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Youâre still the smartest girl I know; John Deacon x daughter teen reader
*Authorâs note*
Hey guys wow my final crunch time at college has kept me REALLY busy with all these final projects that I need to do, so my thanksgiving break is gonna be INSANE with doing all this work that I need to do BUT the good news is is that I had this request done in my downtime that I had, so to the anon who requested this awhile back, Iâm SOOO SORRY for getting it to you so late but I hope you love it either way.
I also have updates on a few of my series so I may end up making a post about my writing updates and what all I plan to work on to try and get more organized with all that I have to do. So Iâve got two updates for you guys so I hope you all like this fic.
Warnings: school, mild angst, failing school, FLUFF, Dad!Deacy (cause letâs face it its a warning because heâs FREAKIN ADORABLE!!!) and my unknown knowledge of how Catholic schools work, so if Iâm wrong about something, PLEASE send me a comment or an inbox to correct it.Â
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I just donât get it. Â My dad graduated with 8 GCE O level and 3 A level in electronics, heâs designed his own amp, and helps with not only the family finances but the band finances too. Heâs the smartest guy I know and I share half of his genius, or at least I should. Â
I needed to sustain at least a 3.50 average to stay in my current Catholic secondary school but with my failing classes Iâm barely at a 2.50. Â Itâs not that I donât try to do the work I do the homework and attend the lectures, itâs just that some of my classes like Geometry and Ancient religions, the teachers make the assignments so confusing.
Even when I would write the papers, they always found something to pick at and I end up with either Câs or even Dâs on my papers, even when I would stay up all night skimming through book after book to get the required aspects they ask for. Also their quizzes and exams are so unfair, they would tell us this or that would be on the test, but by the time the test came around, absolutely NONE of the stuff they said would be on it, is on it. Hell theyâve put things down that we havenât even learned yet.
It was currently Fall break and I spending some time with my family for the holiday trying to get my mind off of school. Â I was watching over my brothers rough house in the backyard. Â God they were so lucky they donât have to deal with the harsh school life just yet.
âSo (y/n) howâs school going love?â I heard my mum say. Â I quickly looked up at her and said quickly.
âSchoolâs fine.â She looked at me skeptically.
âAre you sure?â she asked.
âYeah mum, everythingâs fine.â Then fortunately saved by the bell, the doorbell rang and I immediately shot up and said. âIâll get it!â I quickly raced to the front door and cracked it open. Â And there at the door was the mail carrier. Â He took out of his bag our mail for the day and he said.
âHereâs your mail maâam.â
âThanks Gardner, have a good day.â I said. Â He nodded and walked off the curb and continued down the road with his route. I closed the door and skimmed through the mail. Â Most of it was bills, some Queen stuff for dad to sign and look over, but then there was a letter from the school sent to me. Â At this point my heart was racing.
âWho was that?â Oh shit dad. Â I turned around to see him coming down the stairs holding my baby sister who had probably just woken up from her nap.
âOh just the mail. Mostly bills this time, but then again what else is new. And thereâs some Queen stuff for you to look over dad.â I handed him most of the mail but kept the letter from London University for me.
âWell whatâs that?â
âWhat? Oh this oh itâs just junk mail. Something about 20% interest rate on life insurance from a different company. Damn things are just scams anyway. Iâll shred it dad.â I walked up and kissed his cheek then my baby sister before racing upstairs.
As soon as I reached my room, I closed the door and locked it and leaned against it in a panic. Â Nervously I opened up the envelope and it read the worst thing I could imagine.
To Miss (Y/n) (M/n) Deacon,
It has come to our attention of your low grades. It is required that your parents come in for a meeting with the Headmaster in regards to your low grades.
At that point my mind went blank as I ignored all that the letter said. Â Tears formed in my eyes. Â Goddamnit why did they send this letter? Cause first comes the letter, then the phone calls will follow. Â Iâve tried so hard to keep my struggles in school away from my parents because I didnât want them to get involved, that all I needed to do was try better since thatâs all teachers seem to push onto me, if not then Iâll make it up in summer school. Â
I just wanted to prove that I was as smart as my dad is.
So I hide the letter in the folds of my diary knowing that my parents donât go snooping around it and putting it in the secret place where I know my snoopy brothers canât get to it (thank god I change places every week) and tried to forget about it. Â It was then a knock was heard at my door.
â(Y/n)? Poppet is everything okay in there?â
âUhhâyeah dad everythingâs fine.â
âThen why is your door locked?â
âIâm changing clothes dad, Iâm meeting Stacy and Courtney for a movie later tonight.â There was a brief moment of silence before he said.
