Chapter 1

Life is full of surprises. Some are good and some are bad, some can make you happy and others can make you miserable. You never know what's going to happen, one moment everything's okay and the other everything's complicated.

That's what happened to us just two nights ago. Two nights ago, when me and my fiancé woke up in the middle of the night, to the sound of a crying baby. It was coming from the apartment in front of us, apartment 130, Selena's apartment. We got confused at why she wasn't taking care of her crying baby.

We knocked on her door several times. Soon, the neighbors woke up too due to our knocking and the poor girl crying inside. Hopelessly, Nick crashed the door.

I can still remember the sight exactly whenever I close my eyes. I remember Selena's laid, unmoving body on the floor. I remember her cold hands. I remember the tablets and pills all around the floor. I remember Nick holding me all the way to the hospital while we were both crying, only it was me with loud sobs and he was trying to be strong for me crying silently. But the one thing that I'll never forget is the doctor's sad sorry eyes telling us we were too late.

And just as simple as that she was gone. She was gone leaving her three months old baby girl for the world.

I held Gabriella close to my chest as she wrapped her small fingers around a small piece of cloth of my black dress slowly falling asleep. I kissed her head letting few more tears roll down my face as I saw them burry her mother. One of my closest friends had just gone. Walked out of my whole life and everybody's, without ever coming back. How was I supposed to get that in my mind?

As one of her best friends, I was supposed to throw a speech in her funereal, but I couldn't even let a sound of my throat. I left that job for Nick and Demi. They were much stronger than I ever was in situations like that.

When it was over and people started leaving, it was just me, my fiancé and Demi left. After all, Selena didn't have that much of friends; the three of us were like her family.

I slowly walked over to the newly existed grave and fell on my knees making sure not to wake up the sleeping girl in my arms. My lips trembling and tears falling I broke down again as Demi reached over to me and slowly took Gab from my arms as I put my arms around the cold stone hugging it sobbing.

"Mi," Nick whispered putting a warm hand on my back, "We should head home." He sighed when he didn't get a response from me. "Come on, it's getting late." He tried again this time taking my hand holding me up with him and leading me away until we reached his car.

He sighed entering the driver's seat as I threw my body on the back one, and Demi slipped next to me. I leaned my head over her shoulder still crying but silently. She held Gab with a hand and wrapped the other around my shoulder.

"It'll be okay." She whispered to me as I closed my eyes knowing it'll never be okay again. I just lost a friend I considered my sister. We were always spending time together since we lived in front of each other.

We dropped Demi off on the way home as she hugged me tightly squeezing my back and handed me Gabriella who was still sleeping before disappearing in her house without a word, what's there to say anyway?

We finally reached home and got out of the car silently walking towards the elevator and he pressed the number of our floor. Nick opened the door with his key and walked in followed by me as I glanced back at the door behind me and quickly stepped in our apartment closing the door before I start crying again.

I went to our bedroom straight towards Gab's baby bed and tucked her in it. We had gotten it earlier from Selena's apartment so we can take a good care of Gab. But I decided to put it in the bedroom so she'll be next to us.

"What about her?" I asked as me and Nick lay on the bed after changing and I was watching Gab closely.

"Honestly, I don't know." He sighed.

"I want her."

"Miley…"

"I want her to live with us, Nick." I faced him looking him in the eyes.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I love her, you do too. Besides, I'm not leaving her to be raised in a foster house or something while we can take care of her well."

"You're right." He said and kissed my cheek. "I'll make sure to finish the custody thing."

"Thanks, Nick." I smiled a sad smile and rolled over facing Gab again, I felt Nick's hands wrap around my waist from behind pulling me closer to him as I slowly drifted into a light sleep.

XxXx

Two weeks have passed and still there's that empty space in my heart existed. Not as when it happened, but still, no one could get over the fact that the sweet Selena was gone.

Selena was a sweet person. Really sweet, helping, kind-hearted person. We didn't hit instantly as soon as we met. It took us some time to be okay. We met after I moved in to Nick's apartment, when our relationship was getting more serious but before he proposed to me, a year and few months ago. Nick had this apartment from a long time but he was living in a house. Then when we decided to move in together, we saw that the place of the apartment was suitable more than any of our houses for us, due to the places of our jobs, also because we were like starting a new life together.

