Hailey
Hailey stare at the laptop in front of her with a sad expression, she let out a sigh before she close the lid slowly and put the laptop on her desk
Hailey looking at the calendar beside the laptop and she grabs her pen to marks a special date in there. July 26.
It's only seven months from now and probably the day she finally has to make an appearance to her past, to the people she already left behind and the thought of it alone, dreaded her to the core
She's not ready to face them. To face him but she also know she can't keep running away
Everything has consequences and she's afraid of hers, the consequences of her choice a few years ago, a choice that changed her life forever
Honestly, she doesn't want to come to their wedding. To his wedding, but she can't run away forever and it's not fair to both of her best friends since she already running away from them the past years
Hailey admits she's been avoiding her and him at all cost even as far as to cut the contact completely from the both of them and she feels a little guilty about it but she knows that her secret was so big and it can tear their friendships apart completely if they know and because of her, their friendship may be broken to pieces and she never wants that
Hailey looks at the clock in her study room and see the needle already pointing at midnight, she stood up from her chair and begin walking to her bedroom but before that, she takes a peek at her son's room and see him already bundle up with his blue blanket with his dinosaur toy in his hand.
She see her son hug it dearly and chuckles at the sight of it. Her lips slowly turn into a smile without her noticing
Six years ago she found out that she is pregnant. The news and realization have taken her to a complete shock but still, she can't abort it even though she still 18 at that time. The moment she found out about her baby, she determines to keep it even if nobody supports her and she was so determined to fight for her unborn child alone but to her surprise, her family took it pretty well and even helped her
At first, her parents and her sister was disappointed in her and she know she would be too if she was in their shoes but to her gratitude they still forgive and help her go through the pregnancy and she glad about it
Their support really is needed and to be honest, she can't do it alone without anyone's help, having a child is not easy especially as a teenage mother. She has to go to college and taking care of her child at the same time and it was not an easy task to do at all, not to mention she also still very young when she had her son
But the moment her son coming into the world and when Hailey first saw her son smile for the first time... nothing matters to her more than her son and she makes a silent promise to her son that she will never let him down and will always there for him
Hailey decided to named her one and only son Taylor Chase Jameson after her own brother who already passed away when she still in secondary school due to an accident
Her son was so adorable and he inherits her hair color and eye shape but all other of his features was his father's and he also inherit his heterochromia eyes the same cobalt blue and grey eyes like his father and that makes him more beautiful for her
It was a bittersweet feeling because every time she looks at that eyes, her son's eyes, she feels a little sad and guilty. Sad because she not ready to face that man but deep down missed him dearly and guilty because she keeps Taylor a secret from his father and makes Taylor growing up without a father figure
It's not his fault. It was hers completely. She decided to hide her pregnancy from him and push him away from her and Taylor and as the years go she started to regret her decision
Taylor is used to the fact he doesn't have a father. He only asked about his father whereabouts two times and Hailey had to lie to him
She sighs when she remembers the email she received earlier, did she really have to go? Did she have to tell him about Taylor's existence? But how's she going to tell him when he's going to marry her best friend? and the news will lead to unwanted situations and she hates that
The need to explain her reasoning is one of the reasons why she chooses to run away from her past
Shaking her head again for the second time in a few minutes, she choose to think about this wedding news later in the morning, after all, she still has three months to thinks about it or she can keep running away and bring her secret to her death and it probably will be easier to deal with
Hailey grimaces at the thought, will she really do that? Is she cruel enough to keeping Taylor from his biological father?
Hailey walks slowly to her son's bedroom and kisses his son's forehead gently, her little boy squirming in his sleep after she does that. She looks at him proudly My angel she thought as she watches him and then she prepares to sleep
She takes a good look at her son. There's no doubt about it, one look was all it takes to figure out who was Taylor's father. The similarities are uncanny and he sure going to be so much more like him in the future
Hailey caressing her son hair once again as she closed her eyes and giving him one last kiss, right now she has to start training her excuses for sure
"Mommy!! Wake up!! I'm hungry" a little squeal was heard and Hailey feel someone hugging one of her arms she chuckles while still closing her eyes
"You are? What time is it?" She asks while getting up and rubbing her eyes
The little boy beside her check the clock "Hmmm it's already 7 in the morning mom, let's eat breakfast" he grinned widely
"This early? Okay, what do you want for breakfast sweetie?" She asks her son, caressing his dark brown hair
"I want pancakes!!" He said loudly
"No need to shouts Taylor, I can hear you loud and clear" she reprimands her son gently
"Sorry momma," Taylor said while hugging her again and she hugs him back "Now would you help me preparing the food?"
