ears and a little tail!" She explains.

The couple takes a better look.

"Oh...wait I see it now!" Jack furrows his eyebrows.

"I don't see it, I just see a dino." He shrugs.

"Ohh can we have dino nuggets for dinner?" Belle pouts.

"Su-"

"Actually...i wanted to talk to you two...and maybe we could have dinner near the beach, like we did that one time." He interrupts him, he was nervous about all this.

"And I made some dinner for the three of us, so yeah." He says fastly.

The brunet looks up at him.

"You don't need to be nervous, it's just us." He smiles.

"Its what I'm gonna tell you...i don't wanna screw up."

"Dadda it's okay...me and Zach love you a lot, we won't make fun of you."

"What she said." Zach nods.

Jack looks at his wristwatch.

"We should be heading out in about two hours so we can see the sunset."

Belle scoots over closer to Zach and lays her head on his chest.

"Can we nap for a bit? Cloud watching is tiring." She asks.

"Of course we can sweetie, lemme just go get you a little blanket so you don't get cold.

"I'll go get it, you guys stay."

***

The trio was just finishing having dinner.

They were all sitting in the trunk, looking at the sunset near the beach.

Belle was in between the couple.

Jack takes a big sip of his iced tea and looks at Belle.

"Belle...you remember how happy me and mom were before we went out right?" He starts filing with his fingers.

The girl nods.

"You used to kiss every morning and you brought her some flowers when she was feelin' sad."  Zach smiles fondly.

"And you probably noticed that me and her haven't been the same since she got back."

The girl nods again.

"And we've been arguing a lot...and you're in there sometimes...which i hate that you see us arguing."

"I got used to it."

"That's the thing...you shouldn't be used to it...relationships have their tough times...but this wasn't just a few times."

"What do you mean?"

"Belle...i fell out of love with your mother...and I can't keep loving someone that doesn't want me." Jack breathes out shakily.

"I don't feel loved when im next to your mother...i don't feel worthy, enough...and i feel like I can't be myself." He continues.

"How do you spell worthy?"

"w-o-r-t-h-y." Zach says quietly.

Belle nods.

"Why do you feel like that dadda?" She asks quietly.

"Because she makes me feel like that...you know...when you're in love you give and you take...its balanced."

"b-a-l-a-n-c-e-d. so you gave but momma didn't give back?"

"Exactly like that." Zach confirms.

"And you have no idea how tough it has been for me to keep giving but getting nothing in return." A tear falls from Jack's eye.

Zach immediately grabs a napkin and hands it to him.

"thanks Z." he smiles softly.

"And that made you sad." Belle tries to see if she understands.

"A lot actually...more than I thought, and I realized I can't keep living like this...i was doing it all for you, but I have to be a bit selfish."

"What do you mean?"

"I want to divorce your mother...i don't love her anymore and neither does she...i havent told her because i wanted you to know first and understand my point of view."

"So...you and momma are not gonna be my parents anymore?"

"No baby, we are and we always will...we are just gonna live in different houses and not kiss and not argue anymore."

"What about Zachy?"

"Well...thats another thing I wanted to tell you...while I realized that I fell out of love with your mother...i fell in love with Zach."

"So you love each other like you're dating."

"Exactly."

"Zach always makes me feel good about myself...and you see how happy I am with him."

"So you're leaving mom because she doesn't make you happy anymore?"

"Yeah."

"And you're dating Zachy because he makes you happy?"

"Yep."

"So is Zachy gonna be my other dad?"

"Step-dad actually."

"And it's probably gonna be hard for you to get used to this idea-"

"I don't mind...you already take care of me...and I love you." Belle hugs him tightly.

"I love you too Bee...you can just keep calling me Zachy hun, I want you comfortable with me."

"Okay...just make my dad happy like he was okay?"

"Of course Bee...thank you for accepting us."