âAlright but at least unlock it. Weâve talked about this before, plus your brothers think girls are gross so I doubt theyâd pop in on their sister changing.â
âOkay dad sorry.â Thank god he bought it. Â I then went over to my phone and tried to make my lie seem real as I called both Stacy and Courtney to meet me at the theater in 15min.
Thankfully since it was the weekend, my parents let me go out later than usual so long as I was back before ten. Â My dad gave me some money for the tickets and food and we kissed each other goodbye and I drove off to the theater.
I soon met my two best friends and we decided to just walk around the mall instead going to see a movie. Â It was there I told the girls everything. Â As they were trying on new stuff from a new store called The Gap, I said to them.
âWhat am I gonna do girls?â
âWell you know me girl, if I were you Iâd just come clean.â Said Courtney.
âAre you crazy?! No way can she tell them about this. Okay chick this is what you do. You answer any calls the school makes and come up with any and every excuse youâve got.â Stacy said as she peeked over her changing room into Courtneyâs.
âStace, no offense but your parents may buy into that but Iâve met her mum and dad and they arenât stupid like yours are.â
âYeah you got a point. Hell I could go to prison for murder and my parents wouldnât care.â
âGuys hello! Back to me.â I begged.
âSorry. Well looks like your screwed chickadee.â
âOh gee thanks Stace.â
âLook (y/n). All I can tell you is that you wonât be able to hide this forever. Justâshow them the note and tell them the truth. Iâm sure theyâll understand if you explain it to them. And I can back you up about Mr. Crowley. Guyâs a right up arsehole if you ask me. Gave me -20 points because I used the wrong citation for the Bibliography page. And it was only one source that was labeled wrongâ Said Courtney.
âYeah and our Geometry teacher Miss. Ringo, I can barely understand what sheâs saying with that thick Dutch accent of hers. Gave me a 30% on our last exam.â
âThatâs because all you did was doodle and call her an old bat.â I said bluntly.
âOh yeah. But oh man you shouldâve seen the look on her face on the last homework assignment we had.â
âI donât even wanna know.â Said Courtney.
âTrust me you donât.â I vouched.
âHey come on, letâs forget about school, get you to try on some clothes. Weâll go to the food court and get your mind off of things. Sound good?â Stacy said as she came out wearing a new jean jacket with suspenders underneath. Â I nodded and said with a smile.
âThanks guys, youâre the best friends I could ask for.â
âHey divas in diapers remember? The three musketeers. The triple threat angelz.â
âWith a Z becauseâŚ..â
âWeâre bad bitches!â we all exclaimed as we held our right hands out in a fist touching each otherâs in a triangle shape. Â And so thatâs how it was, the girls helped me get my mind off of the letter and the stress of school with a good Girlâs day out.
A couple days later I was back in school in my Ancient Religions class. Mr. Crowley of course barely allowed any time for me to fully write down what he had on the board because he immediately went to the next thing. Â He never once asked if anyone had any questions and if someone stopped him, heâd slam the ruler down on the studentâs desk and either ask them to meet him after class, or just give them detention.
âAlright students; Iâm going to give you your final assignment for the semester for you to do just before winter break.â Everyone groaned. Â He had just give us a 10 page paper on how Christianity as a whole effected the Global conquest, and now heâs giving us another essay to do. âHey, hey, hey, hey! No complaints you miscreants!â
But just before he could continue, the intercom beeped above us.
âMr. Crowley?â
âYes?â he said annoyedly.
âWill you please send Miss. Deacon into the office.â
âSheâs on her way.â
âThank you.â
â(Y/n) Deacon.â At that point everyone but Courtney all made the âoooo bustedâ vocals. I flipped them off as Mr. Crowley made me my hall pass so that I wouldnât get caught by a teacher patrolling the halls. Â I grabbed my bag and left the classroom.
I walked down the second floor staircase, down to the main level and turned towards the entrance where the main office was. Â I walked in and I said.
âIâm (Y/n) Deacon. I was told to come here from Mr. Crowleyâs class.â The receptionist said.
âAhh yes Miss. Deacon. The Headmaster would like to speak with you.â Oh shit. This is probably about that letter. Â I swallowed nervously and hung my bag further up my shoulder and walked down the corridor towards the Headmasterâs office. Â It felt like the walkway was getting longer as I walked towards that dreaded office room, that was until finally I arrived at it.
Slowly I reached up and knocked on it. Â There was a brief period of silence before a low voice said.
