Our Story

Chapter 15

Mia's dad pov:
I grab the letter I made for Mia and get out of my car. I place it in their mailbox and keep walking to the door. I knock on the door a few times and wait for someone to open it.

Mia's mom opens it. She looks pretty dressed up."Hi Jessica, where are you going?" "Hi Garrett. I will be going on a date soon. Are you here to see Mia?" "Yes, if that's alright with you." "Of course, it will always be okay as long as you're sober." She opened the door some more and let me in."They are in the living room." "They?" "Yeah. Mia and her boyfriend, Fabian."

I walk into the living room and find Mia and her manwhore on the couch watching a movie and cuddling. They laughed about something and started to lean in and about to kiss. I cleared my throat. They pulled away and looked over at me. Mia got up and walked over to give me a hug."Hi dad. Um, I don't think you've properly met Fabian." "I don't want to meet your manwhore Mia. We all know he is just using you! We all know he will just knock you up and leave you!-" "You don't get walk into my house and be a fucking jerk to the only guy that actually cares for me. He is not just using me, okay. And I'd appreciate it if you get the hell out, now!" "I do what ever the hell I want, I'm your dad." "Well who said I actually want you to be my dad!" I slapped her hard. A guy came running in and held me back."Who the hell is this?" "Jessica's boyfriend." he said as he dragged me out the door.

Mia's pov:

Fabian and I were talking about nicknames for each other. I know, we've been together for almost seven months and we are just now talking about it. Wow, we've been together for almost seven months. I decided to call him Fabe and he would call me either gorgeous or precious. I blushed slightly at his new nicknames for me. He made a joke and said I should just call him Fabulous. I punched him playfully. We were about to kiss when someone cleared their throat. I looked up and saw my dad. I went over to hug him. I was about to introduce him properly to Fabian when he started talking shit about him. I talked back and he slapped me.

My mom's new boyfriend came in after my dad slapped me. Fabian came over to where I was and gave me a tight hug. "I'm sorry about my dad." I said. "Don't worry about it." He picked me up and sat me on the kitchen counter. He went to the freezer and handed me an ice pack. "Thanks." just then, my mom and her boyfriend walked into the kitchen."Are you okay?" My mom and her boyfriend asked. I nodded my head and jumped off the counter. I hugged my mom. "Alright, go have fun on your date." "Okay, be careful." Fabian and I walked them out the door and headed back to the couch.

We cuddled up and finished watching The Breakup. As the credits started to roll by Fabian leaned in and kissed me. "I would never do anything your dad said." "I believe you. I'll be right back! I ordered something online and it's supposed to be here today." I head outside and to my mailbox quickly. I pull the flap open and there is a bunch of stuff in it. I grab the mail and head back inside.

I sat on the couch next to Fabian. Junkmail, junkmail, phone bill, small gray bag with my name and address on the corner. I rip it open and take out the black Nirvana case I ordered. I grab my phone and place the case on it. Fabian grabs it and studies the case. "My baby." I exaggerate and try to get my phone back from him. "I thought I was your baby." "Well." I say extending the L. He gasps and put his hands over his heart, still holding my phone. We laugh and he goes back to looking at my new case as I finish going through the mail.

"Who's Nirvana?" "You've asked me like a million times. It's a band I like." I say as I find a letter with my name on it. "That's weird" "What?" "A letter." "Why is that weird?" "First off, no one sends letters anymore and secondly, it's in my dad's handwriting." I say as I tear the envelope open. I start to read the letter as Fabian wraps his arms around my waist loosely and looks for something else to watch on tv.

Dear Mia,
I love you. You have grown up so much in such little time. I know that things I have caused are what forced you to mature so quickly. And I will never forgive myself for that. I am lucky to have a great daughter like you. I hope your sister grows up to be like you. You'r boyfriend seems like a good guy. But I will always feel the need to protect you. And I feel the need to protect you from him. I think you can do better than him Mia. I think you should breakup with him. Enough about him, I came here to talk to you about what happened in 2014, Thanksgiving week, to be exact....

The letter kept going on but I didn't want to continue reading it. I crumpled the paper and threw it not caring where it landed. Fabian stood up and grabbed the paper. He flattened it out a little."Fabe, don't read it." "I'm going to read it." I groaned and put my head in my hands.

He finished reading it. "You didn't finish reading it did you?" I didn't answer. "Precious?" he handed me the paper. "I think you should finish it." I gave him a weak smile and read from where I left off.

...Thanksgiving week, to be exact. The reason me and your step mom, Sandra, fought was over your mom. She said some mean things about your mom. I told her to shut up because if I got another chance with your mom, I'd take it without a doubt. I will not go into detail but I will tell you I still have feelings for your mom after these thirteen years. I never stopped loving your mom. I made a big mistake that made us get the divorce and I just want to protect you from any guy that might do the same to you. Love you princess, your dad.

Fabian's pov:
Mia shut her eyes and put her head in her hands. "Want to talk about it?" "Um, sure." "Go ahead" "Well, about Thanksgiving week. He and my step mom were fighting over my mom, apparently, and she said some really bitchy stuff. And my dad slapped her and she called the police and got him arrested. When he got arrested they took my siblings away from both of them. They were going to be put in a foster home again. But my dad's sister took them in. My dad told me how he got arrested but he never told me the fight was about my mom. I can't believe he still has feelings for her. He calles me and told me how he hoy arrested but, he never told me my mom was why they faught." As if on cue, my mom and her boyfriend came back from their date.

As they came to the living room Fabian wiped some tears off my face that I didn't notice were there. "Hey guys, why are you crying Mia. Don't listen or think about what your dad said." "Oh no mom, it's not that. We um, we just watched the Fault In Our Stars and you know how emotional that gets me." I said as I grabbed the letter and my phone. "My phones dying, I'm going to go charge it." Fabian followed me to my room. "Mia, what the fuck was that? Why didn't you tell her?" "What happened to the nicknames we just chose?" "Mia don't change the subject." "Fine, it's just that my mom looks so happy with that guy and I mean I can't just be like, oh mom my dad still loves you by the way, right in front of her boyfriend." "I guess it's true."

I put my phone to charge and layed on my bed with Fabian. He wrapped his arm around me and I turned on my tv. Pretty Little Liar's theme song started. "Shit I forgot today is the new episode." "Well it just started." "You don't get it, you miss two minutes on this show and you miss a thousand clues." He furrowed his eyebrows and looked at me like I was crazy.

We laughed and we continued watching the show. Fabian got really scared when A was stalking the girls. We finished watching Pretty Little Liars and Stichers and Fabian went home. So much stuff happened today. I played my, sleep, playlist and went to sleep.