- A kindred Spirit
Today was a chilled day. I didn’t have much to do. Noah was already at school, and I was here at
home just relaxing.
After my mental breakdown, I decided to take some much needed break from work. My students
weren’t happy about it, but they understood that I hadn’t been myself the last couple of weeks.
I planned to resume after I give birth. My focus now was my kids and the Hope Foundation.
I’m still trying to come to terms with all that happened these past few weeks. Including
everyone’s change in behaviour.
The only one who seemed to be consistent with her hateful personality was Emma. The rest seem
to have had an overnight change of heart.
Instead of focusing on those thoughts. I push them away and pick up my phone and dial mom’s
number. She picks up on the first ring.
“Hey mom” I greet her. I wasn’t completely used to calling her that, but I was slowly getting there.
“Ava!” She screams through the phone, always excited to hear from me. “Theo, my love, our
darling daughter is on the phone“.
I hear shuffling before a sort of echo fills the phone. I just know that she’s put me on loudspeaker.
“Hey dad” I greet him too.
Their love honestly fascinated me. They were together since they were thirteen and they’re still
together years down the line. More than thirty–five years later.
If I was still chasing after love, then their kind of love is what I would have been looking for.
Instead, I’ve accepted that love is just not for me. I’m now set and prepared to spend the rest of my
life alone.
“Hey darling, how are you doing?”
“I’m doing good. Not much going on. I just wanted to check up on you guys“.
I still haven’t told them that I am pregnant.
Even though I’m starting to show, it’s easy for me to hide my bump with oversized t–shirts. I just
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I know deep down it hurts them even though they try hiding it.
+15 BONUS
As for Ethan. What he’s doing to them is wrong, but I also understand where he is coming from.
He feels ashamed. He feels like he doesn’t deserve their love after what he did. He was hiding from them because he felt like he didn’t deserve their kindness.
I sent him the picture of my recent ultrasound. He wrote back and told me he was thankful. He couldn’t stop saying how he was dying to meet his baby. He was also okay with waiting till the day I deliver to know the gender of our baby.
“Ava?” Mom calls, pulling me back to the present.
“Sorry. I zoned out a bit” I murmur embarrassed.
“It’s okay darling. I just wanted to know if you’ll be coming this weekend like we had talked about
“Yes, though Noah won’t be joining us this time. It’s his weekend with his father so it’ll just be me and you guys“.
The Woods and the Sharp family used to have a monthly get together. I wasn’t always invited. (2)
When I did get an invitation which was rare, I was treated like I didn’t exist. Like I didn’t matter. I was completely ignored and was treated like a pariah.
The only one who used to talk to me during the gatherings was Noah. Most of the time, I ended up leaving early or crying in the bathroom.
There hasn’t been a get together in months. I guess now that the parents are back, they were back to having them.
“It’s a bummer that he won’t come but I am still happy that you’ll make it” dad says.
I was about to say something, but something takes my focus away. I hear a bark then a scratch. At
first, I think I’m imagining things since there aren’t any dogs in the area. That is until I hear it
again.
“Let me call you guys back, dad, I have to check on something” I tell him distractedly.
“Okay honey”
I hang up and move to where the sound seemed to be coming from. Going to the backyard I find a
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There was nothing left except a whole mess.
I stare in shock. My mouth hanging wide open.
+15 BONUS
“Do you know how long it took me to plant those, and you just ruined every single one” I fume.
He looks chastised. Laying on the ground, giving me puppy eyes, but I wasn’t going to buy it.
“I wanted organic food, that’s why I started the damn garden in the first place and let me tell you, it took a lot of time and effort.” He whines, but I am too far gone to listen to him.
“Oh no, no, no. You’re not going to get out of this by flashing your cute, adorable eyes.” Shaking my head I stare at him. Atleast I assume it’s a he. “How are you going to make up for the damage, huh?”
The more I stare at him, the more my heart begins to melt. He is big, fluffy and completely adorable. He had thick black and white far and piercing grey eyes. For some weird reason they reminded me of Rowan and Noah’s grey eyes.
“Never in my life have I seen a person’s heart melt so fast when it comes to my dog. Most people usually find him annoying as hell” the warm voice makes me whip my head so fast, I almost break it in the process.
Holy smokes. The man was hot this close up. Black hair, green eyes, high cheekbones, a chiselled jaw line, lips that begged to be kissed and a body that enticed you to do dirty things. He was
when I see one. I’m not blind. 3
+15 BONUS
“Calvin Garcia” he supplies when I still continue staring at him confused
The moment he mentions his name, it hits me.
“Oh my goodness, you’re Nerdy Cal” for some weird reason, I shriek this.
He groans at the name he used to go by when he was in school. He glares at me, but it doesn’t faze me at all.
“Wow, you had a big fucking glow up” I stare at him dumbfounded.
The Cal I remember was skinny, with too wide glasses that kept slipping down his nose. He had braces and his face used to be covered in big red pimples.
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