âCome in.â I opened the door and there standing at the grand desk was Headmaster Byron. Â He was a fairly older man (if I had to make a guess Iâd say currently around Miamiâs age). He was a bitâyou now stout shape wise. He was going bald and he wore glasses over his hazel eyes. âAhh Miss. Deacon please sit down.â I walked in and nervously sat down at the chair in front of me.
âYouâwanted to see me sir?â
âYes. Iâve called you down here regarding a letter I had sent over the fall break. I expected to hear a call from your parents but I hadnât heard anything back from them. Is there a problem?â Oh god what do I say to him?
âWell IâI guess the mail service was just a little slow. Because we havenât received the letter just yet.â
âHmm well thatâs unusual. Usually the mail service is properly on time. I mean at least weâre more organized than the American system at least to my knowledge.â
âYeah guess they mustâve lost it.â I said nervously fiddling with my fingers, anxiously picking at my nails.
âIn that case; I can send you with another copy of the letter. But if I donât hear anything within 24hours expect the first phone call.â I nodded as he handed me the same letter that I had gotten in the mail over the break. Â I thanked him and quickly headed out of the office. On my way back to class I ripped the letter up into as many pieces as I could before discarding it into the nearest bin and returned to class like nothing happened.
After school I was in my room trying to make sense of the math homework I had to deal with and thatâs when a knock was heard at my open door. Â I looked up and there stood my mum.
âHey love. So youâre dadâs working late tonight with the band so Iâm ordering a pizza for dinner. What would you like on yours?â
âGet me a full cheese and my toppings are sausage and pepperoni.â
âYou got it. Doing homework?â I nodded solemnly. âWhich class is it for?â
âGeometry.â
âOh yeah, I remember taking that class. Hardest thing I ever knew. In fact all math was difficult for me. Thank god for your dad though, he was always better at finances than I was. Thatâs how we met as a matter of fact, I was struggling with my Algebra homework and he offered to help me since we were in the same class together.â Lucky her that she at least had dad to help her, meanwhile I on the other hand had absolutely no one to help me.
Everyone was in it for themselves, not even the teacher was willing to give us tutoring sessions if we didnât get any of the stuff taught in class. He just expected us to memorize and do everything correctly.
âSay, speaking of geometry did you get the midterm results back yet?â Oh god thatâs right. Dad actually skipped out on Queen rehearsals to help tutor me for the upcoming fall midterm exam.
Unfortunately for all that hard work, nothing we had practiced was on the midterm, half the stuff was gibberish to me so I just wrote random answers that I could and I ended up with an F.
âHe uhhâhe got super busy grading our other stuff that he didnât have time to look over the midterms. But he said hopefully in the next week or two heâll get to it.â
âAre you sure?â I nodded and she looked at me skeptically.
âOkay, if you say so. Iâll call you when dinner arrives okay?â
âSounds good mum. Love you.â
âLove you too.â She kissed the top of my head and left my room. Â I turned away and tossed my books and homework off my bed and buried my face into my bedsheets and softly began to cry.
Why? Why does this have to happen to me?! Why canât I just get the damn work? Why do I have to be such a fucking idiot!?!?
Days passed and I still didnât have the heart to tell my parents that I was failing school. Â And when the phone started ringing I tried to make an effort to try and answer it before they did, fearing that it was the school.
Some calls it was to which I would make excuses for the school and then tell my mum and dad that it was just boring telemarketers trying to sell us stuff. Other times itâd be Uncle Freddie or uncle Roger calling for Deacy about some Queen business stuff (and of course I chatted with them, Iâve known them ever since I was a baby, plus Freddie was my godfatherâor I should say fairy godmother).
But it wasnât until one day when I came home from an afterschool football game Stacy and Courtney invited me to, that I would pay dearly for the lie that I had been trying to keep.
âYeah I know and when Bobby finally scored the winning goal I swear it was a one and a million shot he got that!â Stacy exclaimed as we got out of her car and walked up my driveway before stopping at the gate.
âI tell you youâve got one lucky man right there Stace. Your boyâs gonna go far in football.â Said Courtney.
âAll I know is that for the first time in decades our school is finally in the playoffs and that we might have a shot of winning the district championship since 1971.â I said.
âWell we definitely have the best team to get us there. Not to mention the cutest.â Courtney said before snickering towards the end.
âIâll drink to that.â I said taking a shot of my water.
â(Y/n). Can you come in here please?â I looked up to see my dad standing there by the door. Â His arms crossed over his chest and I could tell something was wrong.
âYeah dad Iâll be right there. See you girls Monday then?â
âWeâll save you a seat at the cafeteria before homeroom.â The girls then walked back to the car and they drove off. Â I opened the gate and trotted up the stairs before standing in front of him.
