This is already the second chapter to this fanfic and the events in this fanfic are narrated in Lila's Point-of-View.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Hey Arnold! Craig Bartlett and Nickelodeon does.
Lila's POV
Though I have already moved on from the entire May 17 thing but it doesn't mean I have completely forgotten it. There's still this one unanswered question in my mind "When will mom ever come back for me?". Months after mom left, I used to ask grandma and later dad whether mom will still come back all they could say was "Soon" or "Someday". The memory of my mom and I leaving LA back in first grade is still fresh in my mind.
*start of flashback*
I was having a good sleep until I was woken up by the argument between my mom and my dad...They fight like almost every night...but this one's different.
"Warren Dexter Sawyer, you came home late again. It's already one in the morning." Mom said in an angry tone
"I...I can explain." Dad said in a tired voice
I watched their argument from behind the walls of my bedroom and I saw dad fall asleep in the couch and mom started to say a lot of stuff to my dad.
"You are falling asleep Warren." -Mom
"No, I wasn't falling asleep, I was just...visualizing your words...really." -Dad
"Well, if you really did that, you better paint a picture of what I just said." -Mom
"Lynne, baby, please...there's no need for you to get really mad...I didn't cheat on you." -Mom
"Aren't you aware of what you are doing? Warren, you always come home late, and sometimes, drunk. You are not there for our daughter when she needs us. All you give a damn about is your career and your social life. Have you forgotten about your own family?" -Mom
"Lynne, I would never do that, I would never ditch you guys for my job and my social life." -Dad
"Well, you already did and we're tired of it. Lila and I are leaving." -Mom
I went back to my bed and pretended I was asleep. Honestly, I don't want mom and I to move out of this place...even if dad's a bit of a problem. Our family was perfect until dad got promoted and he started acting like a party freak but I never had hatred towards my dad because of that...maybe because my mind back then thought that it was a normal thing for adults to do when it wasn't really normal, especially for someone who has a family to look after.
"Lila...darling...I called up Aunt Kathy to pick us up from here...We're leaving." Mom said while she was hurriedly packing up my stuff
"Mommy...but I don't wanna go." -Me
"You have to Lila, it's for your own good." -Mom
"Okay..." -Me
Right after mom packed up my stuff, she asked me to wait on the living room while she got her own stuff out of her room and then mom and I hurriedly left our apartment and on our way out, dad was already screaming a lot of stuff to mom and they had another argument.
"Lynne, please don't leave! Give me another chance." Dad pleaded
"I'm sorry Warren, but I have to." -Mom
Dad wasn't contented yet, he tried to block mom's way and he tried to stop her from going further but mom just pushed him out of the way and we got into the elevator as fast as we can and in a few seconds, we were already at the ground floor and we waited for Aunt Kathy in the Lobby's waiting area.
"Mom, why were dad and you fighting?" I asked
"Lila, it's complicated." My mom said, "Your Aunt Kathy's already here. Put your jacket on, it's raining really hard." Mom added
Mom and I got out of the apartment building and Aunt Kathy greeted us. She gave mom and I a big hug before she let me in the car and right after that, she helped mom out with her stuff. I was feeling really cold even when I was already inside the car and well, my cousin, Veronica noticed me shivering and she gave me one of the blankets in the car and she pulled me close to her so I wouldn't feel cold.
Right after Aunt Kathy and Mom finished putting our stuff in the trunk, they went inside the car and we drove off of the apartment. I guessed it's goodbye Los Angeles for now...and I was right all along...we were never coming back.
6 months later
Pleasantville, Louisiana
"Lila, I'll be leaving you with your grandma for now. It will be much safer here." Mom said to me
"But mommy, I wanna go with you." -Me
"I would really want you to go with me but it is much safer for you to stay here for the moment." -Mom
"When will you be back?" -Me
"I'll promise to be back summer next year." -Mom
"Okay mommy." -Me
My mom kissed me and gave me a hug before she boarded the bus and grandma and I went back home. Yup, that happened on a sunny May 17th. When other kids where spending quality time with their parents, here I am being left behind by my mother.
Around a year later
"Granny? When will mom come back?" I asked
"Lila, she will be home really soon." Grandma answered
*phone rings in the background*
"Lila, that must be your mother calling. Maybe she's already on her way." Grandma said
"Okay Granny." -Me
"Hello! This is the Sawyer residence. May I know who is on the other line?" -Grandma
"Who is it?" -Me
"It's your mom, she wants to talk to you." -Grandma
"Hello mom! It's Lila. I miss you ever so much." -Me
"I miss you ever so much, too." -Mom
"Mommy, when will you come back." -Me
"I'll be here this Saturday. Promise." -Mom
"Okay mommy." -Me
And when Saturday came, mom never came to visit us. That was also the same day when dad and I saw each other for the first time since we left LA and I was able to make up with all the lost time between me and my dad but it's still much better if mom were here. When I'd ask grandma and dad when mom will be back, all they could say is soon.
*end of flashback*
