strangers in love

chapter 19

EMMAS POV
Dinner at Owen's was nice, I really don't like the idea of my mom dating, but I have a feeling her and Owen are together, and I kinda like Owen, he's also good at math so it's a plus. I was sitting next to Joey during dinner and mom sat next to Owen, which was no surprise. There really couldn't be no way they weren't dating, the way he looked at her was so caring that there's no way he hadn't asked her out by now. He said something quietly to her and she smiled and hit his arm. They were kinda cute together, but I really didn't like the idea. I miss my dad a lot, and yeah Owen is nice and all but I don't know.
AMELIAS POV
The kids seemed to get along with Owen really well which was nice. The kids were putting their jackets on and I walked into the kitchen to see Owen.
"Hey you," I said.
"Hey you," He said.
"Thanks for dinner," I smiled.
"Of course," he smiled.
"I think the kids like you," I smiled.
"Really?" He said, "that's good."
"Yeah," I smiled. I walked over to him and I looked over my shoulder to make sure the kids weren't behind us. I leaned up and kissed him softly. I heard footsteps approaching so we broke the kiss and I was kinda sad I had to.
"Have a good night," I said.
"You too," he smiled.
"I'll see you tomorrow," I said.
"Yup," He said.
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I was home and my phone rang again, and it was Spencer. The kids weren't around so I figured this once I'd pick up.
"Hello?" I said.
"Amelia?" Spencer said.
"Yes," I said.
"Amelia thank god you picked up," he said, "please, I need to talk to you."
"About what?" I said.
"The kids, please let them come here," he said.
"No," I said.
"Amelia please," he begged.
"No," I said, "I'm not bringing my kids to prison to see you."
"I'm their father!" He said.
"And I have full custody," I said sternly.
"Amelia please," he begged again.
"No," I said.
"Amelia I'm sorry let me see my kids," he said.
"Sorry? You're fucking sorry? You fucking sleep with you're student and you're sorry?" I said.
"Amelia," he said.
"No dont fucking Amelia me," I said.
"Can I talk to them?" He said.
"No," I said sternly, "you're not going to see them."
"I want to apologize for not being there," he said.
"Well Joey and Izzy are asleep," I said.
"Well what about Emma," he said.
"She knows that you're in jail," I said, "and why."
"Great," He said, "does she hate me."
"Probably," I shrugged, "you're still not talking to her."
"Fine," He said.
"And stop fucking calling," I said.
"No," he said, "I'll call until I speak to my kids."
"Well according to the state you're not qualified to parent them so good luck," I said.
"Can you visit at least?" He asked.
"Hell no," I said.
"Well how's Seattle anyway?" He said, "Can you tell me how the kids are?"
"The kids are doing fine," I said.
"I really miss them," He said. When he said that part of me missed him, missed our 15 years of marriage. I could feel tears starting to fall down my face and I couldn't speak.
"Amelia you still there?" He asked.
"Yeah," I said shakily.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah," I said and wiped my eyes.
"Oh my 2 minutes are up," he said sadly, "maybe I'll call again?"
"Maybe," I said and hung up. I started bawling as I hit end. I curled up on the couch and started bawling my eyes out into the pillow.
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I opened my eyes and I had fallen asleep on the couch. I remembered how much I cried last night and I looked at my phone and my eyes were still red. I looked at my phone and it was 6:10 which meant I had to wake Emma up if she wasn't already. I walked upstairs and knocked on her door.
"I'm getting dressed," Emma said.
"Okay I'll be downstairs making breakfast," I said.
"Okay thanks," Emma said. I walked downstairs and started making breakfast and I got a text from Owen.
"What time do you go into work today?" He asked.
"12," I sent.
"Me too wanna go out to breakfast?" He asked. I smiled and replied with a "yes." Emma came downstairs with her bag and started eating breakfast.
"Are you okay?" She asked, "you look like you were crying."
"Oh uh I'm fine," I said.
"Did dad call?" She asked.
"Yeah," I said.
"Did you pick up," She asked.
"I did," I said.
"What'd he say?" She asked.
"I don't want to talk about it," I sighed, "but he said hi and wishes you well in school."
"Do you think we can see him?" She asked.
"We'll talk about it later," I said.
"So that's a no," she said.
"I'm not visiting him," I said.
"I miss him," she said.
"Me too," I sighed.
"You do?" She asked.
"Yeah," I sighed, "sadly I do."
"Well the bus is gonna be here soon I gotta go," Emma said.
"Okay bye have a good day I love you." i said.
"I love you too mom," she said. I watched her walked out to the bus stop and thought of Spencer.
OWENS POV
I pulled into Amelias driveway to pick her up for breakfast. I walked up to her door and rang the doorbell and waited for her. She opened the door and her hair was in a messy bun and she looked like she had been crying.
"Hey," She said, "I'll be ready in a minute."
"Are you okay?" I asked, I walked in and closed the door behind me. She turned and looked at me and I saw the tears fill her eyes.
"I just," She said, "It's stupid I'll be ready in like five minutes okay?"
"Amelia," I said and grabbed her hand.
"I promise it's silly don't worry I'm okay," she said.
"What happened?" I asked.
"I had a really nice conversation with Spencer last night and this morning," she said sarcastically.
"We don't have to go out if you don't want to," I said.
"No Owen I'm fine I promise," she chuckled, "I'm fine really."
"Okay," I said. She ran upstairs for a few minutes and came back down dressed and her hair in a ponytail. She smiled at me and kissed my cheek.
"I'm in a better mood I promise," she said.
"Okay," I said and kissed her softly, "Do you want to talk?"
"No it's okay," she said, "It wasn't even anything bad I'm just fucking emotional."
"It's okay to be emotional," I chuckled.
"I guess so," she chuckled. I kissed her cheek and and she smiled. I grabbed her hand and we walked out to my car, and she was just so cute. She smiled at me and I pulled her closer to me, not wanting to let go of my precious girlfriend.