Together

Chapter 8

Ryan's POV

"So that was Toby's mom?" Chloe asks me quietly, we're sat on the couch together but she made sure that there was quite a bit space between us, she seems really hurt by all this, she refuses to make any eye contact at all

"That's Sophie yeah, but she's not a mother to him, I don't care if her names on the birth certificate and I don't care if biologically she's his mom, you're more of a mother to him than she ever was" I tell her gently, she still won't make eye contact with me though

"You wanted to have a family with her" I'm not sure if she's stating that or asking it

"I did, because I thought that was what we were doing, she's a horrible person, I thought she as better than that but in hindsight she's foul and I don't know what I ever saw in her, I'm in love with you in a way I never once felt about her, she gave me Toby and I will forever be grateful about that but she was nothing more to me than that, she means nothing to me anymore" I reassure her as I realise she's worried I'm going to pick Sophie over her

Fat chance in hell I'd ever think about leaving Chloe for Sophie, do I seem that stupid?

"So you don't have any feelings for her anymore?" She asks me, clearly still nervous

I move over so I'm sat right next to her and pull her into my arms so I can hug her nice and tightly

"None at all, my heart is yours, always" I promise her

"Okay" she replies quietly

I look at her and see she's gone really pale, I mean she's already pale but she was basically pure white so I found myself pretty worried

I was about to say something but then Toby arrived home, great now I've gotta tell him, how do I tell him this?

He deserves the right to make his own decision but I do not want her seeing him under any circumstances so I have no idea what to do

"Tobes come sit down buddy, we need to talk" I tell him carefully, trying to figure out what to say here

"I don't feel very well, I'm gonna go try and sleep it off" Chloe tells me, she's really pale and it worries me

She runs off upstairs as Toby comes and sits down nervously

"Have I done something?" He asks me like he's in trouble

"No Tobes, of course not, we had a visitor a little while ago, buddy your mom showed up" I told him as gently as I could

"W...what?" He asks me in shock "I thought you said she hadn't tried to make contact since I was born?" He asks and now I start to worry that he thinks I lied to him, I swear to god I didn't, no one has heard from Sophie since she ran off, her parents were divorced, she went to live in Texas with her dad, I've not heard anything about her since she ran off

"I hadn't, she just randomly showed up on our doorstep this afternoon, she says she wants to see you, it's your decision, she gonna come by on Friday after school to take you out if you decide you want to go but you don't have to if you don't want to" I explain to him, I can usually figure out what he's thinking but right now I'm drawing a blank

"So it's up to me?" He asks me but I still can't figure him out

"Yeah, I'll support whatever decision you make" I tell him, trying not to let it sound as fake as it was

"I wanna meet her" he tells me and my heart sinks, I feel a lump form in my throat

"O....okay" I reply, trying not to show the hurt I was feeling

"Dad I...." he starts but I just couldn't listen to this, I could feel a tear in my eye and my cheeks going red, but not in a nice way

"I've gotta go check on Chloe, I'll let you know what dinners ready" I tell him and then hurry out of the room

I don't know why that hurt me so much but it did, my heart was shattered

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Do you hunk Toby made the right choice? Wanting to know his mum? Or was he wrong to choose that? What do you think will happen next? Xoxo