Scars Left Untold

Christmas Eve Eve

*Bella's POV*
*time skip to several months later*

"So, what are your plans for Christmas?" Lily asks me as I walk in the door to our office after dismissing my 4th hour for lunch.

"Well, my parents live out of town and Jack has invited me to spend it with him and Lavender." I say sitting down.

"Oh my! Things are getting serious fast!" She says.

"Yeah, then I'm meeting the rest of his friends later that day for a joined lunch. Then go to his parents to have dinner with them. Oh! And I'm meeting Gabby, the ex. She wants to see her baby for Christmas." I tell her fixing some papers on my desk.

"Good God!" She says. I look up and her jaw is dropped. "How do you feel?"

"Meeting his friends, I'm cool. If their anything like Jonah, I should be fine. His family, I'm kind of scared, but he's reassured me that they'll love me. The ex, I'm scared out of my mind." I tell her.

"Have fun with that." She says sarcastically.

*Day before Christmas Eve*

I drive up to his house and park in the driveway. I take my bag off the back of my motor cycle and head to the front door. I ring the door bell and seconds later the door opens to a smiling girl with really curly hair. It takes her a second, but her smile quickly fades to a frown.

"Your girlfriend's here." She says pushing the door open some more and walking away. I hold the door open for myself and I walk in. Jack, holding Lavender, walks over to me and kisses me.

"Hey Lovely." He smiles.

"Hi." I say grinning from ear to ear.

"Bella, this is Gabby, Lavender's mom." Jack says closing the door, locking it and looking at Gabby.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you." I say sticking my hand out for her to shake it. She reluctantly takes it and shakes it.

"It's nice to meet you too." She says. "Sorry, I just wasn't expecting you to be here yet. I wasn't mentally prepared to meet Jack's new girlfriend."

"It's okay. I kind of understand the situation, my brother went through something similar." I say with a sympathetic smile.

"Wow." Jack says in amazement.

"What?" Gabby asks.

"I was not expecting that to go that smoothly." He says joining our little circle. Me and Gabby both chuckle. "So, if I leave Lavender with you two and ran to the store, i won't come back to a murder scene?" He asks seriously.

"No, we're good." I say.

"Okay, good." He starts to hand Lavender to me and I take her. "I'll be back as soon as I can."

"Bye!" Gabby says as he grabs his keys and heads out the door. As soon as the door closes I turn to Gabby.

"So, are we cool?" I ask her.

"Yeah. It's just weird seeing him move on so fast." She tells me. "But Anyways, maybe we could be friends?"

"Yeah, of course!" I smile back at her. "I need to use the bathroom." I say.

"Oh, I got you." She reaches for Lavender. She takes her and I put my bag down.

"Thanks." I say. I turn around and go right to the bathroom.

After I wash my hands I return to the kitchen/living area and find Gabby chilling on the couch with Lavender. I sit down next to them and we have a nice chat and even exchange numbers.

"I was supposed to come Christmas day, but my mom planned a last minute trip out of town and I really wanted to see Lavender before we left." She says bouncing her in her lap.

"I get it, don't worry. When do you have to leave?" I ask her.

"Plane leaves at 9pm and it's 5 now. My mom is headed there at 6. Damn, I've got about an hour till I need to go." She says realizing that her time with her baby was being cut short.

"But I should probably leave now so my mom doesn't freak out." She remarks. "Bye Lavy, I love you so so much. Be a good girl for daddy." Very reluctantly Gabby gives me Lavender.

"Have a safe trip." I tell her.

"Thanks. Take care of Lavender for me, will ya?" She says with a sad smile.

"Will do." I smile at her.

As she leaves she takes one last look at Lavender and I can see the regret in her eyes.