Expect the Unexpected

Chapter 9

Mary's POV

it's been two months that I didn't heard any news about Brian. Meaghan and Lacey had try to convince me to give him a call and talk this out but I wasn't going to do efforts of knowing why he rejected me that way when it was his own decision! So I let things go and I got back to my boring life working in another coffee shop, still alone in this damn apartment still asking myself, what have gone wrong? What did I do or not do to Brian for him to push me away of his life. It was haunting me but at the end I would always come up with the same conclusion, it wasn't me. Brian was broken hearted, Zacky had told me before all of this started, and I let myself fall into it because I thought that Brian was ready for those things, but I apparently not. He wasn't ready to get close to someone, even in bed, he didn't want to look at me. It was kind of frustrating but I was naive to think that maybe someday it would fall all into place and everything will be perfect! Like in movies, but these damn movies aren't telling the truth. The truth about love and feelings is that, better you hide them, better you feel! I had learn with time that when you're not close to someone, it's easier to let them go when they leave. But I'm to fragile for this life. I never had a lot of friends so whenever I met someone that I get along with, I don't want them to leave, I want them to stay with me because I hate to be alone, this world is so cold when you walk it alone.

 It was another Saturday morning in Chicago and I was feeling good, I had a day off. I didn't know what to do and still didn't know why I was feeling so good but I decided to stop questioning myself. My thoughts stop when I heard the phone rang, "Hello?", "Mary?" it was him, Brian. After all this time why would he call me now? "Yeah, What is it Brian?" I ask him without being rude but neither sweet. "I need you Mary, something happened and I really need your help, Meaghan had rent you a place close to mine because you'll be staying here for long" he say as he spoke fast and nervously, what the hell was going on?, "What's wrong Brian?"  I ask him getting really worried about him, "I have a baby, no time to tell you more just come already please" He said, he really sounded depressed and lost, and all I ever wanted for him was to be happy, so if I could help it was good, but a baby? What the hell? "Okay, I'm coming" I said before hanging up and calling to take a ticket down to Huntington Beach. 

A little more then 4 hours later I was in the car with Zacky taking a ride to Brian's place. Zacky told me everything, about Michelle, the baby and all about how Brian have been since that day in Australia. It was making me so damn nervous because I never had a kid myself, yeah I had work with kids but not that young.

We arrive at Brian's house, I left my things in Zacky's car because he had to put it in the apartment he took for me, I still needed my own place, I wasn't going to live with Brian. 

I enter the house and got greeted by Pinkly that only wanted hugs. I grab her and hug her quickly before turning my attention on the baby screams. I walk into the direction and ended up in the kitchen, Brian had the baby in his arms that was screaming and crying as Brian tried to make it a bottle. "Shit can you just stay calm please!" He said, you could see that he was almost ready to give up. I arrive beside him and touch his arm gently, his brown eyes were blood shot, probably not for being tired already. He seem surprise but relief to see me. "Let me take him?" I ask as I saw that he was all dressed in blue clothes. He gently let go of the little baby and gave it to me. I hug the baby close to my body and started to shake him lightly, creating something close as when he was in the belly. Brian prepared the bottle for the baby, "How did you name him?" I ask Brian as the baby had stop screaming, only whining softly. "Aiden, Aiden Owen Haner" He said as he spread some of the milk on his wrist to check the heat. Aiden started to calm slowly, "Come sit" he said guiding me in the living room. I sat on the couch and you could feel that it was new ones. I sat crossed leg on the couch with the baby in my arms, Brian hand me the bottle that I gently put in Aiden's mouth and he started to drink right away. "It looks so natural to you" Brian say as he sat on the opposite side of the couch looking at me holding Aiden. "It's not, believe me. I just always saw my grand mother do it, so I kind of know" I said, I feel like if there was a wall between Brian and I, and I know that I didn't built that wall, maybe it was to block all the emotions that he didn't want to feel.  "I'm sorry Mary, about how I acted toward you, it was stupid.." I stop him. "No, now you stop that Brian, I accept your apologies but I'm here for Aiden, if it wasn't for him you wouldn't of call me right?" I ask but he was about to speak again instead of just answering by yes or no. "Look, I'm here to help you out with Aiden as a friend and only this. Every night I'll go back in the apartment that Meaghan and Zacky have for me, Brian just friends okay" I told him and it seemed to reassure him, he nob. I could feel Aiden's breathing slow down as his eyes close. "He got the high cheek bones of his daddy" I said touching his soft pure face with the tip of my finger, Brian smile. "Go to bed daddy, I'll take care of him" I whisper, "Thank you" he mouthed to me before getting up, but before he left the living room he stop beside me and squeeze my shoulder lightly. I lean my head on his touch. He made me feel so comfortable but his mind was busy figuring out what he was feeling and I wasn't going to put myself into this so I kept all my feelings inside, once again.