Only Forever

24

Time Skip: 2 months

Demi's POV

The first month was pretty miserable to say the least. I tried to text Jay and call him so we could just talk, and he ignored me every time. I hated not being able to talk to him even for the most simplest thing. All I want to do is be able to tell him about how close I am coming to releasing an album and how excited I was, but I couldn't. The only thing that really kept me sane was Mayla. She would ask about Jay though and I couldn't bare to tell her the truth of why he wasn't around so I just kept telling her that he was busy or working and she would be disappointed every time. It just sucked. I had to keep going though because I couldn't sulk over him when I had a daughter to take care of.

The second month was a little better. I still missed him, but I was slowly getting over it. If he's not ready for a relationship then there's no reason to waste more of my time with him, even if the time we did spend together was amazing. We didn't talk once and I haven't seen him since he left me crying in the kitchen after he broke up with me.

Today though, I have a photo shoot for my album cover. I still have to make final adjustments with the track list, but since it's been so long since I last released an album, I have had music that I was really proud of sitting on the side plus all the music I recorded when I made my decision to really get back into my career. I'm taking Mayla with me because my parents and sisters are all back in Texas and I don't trust anyone else with her. Tiffani and Max are going to watch her during my shoot though.

"What's wrong baby?" I ask for about the third time as I listen to Mayla cry in the corner of the room as I get my glam done. She just started crying and I have no idea why and she won't tell me. "Mayla, come here." I say waving my hand for her to get up and walk over to me which she slowly does. Once she stops in front of me, I pick her up and sit her in my lap and she continues to whine. "You have to use your words like a big girl and tell my why you're upset." I say pushing her hair out of her face and fixing her bow. Instead of saying anything, she just lays her head on my chest and I sigh as I rub her back to calm her down.

"Is she okay?" Tiffani asks and I nod as I close my eyes so Jill can do my eyeshadow.

"Yeah. She's probably just grouchy because she woke up super early this morning." I answer. "That and she misses you know who." I then mumble not wanting to say his name and let Mayla hear.

"He hasn't called?" Jill asks and I shake my head not really wanting to talk about it. I'm finally getting over the breakup and I don't really want to keep talking about it because it just makes me sad and mad.

"Nope. He doesn't want a relationship, then fine. Wish he would have made that clear before he even committed himself to me and I fell for him." I say starting to get a little angry that he just dragged me along to only breakup with me knowing he wasn't ever ready for a commitment. "I don't want to talk about it." I then say as Mayla starts to calm down and she sits her head up just as I open my eyes and she starts playing with my necklace around my neck. "You okay honey?" I ask and she nods.

"Yeah." She whispers and I smile lightly.

"Okay. You don't need to cry, alright baby? Just let mommy know what you want so I don't have to see you sad. Mommy doesn't like it when your sad." I say tickling her lightly and she giggles making my heart warm. I then hand her my phone and let her play a learning game while I let Jill and Cesar finish my hair and makeup. Once I was ready, I got changed into my first outfit which was a long blue dress with a head piece. Tiffani stayed in the room with Mayla while I walked outside where the cameras were set up and the photographer lets me know what's going to happen and where he wants me. He has me stand in front of the reflective mirrors outside and I follow his directions for poses, but I mainly just do my own thing.