âIs something wrong dad?â
âCome in the house and letâs talk.â He placed a hand on my shoulder and guided me inside. Â As we walked through the house towards the kitchen, I could feel the tension in the air. It was so thick, you could cut it with a knife. Â My mum sat there at the kitchen table looking distraught almost. âHave a seat.â Okay now I was getting a little freaked out.
I sat down and thatâs when dad stood behind mum placing his hands on her shoulders.
â(Y/n), has something been going on at school that youâre not telling us?â asked my mum concerned.
âNoâwhy do you ask?â
âWell we caught Robert and Michael reading your diary andââ
âThey what!? MICHAEL! ROBERT GET YOUR ARSES DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW YOU LITTLE BUGGERS!!!â
âHey! Hey! Hey! Language and lower that tone in your voice!â dad snapped at me. âWe handled the boys, but it was then we found this.â He took something out of his pocket before unfolding it and placing it down right in front of me on the table. Â My heart sunk and my throat grew dry.
It was the first letter sent in by my school.
âSo we called the school and they said theyâve been trying to get in touch with us. And that you said we didnât receive any letter the first time around so the Headmaster gave you a second letter.â Mum stated more in an interrogating tone than the concerned tone she had earlier.
âHave you really been failing your classes? And this time donât. Lie. To us.â
âNo!â I exclaimed.
âThey said youâre barely holding a 2.50 GPA.â
âWell IâI justâŚ.I donât mean to I-I-I-IâŚ.the teachers theyâreâŚ..â I kept rambling as I felt tears in my eyes and my throat clenched. âI donât get why Iâm being target.â
âThe better question is why did you lie to us!? Youâve known about your grades for what weeks? And you lied to us every time a grade was mentioned! Do you have any idea the level of betrayal youâve given to me and your mother!?â my dadâs voice slowly raised up in anger.
I tucked away in fear at his intimidating voice. Â He rarely and I say this with a big emphasis that my dad rarely gets mad, but when he doesâoh god help us all. Â I didnât answer. Â Couldnât answer him.
â(Y/n) (m/n) Deacon answer me when Iâm talking to you!â he snapped. Â I looked up fearfully and ashamed and I did the only thing that was running through my mind.
Run.
I got up and as quick as I could I raced out of the house and down the street. Â I fucked up. I know, but at this point it was too late. Just seeing my dad get angry with me, I knew he hated me now.
I ran all the way down the street and turned left and ran towards old widow Johannssonâs back garden. Â I opened the gate that stood around her AC vent and locked the door so that no one could open it. Â I leaned against the corner of the gate and just sobbed as hard as I could.
All of my fears and sorrow came out as I wept hysterically and choked on my sobs, thatâs when I heard my dadâs voice calling out my name. Â I held my hand over my mouth to try and keep quiet as his voice got louder and louder. Â I soon saw him through the cracks in the fence as he looked around. Â Unfortunately a sniffle just had to come out and soon dad turned towards the fence.
â(Y/n)?â
âPlease just go away and let me cry in peace.â I choked out.
âThatâs not going to happen, now câmon open the gate.â
âNo youâyou already hate me.â He scoffed out a sigh.
âWhaâwhat makes you think I hate you?â he asked in disbelief.
âYou only yell when you hate someone. And now you hate me. You hate me that I lied to you. You hate me for keeping secrets. And you hate me because Iâm stupid.â
âHello? Whatâwhat is going on out here?â widow Johansson came out on top of her deck and looked down towards us.
âIâm sorry Valarie butâcould you give us a few minutes?â she mustâve looked down and saw me because thatâs when she slowly backed off and allowed my dad to talk to me again. â(Y/n), love IâI donât hate you. Yeah Iâm upset because you lied to your mum and I but I could never, ever hate you.â
âBut you do dad donât deny it. I kept this from you and youâll never forgive me. Youâll never love me again because Iâm a stupid bitch who canât understand anything!â
âFirst of all you are not a stupid bitch. You are a brilliant, smart, beautiful young girl. And I will always love you no matter what.â
âStop saying that. Please just go away pleaseâŚ..â I trailed off before pleading out one last time. âPlease.â With that I didnât hear another response from him as I continued to softly weep.  I could hear footsteps walking up widow Johanssonâs back deck and then the back door closed.  I looked up and saw my dad as well as widow Johansson gone.  I wiped my tears and just curled myself into a ball.
I donât know how much time passed but I knew it wasnât long, maybe 5-7 minutes because the next thing I hear are footsteps walking back down the deck and my dad sitting himself down against the gate. Â It was then I heard a guitar being strummed before a familiar tune was being played.
