The Past Behind us

Chapter 3 (Home)

I ended up driving around my neighborhood until late at night.
Of course I had to go to home and face my mother but every time I loop around to go inside I freeze. On my 5th loop I got a text on my phone which read "Hi Izu baby,I think you should come in soon I made food and I wouldn't want it to get cold so I'll put it in the microwave for now!",I read aloud after unlocking my phone, 'mom💚' the contact reads.

I sigh,and get out of the car grabbing my single photo and box,and finally slowly trudge my way into the slightly dimmed house.The second walk in and hear the door henges lock behind me.
I see my mother siting in the middle of our compact apartment on our couch watching something about a crash on one of our millions of freeways.

She glances at me and smiles until her eyes reach the small brown box in my arms,
"Oh my god you got fired?!?" She asks frantically getting up and running towards me."What?? Huh,No I didn't!""I'm I'm" she stutters trying to sound threatening,after trying to gathering her thoughts she continues "I'm going to go down there and I'm going to talk to that boss of yours! You've been there so long what we're they think-" I cut her off "I got into the BAU it's a promotion.." I shiver a bit at the cold silence that comes after my words."You did?.." I see tears build up in the corners of her eyes threatening to fall.I look at her crying and can't help to cry too,'mother like son' I laugh at my own remark.

She laughs quietly too,probably thinking I was insane for laughing,we sit there giggling like teenagers.Tears still rolling out by default.After a few minutes we let go and sit on the couch,she sits near the middle and I sit on the edge nearing the kitchen table.Our apartment was very crowded, everything was very close together and it was easy to move around with our small furniture.

"This is great Izu!we can move somewhere big close too!" I sigh knowing the truth. It seems so easy to just have her move in with me in LA but it's not,first off LA is VERY expensive,and if I want to get a two bedroom apartment there. I won't be making money right away and it won't be enough,I would never ask my mom to work.And of course it would be way to dangerous to have her there so close to the enemy.

I know where ever she is,if I work this job she will be in danger. But if she's across the country it should be way to much work to go across the country for no reason other than to kidnap a FBI agents mother,the more I think about the more nervous I get. WAY to much pressure!

My mother,of course,senses my destress and looks at me with a questioning look."Listen mom." I start,"Mom,they're putting me in a deferent station."
I stat trying to be blunt. She continues to stare at me asking me to go on, I try to come up with any other way to say it "Mom I'm going to be in LA." I say "You can't come with me.."