Life After Rehab ✓

[Chapter Forty-Six] Where Things Finally Felt Right

Chapter Forty-Six – Where Things Finally Felt Right
Bailey's Pov

Songs were being written and his label was beyond happy with the work not only he, but I was doing as well. The best part to me was that I had never seen Julian so happy before.

I just remember him absolutely hating music and how he kept saying it destroyed his life. He would talk about how he wanted to quit and how hard it was to write because he despised it so much. Just the topic alone was enough to send him into a downward spiral to anger and depression.

And now, his movie was opening up in theaters this weekend and he smiled as he wrote the music or lyrics. I loved sitting on the couch with my feet curled under me, tea in my hands and watching him do what came so naturally to him.

He would pick up a guitar or mess around on the piano.

He would sing lyrics and either write or erase, sometimes he would ask me what I thought about them and I would quietly give my opinion, but other than that remain invisible. I liked feeling like I was on the outside looking in, watching him find his joy.

Sometimes Melina would be here as well and listen to him as she brought her sketch pad and would spend time drawing at the table. She wasn't embarrassed about it anymore with him. If anyone could understand how she felt as an artist, it was him. He was learning to be more open with his music again, which in turn helped Melina open up about her talents.

The other thing I needed to get used to was the headlines again. Since dinner, Julian and I haven't hid away from it anymore. We didn't let that stop us from going out and living our lives if we wanted to. It was true that we spent most of our time at home or in the studio, but we didn't feel like we had to hide at home if we wanted to go out anymore either.

Pictures from that night were everywhere starting the next day and Julian and I didn't care to comment on any of it. Kimberly I guess had said some nasty things, but Julian and I just let it all play out the way it was going to. There was no use getting stressed out about something that we couldn't change.

Melina was also getting more comfortable about it as well and she would join us sometimes to get lunch or ice cream. Julian came with us if she needed anything and he tried to take her to a museum for a couple hours on Sunday's now.

With all of that, it wasn't really a surprise to me that people were trying to make our lives their business, it was what I signed up for to begin with and again when I told him that one day, I would marry him.

Life was happening fast right now, Melina's custody hearing was in two weeks and I was nervous about it. I've gotten so used to her being around that It killed me to think what life would be like if she wasn't. The apartment would feel so empty and her things wouldn't be scattered about.

I wouldn't be the one waking her up in the mornings or go in there to see she fell asleep studying or drawing and now had pencil on her face.

Her sketch pads wouldn't be lying around the house and having her beautiful drawings wouldn't be the same. Larissa was right though, I was an addict. But she hadn't even tried to get to know Melina these past months.

Even Carter had started coming around and Melina was skeptical about him, but at least he was trying. I just wished that Larissa would try with her! I wish that the woman who was fighting me for custody would try to get to know her granddaughter and see how bright and beautiful she was. I wish that Larissa would talk to someone about whatever it is that was going on with her to make her like this.

She even broke things off with Robert and he was devastated.

She's shut everyone out and that's not the environment to raise a teenager in. I just wanted to know why she was turning on everyone who cared about her. Sure Julian and I were hurt by what she had said, but we would be there for her in a heartbeat if she needed us.