Last Hope
Fiona moves from a small town in Idaho to Seattle, to try and find work to support her young daughter. However events occur that change her mind as she meets someone special. She wants everything to work out perfectly because this really is her last hope. A Paul imprinting story.
Chapter 1
Fiona's POV
The rain was coming down heavily now as I pulled into a gas station somewhere in a small town called La Push.
I wasn't planning on stopping at all today, I wanted to make it to Seattle but Annie, my five month older daughter, wouldn't stop howling from the back.
If she could talk I just knew she would be screaming "MOMMY! I'M HUNGRY! I'M HUNGRY!" Which is fair enough considering her last meal was a while ago and it wasn't much to start with.
When my parents found out that I was pregnant they threw me out of their house and told me that they were going to disown me. They were devastated that their perfect, darling, 16year old daughter could mess up so badly. Their exact words were…..
"Fiona Williams, you have disappointed us deeply, now leave and please never return"
I was lucky that at the time my boyfriend, Mark, decided he still loved me and wanted to keep the baby so we could raise it together. So I moved into his house and he looked after me while I was pregnant. It was when Annie was born and we took her home did he realise what he had gotten himself into.
He barely lasted four months until he was tired of the screaming and of my no-longer 'hot' body, so he also threw us out.
So now I'm on the road with my daughter, barely any money, one tiny suitcase of possessions and trying to seek employment in Seattle, that is if we ever get there.
I filled up the car with petrol and went inside with Annie to pay. Inside was filled with foods and drinks that all looked delicious, yet something I could not afford. I was struggling to feed my daughter most days, so luxury items such as chocolate were defiantly not on my shopping list.
Instead I went to the tiny baby isle towards the back and picked up a can of pureed apples, which was Annie's favourite.
With the petrol bill I could only afford one can, but that was enough to get her through the night as I still had a close to a full can of baby milk formula.
After I had payed I went back to the car and started my long drive again.
I drove until Annie started screaming again, then I knew I couldn't put it off any longer so I pulled over and fed her, her dinner in the back seat.
She made content gurgles as I fed her.
"That's right. Who's a happy baby?" I asked her "I think you are!" I said in my baby voice which made her laugh.
I sighed as she started to drift to sleep. Although I'm probably biased, I'm pretty sure she is the cutest baby in the world.
She has mousy brown hair, which she inherited from me, and dark blue eyes she got from her daddy. Her small features are all perfectly proportioned and she has two rosy, red cheeks.
I don't blame Mark for not wanting us in his life anymore. I mean, what 18 year old wants a baby? To be honest I pity that he won't be able to be part of Annie's life.
I love her so much that most days I go without eating much at all so I have enough money to buy her food.
I hate myself for bringing her into an unfit world, so now all I can do is try and make up for it.
That night we slept in the back of my car again, we simply did not have enough money for a hotel room and we didn't know anyone that we could stay with.
While Annie slept I thought about the sought of job I could get in Seattle. I never finished school because I wanted to stay home with Annie and Mark promised to provide for us.
So that meant I would have to get a job that didn't involve qualifications, something like waitressing or hairdressing. I had never pictured myself as either of those choices.
Before I had Annie I was planning on going to med school to become a nurse. I pictured myself now in the white doctor's coat in my own private office room.
I sighed, I was being unrealistic. Annie was my priority now so I had to take whatever job was on offer to provide for her.
In the morning I would find somewhere to properly feed Annie and search the paper for any jobs available in Seattle. That way I could get prepared for what sort of work I was looking at.