Melinda's POV:

I don't remember when I fell asleep but I woke up around 7am today with my eyes feeling heavy however they were not swollen I have no idea how but it's a relive. My mother left way before I woke up for her morning shift but I have a feeling she is avoiding me but honestly she is doing both of us a favor. After showering I throw on my stay at home outfit and head downstairs for anything to eat.

With nothing but cereal in the cupboards I make myself a bowl and sit on the couch and check my phone for the first time since yesterday afternoon and see a message from Ross but I don't reply because there is no point since he will be coming here. After about 30 minutes of laying on the couch and thinking about my life and having a sad session of music on I get a call from Henry. I look at it as it rings and I let it go to voicemail but then he calls again and on the third call I answer.

"What do you want?" I answer the phone practically waiting to press the button to hung up. "Well hello. Are you okay why the anger in your tone?" his voice on the other side of the phone too sarcastic and joyous for me. I can't help but blame him for all my troubles right now. "Henry please just tell me why you called?" I answer very dryly.

"Alright then. I called to ask if I could come by to see you tonight we need to talk." Talk? I did a lot of things for this moment to finally happen and now that it happening I feel nothing. Or maybe it is because my friends hate me, my mom annoyed me and I am lost so maybe my emotions shut down. "Yeah that fine you can come around 7pm." I answer yes only because I know I might regret it if I say no. "Sure see you then Mels." He hangs up and I am now anxious about what is going to happen.

There is a knock on the door and I get up to go answer it and it's Ross holding a bag from the cafe and I can just hope its my favorites. I invite him in and we walk to the couch. "So I bought some of your favorites, some chocolate cake, doughnuts and a milk chocolate and hot chocolate." he lays them all on the table. "Milk chocolate?" I ask confused since that is not my favorite but his. "It's either that or an apple too much chocolate and you will get sick for sure." I can't help but laugh at his statement because he clearly doesn't know me.

"Well thanks I really need this." I have no idea why he is doing this but I am grateful. "So how are you feeling about everything, have your friends checked up on you?" I don't know why I start tearing up when someone asks me if I am okay it just happens. Ross notices this and pulls me into his chest and I start crying silently as he comforts me. I feel so at ease that it's scary that I actually feel like this with someone I met months ago and never with Henry.

"I know you must hate your mother but in all honesty she is an adult whatever she does is never going to affect you as much since you aren't a kid anymore. Even if you care about her and worry a woman in love won't pay no mind to what anyone else says or atleat that's what my mom says." He sounds more mature than me right now. I am hurt that she wouldn't even tell me alone I heard about this dude a week ago I mean I knew for way longer because I could sense it but now they are engaged.

"She has no right to be acting my age, I would even do something so childish." I take a sip of the milkshake. "Well you are not a saint either so maybe cut your mom some slack." His tone shifted from comforting to sharp in the last words he said and I could help but feel a bad energy of what he said. "What are you on about? Is there something bothering you?" He blankly stares at me for a few seconds. "Its just that I think she must want someone right she must have good intentions not everything is fake you know." Well that answers nothing.

I get what he is saying I guess I am being selfish and because of that I lost my friends and I won't let the se happen with my mother. "I guess I won't make a big deal about it." I will apologize to her when she comes back from work but I am still going to feel some type of way about this. "Did Yasmine know that the woman seeing her Dad was my mom?" She must have mentioned it since he still keeps contact with her which I  have no clue why. "We have never discussed her Dad's bed patners and she found out yesterday." What a disgusting way to put it.

"Has she discussed her pregnancy with you yet. I mean has she trying telling you about what she will do?" He straightens up a bit. "No maybe she won't do something as dumb as that because she knows how her father will react." It doesn't seem to me that she cares what anyone thinks because she just loves it when men are taken. "Well hopefully she does the right thing." I don't know what is the right thing for her whatever it might be as long as it's doesn't involve me. "So what where you and your friends talking about yesterday?" Why did he have to ask this question.

