Two years later.

Aiden's hand was wrapped tightly inside my hand as I pulled him down the long hall way. The tear stains were easy to see against his skin. He didn't want me to leave him here and I didn't want to leave him.

"Mommy!" He pulled against my hand, trying to force me to turn the other way. "I want to go with you!" He cried. Other children were watching us with interest and I pulled him into my arms.

"Aiden, chill." He ignored me and continued to blubber. After making it to the room number that the front office had given me, I placed him onto the ground and kneeled down to his level. I ran my finger's under his eyes and gave him a second to get himself together. "Aiden, I promise you'll make a ton of friends and have a blast. I'll be back to get you later this afternoon." I brushed his growing hair behind his ear and made a mental note to get it cut.

"I want to go with you." I licked my lip and tried to think of something that would make him feel better.

"Here." I untied the bracelet that Aiden had made for mothers day. "You will be with me." I wrapped it around his wrist and made sure it was tight around his wrist so it wouldn't fall off. "You have to make sure that you give it back when I come and get you after school. Think of it as a secret mission of sorts." He looked at the bracelet and back up at me. "And if you keep it safe, we can go and get ice-cream and-"

"Well aren't you just the most adorable thing ever." At first I didn't think she was speaking to Aiden until my eyes met her's. The women reminded me of something out of a magazine. She had pin straight blond hair, not a strand out of place. Her piercing blue eyes were latched onto my son and her smile looked like someone painted onto her face. Aiden didn't seem to enjoy the look she gave him because his arms wrapped around my leg after I had stood.

"Isn't he?" Her eyes moved from my son onto me and the painted smile seemed to melt from her lips. "Aiden, why don't you go and play with some of the other kids?" he nodded and I bent down long enough to press a kiss to his cheek.

"Love you mommy." I repeated the words back to him as he disappeared into the classroom.

"Eliza." I offered my hand for her to shake, she ignored it.

"Must have been hard." She sounded empathetic but I didn't miss the tone of prejudice that lied underneath. My confusion must have shown on my face because she added, "You know? Having him so young." And that's when it clicked. My hand dropped just like the smile that I had forced onto my face.

"It's not that difficult." My arms crossed.

"I'm sure you make it work." I've never been one to be mean to anyone unless they really pissed me off, and this woman was doing just that. After getting Aiden back and the looming threat that is Nathan anyone and everyone who so much as smiles in my son's direction is a potential danger.

"I do." With that I turned around and made my way into the class room. The lady at the front office had said I would need to sign him in with the teacher. The teacher was easy to locate, considering the room was filled with small children it shouldn't be that hard.

She was crouched down next to Aiden who was blabbering away about who knows what. It only took his a few seconds to notice me. "Mommy!" He exclaimed running over and pulling my hand in the direction of his teacher. "Ms. Bell said they have a playground!" Ms. Bell had stood up by the time we made it to her. She looked at be around my age, probably a year or two older, with short light brown hair and kind blue eyes.

"You must be the mom I've heard so much about." She joked, extending her hand for me to shake.

"So much?" I glanced down at my five year old. "He couldn't have been in here five minutes." She laughed as I shook her hand. Aiden seemed to get pulled away by another little boy and disappears in the sea of kids.

"The first thing he started talking about. He seems like a great kid, I'm sure he'll do great here." Her voice was assuring and I believed her.

"The office said I would have too sign him in or something...?" She shrugged.

"They just want to make sure the parents don't just leave the kids here without just letting the teachers know and put a face too the name." Her good natured smile was contagious and I felt my own begin to pull at the edge of my lips.

"So I'm good?" I asked, making sure, not wanting to leave just to come back later.

"Yes." She nodded placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Thanks." I quickly said goodbye to my son before exiting the building and moving to my car. After Grey's funeral dad had convinced me to buy a new car, well a newer car then what we had before. We had only stayed with them for a few months before I found another place for us to move into.

So far, Nathan hadn't made any sort of appearance but I knew it was only a matter of time before he reared his ugly head. Aaron had tied to get me to go into some sort of witness protection but I was tired of running away from my bad guys. If he wants to hurt me, he knows where to find me.