KIM'S P.O.V

When we arrived at the mall I got Kyle out of the car and walked over to Mariah who was standing outside of forever 21. I immediately recognized the guy standing next to her.

"Hey Kim, this is Mason, my boyfriend." I smiled.

"We've met speaking of which, I'm sorry about the way I acted earlier today, I was just fed up with everything. This is Damion" I apologized. Damion shook everyone's hand and we all sat down at a table in the courtyard and started talking. I discovered that Mason is a really chill guy and he's really sweet, and REALLY easy on the eyes, what more could a girl want in a guy. After a while Mariah and I wanted to go shopping but neither Damion nor Mason wanted to come with us so we agreed to split up and meet at Phil's in about 2 hours. I called Phil and told him that I wasn't going to be working today. He didn't care at all.

"Can I trust you with my kid or do I have to take him with me?" I asked Damion as we all stood up.

"What do you wanna do Kyle, go with mommy or come with me?" Damion asked.

"I don't wanna go with mommy." He shook his head. I fake pouted but gave him a kiss before turning to face Mariah and Mason.

"Mason your in charge of them." I joked before Mariah and I walked off.

"So is he the guy?" Mariah asked as soon as we were far enough away from them.

"No." I replied.

"Dang, you move on quick." She laughed.

"Damion is my ex." I explained.

"What are you doing with him then?" She asked.

"He's Kyle's dad." I sighed.

"Oh. Does Kyle know you guys aren't together?" She asked.

"Kyle doesn't know that that's his real dad." I told her.

"So does he just think he doesn't have a dad?" She asked. I looked down and shook my head. "Sorry, you don't have to answer that." She said.

"No, it's fine, it actually feels good saying it all out loud." I said. "You know that guy that you've been talking about?" She nodded so I continued. "Well, Kyle calls him daddy. He knows that he's not his real dad but Damion hadn't ever been there for him, in fact today was the first time Damion saw him since the day I had him. Jack on the other hand went with me to pick him up, bought him a whole new wardrobe and treats him as if he's his son." Mariah gave me a sympathetic look. "Now that Damion wants to be a part of his life I don't know what to do."

"Did Damion move here or something?" She asked.

"No, he came to visit when he found out that I got Kyle back." I replied.

"What do you mean, when you got him back?" She asked so I proceeded to tell her the same story that I told Jack a while back.

"Oh, well, congratulations." She half joked. I smiled."So what's going on with Damion?" She asked.

"He's flying back to my home state tomorrow." I replied.

"I think you should tell Kyle who his real dad is, he's bound to find out at some point in time and it's not exactly fair to Damion." She said.

"You really think so?" I asked.

"Yes, I also think you should figure things out with Jack. Kyle obviously likes him and its very hard to find a guy that both you and you kid likes." She added.

"I've talked to Jack since the argument and told him what he has to do, whether or not he actually does it is on him." We ere not walking out of forever 21, both of us had at least one bag. "So anyway, what's your story?" I asked.

"What, my drop out story?" She asked. I nodded. "There isn't really a story, I was just really annoyed with teachers and students. I guess I'm just not a school person." She said. We talked and shopped for a little while longer until it was time to meet up with the guys.

We walked into Phil's to see that the guys were already sitting at a booth. I walked over and sat next to Damion. Kyle climbed into my lap, facing me and laid his head on my chest. "Are you tired?" I asked. He nodded his head against my chest. "But you just took a nap, what did he do to you?" I asked, looking at Damion.

"We went to that dojo over there." He said, pointing at the Bobby Wassabi Dojo. "He was running strong, he must get that from you," I shook my head. "You were always very energetic, especially when you did karate."

"Yeah, okay, football jock and basketball star." I said sarcastically, then I realized my mistake and prayed that Kyle didn't even sort of understand what I said. I know he's only two but I really don't want him to find out like that.

"Hey Kims, what can I get for the group?" Phil said with that really annoying accent that makes you want to slap him silly. We all ordered falafel and some kind of soft drink. Shortly after we started eating I heard a voice that I didn't want to hear at the moment.

"Who's this?" Jack asked his voice sounded slightly angry.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I figured that you would be working and you said you wanted me to talk to you so I came to talk." He replied.

"Okay, let's talk..." I said, "outside." I added realizing this probably wasn't a conversation I wanted to have in from of all of them. I handed Kyle to Mriah who extended her arms as soon as she heard me say outside. Jack followed me out the door and we sat down at a table in the courtyard.

"Kim, I know your frustrated with fact that I don't tell you how I feel, I'm sorry about that but I just...I've never know what it feels like to be loved. My dad didn't love me and my mom was killed when I was really little. I didn't know what love was after that. There wasn't anything that I loved left, then my aunt and my uncle came and I thought I had it figured out but look at where I'm at now, my aunt's dead and my uncle's about to die. I'm just scared that if I tell you I love you, you'll end up vanishing too. Nothin that I have loved has stuck around for long and your all I have left, you my last love Kim." I was in tears, there was no right way to respond to that, I don't even know if there WAS a way to respond to that. I just looked up at him with tear filled eyes and kissed him. "I cant keep denying it, I love you." He whispered.

"I love you too." I replied.

"So, who were you with in there?" Oh God, and this is the hard part.

"My friend Mariah, and her boyfriend Mason." I replied.

"No, you know who I'm talking about." I tried to kiss him again, hoping it would distract him but he just moved farther away from me.

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