Erika smiled slightly at the change of his tone and wished him good night as well before ending the call.<br/><br/>The next morning, Alexandria walked downstairs, dressed in her school uniform and clearly looking for something with her eyes. It was very discreet, but enough to make her father open his mouth. "Why, Alex, it's good to see you. May I ask where you were last night and with whom?" Joshua asked from behind his newspaper. Alex did not like his tone one bit. "I was here all along, dad. Don't be ridiculous."<br/><br/>"That's a lie, Alex. Don't do that to me." Joshua responded sternly, nearly cutting off her sentence as he lowered his newspaper. "I stayed up, you know. I saw you get up the chimney and bid farewell to your tutor."<br/><br/>The blonde suddenly turned very pale. She froze still and stared at her father in silent horror as he continued: "What is your relationship with him? Oh, nevermind. I saw you two lock lips. Which made me wonder where you had been with him prior to that... and what you had been doing." Joshua's eyes narrowed and he stared at his daughter intently, piercing into her soul. He did not miss her gulp. "And that itself made me wonder that perhaps this morning you would be looking for this." He took out a package of birth control pills from his pocket and threw them on the kitchen table.<br/><br/>Alex was speechless. This was going to be the end of her. Joshua sighed. "Alex, you know how I feel about these pills. As a woman you have been blessed by the capacity to carry and birth a child, to provide new life. These pills are destroying that very purpose! I don't want you taking something so crude and putting it into your system."<br/><br/>"Well, dad, it's not really something you should decide." Alex replied coldly. "It's my body. And yes, I slept with him. So? All girls of my age do that. It doesn't mean they want a child or want to get married."<br/><br/>"Keith seems like a very good young man." Joshua spoke. "Your tendency of sleeping around is going to drive him away. Also, I will not allow such behavior from my own daughter. Therefore, I think it is better that I keep these pills."<br/><br/>"No! Dad please no, I haven't taken my last one..!" Alexandria panicked, but didn't have the time to grab the package before her father. Joshua shook his head. "Perhaps this will help you learn how to respect your own body. Now, off to school. You should be thankful I'm not grounding you for the rest of your life."<br/><br/>"DAD!" She shrieked in horror, but received no sympathy as Joshua continued reading the newspaper, completely ignoring her. "Fucking maniac!" She cried out before hurrying to her car. Right, she needed to go to the school nurse as soon as possible. This just wouldn't do. She speeded off to her school, driving well past the limits as anger boiled inside her veins. The day was starting just perfectly...