Teen Mom Stories: Saira

Chapter 11

I took Everly home two days later. Her new room was beautiful, and the twins couldn't stop playing with her. I was on maternity leave for 12 weeks and I loved everyday of it. But, I was still pretty busy making jewelry for my Etsy shop and taking care of the kids. I was getting more orders than ever on Etsy. I was still working on my organization too. After the 12 weeks were up, I put my precious Everly in daycare and went back to work. I loved working at the pottery shop, but I missed Everly during the day. Life went on, as usual, until he walked into the pottery shop that day. He had beautiful dark blond hair with green eyes and hunky muscles. "Hello, I'm Josh. I need to paint something for my little boy. It's his birthday next week." I got so distracted from his looks I said "Oh.... Ok... Um... Um... Ok um... What does he like?" Josh giggled a little and replied "Well, he likes dogs and pigs." I smiled and replied "Oh! I have a cute teacup pig at my home. Anyways, the animal figures are on that shelf over there." He picked out a cute pig figurine and chose his paint colors and got to work. "Can you paint the eyes for me? I'm not too great at painting details." I sat down next to him and used the detail brush to paint the eyes. He smiled and I smiled. Then he said "Hey, do you want to go out with me this Friday?" I replied "Sure. Here's my number." I gave him my number and helped him finish his pig and then told him "Looking forward to Friday." And then he left. I was exited to have some fun for a change with a nice guy. And I was happy he had a son that was young so that the twins would be happy with him. They still missed their dad very much just like I did, so they might be mad if I was going out with another guy. That Friday when I was dropping the twins off at school, I told them Melanie and Hannah were going to come over because I was going on a date. They didn't react that much, like they didn't care. But that was good. I got dressed in a hot red dress, put on black heel and applied some mascara and red lipstick. Josh rang the doorbell, and when I came downstairs, Paige and James were at the door talking to Josh. He laughed and had a cute smile towards them. "Oh hey, ready to go?" He asked me. "Yep!" I replied. We walked out the door, hopped in his car, and we drove to the restaurant. We had a fun time, and then Josh said "You're kids are really cute. I have a son that's about their age." I replied "Thanks! I also have a 4 month old." He smiled. "So who's the dad?" He asked. And then my mood changed and I replied "He...um... Passed away a few months ago." "Oh, I'm so sorry. That must be hard with a baby and everything." "Yeah. It is." We talked some more, and then he said "My son, Jackson, a year after he was born his mom ran away and we never saw him again so I had to take care of him. About a year after that, the police called us telling me she was dead. So now I have full possession of him." I replied "Wow, that must have been hard." He replied "It still is."