Unexpected Reunion

An Old Friend?

       I was so excited for today.  I get to find out if I was having a boy or a girl since I was at 20 weeks today! I heard Damon downstairs, he just couldn't sit still because he was so excited.

I walked up to him and hugged him. "Are you a little excited Damon?"  He kissed the top of my head.

"I'm more than excited. I get to find out that I'm for sure having a son!" He picked me up and spun me around and I just laughed! He put me down and we headed to the doctor's office.

When we got there, it was the same as last time.  All the other girls were drooling over Damon, and he was getting uncomfortable. I grabbed his hand and placed my head on his shoulder. One woman even 'dropped' her keys and bent over in front of Damon showing off her cleavage. I burst out laughing.

He turned to look at me and whispered. "I feel like a piece of meat."  I leaned in and kissed him.

"You are pretty hot. Maybe having you sit in a room with a bunch of hormonal women might not be safe."  He kissed my forehead. 

"I will deal with whatever I have to if it means I get to find out about my son." Just then the nurse called my name and I got to rescue Damon from these crazy women.

We were back in the room and the doctor was getting the ultrasound machine ready. Of course, Damon got the 4-D one. I was not complaining, I read these were really amazing to see. I reached over and grabbed Damon and kissed him.

"Thank you for the 4-D one.  I know I should yell at you because of the cost but I am super excited to see our baby in 4-D." He nodded his head.

"No need to thank me.  I want to see our baby in the clearest way possible." 

Just then the doctor turned towards us. "Alright, since dad here went all out for our 4-D machine we will get a great view of the baby. Are we ready?" Damon and I both nodded our heads and watched as the doctor moved the wand around and then looked over at the screen. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, it was like looking at a baby that was just born. There was its little face, it was so cute!

I looked over at Damon and he was as amazed as I was. The doctor turned to look at us. 

"I guess I don't have to point out where the face or fingers are since it's so clear.  I am taking a ton of pictures along with recording this video for you to take home.  Now give me just one second."  He moved the wand around a little more before turning back to us.

"Well, mom and dad, I would like you to please meet your son!"  

Damon jumped up.

"I knew it!" He then leaned down and kissed my forehead, and I felt a couple of tears hit my cheek. 

"Ok, you were right Damon. We are having a baby boy!" The doctor turned off the machine and turned to print out some pictures and grab our video. I hugged Damon around the middle, and he laid his head down on my head while we watched the doctor. 

When we got back to my house, I suggested to Damon we have a gender reveal party. Nothing crazy just cupcakes with blue in the middle while we play our ultrasound for everyone to see. He kissed my head and told me he would help with whatever I needed. I was just joking when I said this next thing.

"What I need is for you to move in with me so we can be together all the time."  He wrapped me up in a hug.  Then he cupped my cheeks and gazed into my eyes.

"Done." I blinked a couple of times because I couldn't believe what he just said.

"Wait, what did you say?"

"I said done. I would love to move in here with you and our son. I can't imagine being anywhere else."

"But you have your giant house. This house is so tiny compared to the one you are in now. I couldn't ask you to do that."

He shook his head. "That house is just a house. But this place is home. A home where the love of my life and son are going to be. I wouldn't care if we lived in a shack, as long as we're together."

I jumped into his arms and just held him. This was everything I ever wanted from him. I was so happy.

I pulled back. "Alright, well I am going to go to the bakery and order the cupcakes and call Linda and Katie so we can get everyone together, hopefully, tomorrow."  

"I am going to go pack up all my stuff and start moving into our home if that's alright with you?"

I smiled the biggest smile I think I ever had. "Are you kidding me, that sounds fantastic!"

The lady at the bakery was one of my mom's friends named Mrs. Jenson and was so nice. She said she would have the cupcakes done by 10 am tomorrow. I thanked her and figured I would go check out what kind of boy clothes I could find the store across the street had.

I stopped at the crosswalk waiting for the light to turn green when I heard someone behind me. 

"Well, if it isn't Saint, the freak that almost ruined my life."  I turned around and Mylie was standing there pushing a twin stroller. She also had a little girl walking next to her and she seemed to be pregnant.  Mylie has been busy!

I crossed my arms. "After everything that you have done, you dare to still call me a freak and say I almost ruined your life, seriously?"  She took a deep breath and picked up the little girl and placed her on her hip.

"Look, I'm sorry, old habits and all.  I am still a little bitter about you stealing Damon from me. I think that my life would be so much different now if I got to keep him." I rolled my eyes.

"I'm not doing this with you. I have bigger things to worry about than you getting dumped in high school, so just leave me alone. And you may be bitter about me supposedly stealing Damon from you, but you got my mom killed. I think that what you did was a hell of a lot worse than anything I have done."  I thought I saw tears in her eyes but that couldn't be right.

"You're right Saint." I almost fainted from hearing her use my actual name, she continued talking.

"I never really accepted how much hurt and tragedy I caused with what I did. Even when the police came knocking on my door trying to put me in jail for it.  I just thought I was doing what I had to do to pay you back for stealing Damon from me. But after becoming a mother myself, I matured so much and have accepted everything happened with your mom because of what I did. I am truly sorry from the bottom of my heart. I never thought that anyone would get hurt. It was stupid and immature, and I should have been punished for it. But because of you, I was let go. They couldn't do anything to me because you refused to push the issue."

I shrugged my shoulders. "I didn't feel like stooping to your level of pettiness. Would getting you put in jail have made my mom come back? No, it wouldn't have. I just felt like being the bigger person and leaving it all alone. I will never forget what you did, but to move on from it all I will say I forgive you.  I pray that nobody ever causes hurt to your little ones as you have caused me. The fact is, you did something so irresponsible and immature, you caused an amazing woman to lose her life. She will never get to meet her grandson and spoil him like she would have loved to do. She will never get to walk her daughter down the aisle at her wedding. All because you thought you had some claim on a boy who wanted nothing to do with you. That is something that you will always have to live with, and I think that is punishment enough."

I turned and walked away and felt a couple tears fall but that was it.  She yelled something as I was walking away.

"Can I just ask, is that Damon's baby?" I turned to look at her.

"It's not your business whether it is or is not.  What Damon or I do is really of no concern to you at all." This time when I turned around, I kept walking.  Getting to say all that to Mylie was something that I didn't know I needed to say until the words just came out. I hope she teaches her kids to be better than she was. But now I won't ever think of Mylie again. It's just not worth it.