**Blake**

"Why come back now Bethany?", I harshly ask her not even caring about how my rough my tone might sound.

"She's my daughter and I have a right to see her whenever I want. I don't need your permission to see what I have created!", she spits and my blood boils that she even dares to show her face in this hospital again.

"Oh really?!", I laugh narrowing my eyes at her.

" You didn't think of her as your daughter when you threw her side like a piece of trash. You left her when she needed you the most...and she just left her behind without a second glance in her direction. You were never there when she cried for you thousands of times, and you were never there to stop her tears ", I raise my voice and she moves her hand to snap me but I grab her wrist in mid-air. My reflexes taking me by surprise.

"You have no idea what you're talking about Blake. You have no idea what I went through conceiving a child at the age of 18. I had no were to go, my parents dis-owned me and you were my last hope but you left me for that !", she points an accusing finger at Delilah's sleeping figure as she breathes through her slightly parted lips, with her arms wrapped around Hazel's tiny body with her head planted on Delilah's slow raising and deflating chest.

"I left you because you only wanted fortune, you only wanted someone who would look good standing next to you and the public thinking you were living in luxury, But you were only living a lie", I spit anger flowing through my viens at this selfish woman standing before me

"We were young, naiivè, messed around and now we have to live with our consequences", she stares looking at her long bright red painted nails.

"You know what, yes I was naiivè. To even think a selfish woman like you could love me...for me", I say honestly hurt by the past but I put all that behind me.

I was so numb and lifeless I couldn't even see through the masks people portrayed infront of me. Watching Bethany carry on with her life as if having Hazel was a burden. And everyday after that I visited her and watched her growth into the little girl she is today.

"But I was not going to live my life with a mistake weighing me down", she fires back.

"Don't you even dare even call Hazel a mistake!", Delilah's sleepy voice comes out the room and she closes Hazel's door behind her.

"You're her mother for goodness sake! You're supposed to care for her, nature her, be there for her, raise her and protect her. And it pains me to even witness with my own ears that you called her a mistake. A mistake is written in pencil, which you can erase with a an eraser. But Hazel is written into this world with ink and so is she written on my heart. And you can't just tear the page out simply because it's ineraseble . She's here to stay with me.", Delilah stands up interving in my argument with Bethany and a small smile tugs on my lips. No one has ever stood up to Bethany- the spoilt brat- before I have.

My heart pains to know the words Delilah speak is heavier than it seems. She's referring to her father her that left her as a child because he simply could not deal with the death of his wife, Delilah's mother. So he erased his life and started over, erasing Delilah out of his future and tossing her to the side, like the left over filings left behind on the page in tiny little pieces.

I see the hurt and anger flashing through her chocolate brown eyes, she stands with her hands on either side of her body, balled in fists before releasing a deep breath relaxing her muscles.

I snake my arms around her waist and she stares into the blank with teary eyes, trying to stop the tears but failing miserably.

"I need a moment", Delilah says her body shaking before running through the hallway and disappearing.

I take a step forward but Bethany's fake long nails dig into my skin pulling back my arm.

"Let her go", she whispers and I pull my arm out of her grip.

"Let's be a family Blake. Let's start over...for Hazel", Bethany shouts and I stop in my tracks.

"I already have a family", I answer running after Delilah but she's no where in slight.

I run outside the building and release a sigh of relief as I spot Delilah sitting under a large tree in the parking lot. Her arms wrapped around her knees brought to her chest.

I near her and frown seeing her look up into the sky with her eyes shut, her tears sparkling under the sun as they flow down her cheeks.

"Delilah", I whisper sitting down next to her, pulling her to my chest and she lets out a sob the moment her body crashes into mine. Balling my clothes into a fist under her skin.

I hold her tightly into my chest and she lets her tears flow freely as we sit in silence, with my arms tightly secure around her body as I whisper soothing words into her hair. Trying to protect her from the pain she's feeling inside as she breaks in my arms. And ready to catch her.

I tighten my arms placing soft kisses on her head and her tense body relaxes.

"I-I can't Blake", her voice sounds hoarse and I close my eyes mentally preparing myself for what's to come out my mouth.

"Delilah I know finding about all this things at once is really hard on you and I can't even imgaine what you're going through at this moment", I swallow hard hating my self more as each word escapes my mouth.

"I love you so so so much Delilah and no amount of words in the world will even be able to compare to how much I love you. My heart beats for you every single day and you're the reason why I want to walk a day longer on this earth, because being with you is like finding an angel on earth and I never want to let you go. I want to see you smile and enjoy doing what you're doing and I love watching you improve me so much as a person. I'm am so grateful for having you in my life and it pains me to even think of you waking up one morning to realize how much you're worth and I'll never be enough for you", Tears stain my cheeks at this point and she stares at me with a shocked expression nodding her head in disagreement with tears rushing down her face.

"I've caused you so much pain Delilah. So many tears, I wish I could capture each and every droplet and make them my own, so you would never have to shed a single tear drop again. I know alot of things are changing and happening, but the love I hold for you in my heart...will never change nor fade, but grow", she cups my face in heart forcing me to open my eyes that I never realized closed in the first place. I just don't think I could physically look at her and express my love without breaking down into tears, overwhelmed with pure love that not many people face until they find their 'one'. And my 'one' sits before me. And I love her enough to let her go...

"Blake w-what are you saying?", she asks staring deep into my eyes and I can see the worry flash between them.

"I guess what I'm trying to say is...I understand if you want to go. I never meant to break you and I can see how much pain I've caused you. And I'd rather see you happy with someone else than see you stay with me, hiding the pain in your eyes", I say hot tears burning my eyes as they fall, like acid melting through my skin.

"Stop talking", she crys sliding her thumb over my lip,placing her lips to mine and I let all my emotions into the kiss as she does the same.

Each kiss feeling like the first, feeling like I've fallen inlove with her all over again. For the hundredth time...

**[A/N]**

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