hoo boy. I'm back. Y'all already know, so let's get onto it.

"And this 4×12 equals 48."

Miles blinked at me, nodded his head in understanding, and scribbled in his notebook. It's been 8 years since he was a toddler, finally starting middle school. He tells me stories of what happens at school every day. It's quite interesting. When I was in school, not much exciting things ever really happened.

"And this one-"

"I know mom." Miles replies with a smile. "I can do it on my own. I'll call you if I need you."

I look at him stunned. "All right. I'll be with Alana if you need me." I kiss his forehead, and return to my room, where a sleeping baby his placed on the bed.

Alana is my daughter. She was conceived at a late birthday party.


"Mom! I can't wait!"

I smile as a 10 year old miles runs around the living room with his new remote control car. His party had ended 2 hours earlier. We were still waiting for his father to come. Then, there was a sudden ring of the door bell. Miles stop and ran to the door. "He's here! Mom, is it him?!" I got up from the sofa and looked through the peep hole. "It's him." I smiled faintly. "YES! Open the door mom!" I unlocked and opened the door. Me and Dillon caught each others eyes. And, even though I don't want to admit it, I had felt the same way before.

"Hey." He said softly." "Hi.." "I brought Miles his present. I think he'll really like this one." " Thanks" I said heartfelt. We stared at each other for a beat. "Uh, come on in!" I say. He nods and walks into the house. It had been hard, but we learned how to get along. For Miles. "Daddy!" Miles yells running towards Dillon. "Hey buddy!" He says pulling his son into a tight hug. I lean against the wall smiling. "How about we open this present, huh?" He says, while Miles nods frantically. "Y'all can do that in the living room, there is more space there." I say, locking the door. I sit on the at with Dillon by my side as miles opens his present.

"No way! A new phone!?" I look at Miles and then back at Dillon. He smiled and shrugged. "Told you he'd like it." I chuckled. "He's been wanting a phone for a while now. He's told you about it?" " Yeah, pretty much." I smile and looked back at Miles turning on the phone. "Thanks Dad." Miles said, hugging his father. He looked at me and I looked at him. We smiled.

After we were done getting his phone situated, we put miles to sleep. "Thanks for coming. He was really happy to see you." "Oh, it's no problem at all. Anything to see him. And you." I smiled and blushed a little." "Look, Nia. We both know that we still love each other, and I'm very sorry for treating you the way I did." I smiled at him. "I'm sorry too..I shouldn't have blocked you, or yelled at you." He moved my hair to the side. I laughed, and kissed him immediately. Once we stopped, he whispered in my ear. "I'll never let you go again.." I smiled and hugged him.