Keep Holding On

Already Gone

January 15th, 2028

Malibu, USA

Miley's POV 

Liam has been gone for a whole day now. I've been calling and texting him but he won't answer me. I have no idea where he went. I've called Chris and August, they haven't seen him. I've called some other friends of his and they haven't seen him either. So either one or more of them could by lying, or he really doesn't want anyone to know where he is. The kids keep asking about him, I'm not sure what to tell them. I can't tell them he left because we fought, but I can't lie. I hate lying to my kids.

"Hey Noah, thanks for coming over." I say, opening the door to let Noah in.

"No problem, are the kids outside?"

"Yeah." She and I sit on the couch and she looks at me with a sympathetic face. 

"Has he called or texted back yet?"

"No...I thought when I told him the truth we could talk about it calmly. I didn't think he'd yell and leave."

"You had to have known he'd be mad." She says and I nod in agreement.

"I figured he'd be mad, and I don't blame him. I'm pissed at myself, I hate myself for what I did. I still didn't think he'd actually leave."

"Yeah, neither did I. Have the kids said or asked much?"

"Well when they got home from school that day they asked where he was. I said he was out with some friends. Yesterday they asked after school and I said he'd be back soon. Now it's the weekend so they've been home all day. They're gonna know something's up soon."

"Yeah, you've got some smart kids."

"Speaking of kids, how's Logan?" I reply.

"He's great."

"That's good. How'd Ethan take the news? I'm assuming you told him."

"Yeah, I told him. He uh, he took it a lot better than I thought he would. He said he was really happy. I asked him why he's been so upset about Logan lately and he said he's just been stressed about work. He's really excited though."

"Have you been to the doctor yet?"

"I'm going in four days...I think I'm about nine weeks. I'm so excited." Noah says.

"Judging by your smile, I'm sure you are."

"I have a question, it might be hard to answer."

"What's your question?"

"Before this all happened, have you and Liam ever...talked about trying again? I know after Griffin it was hard, I know you said you didn't want anymore but that was right after- yeah. Now that you've had time...have you?"

"No, not really. When I told Liam I didn't want anymore kids he agreed. He asked why I didn't and I said it'd be too hard. I'd be afraid something might happen. I asked him and he said the same thing, he doesn't know if he could handle it again. We didn't talk about it again after that." I answer.

"Really? It's never came up?"

"Nope..."

"But...?"

"But what?"

"I feel like there's something else." She says. 

"Well, I kinda had a dream the other night."

"About...you being pregnant?"

"Yeah, but I have no idea why. I mean, Liam and I haven't talked about trying at all. And whenever we have sex we use protection."