It was strange to hear it on guitar instead of an electric piano like it was on the record but the tune was easily recognizable, especially when my dad softly began singing the lyrics. Â And sure he didnât have as good a voice as my uncles did butâhe still made the song count.
Oh, you're the best friend that I ever had I've been with you such a long time You're my sunshine and I want you to know That my feelings are true I really love you Oh, you're my best friend
While it is true that my dad wrote this song for my mum back when a Night at the Opera came out, he also written it for me as well. Â Because when he first played it for us, he said he wanted a song dedicated to his favorite girls. Â
So taking the electric piano he practiced and practiced till he knew how to play the tune and since then the songâs been like a comforting lullaby to me. Â And heâs played and sung it to me ever since.
Ooh, you make me live Whenever this world is cruel to me I got you to help me forgive Ooh, you make me live now honey Ooh, you make me live
You're the first one When things turn out bad You know I'll never be lonely You're my only one And I love the things I really love the things that you do Oh, you're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live
I'm happy at home You're my best friend
He stopped playing and slightly turned towards me. Â I wiped away my tears and just like it always did, it made me stop crying.
âGuess I still got it huh?â
âShut up.â I muttered which made him softly chuckle.
âCan you please open the gate love? Let me see my best friend.â He asked. Â I slowly scooted towards the gate and slowly reached for the handle. Â I held onto it for a while and I pulled one side down which caused the other side to lift up. Â The gate slowly opened and there sitting a few feet away from me was my dad. Â âThere she is.â
I sniffled and wiped away the tearstains but I was still afraid to look him in the eye for more than a second. Â I felt his hand cup the side of my face wiping away the tears.
âDo you think you can talk to me now?â I nodded. âOkay. Now (y/n) please explain to me why you lied to us about your grades?â
âBecause IâI wanted to prove myself.â
âProve yourself about what?â
âThat I could be as smart as you. Youâre the smartest man I know and you never seem to get stumped about anything. You graduates college with the highest in your major, youâve built your own amps from old junk, and you handle both our finances as well as the bands. Butâthe schoolwork Iâm given is so beyond hard. I tried my best dad itâs not that I donât do the homework because I do. I really do, itâs just thatâŚ..â
âHey, hey poppet. Shh, itâs okay. Itâs okay.â I sniffled and harshly wiped my tears away but my dad stopped me and replaced my thick sleeve with his gentle but calloused fingers. Â âI know you do the homework. Iâve seen you do it and so has your mum.â
âBut the teachers make it so unfair to learn. They say this or that will be on the test but then something we havenât even learned yet is what ends up as majority of the questions. Or theyâre not consistent with what they want on the papers before giving us a bigger paper the next day after the previous one. Dad IâIâm a failure. And I didnât want you to be ashamed of having a stupid daughter like me.â
âOh (y/n),â he scooted closer to me and cupped both sides of my face forcing me to look up at him with teary eyes. âI am in no way, nor will I ever be ashamed to have you as my daughter. Youâre my first baby girl and I love you soo much. You donât have to be a genius like me to be my daughter, because you are smart in your own clever way.â
âBut IâIâm failing my classes, how can I be smart when Iâm failing?â
âYouâre still trying, are you not?â I shrugged.
âI guess.â
âThen that proves your smart. Oh my sweet girl I wish you had come to me about this sooner instead of feeling like you had to hide this from me.â
âIâm sorry daddy.â I softly choked out.
âItâs okay love. Now come here, you deserve cuddles and kisses right now.â I immediately fell into his arms and buried myself into his shoulder. Â He rubbed my back in soothing circles and stroked through my hair. âWeâll get this sorted out okay? But promise me that youâll never lie to us about school again, okay?â
âI promiseâŚ..never again.â
âI love you.â
âI love you too.â
And they did just that. Â I showed my parents everything regarding exams, homework and showed just how unfair the work was for me. Â I showed them my notes and told them what my teachers were really like.
The next day they scheduled a meeting with the headmaster and they talked about how the teachers are treating me and my fellow classmates unfairly with too much work and not unfair teachings of not asking for help.
Now one would think after telling you this I got off scot-free right? Wrong. I was grounded for the same amount of time that I had lied to my parents about school, so that meant over a week and a half of no TV, no after school activities and no phone privileges.
But after getting the teachers fired and currently dealing with substitutes for the rest of the year, whenever dad wasnât busy with Queen; he made a promise to sit down with me and if there was anything I was stuck on, heâd help me with it. No matter how long it took.
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