I sighed as l fell onto the couch full of more

emotions than I could comprehend at once. I’m

glad that Justin finally accepted the fact that he has

a son and is willing to try and have a relationship

with him, but Brayden has always been so sheltered

I’m worried about how he’s going to react to the

whole situation. Granted that’s my fault. Ever since I

found out I was pregnant my whole life has been

about Brayden and I have always done everything I

could to protect him and keep him away from other

people. It’s time he branches out some and who

better to do that with than his dad. This will

ultimately be a good thing for him, but what about

me? I mean sure I’ve thought of Justin since I left

five years ago. How could I not? He’s the father of

my son, but I thought I’d moved on a long time

ago. I never dreamt in a million years that when I

moved back here that I would run into him again,

and if I did I definitely didn’t think that I would start

to have feelings for him again. I never thought that

I could fall for someone in such a short amount of

time. I didn’t really though, I don’t think I ever

really got over him and seeing him again just

brought back all of those memories and feelings.

God, if anyone could hear me now they would think

I was crazy holding onto a crush I had when I was

thirteen years old, but this is different. I can’t

explain it but it is. I mean we left a lot of things

unresolved and yeah we’ve missed the past five

years of each other’s lives, but neither of us had

really changed, and no matter what we would always

have a common bond in Brayden.              I was

brought back to reality when the doorbell rang. I

sighed as I got up and made my way over to the

door. I opened the door to see J.C. standing there

smiling at me. “Hey you wanna go grab some lunch

or something?”J.C. asked. “Uh…yeah I guess.”I

said as I grabbed my purse and stepped out the

door. After we ordered our food J.C. finally spoke up

“So Justin finally came around huh?” “Yes and no.”I

said smiling weakly. “What do you mean I thought

him and his mom took Brayden out today?”J.C.

asked confused. “Oh they did, and he warmed up to

the idea of Brayden, but he said he doesn’t think

he can trust me and he doesn’t know where that

leaves us.”I said playing with my napkin. “Oh.”J.C.

said “Well I’m sure he’ll come around just give him

some time.” “I don’t know. I mean if the situation

was reversed I don’t know that I could forget that

someone hid my son from me for four years of his

life.”I said. “Well I would be a little freaked out if

the situation were reversed and Justin had given to

labor to a kid.”J.C. said grinning at me which made

me giggle a little. “You know what I mean.”I said

kicking him under the table. J.C. just laughed

“Seriously though I know him and he can’t stay mad

for long.” “I’m not really worried about that…”I said

letting my sentence trail off. “Then what?”J.C.

asked confused “Oh…OH! You still have feelings for

him?”J.C. asked. “I don’t know. Yes. No. I

shouldn’t.”I sighed not being able to make eye

contact with him. “It’s understandable.”J.C. said

reaching over and picking up my hand. I looked up

and smiled at him “Thanks.” “No problem.”J.C.

grinned as our food came.