Chapter 2! Enjoy!

Her name is Zoë. For the past few days she's been mostly quiet and passive but now she won't do anything.

I love my baby, but she drives me crazy. She never goes to sleep because she's hungry all the time, My boobs hurt and I haven't had sleep in like 7 hours.

I am a junior in high school. I should be worried about Prom and getting a car and, most importantly, going to college.

Unfortunately, I do not have that luxury anymore.

I got dressed, grabbed my bookbag, Zoë's bag and my purse. Walking in the living room, I saw Thalia sticking something in Zo's mouth.

"What are you doing?" I asked. She turned. "Doing your job." I huffed, scooped up the Infant and placed her in the carrier and faced the door.

"I'm off to school. You should be going off, too." And I was gone.

I'm so tired of Thalia sometimes, she thinks I do everything wrong. Including taking care of my baby.

It's a little to early for that, she has 18 years to blame me for what I did wrong. Not now.

I stormed down the hall and went up the stairs slowly, careful not to wake Zoë. I arrived at the door and knocked three times. Leo answered the door.

"A? what are you doing here?" He asked.

"Where's Raph?" I questioned. I wasn't being rude, my morning is just crappy right now.

"He's still sleep, You need something?"

"Yeah, It's daddy time," I answered. "Just before he gets to school, I mean can't splinter babysit?"

Leo nodded. "I'm sure he can." I smiled, thankful.

"Thanks Leo, you just made my day!" I cheered quietly. I set the carrier down and kissed Zo's forehead. She cooed in response.

"Make sure she stays asleep until he wakes up." I added, then exited.

Off to school.

At school~

This is my first day back at school after having the baby...So I didn't not expect people to talk about me.

And to make matters worse, I forgot to put padding in my bra, so during 3rd period I started lactating. The baby must be hungry.

"Hey, A! I haven't seen you in-" Lia started when she saw me coming.

"In awhile, yeah," I finished cutting her off. "Do you have a extra shirt I could wear?"

"Yeah, sure. What-" She saw me covering my chest with my books. "Oh."

While she was looking for a shirt, my phone rang. "Hello?" I answered.

"Hey, It's me," Raph's voice said. "Do you know where I could get some food for Zoë?" He asked. Figures. Lia handed me the shirt. I ran quickly to the bathroom.

"Aren't you coming to school?" I asked.

"Nah, not today. It's been a little-" Rustling on the other end. "-Busy."

I huffed. Taking off my shirt, I kept the phone in my grip. "Go to my apartment. There should be some milk in the fridge. You know, The-" I cleared my throat. "-Milk."

"Ok. Thanks, see you after school." Raph said. I murmured an agreement and hung up. I put on the shirt and walked out.

"Thanks for the shirt."

~After school~

"Hey, honey. How was school?" Mom greeted as I walked through the door. I threw down my bag. "Awful."

Mom stopped what she was doing and came over to where I was.

"First, I messed up my good shirt. Then, I got a ton of homework to make up. And finally this-" I fished out a handful of notes that were stashed in my pocket.

They had words like: Tramp, Slut, Baby Momma and ETC. I honestly don't care.

And here is the dealio. After Zoë was born, I stayed in the hospital longer tgan I planned because I lost a lot of blood from labor.

In conclusion, I missed a week and a half of school. I'm so stressed.

"Well, who care what those people think. Your healthy and alive, that's all that matters." Mom reassured. "Next time, put padding in your bra." I groaned, throwing a pillow at her. She laughed.

"Where's Thalia and May?" I asked.

"At work." Conviently at the same. A knock sounded on the door.

I opened it and Raph was standing there with Zoë. I let him in.

"Hello, Raphael." Mom greeted.

"Hi, Mrs. O'Neil." He said.

I gently took Zo from the carrier. "Hey, Mom. can you watch Zo for a bit?" I asked.

She nodded and retrieved the baby. "Let's talk," I whispered.

We went outside for a walk. "So, did you at least have fun with her today?" I asked, kicking a stone.

"I did. I really did. She's actually a sweet baby." Raph responded.

"Yeah," I said. "We can do this, right?"

"What?"

"School and still be good parents."

He stopped and turned to me. "Of course. It'll be hard, but that's why we got help." I smiled.

"You always know what to say."

Raph sighed. "Not always," He breathed. I laughed.

By the time I got home, It was dark outside. I walked through the door when I heard the fridge door slam.

"Where were you?" Thalia asked, leaning on the counter.

"Out. Where's Zoë?" I questioned.

"In your room, she's sleep. Nothing happened tonight, right?"

I scoffed. "We were talking. I'm going to bed." I started off tk my room.

"Dinner's in the fridge." Thalia called.

"Alright."

I shut the door and looked into the crib. Zo was quietly sleeping with a pacifier in her mouth. I picked her up, careful not to wake her.

"Hey, baby girl." I whispered. "It's mommy." Zoë cooed wiggling her fingers.

"You know you're adorable when you're not giving me a hard time."

The baby still slept. One day..I hope you understand why we do the things we do." I kissed her forehead and placed her gently In the crib.

"I love you, baby girl."

We got this.