Purgatory Heaven or Hell: A New Start

Heart to Heart (Maia)

I sit in my son's room, a frown on my face. I hated the idea that he would pick up something like this, but there was nothing I could do about it now, but try and convince him to stop..
    I perk up, seeing him come into the room. I stand up to greet him. He looked like a deer in headlights, trembling in fear. I decide that right now, he needs comfort. There was obviously something wrong. I feel him break down crying when I hug him. "Mom..? You're not mad at me..?"
"I'm not. But we do need to talk, but you're not in trouble.." I have him sit down next to me. "How long has this been going on?" I ask. "I just started a week ago.." He mutters quietly. I try to give my son a reassuring smile. "Yua, it's okay.. I do feel that this would be a good time to tell you something important.."
    He looks up at me in confusion. "Do you remember how old I was when I was pregnant with you?" He thinks for a moment. "Weren't you 16?" I nod. "Around that time, I also was a smoker. I drank too, but when I found out I was pregnant with you, I quit. Do you know why?"
"No.. Why did you?"
"Because, I knew that I wanted what would be best for you." I can't help but start to cry. It was a hard subject for me, but I fought through my tears, to tell him the truth. "Smoking and drinking, they're both extremely bad for your health. I decided that, if I was to be a mom, then I would have to give up everything I knew, and I was okay with that. Because, you were important to me. You were my little angel.."
    He starts crying as well, and I carefully hug him again. "It's okay, I know that it's tempting to start. With how hard life can get, with everyone you know doing it, it's easy to fall into. But, I do need to know if you plan on quitting. Because, if you do, I want to be able to help you. Back when I had you, I had nothing and no one to help me, and I don't want you to go through the same thing."
    He nods. "I..I do plan on it, but what am I supposed to tell everyone else? They'll.." I interrupt him. "Don't worry about that. Leave that up to me. For now, let's worry about the problem at hand." I smile at my baby boy.
"Yua, I want you to know that, if you ever need help, never feel like you need to resort to something like that again. I want you to be able to talk to me, okay? I won't ever be mad at you, especially if it's over something like this. I know so many people who've gone through it, and still are. I know it's hard. But please trust me, we need to rely on each other, okay..?" He nods, and I give him another hug, before standing up. "Come on, Layla's almost done with dinner. We'll come up with a plan after dinner, okay?" He nods again, and we leave the room.
I hope we can work through this..