A Lovely Surprise

Trouble never ends.

JOSH'S POV *
I can't believe this. How could this happen? I thought she knew better!
"How could you Josh!" Erin hollered. "What did you want me to say? Congraduations?" I said with an attitude. She looked at me with disgust. "You just did what your parents did to her. You are no different from your father." She said. "Don't you dare say that!" I hollered. "It's true! You forbid her to be with someone and she goes against that and you kicked her out. It's exactly what your parents did to her the first time!" She said upset. "Why are you taking her side!" I hollered. "You better lower your voice. I got babies sleeping." She said mad. "I'm taking her side because they've been working this out for months to make sure this is what they want. They are so in love and it's not like she jumped at the chance to be with him. She made him work for it. She is 26 years old. They have 2 kids now. If that wasn't a clue to you something was going on, you are blind. Is this what you'll do to our daughter if she dates someone you don't like, kick her out? We knew you'd be angry and braced ourselves but none of us thought you'd go this far. You basically told her she was worthless. What happened to the man I married?" She said upset then walked away.
"Shit." I groaned. I sat at the counter with my head in my hands. I was still shaking from how angry I was. I had to go after Erin then maybe I can figure out how to go about this.... I got upstairs to our room. The lights were out and she was in bed but I knew she wasn't sleeping. I got in bed, wrapping my arms around her. "I just keep picturing her screaming and crying, asking why doesn't he want her when we took her to that camp. The image of her ODed on my bathroom floor still haunts my mind. The moment her having to hand Aria over to her new family still replays in my head too." I said as a tear slipped down my face. She turned around facing me. "Keep going." She said gently. "I don't think I can handle going through that again. It scares me. I was strong for her but that was hard for me too. It scarred me too." I said as more tears flooded my face. "Baby." She cooed. "I'm sorry." I said. "You need to talk and apologize to your sister." She said I nodded. "I know." "And if talking to Michael about it all will give you closure then do it because she got her closure from him. You havent. Maybe that's what you need." She said
"Maybe you're right...." I said really thinking about it. "Let's call her tomorrow...okay?" She said. I nodded. "I love you baby." I told her. "I love you too." She smiled

DRE'S POV *
I couldn't sleep. My brother really broke my heart. Michael held me through the night, comforting me. The sun came up and Michaels door creaked open. I heard a gasp. "Mommy!" I heard Jayden say excitedly. He got in bed with us. "When you get here silly?" He asked. "Last night." "Oh. I had a bad dream. I was gonna cuddle daddy but you're here!" He said excited. Michael rolled his eyes at me playfully. I stuck my tounge out at him. "It's 5am. Let's go to sleep buddy." Michael said closing his eyes. Jayden cuddled me and I finally went to sleep. I guess I slept in. Michael wasn't in bed and neither was Jayden. My eyes still felt puffy from crying. I got up and showered. I walked down stairs and Michael was making lunch. I wrapped my arms around him. "How you feeling?" He asked. "Like shit." I said softly. "Josh keeps calling your phone and he's called mine. You need to call him." He said. "Did you talk to him." "No." He replied. I checked my phone and Josh has called me 4 times and texted me "can we please talk?" I replied yes. "I'll be over there in a little bit. I'm bringing Willow for Jayden." He texted. I warned Michael he was coming over. "Honestly, I'm kind of scared." He commented. "Don't be baby. He had his melt down last night, I'm sure he's calmed down." I said. 20 minutes went by and he knocked on the door. "I'll get it." I said. I opened the door and Willow ran through, "Jaydennnn!" She hollered. "Hi uncle mikey!" She smiled. She loves Michael. They were in the kitchen and Josh came through the door. I shut the door behind him. My heart was pounding. He stood in front of me. "I'm sorry." He said pitifully.  Tears started to soak my face again. "You broke my heart." I cried. He hugged me. "I know. I'm sorry. I wanna talk about this." He begged. I nodded. We sat on the couch. "I'm sorry for the way I reacted. I didn't realize how harsh I was till Erin pointed out I was acting just like dad and I don't want that. I don't want you to feel like you have to move in with him because I want you to do that when your ready not because I kicked you out. But I need you to understand why I got so angry." He said. He sounded so vulnerable, I knew this was hurting him. "Josh it's all in the past...." I said "but it haunts me too. You don't think having to watch you giving aria away, finding you on that bathroom, and watching you trying to figure out how does life go on, scarred me too? It scares me to this day. It's not easy for me to see you with him like this. I've seen you at your lowest because of him. I'm not trying to talk you out of being with him because Erin already told me that was pointless. I need you to understand why this is hard for me too." He begged. "Josh, I know, I get it. I know all of that was so hard for you and you were so brave. None of us expect you to accept this so easily. It took me months to accept it. It took Trey pointing it out to me that I still love Michael and that he loves me. I was putting myself in pain trying to convince myself I didn't love him. I really love Michael." I said. He nodded
"I just need time, and you know you always have a home with me." He said. I hugged him. "I love you Josh. You've always been my hero." I said. "I'm so sorry sis for all the things I said. You know I love you like my own daughter." He said. "I forgive you." I smiled.
"I want to talk to Michael. In private." He said. I kind of froze. "It's for closure. For me. Erin said it might help me accept all this." He said. I nodded. I went into the kitchen where Michael was. "He wants to talk to you in private." I told Michael. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" He asked nervously. "It's about the past. I didn't realize we kind of left everyone out of us finding closure within eachother and he needs it too. Just take whatever he says so we can get through this. Please." I begged. "Of course baby." He smiled lightly.