Back to You

Mia

Well, that went as good as I expected, actually probably a little better. I expected he'd cause a scene in the middle of the restaurant by yelling at me. I could see the hurt and sadness in his eyes but also the angry and I can't blame him. I left with no notice, no contact, nothing and then he finds me, and he could clearly see I'm pregnant.

It was such a difficult decision to keep the baby. Always looking over my shoulder in case Ryan ever catches up to me and well he got pretty close not even 6 months ago. But I didn't want to lose the one little piece of Ethan that I still had. I thought I'd never see him again and I know what we had was so special and I wanted to hold on to the little part of our relationship that I could.

The lunch shift was busy today with all the extra people staying at the hotel for the ice hockey competition. I guess they all found it easy to eat here than find somewhere else to go. Knowing that the dinner rush is going to start again in about an hour, my manager tells me I can take my break as the tables have been reset for the dinner rush. I notice Sienna and Raya walk in as I am just sitting down at a table with something to eat. I didn't expect them to come and see me since I'm assuming the Ethan told them what happen earlier, but maybe they are just coming here eat not to see me.

But to my surprise they made their way over to where I was sitting in the corner. "Mind if we sit?" Sienna askes hesitantly. I give them a small nod and they take the seats on the other side of the table. I'm not sure what to say to them, I left them just the same as I left Ethan. They were such good friends when I first arrived in Boston, we got on really well and I could see us all being friends forever until I went and left.

I sit there with my eyes focused on my hands that were in my lap, picking at my nails. You can tell that none of us really know what to say. I look up and notice that they are both looking at me then Raya speaks, almost whispers "How have you been?"

"Okay, how about you? Getting close to finishing college." I ask back while moving my hands to rest on the table in front of me. "Worried about you" Sienna says with a sympathetic look on her face as she reaches across and placed her hand on top of mine. I don't understand how they can be like this after what I did by leaving with nothing and now them finding out that I'm pregnant and still left. "You know that you can talk to us if you like? Even if you don't want us to say anything to Ethan, we won't. We just want to help and try to understand" Sienna continues.

I can feel the tears starting to well in my eyes. I have never had friends like them before, none that actually cared about me. I blink away the tears willing them not to fall. I know I owe them an explanation, but I can't bring myself to tell them the whole truth and Ethan should really be the one to hear that from me before anybody else. I look back down into my lap not wanting to look at them when I say this.

"I'm sorry" I start and then taking a deep breath before continuing "I'm sorry I just left. There are things in my past that I don't want to get into, but I had to leave Boston for our safety. It had nothing to do with being pregnant. I only found out that morning. Nobody could know where we were going, I had to protect myself, to protect Ella she's all I have" I felt Sienna squeeze my hand.

"Mia, I'm so sorry you had to go through whatever it is in your past" I look up straight at Raya as she speaks softly "We are here for you in any way we can be" and I believe them, they are true friends. I look at my watch and realise that I have to get back to work and they do too "Can we get your number, stay in contact, as Raya said, we are here for you" Sienna askes as she pulls out her phone from her pocket. I give a small nod and she hands over her phone and I input my new number. As we stand, I'm shocked when Sienna comes around the table and hugs me, whispering in my ear "Call me if you need anything, even just to talk. Ethan will come around, just give him time" Sienna says while rubbing my back. I know that she means every word she says.