Taylor grins widely at her, it has always been his favorite. Doing something together with his mother due to it always been just the two of them together
Even from a young age, Taylor already protective of her and he said his favorite thing to do was spending time with his mom, Hailey almost cried when she heard him said that, and she really glad she had him with her
While cooking a pancake together with Taylor Hailey hears her doorbell ring and she knows exactly who it was "Taylor honey can you open the door for me?" She asks while making a pancake in the pan Taylor nod his head
"Sure mom" and not long after she heard her sister voice calling her from the living room
"Hello, Sis!! How are you?" Her sister ask cheerful tone, she's peeking her head from the kitchen door
"Hello, Hannah! I'm fine why do you come so early this morning?"
"Well let me see" She fake pondering "Because I'm hungry and so I can having breakfast with you and my little nephew over here" Hannah continue said while messing with Taylor dark hair and make the boy letting out a huff of breath
"Aunt Hannah I'm not a little man!! I'm going to growing up so big so I can protect mommy" Taylor said while puffing his chest out to make him look like a big boy
Hailey and Hannah can't help but laugh at him "Sure champ now go help your aunt setting up the table"
After having breakfast together Hailey start preparing to go to work and dropping Taylor off at his school
"Mommy! aunt Hannah said she wants to drop me off today, can I go with her instead?" Taylor suddenly running to her already with his backpack in his back and he dragging Hannah along with him
"Yeah, today is my day off and I miss my little nephew here" Hannah smiled at her "Oh I want to ask you too, can I pick up Taylor after school today?" Hannah ask her with her pleading eyes
"Thank you, Hannah, sure you can, where are both of you going after school?" She asks her sister
Taylor and Hannah share a mischief look and suddenly Hailey becomes a little worried. Taylor maybe have all his father's good look but unfortunately, he also got Hannah troublemaker trait
"It's a secret between aunt and her favorite nephew, my dear sister. If I told you about it, it will no longer be a secret, right Taylor?" Hannah winked at Taylor instead of answering her question earlier
"Aunt Hannah I'm your only nephew so of course, I'm the favorite one," Taylor said while rolling his eyes in the 'duh' tone. Looks like he also inherited her touches of sarcasm too "and as much as I love you, mommy, aunt Hannah is right. A secret will be no longer a secret if many people know about it"
Hailey looks at them warily "Can you two promise me not to do anything dangerous?" Both Hannah and Taylor nod at her instantly
"Please mommy can I go with aunty Hannah?" Taylor plead to her, giving her puppy eye
"I don't know, something bad almost always happens when you two go together" Hailey still not convinced
Her sister is a troublemaker even from a young age and she always manage to get herself in troublesome situations and like her aunt, Taylor also has a little streak of mischievousness in him, and the two of them together surely going to make a trouble
"I promise we're not doing anything, dangerous sis, relax a little will you? and to assure you I just want to bring Taylor to my coffee shop today. I promise to give him a cake but Taylor insisted he wants to help me make the cake together with me, so today we're going to make cupcakes!" Hannah said while Taylor nodding his head along
Hannah decide she doesn't want to go to college but after high school, she goes to culinary school and now she has her own cafe shop and her cafe is pretty popular
Hailey smile at them as she just earns a 'me time' to herself today
"Okay you two can go, but don't forget to bring me some of that cake you both made"
"Ok, mommy!!" Taylor said cheerfully as he rushes to hug her and saying goodbye
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So that was the first chapter!!
I don't want to rush about this but also don't want to be at a really slow pace
How do you think about it? Please leave me your thoughts about it in the comments section!! Thank you
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