Ryan's POV
A couple of minutes later she walked back out in shorts and a t-shirt
"How are you two getting on?" She asked me with a huge grin on her face as she kneels down to be at Gracie's height
"Okay so, the whole story now" she tells me and I nod
"Only if you're sure" I make sure she doesn't feel pressured
"I am, very sure" she assures me as she sits back on the couch
"Okay then" I don't even know why I said that, god I must look like such an idiot
"So obviously I've already said, I found out I was pregnant with Gracie so I made this whole plan, I spoke to my uncle who lives up here, he told me he'd help me get this place cuz I was 17 at the time and didn't want to have to put my name on the lease because obviously I was gonna be missing and whatever, although to be honest I'm surprised there was even a police report filed, I didn't think she'd bother" she started
"She surprised us all, she fell apart, she really did care about you more than we thought" I tell her but she seemed to already know
"Yeah well, soon after that I was in New York in this apartment with my uncle checking in on me every day, he booked me a doctors appointment, he took me and he sat there with me he whole time, he helped me get a job, made sure I'd be covered for when I had to have maternity leave, I had my money from my dad to help me out, I bought all the baby stuff I needed a couple of months later once I was settled in, she was quite easy, didn't keep me up all night and all that, it wasn't easy, pregnancy definitely wasn't a highlight in my life but this little angel is, she was born just over a month early but they said she was absolutely fine, happy, healthy, a little small but I'm small and young so they said that was okay, we stayed in the hospital for about 4 days after she was born just to make sure she was okay and I was good too and then we came home" she tells me and I listen contently with my daughter in my arms
It's really weird to think I have a daughter, I can barely believe it
"Oh yeah and she was born 2:30am on February 2nd" she tells me "she's 4 months old, well just over but yeah" I missed the first 4 months of my daughters life? Woah, okay
"I missed a lot I guess" I mumble
"I'm so sorry Ryan, you deserved the opportunity to be there, through the pregnancy, at your daughters birth, and to see her grow for these past 4 months" she apologised yet again
"Chloe I told you to stop saying sorry, I understand, I'm not mad and I don't blame you, I just want to be able to be here now, will you let me be here for you two now? I want us to be a family, the three of us" I ask her hopefully
"I'd like that too" she agrees
"Great, so will you come back home?" I ask her gently but she looks at me confusedly
"Home? Ryan this is my home, I was born here, I spent the first six years of my life here, my family is from here, this is Gracie's home, she was born here, this is all she's ever known" she tells me and I feel really confused, I thought we'd just found ourselves again
"But that was where we met, that's where our entire life together was, my entire life is there, I've only ever known that place, that town" I argue
"Ry, I like my life here, I like my job, I like my friends, I like this apartment, I like my neighbours, I like having family who cares about me and supports me around me rather than a mother who has barely managed to give a damn, sorry sweetie, my entire life, I won't leave it, I want you in my life and in I hers but we are staying here" she tells me forcefully
"Okay, I'm sorry, you're right, here is where you should be, I'll move out here with you, I'll get a job and whatever, I want to make you happy" I promise her
"Will you live here with us?" I'm not sure quite how she's asking that
"Do you want me to?" I ask her unasure of how I was supposed to answer
"Yeah" she replies quietly, nodding but not making eye contact
"Then I will, happily, I want us all to be together" I agree
"Okay" she replies and looks up at me, making eye contact this time
"Would you at least consider coming down and visiting, I need to pack up my stuff and I don't want to ever leave you again, and I want my mom and dad to meet Gracie, if you wouldn't mind that, they'd really like to I bet you" I ask hopefully
"Umm yeah sure" she says but doesn't sound convinced
"You don't have to or we can keep Gracie out of this or whatever you want, I just, I can't believe I have a daughter and I just want to show her off to my parents because I mean look at that little face and those perfect eyes just like her mom's, she's gorgeous and I want my parents to meet her, and my mom would really like to see you I'm sure, she misses you, you were like the daughter she never had" I ramble and she chuckles
"I'd like to do all that, I just don't know if going back there is a good idea, Jared is there and I don't want to have to see my mom" she explains and I nod understandingly
"Okay, look I swear to you, I won't leave you alone at any point when Jared is around, you and Gracie will be absolutely safe and you don't have to see your mom if you don't want to, no one is gonna make you" I promise her
"Okay then, I'll go visit, just for a couple of day though yeah?" She asks me and I nod in agreement
"3 days?" I suggest and she nods with a smile
"Veronica will be dying to see you, you have no idea, she missed you so much, she came up here with me, and Colton and Brian too" I tell her
"They're here too?" Chloe asks confused
"No, Colton typed in the wrong address so we went to the wrong place so they've gone home but I stayed because I just needed to think for a little then I saw you leave the coffee shop and then we ended up here" I explained
"Oh okay" she says as she wraps her head around what I just said as I said it rather fast, I'm just a little all over the place at the moment, a lot has happened today
"Well I have 4 days off work starting tomorrow because I only work 3 days a week at the moment cuz Gracie's so little and Mrs Anderson from downstairs can only babysit 3 days a week so maybe we go tomorrow? Or is that too soon?" She asks me
"That's perfect" I tell her
"Great, I should give her a bottle now, unless you want to?" She offers and I take it quickly
"I'd love to, I wanna bond with her as much as I can, I missed four months, I refuse to miss another second" I tell her as I stare into Gracie's eyes, she looks so much like Chloe it's unbelievable but I suppose she would wouldn't she
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FanfictionChloe and Ryan had been best friends since Chloe moved to town when they were kids, something more had always been there but each was to afraid to ask As they got older Chloe found a boyfriend, great at first, but soon the relationship turned sour a...
