Amelia couldn't help but glared at James when he said he didn't want to leave her high and dry, "Oh really, James? You don't want to leave her 'high and dry'. I'm afraid you already have. I called James. I came to your house. YOU were the one who decided you didn't want to answer me." Moving to sit on top of her desk and cross her arms, she glared at him more, "And besides, even if I did decide to let you be in her life, what makes you think she would accept you? You were gone for the first four years of her life. As far as she knows, she doesn't have a father. To her, even if you did come out and say you were her father, you would still be nothing more than a stranger." Which indeed was true. Amelia hadn't told Lily anything about James. She hadn't felt the need to, as she had been so sure James would never show his face to her again. But here she was being shown differently. 

"Lily is a very innocent, and though she may not like like it when she's with Ayden and Ryan, shy. She doesn't like talking to new people. But, when she does get to know someone, she's completely trusting of them, and because of that, she's also easy to hurt. " Sighing, Amelia brushed her hair back from her face, right at that moment feeling very worn down. She had been dealing with so much lately in order to support and try to make everything better for Lily. To have something like this, specifically James, thrust into her life again, it hurt. All it did was put more stress on her and makes things all the more harder on her, "I don't want you hurting her."
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Daniel gently stroked Ryan's hair when she rested her head on his shoulder and sighed when she said she meant to invite him along, but hadn't been sure with James being in town, "Well, you know I would. I guess it just depends on how things go with Amelia and James." He chuckled looking toward the classroom, "I have a feeling Amelia is chewing him out right now. I hate to admit I kind of hope she is. Maybe it will knock some sense into that kid." He joked, then looked back over at the kids when he heard a shriek and laughed slightly when Ayden asked if it was a good roar.

"No Ayden! Like this! Rawwwr!!!" The little girl shrieked back and giggled when Ayden did it back to her.

Daniel chuckled, "Those two really are little lovebirds aren't they?" He paused when he heard Ryan tell him what Ayden had said about who he wanted to be like when he grew up and that made him smile ear to ear, "Really?" He was happy to hear that. Really happy. He thought of Ayden as his own son, and it made him proud to hear the boy had said that. Leaning down, he kissed Ryan and grinned, "Well, I hope he'll grow up and be even better than be. I wouldn't doubt it. He's a good kid."