Christmas dreams

Moving in.....

Mia POV

Our first date was amazing after we spoke about everything Chris took me to my favourite restaurant, I ate way more food then I should have and then we headed back to his house to
Snuggle with ice cream and watch movies. I ended up falling asleep on him and he carried me to his room. When I woke up I couldn't keep the smile from my face. He was wrapped around me, hand on my stomach in a protective manner.

He looked perfect, and I couldn't help but feel like the luckiest woman in the world. It's been 2 weeks since our date and chris has been so busy with work, I've been busy writing and dealing with my support groups. We've only really seen each other briefly for a few minutes here and there. His team and mine have been hounding us about telling the world we are together. But I'm scared, the world knows what happened to me but I've managed to keep my pregnancy quiet so far.

I've not really ventured out much and because it's Boston it means we aren't chased around like we would be in New York or LA. Today I'm sat in my office, trying to deal with my busy schedule, i have so much going on and then I also have to worry about when the baby is born. That everything is cleared by then and I'm just feeling so stressed out at the moment.

I've just started on some emails when I hear my door. I struggle to get up and waddle my way over to answer it. As I open the door I see my sister and Avery, she has been crying from the look of her eyes and I can see she has a black eye.
"Hannah?"
"I'm sorry....I didn't know where else to go" she sobs. I take Avery from her and cuddle her. I usher them in and place Avery on the fall in the living room to play.

I walk over to Hannah and wrap my arms around her, she instantly breaks.
"What happened?"
"I had to get away from him Mia"
"Paul?"
She nods "did he do this?"
She nods again before crying into my chest.
"God Hannah. Come on"
I take her to sit down and hand her some frozen peas to place on her eye.
"What happened Hannah?"
"He cheated on me. Then when I confronted him and he got angry so he hit me"

"Is this the first time?"
She shakes her head "god Hannah why didn't you tell me"
"I was scared. I didn't think you would believe me"
"Of course I would. Your my sister"
She cry's more and I do my best to comfort her. As I'm hugging her I see my door open and Chris pop his head round. His smile fades when he sees my sister.
"Mia?"
"Hey"

He looks down at my sister and then back to me, I shake my head and he nods. He looks at Avery who is looking upset that her mummy is crying, he kneels down beside her and smiles.
"Hey little one, I'm Chris. I don't know if you remember me but how about we go get some cookies"
She nods and holds her arms up to him. He looks at me and winks as he picks her up and I mouth a thank you to him.

Once he is out of sight, Hannah sits back up and takes a deep breath.
"Hannah, you have to go to the police"
"Mia I'm scared"
"I know but please Hannah you have to do this. Not for your sake but for hers"
She nods "you can't let him hurt you anymore"
"I know. I'm sorry I wasn't here for you" she says while placing her hand on my stomach.
"It's okay"
"It's not. He kept me away and I shouldn't have let him"
"Hey" I cup her cheeks "it's okay. Let's get you sorted and we can figure everything else out later okay"
"Okay"

My life just got even more stressful.