Holding Secrets

ALISSA:

I was taking a wonderful nap when all of a sudden a sharp pain awoke me.

"lily! It's time!"

In seconds she was in my room helping me out of bed. For a small gal she sure was strong. We got in the car and she sped to the hospital.

We arrived and lily yelled "someone help! She going into labor"

They put me on a wheelchair and wheeled me to the ER. They gave me some pain killers and I calmed down. A few minutes later a doctor came in and checked on me.

"we need a nurse now! She's gong give birth!" 

A nurse ran over and they put on gloves and masks.

The doctor said "okay sweetie you ready?"

I nodded and Lily held my hand......

I opened my eyes and saw lily and my brother whispering.

"guys?"

They turned to me and ran over and crowded me with hugs and kisses.

"what happened?"

Lily said "you fainted"

I chuckled and said "how long?"

 "like half an hour"

I nodded and the doctor came in and said "well look who's up"

I smiled and he said "you ready to see your beautiful baby girl?"

I nodded and the nurse came in with my sleeping baby. She was wrapped up in a pink blanket. The nurse carefully handed her to me and I gently took her in my arms.

Lily asked "what are you gonna name her?"

I thought for a minute then said "Giselle"

My brother said "beautiful name. Just like her"

*1 month later*

I had now moved out of my old house. My brother and lily didn't want me to but I was a mother now and needed to learn how to be more responsible. I would be living in a house with Christie and her older sister Amanda. They were very stoked to have me move in with them. Since Christie had already graduated high school and I was taking online classes we decided to move to Long Beach.

Giselle was taking a nap right now and I was exercising. I really wanted to lose all this baby fat. Amanda was at work and Christie was out shopping. I really liked how my life was turning out. There was only one thing that really bothered me, Niall. I hadn't talked to him in 10 months and it really killed me. I stopped exercising and collapsed on the floor into tears. I wished I could just make the pain go away.

*September*

NIALL:

I hadn't talked to Alissa in a year now. I was pretty sure she had forgotten about me. Realized how I don't deserve her and how much better she could do. She probably found another guy: a much better looking guy. Me and the guys were back in LA. We were doing an interview right now. It was usually the guys that answered the questions but today I didn't care because my mind was on Alissa. I started listening when the interviewer said my name.

 "okay people are wondering, are you and Alissa still dating?"

I thought for a moment then said "no"

 "ok so the baby wasn't yours?"

"baby? What baby?"

 "you do know that Alissa recently had a baby girl, right?"

"no, I didn't" I said through gritted teeth.

He handed me some pictures of Alissa with a pregnant belly and then one of her carrying a baby girl.

The interviewer said "is the baby yours?"

 "no! No possible way!"

Now I knew Alissa had moved on.

The guy said "would you happen to know who the father is?"

 "no"

I couldn't keep my eyes off the pictures. After the interview was over I quickly left back to the hotel, got my car, and began driving to Sacramento. After the extremely long car ride, I finally arrived at her house. I exited my car and saw lily leaving the house.

 "Lily!"

She spun around and her eyes widened.

"Niall?"

"you remember me?"

She nodded and I said "is Alissa home?"

She sighed and said "Niall you've been gone for a whole year. That's a long time. A lot has changed. She had a beautiful baby girl, moved out, has a house with Christie, she's all grown up now"

"wait she lives with Christie? Shouldn't she live with the baby's father?"

She sighed and said "I think you should talk to her yourself"

"okay where does she live?"

 "Long beach"

 "long beach! I just drove here from LA!"

She shrugged and said "no one asked you to chase after her"

She wrote down her address on a paper and handed it to me.

She said "I need to go"