Eternally-Sequel to Unconditional(Nate Maloley)

Chapter 50 (final chapter)

4 years later --------/--------

"Ethan let's go! You have school!" I yelled, stressing over getting him there on time. "Mom I can take him, you go to work" Annica said to me. I sighed, "What would I do without you?" I smiled kissing her forehead. I gave Ethan a quick hug and kiss before saying goodbye and heading to work. It's been four years now. Four long years. Nate and I couldn't work things out because he continued to hide things from me, even though I knew exactly what happened. We eventually divorced and now we're on our own. I have the kids but I don't keep him from seeing them if he wants to. It's the kids choice if they want to or not half the time.

"Morning Jenna," I said walking into the store. "Hey Stas, how's everything with you?" She smiled, folding some clothes. I shrugged, "I've seen better days but haven't we all," I laughed. "I understand. Divorce is a bitch but after a while your life will hopefully be normal again." She said with a smile. "Did the kids take it hard?" she asked. I put my purse in the back room, "At first Ethan kept bugging me with the 'when's daddy coming home' but Annica and I sat down and told him as easily as we could. Annica was lost too but she was old enough to understand then" I said, sticking my name tag on and getting my day started. "Ana do you want to work the register today or the floor?" My manager John asked. "Either one is fine" I smiled. "Take the register then" he said. I nodded. It's about to be a long day.

While I was on my break, Annica had called me.

A-Annica Me- Ana

A-hey mama
Me- Hey babes, what's up?
A- do I have to get E from school too?
Me- if you can, that'd be great I might have to stay later.
A- okay mom. Dad called me
Me- and? What's he got to say?
A- he asked if I wanted to go see him this weekend so I told him I'd get back to him
Me- it's up to your sweetheart chill talk later, gotta get back to work. I love you baby
A- love you too mom

It was finally 4pm, and I was just leaving work. I said goodbye to everyone and went out to my car. I sighed, sitting in my car. I sat there thinking about everything. Everything from the day I moved to Omaha, to moving to LA with Nate, and having a future with Nate. I won't lie, I miss having him around. I miss his dorky smile, his laugh, his dimples, his hair and how the ends curled and how he loved when I played with the curls. In the midst of my thoughts, my phone rang a familiar ringtone. It was Uptown Funk, which could only mean one thing. Nate.

N-Nate A- Ana

A- hey Nate
N- hey...
N- I didn't think you'd answer
A- I did. I can't ignore you ya know

I heard him laugh a bit.

N- yeah, I know. So uh, how are you?
A- Im uhm, I'm alright. You?
N- I've been better. Missing my lil mama as usual
A- Nate seriously. Why'd you call?
N- can we get together? Like tomorrow?
A- I work 8 til like 3 but I guess so. Where at?
N- Dunkin donuts on the corner by our- our old house
A- okay I'll see you at 3 then
N- great, see you then

"kids! Im home!" I yelled. "Hi mommy," Ethan smiled. "Hi big guy, where is your sister?" I asked. He pointed upstairs I nodded, thanking him. "Annica, I'm home," I said knocking on her door. I heard her talking to someone as she approached her door. "Who was that?" I asked. "Uncle Sammy and Uncle Gilinsky" she smiled. I nodded. "What should we have for dinner?" I asked her as we went downstairs. "Can we have tacos or something?" She said. "Let's see what little man wants and then we can argue later" I laughed. "And just so you know, your dad is meeting me for coffee tomorrow after work so if you can, grab Eth on your way here?" I asked. She nodded. "What does he want?" She asked. "Just to talk" I smiled.

The next day, after work

"Hello Nathan," I smiled sitting in front of him. "Ana," he smiled. "Thanks for coming, didn't think you wanna see me" he mumbled. "Hey like I said, I can't ignore you. Your my baby daddy for starters. Second, as much as I wanna hate you, I can't" I laughed. "So, what'd you wanna talk about?" I asked, sipping on my coffee. "Uh, about u-us" he said. I about choked on my coffee. "N-Nate I-I can't" I stuttered. "Why? We were goals bab- Ana. Can't we have that again?" He asked. "There can't be an us again. If I want us to be something again, I would've done that 4 years ago!" I cried. He sighed. "Do you realize how depressed I've been over the past 4 years?" He said. "You realize what IVE been through?" I laughed in my tears. He looked down, "I should go," I said standing up, grabbing my drink and purse. "Wait! No, don't go" he said. "J have the kids waiting for me. I need to" I said. "I want to see them this weekend" he said. "That's up to them. I can't force them" I said. He nodded. "I'm not gonna force you to stay then. Just remember what I once told you" he said standing up. "You do remember, right?" He said. "Eternally?" I asked. "Eternally," he repeated.

I sat in my car after leaving from the dunkin with Nate. I sometimes wish things could've worked out for us because yes, I did love him. Very much actually. And I know he loved me too, but he always gets carried away and he has a bad habit of not being able to say no. It's not in his vocabulary at all whatsoever. In the middle of my thoughts, I heard a tap on my car window, realizing I haven't left the parking lot. I looked up, seeing Nate. I rolled down my window, "Yes?" I said. "You haven't left yet. Why?" He asked. I shrugged. "Can we talk more? I feel like I messed up the first time. Like always" he said. "Climb in I guess" I said unlocking the doors, watching him walk around to the passenger side. "I'm really sorry Ana. Can I explain myself from what I had been hiding all that time?" He asked. "Four years later? Yeah sure go for it" I laughed, not as in it was funny but at the fact he thought it's acceptable now. He sighed before starting, "That night that I said I was going to the studio with the boys? I went to a part for Swazz at some club down in south Cali. This girl named Tyler saw me sitting at the bar by myself because I was ordering up some drinks and she wouldn't get off of me as hard as I tried. I told her how I had a wife and kids at home and she said that no one but us had to know. Of course, me being drunk and high off my ass didn't process anything until I was actually doing something. I hated myself then for it and I hate myself now for it" he said, stopping to take a breath. "If I could erase everything I've done to hurt you and the kids, believe me I would. I think about you and the kids constantly. Whether it's in my mind or in my heart. I will never be able to forgive myself. Just know that." He mumbled. "Nate I really wish things could've worked out for us, I miss how we used to be. But with how things were going, there was no way we could work it out. I'm sorry" I said. He looked down at his lap. "Maybe some day it'll work again, but for now I can't. You'll always be welcome to parties, to see the kids, to come around. I'm not gonna keep you from that, that's just wrong okay. I'll keep in touch. Now I gotta get back home," I said sighing. He looked at me. "Can I get a kiss? Since it's the last one for probably ever?" He said. I laughed and leaned closer to him, kissing his lips softly. "Goodbye Skathan. I love you," I whispered.

"Goodbye Stasia. I love you," he mumbled as a tear fell.

THE END

Omg thank you guys so much for reading this! It's my first sequel so I hope it was alright! I will make an epilogue to this soon, maybe today even. I'm thinking the epilogue will either be in a 3rd person POV reflecting on Nate, or as Annica or Sammy's POV reflecting on Ana AND Nate. Don't know yet. But yeah, be sure to like comment and share with friends!! Love you all❤️