The Perfect Moment

Part Seven

I felt the urge to hug him, but avoided it. I just remembered that I hadn't told him about the stuff that had been going on lately. He had become a dad, and I didn't tell him. What a horrible person I was.

"Hi. Can I come in?" Luke asked, looking behind me.

"Yeah, of course," I smiled. I had forgot about a lot of stuff. Luke was my best friend after all the shit that had been going on.

"How have you been?" he then asked, walking past me.

"I've been rolling along, how about you?" I answered, now the cheerful part of my voice was gone. I lead him through the hall, but when I remembered my baby, I stopped and turned.

"Been good and bad" he replied, still not looking straight at me. He was more focused on the pictures of us hanging on the wall.

"Wow, this is a long time ago," he then said, looking closer at one of them.

I didn't care about his answer anymore, just prepared for what I was about to say.

"I have something I need to show you," I said, looking at him. He then looked back at me. Finally.

"What?"

"Come, I'll let you see" I now smiled again, but behind it, there were more fear of what he'd do when he found out.

I then turned and continued walking. He followed a little behind me, but close enough to keep up with me. My baby was lying in her little bed on the kitchen counter, face away from us. I walked over to her, smiling when I saw her cute little face, without thinking about Luke standing behind me. I lifted her up in my arms and turned around to face Luke.

"Meet my little baby girl," I smiled and gave him a quick look before I looked back down at her. She was the most beautiful creature I had ever seen.

"Oh my god Andrea" he said, without any specific emotion. I had to look back up at him to see what he was feeling. He just stared at the baby, his eyes blank, and hands shoulders held up high, because of his hands in his pockets.

"She's beautiful," he then said. "Congratulations."

"Thank you," I smiled proudly.

'Did he really not realize? This was his daughter. Didn't he see that?' I thought.

"You realize this is your daughter right?" I asked after a long break, thinking of whether I should say something or not. He nodded, still looking at the little baby in my arms.

"Luke? say something" I said to him. He was unnormally quiet. He had just got to know he had a daughter, he couldn't just stand there, careless.

He wasn't careless, though. His eyes almost leaked the water in them, and he was standing on his tip toes, not knowing what to do.

"I know," he begun, and I was confused.

"Your mum has told me everything. I was going to say sorry for doing that to you, but now when I see her in real life, I don't regret it a bit," he said, smiling. I had no idea mum had done that behind my back.

"How did you react?" I asked before turning around to go sit down.

"I was mad, then sad, then confused, then angry again, but when she sent me a picture, I was so proud. I showed her to everyone that I was allowed to tell, and they got mad. 'I wasn't allowed to have a daughter,' they said. 'I was irresponsible' someone else said. I then told everyone to sit down with me to have a talk." he explained, following my steps over to the couch.

"Michael even filmed me doing this," he added, tapping his phone screen a few times.

"I need to talk to you guys a little. I know that this wasn't the best thing to happen to me because of my career, but this is one of the best things that has happened to me in my life. No one knew this would be happening, and thanks to Anne, Andrea's mum, we all know now. She's told me Andrea has been busy lately, and that she's been so good with the baby. I couldn't be more proud of her, even though we're not together anymore. I know that several of you guys here have children yourselves, and I know that neither of you would like it if someone told you you shouldn't have them, right? and you also love your children from the bottom of your hearts, even though things didn't happen the way they were supposed to?" he said. people around him nodded.

"Yeah, and that's how I feel right now, too. I just need to get home to my baby girl. I need to get these last shows to go on a little faster, so that I can see her and hold her in my arms. And neither of you guys are allowed to tell me to not do that. I love my daughter, and nothing you say or do can change that."

I was now crying. He was so kind and helpful to me right there, right then. I looked up from the phone, and he put it down in his pocket.

"Do you want to hold her?" I now smiled, thinking of what he had said.

"Yeah, can I?" he smiled, eyes wide in hope.

"Of course Luke! She's your daughter!" I exclaimed before getting up and walking over to him. He held his arms ready, and I gently placed my baby girl in his arms.