"Yara was just upset seeing Yasmine and she was overwhelmed that's all." I brush off the topic and he drops it. For the most time he spent at my house we ended up going to my room and ended up taking a long nap along with some cuddling. I am glad that he was with me because I have literally no one right now. He left around 5pm for his shift and after he left I think I stared missing him. Why would I miss him? Why do I feel his absence? Do I like him...oh no. How could this even happen.

When 7pm comes around I already know what I am going to say to Henry. I am prepared for this. He arrives with a bouquet of roses and hugs me and I lead him to the kitchen table. "So how was your day?" Can he not just get to the point. "It was okay, but you wanted to talk about something." I answer bluntly because the rehearsed stuff is getting further from my mind. "I just wanted to say that I am so sorry about ever placing you second. I regret it and I would love for us to try again." It actually happened he is asking for us again. But why am I not happy?

"Henry I m glad you realised you were wrong. But we can't get back together." I started everything because I wanted him back but now I realise that I don't want him anymore. "What do you mean? Do you actually love the idiot you have been around? Yasmine couldn't stop talking about how he is stone-hearted do you actually want to take that chance?" Is he threatening me? He is one to speak about a good relationship dynamic.

"I love your concern but if I survived you that Ross is not going to break me no matter what." I answer confidently knowing well that if he does end up doing me dirty then I might just die from heartbreak. "Alright but maybe you should talk to Yasmine before taking that guy seriously. I hope you won't get played." He gets up and storms out the door. Why would I talk to Yasmine as if she were some victim.

Ross's POV:

"Yasmine come in." I let her in the house and we walk to the lounge area. "I am glad that you finally come to your senses. I been wanting to talk to you for a while now." I am way ahead of her. "I heard you are pregnant and I know it's not my baby." I blurt out before she does anything stupid. "Oh. Melinda huh. Yes I am pregnant and this baby isn't yours this time." She folds her arms. What does she mean. " What do you mean this time." I ask confused.

"When we were together I was pregnant and I was sure that you wouldn't accept since you don't do love so I had to break up with you. You don't know what love is and I didn't know it either I was just looking for the warmth of another human. I got rid of it so I could save us the doomed that would have befallen us." She wipes a few tears of her cheeks and I am so shocked right now.

"I know you think I am heartless but I would never deny something that affect someone else's life. My mother would disown me if I ever denied my child the love of a parent that I never lacked. It's your body so I have no say I respect your decision. But do not ever blame me for that abortion because I knew nothing about that. And of course you could never love me because I am not rich enough or even as brat-ish as your father would prefer and you know it." I am so livid right now.

"There is nothing I can do about that. Richard is just a better option and he actually loves me so that's that. My father will love him so you don't have to live to anyone's standard now. I hope that you can grow up so day." She is actually inlove? "I need to grow up yet right?" I jab. "Yes you do. You are still playing with another girl's feeling and even though I think she is genuine and here you are playing her. Stop pushing people away and ve real for once because you will get what's coming for you if you don't mend your ways" she is one to talk about morals.

"You have also done bad things so you are not one to talk. And you know nothing about me and you too will get yours. I think you should leave now." I hate when people act like they do do no wrong. "You know maybe I should tell your wifey about your little dare." She threatens but I know she wouldn't because she knows I will get her back by exposing her pregnancy to her father. "Go on I dare you. You know what I am capable of." As much as I loved her I will hate her just as much.

"Let's hope you reputation won't be ruined by a woman because I don't think you can handle another fall after me. So I would be careful."

"Ross dear we are home...Yasmine you?" My mom walks in with Dad in her hand. "I was just leaving goodbye." Yasmine runs out the door. "I hope you are not back together with that girl I wouldn't be happy. And aren't you with someone else." Mom never liked Yasmine because of her father's tendencies. "We are not together mom. And how do you know I am seeing someone?" I have never told her anything.

"Yes you never told me but I know you. You have been more cheerful and I always know who comes in and out my café and I know about the relationship those people share with my staff. I heard she is nice infact invite her dinner I want to meet her right away."