I used to believe that moving there was a changing point in my life; as me and Nick became more serious, and I met my two best friends, Selena and Demi.

But now that Selena is gone, I began doubting this again.

First when I saw her and I knew she was singel and living alone, I felt threatened. I looked out for her every move and every word directed to my fiancé. I mean she was beautiful after all. But after a while when Nick himself proved to me that he won't step that low I started to be more friendly to her which finally ended in us being best friends.

It's funny how when I first met her I wanted her to leave us alone and now that she actually did I want her back so bad.

I heard Gab crying as I got up rushing towards her to see what was wrong. I carefully took the brown eyed girl in my arms and moved around for a while trying to make her feel safe which eventually made her stop crying and she looked up at me as if taking in my features.

After a while she smiled up at me making me smile back and kiss her head lovingly.

I heard the front door shut as a sign of Nick's arrival from job. I walked over to him with Gab still in my arms and smiled at him giving him a light kiss.

"Hey,"

"Hey, are you having problem with her?" he asked looking at the small girl in my hands.

"Not at all. We were just being friendly." I said rocking her in my arms a little.

"I never knew you're such a good mother, Mi." he said as we walked in the living room and sat on the couch.

"You're a pretty good father too." I smiled at him and I guess I saw a hint of frown for a part of a second, but I'm not sure, then he smiled at me.

"I think you're treating her better than Sel herself did."

"No, I can never be as she was to her." I shook my head sadly, "and she'll never feel the same with me." I looked at her seeing she was slowly drifting in sleep again, "you know, I feel pretty bad for her."

"Don't say this, Mi. she'll love you just like you're her mother. You'll be the one who raised her." He said and I just nodded with a small smile.

"Aren't you regretting having full custody of her?" I bit my lip asking as his head snapped towards me shaking his head.

"Why would you say that?"

"I mean, it came too quickly, unexpected. You didn't want kids until at least a year from marriage, we haven't even got married yet."

"Well, I can't just leave her for the world, I have to admit that I wasn't sure at first but I'm coping."

"Really?"

"Sure."

"Didn't expect that." I sighed.

"Why?" he asked with a confused chuckle.

"Last time we talked about having kids you obviously didn't even consider it an option for the mean time." I said a little bitterly.

"We're already over that, aren't we?" he said with sad eyes, "Listen, Mi, I meant that I'm not planning for that, but that doesn't mean that if you got pregnant I'll make you kill it." He explained looking in my eyes.

"So, you're happy with Gab being here?"

"Of course, I'm." he smiled honestly at me.

"You're really amazing, Nick. I don't know how I got lucky to have you." I said and cuddled into him as he kissed my head.

"Here let me put her in her bed." He said taking Gab who fell asleep from me as I watched him walk away towards the guest room –which we re-organized to be Gab's- holding her tightly with a smile on my face seeing how good of a father he's.

XxXx

I opened the door to greet my best friend and allow her to enter, "Hey, Dems." I gave her a hug which she returned.

"Hi, Miles, you alight?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I answered as we walked to the living room to see Nick holding Gab in his lap trying to feed her and making funny faces for her.

"Hey, Nick." Demi greeted as he looked at her and gave a wave and turned to face Gabriella again. "I see you're being a good parent." She joked.

"It comes naturally." He shrugged.

"You know, you two make a great couple and great parents."

"Thanks, Dem." I said smiling.

"So? You're ready, Miles?" she said getting serious as I sighed and inhaled a deep breath before nodding.

"Ready for what?" Nick asked confused.

"You haven't told him?"

"We're going to Selena's apartment, you know, to see what she left and all." I answered him. "You know we didn't have the time for that lately because of the police and questionings and all."

The police was making me crazy by their un-needed questions and their bad need to look into Selena's place for anything suspicious. She committed suicide for God's sake. What suspicious things they thought they may find?

"Uh, are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Yes, Nick. I'll be okay." I answered knowing that he meant my emotional breaking downs by his question. He nodded and faced Gabriella again but I saw it in his face. He wasn't comfortable by that decision of me going there.

I shrugged it off and headed to the door with Demi following me and to the opposite apartment of us wondering what we possibly could find.

Okay… new story, it shouldn't take too long to update as I have more than half of it already done.. I had this idea for over a year ago, and today I just wrote around 6 more chapters in it… I was that inspired actually… so, please tell me what you think :)