Rekindling/ Anthony Padilla ff

chapter 1

Lina's POV
I was at the store with a crying 1 year old "shh carter," I said softly, ruffling his hair.

I just had to grab the sugar, and then we can leave. I turn the corner I walk down the aisle, standing in front of the sugar. "Of course, it's on the top shelf." I say to myself I put my hands on my head and breathe.

I reach up for the sugar. I was so close when I saw arms grab the sugar.

I turned around and saw a taller man with black hair and a lot of tattoos.He handed me the sugar.

"Umm, thank you." I say. He looks at me

"You're welcome." he stood there for another second and then spoke,

" Hey, you look familiar. Did you go to (school name)?"

"Yeah, I did." I put the sugar in the cart when he smiled,

I immediately recognized him by his smile. " Are you Catalina.". "Yeah, I am, and you're Anthony," I say with a smile.

"Yeah, jeez, it's good to see you it's been a while." He says.

I smile "yeah it feels like forever," I say as I rest my hand on the handle of the cart. He looks over at the cart and sees the baby

"Aww, you have a baby. What's his name? " he says, lowering his head to smile at Carter.

"His name is Carter." I say smile at my son.

"He's adorable he looks just like you.". I smile at his words.

"Thank you." I look at the time on my phone crap. "I'm so sorry, anthony, but I have to go. I have something I need to do it was so good seeing you."

He slowly loses his smile but then perks up again. "It was really good seeing you to can I get you number so we can catch up some time I'm sure Ian would love to see you too."

"Yeah, of course I'd love to see ian again too." I say smiling we exchange phone numbers and say goodbye I pay for my items and leave.

As I'm walking to the car, I started to think back to when I saw Anthony last. Me, Ian, and Anthony met in middle school and became best friends.

I knew them when they created their YouTube channel, Smosh. I used to have a little crush on Anthony, but we were the best of friends.

We were always hanging out. Until I met my ex-husband at the time he was my boyfriend, everything was fine in the beginning until he slowly became more controlling. Started telling me I couldn't hang out with not just Ian and Anthony but my other friends too.

I became more distant, and we still talked, but not as much as we did. Then my ex proposed to me, and I still loved him, so I agreed around that time anthony was engaged to kalel.

Then, eventually, my ex wanted to move back to his hometown to be around his family. I said I didn't want to leave my friends and family, and we argued back and forth. Until "moving day" came. I still resisted and said something that pissed him off, and that was the first time he hit. I was scared to say anything else, so I stayed quiet and didn't fight back. We ended up moving back to his hometown.

I texted Ian and Anthony, saying I was moving that day. They were upset I didn't tell them earlier we said we would keep in touch but everyday he would get mad at me and tell me not to talk to them again I felt like I had no one no friends or family.

After a while, I was just tired of it, so I deleted all my contacts and got a new number, and that is when I realized I was all alone.

After 1 year we got married the relationship turned abusive but I still loved him he wanted to have kids I didn't want to have any with him we tried for a while he always blamed the fact I couldn't get pregnant on me even though we went to appointments and they said it was him not me.

However, somehow I got pregnant, he wanted it to be a boy really bad he actually started treating me better. When it was finally time to find out the gender we were told it was a girl, he was pissed, and he blamed me for not having a boy. He said I was such a bad wife. I was being punished, and I couldn't do one thing right for my husband.

I argued back, saying he should be happy he is even able to have a baby. Then he slapped me again. I fell to the floor in tears he called me usless and left. That's when I knew I needed to leave him for my sake and my babies.

I packed my things and rented a small hotel room with what money I still had in my account. I made sure to take a photo of what marks I had on me from when he hit me. I filed for a divorce. Of course, he said he wasn't gonna sign it, so I took him to court for custody over the baby.

I showed and told them everything. I got full custody over my baby, and he got 3 years in prison.

After the divorce, I moved back in with my parents and had my baby, which turns out they somehow told me the wrong gender and I had a boy.

After a year, I got a job back in LA, and I decided to move back there. And that's how we got here me seeing Anthony again.

Suddenly, I got snapped back to reality by my son "mamama"
I look at him. "Yes, i know, let's go home."

I unloaded the cart and put Carter in his car seat and drove home.