Isabelle-
Roman and Seth had finished some of the repairs on the roof, promising to come back Sunday afternoon. It was morning, I took Mia and Abel school shopping, seeing as their first day of school was next Monday.
"Why can't we just do home schooling and stay with you?", Mia asked as we were walking down the aisle.
"Because I'm hoping I can find a job soon, there's only so much of my savings left. This house is taking a lot. I'm glad the guys aren't charging me or we wouldn't have anything", I said.
"You still need the living room and downstairs bathroom, also that extra room that's locked", she said, hobbling beside me on her crutches.
"I'll have the guys check it out, maybe one of them could open it", I said.
She shrugged.
"It's gonna be ok Mia", I said.
"Whatever", she walked ahead and I sighed.
A woman walked over to me. She smiled and waved, she looked like nurse Brie. I looked behind me and then back at this woman.
"I was talking to you. Hi, my name's Nicole, but everyone calls me Nikki. I'm Roman's wife", she said.
"Oh sorry, yes of course. I'm Isabelle and this is Abel, that moody teen over there is my sister Mia", I said.
"Its so nice to meet you", she said.
I couldn't help but stare.
"I'm sorry, you just look like..."
She nodded.
"Yes, I'm sure you've met my twin sister Brie", she said.
"Ok, now it makes sense", I said laughing softly.
She laughed. A little girl about Abel's age came over to her.
"This is Lola, my daughter and I have a four year old at home, Joe", she said.
"Yes Roman told me you two have kids", I said.
"So how's your roof coming along? Roman and Seth are really good, so no worries. They use to work construction jobs when they were younger.", she said.
"Great, I'm glad I found them. Well they found me seeing as I don't have a job right now and we're living off my savings. Paying them with food is my only option, but I haven't heard any complaints yet", I said.
She laughed.
"Its fine, well Roman brought food home, it was amazing", she said.
"Thank you", I said.
"I'm a waitress at the diner on main. We're not hiring any cooks right now but we do need more waitresses. If Phil likes you enough, you could ask him for a cook position", she said.
"Waitressing would be fine. I just need to find something", I said.
"Come by the diner tomorrow, apply and I'll put in a good word with Phil and April", she said.
"Ok, thank you", I said.
"Anytime, well I'll let you get back to it", she said.
I nodded and continued down the aisle. Abel holding onto the cart.
"Well she was nice", I said.
He nodded with a smile.
"Are you at least excited about school?", I asked.
He nodded again.
"You have to push Izzy", my mom yelled.
"I can't, it hurts, I can't mom", I said crying.
She wiped her hand across my sweat filled forehead.
"Yes you can, baby come on", she said.
I pushed again. I squeezed her hand, my other hand was squeezing a nurses. Spencer said he didn't want to be in the room. It hurt my feelings when he said that, but I also knew why he didn't want to be here. Seeing the baby would be too hard to let him go.
Then the sound of a baby crying broke my train of thought on Spencer.
"Its a boy", the doctor announced.
My mom kissed my forehand.
"Good job baby", she said smiling.
I started crying. I shut my eyes when I saw the nurse start to bring him over.
"Look at him Isabelle", my mom said.
I shook my head no, eyes still closed. My mom pushed my shoulder lightly.
"Isabelle look at him", she said, her tone angry.
"I can't, its too hard", I cried.
"She's putting the baby up for adoption", I heard the nurse say to the doctor.
"Ok, take him away then", he said.
I heard what sounded like a cart being wheeled out. I opened my eyes. My mom cried and shook her head at me, look of disappointment on her face.
"You have twenty four hours to change your mind Isabelle", the doctor said.
I nodded.
Baron-
The nurse came over to Izzy's dad to let him know the baby was here. I looked at my brother.
"Lets go see him", I said.
"No, he's not ours anymore", Spencer said.
I waited a while before going towards the nursery. Finding Isabelle's name. A nurse saw me.
"Hi, can I help you?", she asked.
"Yes, I'm looking for my, for my nephew", I said.
She nodded.
"Name of the mother?", she asked smiling.
"Isabelle Rodriguez", I said.
"Follow me", she said.
She took me into the room and found Abel. Picking him up, she handed him to me. I smiled down at him.
"Hi Abel", I whispered.
Dean-
Roman decided to go to Home Depot with me while we were on break. Seth went to have lunch with Paige.
"So you were wet and she was wet", Roman said.
"Yeah that's why we're here", I said.
He nodded. I had told him why happened with the pipes.
"Then she gave you her ex's clothes?", he asked.
I nodded.
"Can we talk about something else now", I said.
He nodded.
"Nikki saw Renee yesterday", he said.
I shrugged.
"So?", I said annoyed.
"Damn man, when are you going to get your ass in gear and make a damn commitment. Settle down", he said.
"That's not for me dude. It won't work, I won't work and I don't need to know how bad I broke a poor girls heart", I said.
"Stop being afraid of letting someone in and make an effort, put in the work and time", he said.
"Roman trust me when I say, no woman would ever be happy with me. I can't even make myself happy", I said.
"You could if you took a chance man", he said.
I shook my head. He patted my shoulder.
"You're not your parents Dean, you're not your dad", he said.
"Can we drop this", I said walking away from him.
He jogged to catch up to me.