Chapter 9
"Snow what time are you gonna be back" Darry asked. I sighed he asks me this every week when we go over to see the Jones for dinner on Fridays.
"Darry, for the millionth time I don't know. Sometimes we leave early some times we stay later it just depends." I told him. It truly depends if Marie and Brad are over we are home later because they want to spend as much time as possible with Nevaeh. Today I had no clue who, if anybody was gonna be over.
"Dar I'm leaving and taking the truck" I said it was cold out and I didn't want Nevaeh to get sick walking to dinner.
"Ok see ya" he said. I picked up Nevaeh and walked out to the truck. I put her in her car seat and strapped her in before closing the door and getting in the truck myself. It only took a few minutes to get there. We pulled in and got out and walked up to the door. We knocked on the door. Andrew answered
"Hey girlys" Andrew said taking Nevaeh from me. I walked in and hung my coat on the rack and went to see Clair who was in the kitchen.
"Hey Clair" I said walking into the kitchen "Smells great"
"Oh thank you Snow where's Nevaeh?" she said
"Ask your husband" I said and we heard Nevaeh giggling in the living room. We talked and set dinner on the table. "I'll go get Andrew and Nevaeh"
"Ok" she said I walked into the living room and found Andrew and Nevaeh watching the news.
"Dinner" I said and the got up and walked into the dinning room with me. I set Nevaeh in her highchair and set in my seat. I got my plate and then we heard a knock on the door.
"I'll get it" Clair said and walked over to the door. She came back a minute later.
"Who was that" Andrew asked and then we saw the answer
"Mason" we both said. He sounded excited and I was well not so enthused.
"Hey pop, Snow" he said walking in the dinning room. I got out of my chair and grabbed Nevaeh.
"Clair, Andy I'm sorry but we have to go I'll see you later." I said as I walked away
"Snow wait" Mason said following me
"No Mason I told you yesterday that you are no longer a part of my life nor will you ever be again. Now good bye" I said
"I told you I was sorry Snow come on" he said
"Mason sorry doesn't cover it you ran out on your family, your daughter, your fiancé with out a word. Sorry is not going to cover it. I can take care of myself and Nevaeh and you know what it took you leaving for me to realize it. You made your decision to not be apart of our lives when you ran out Mason. You see your family loves Nevaeh and wants to be apart of her life but you chose not to." I said
"Snow I wasn't thinking I was scared about marriage and the baby and I wasn't ready. Snow please just talk to me" he said
"Mason, do you think that I wasn't scared about having a baby?! I was horrified but I saw it through I knew everything was going to be alright. We were going to be together and have a family and have our own lives. I was scared out of my mind about having a baby at 18 but I wouldn't trade Nevaeh for anything in the world which is more than you can say Mason. You left everything because you were scared and now my beautiful sweet baby girl will never know her daddy." I said and walked out side and Mason grabbed my shoulder "You made you choice Mason and it wasn't us" I told him and put Nevaeh in the car and drove home.
"Snow? I thought you had dinner with the Jones' tonight" Soda said as we walked in "Are you ok what happened" Nevaeh had fallen asleep in the car so I put her in her bed and came back out to the living room. Everyone was sitting there waiting for me.
"What happened Princess?" Darry said as I sat down on the couch.
"You see a ghost or somethin'" Two-bit said. Good ole Two-bit trying to make me smile
"Not now Two-bit" Darry said and then looked at me "You ok"
"I really don't know. I don't know what to do or think guys" I said
"About what" Soda said
"Well yesterday Mason came by and I told him to leave me alone and he showed up tonight at dinner and tried to talk to me but I just told him to leave" I said "He wanted to see Nevaeh but I didn't want him to and right now I have no clue what to think" I told them and the all sat there not knowing what to say.
"Wow" Two-bit said
"So you don't want Mason back in your life" Darry said
"That's it I don't know I mean he was my first real love and we were getting married and we had a baby but he just left and now wants to come back and I don't know if he is staying or going and I don't wanna get hurt again and I don't want him to stay and then get to know Nevaeh then decide to leave again whether it is only a couple of months or a few years and I don't know what I want." I said sometimes I just start rambling on and on when I'm upset and I was doing it now.
"Well I say keep him away from you and Nevaeh" Dally said and everyone looked at him "What he decided to run away and leave em and that was his decision" Dal defended himself.
"Well that was what I was thinking and what I told him. I told him that he made his choice and that he chose to leave us" I said
"See" Dally said
"Well not to be cold or anything but I don't want him around my sister and my niece personally. He ran away once what's to say he won't do it again" Soda said and I was shocked Soda never talked like that about anybody and everybody was shocked.
"Well what do you guys think?" I asked everyone who hasn't put there two cents in. They all basically said that they didn't want Mason around and I agreed. I never knew Mason to run away from his problems but I guess everyone has another side. Like I know Dally isn't always cold and tuff. He actually cares about stuff or people. Or Soda nobody ever sees his other side. He can get really angry and upset at times but it takes a lot to make Soda that way same with Two-bit and all the other guys I guess there are two sides to everyone. I didn't end up eating anything because my stomach was in knots from my little run in with Mason. I took a shower and changed into some warm PJs before going back into the living room. Darry was reading the paper, Pony and Johnny were watching a movie and the other guys were playing cards. I sat down on the couch and started watching whatever movie the boys were watching.
"Hey Princess come play cards with us" Soda said
"Yeah come on we can show these guys how poker is really played" Two-bit said and I laughed. Two-bit wasn't the greatest poker player in the world and everyone knew it.
"Yeah come on we need some competition" Steve said and I gave in and went over there. They dealt me in the next round. I ended up winning the game and prevented Soda from grabbing the ace he had in his shoe.
"You said you were looking for some competition" I said when we were done
"How'd you get so good at poker anyhow" Dally said
"Well Dallas when you grow up with three brothers and their four friends who are always around you learn some things." I said and he shook his head in disbelief. They never could believe I was better at poker that all of them. They ended up going out and taking Pony and Johnny. Nevaeh woke up as they were leaving. I fed her and played with her until she fell asleep. I went to bed shortly after. I was hoping I wasn't going to have a nightmare but I ended up having one anyway. I woke up and the whole gang was in my room.
"Snow wake up" Darry said and I woke up and instinctively wrapped my arms around him. "It's ok Princess it was just a dream and we're all here."
"She ok?" Dally asked looking at me. he knew Pony had nightmares but not that I did and he was never here when one of us did.
"Yeah she just had a nightmare and got scared but she's ok now that she's awake" Pony explained.
"Darry I'm ok I can sleep in my own room" I told him. He kept asking if I was ok to sleep in my room. I told him a million times that once I wake up I'm ok but he doesn't believe me. He thinks that I'm like Pony when he has his nightmares. He finally gave in and let me sleep in my own room and everyone left my room and I went back to sleep. I didn't end up having another nightmare and didn't for a while. I only had one the day I saw Mason again. He told me he was going back to California and that he wasn't coming back. He got over me fast because he has a girlfriend back in California and they are living together. I was surprised at how unaffected I was by it though. After he left everything went back to normal and before I knew it, it was December and I was thrilled for Nevaeh's first Christmas.
