Unexpected Love

I promise

"As I watch Jessica take shot after shot I can't help but think why she's taking them. To take the pain away, to fill the emptiness inside of her." Evan thinks to himself.

"Hey Jess, you okay?" He asks her.
"Of course I am Evan, why wouldn't I be okay?"
"Oh uh.. I-I was just asking. You know how to throw a great party Jess, I've had a great time.. But uh.. I better get going."
"Oh no it's still early, why don't you stay awhile longer?" She grabs his arm.
He looks at her arm then up at her and smirks.
"Alright I'll stay."
"Alright! Now let's do some shots!" She says pulling him over to the bar.
"Oh no I'm good Jess, I have to drive home."
"Oh come on you can stay here!" She says taking him by surprise.
"Really?" He asks.
"Yeah, all of you can stay here." She tells them.

After many shots later everyone was passed out all over the place.
Evan didn't drink as much as everyone else so he was still up cleaning up after everyone.
Evan could hear Jessica on the phone so he started walking to the other room, but not before he heard "Fuck you Sam! You'll never take my boy away from me! I'm his mother, you son of a bitch!"
He walked back slowly and listened at the door and wondered why Sam was calling so late anyway.

"He's my son, I carried him for nine months, he came out of my body and I was the one that took care of him! You never once changed a shitty diaper in your life! You're lucky that you even see him, I never wanted to keep him away from you because he loves you... Now how could you want to keep him from me? Away from his mother?" She cries as Sam hangs up on her.

It hurt Evan so much to see her like that.

He hears her bawling her eyes out and puts whatever he is holding down and and lightly knocks on the door.
"Jess?" He says quietly.
"Uh hold on!" She says quickly wiping her tears.
He slowly opens the door and asks, "Jessie.. Are you okay?"
"What? Yeah, I'm fine." She says fighting back tears.
"Jess you know you can tell me anything."
She nods her head then breaks down crying and goes to the floor.

He runs over to her and holds her.
"He said.. He-he's taking me to court!  He wants my baby!  My baby boy, Evan!"
"What?  He can't do that!  Jess look at me, he's never gonna get custody of him EVER!  Believe me they would never give Sam custody of Chris!"
"But what if they do!  I couldn't take it!" She cries harder.
"Jessica that's not gonna happen, I promise you.  Besides Christopher loves you, they have to do what's best for the child and that's being with his mother."
"Do you really think so?" She asks wiping her tears.
"I do Jess.  You're such an amazing mom, you would do anything for your son.. Everyone knows that.  Everything's gonna be just fine, I promise."
"Thank you Evan." She says as she lays her head on his chest while he holds her.
He rubs her back while she continues to cry quietly.

She eventually falls asleep in his arms and he picks her up and puts her in bed.
He takes her shoes off and covers her with a blanket.
"Goodnight Jess." He whispers and bends down to give her a kiss on her forehead.