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Chapter Eleven: This is Not Goodbye Forever

Normal POV

"Wait, so you and Elliott are going to move in with Drew?" Dawn inquired.

It was the next day after the awards night which was Sunday. Misty and Dawn decided to stop by to pay a small visit with May at Leaf's house and May was telling them about her plan to move in with Drew while the two kids were outside the yard playing. Gary was doing his usual research.

The brunette nodded. "Yeah, he asked if we could ever go back to the way we were before. You know, happy and such and I said we could try so he wanted me and Elliott to move in with him."

"Did you tell Elliott yet?" Leaf asked, raising an eyebrow.

May sighed and shook her head sadly. "I don't know how to tell him. He seems so happy here that I don't want to take it away. I wish we could stay here instead but Drew insisted we go live with him so I don't really have a choice, you know? I will find a way to tell him though. I'll tell him tonight."

"Where are you going to be living at anyway?" Misty asked curiously.

May shrugged. "I don't really know. Drew never told me where we were going to move to. I guess it'll just be a surprise."

"Imagine he was going to take you to live with him and the other guys. Oh won't that be amusing," Leaf mused aloud before giggling to herself.

The look on May's face was readable while the other girls mused to themselves as well. "Oh my god, what if Leaf's right and I'm stuck living with Ash and Paul? They're going to be horrible role models to Elliott!" By now, May was freaking out.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Dawn and Misty inquired in unison, arms crossed across their chest.

The now calmed down brunette rolled her sapphire orbs. "Those two are rude to each other. For all we know, they could be swearing to each other all the time and if we do move there, Elliott is going to pick up those words. I don't want my son to learn such language at a young age," she explained.

Misty and Dawn thought about her answer and nodded in agreement. "I think you're right. They could be swearing every second," the bluenette joked. "But it would hilarious if you had to move in with them," she added.

"DAWN!" And the ex-band mates spent most of their afternoon bonding together since it was rare for them to do that with work in the way and such.

Nighttime!

"Hey, Elliott," May called, motioning him to come to the couch with her. The little boy obliged and hastily ran over to sit next to her. "Do you like Drew?" she asked.

He grinned and nodded. "Yeah, he's very nice to Elliott and funny too!"

May smiled down at him, hoping he was ready for the next question that was going to be tossed at him. "How would you feel if we lived with him?"

His emerald green eyes widened as he gaped at May. "Why are we going to move there, Mommy?"

The brunette looked at her son sadly and let out a sigh. "You always wanted know about Daddy, right?" Elliott nodded slowly. "I'll tell you about him now." The little boy shifted how he sat and once he was done, May started the story. She told him about Drew being his father, how she felt bad about leaving him, how Mrs. Hayden was really his grandmother, everything.

By the time she was with telling him everything, Elliott's eyes were still wide from shock and he was practically speechless. To say the least, he was confused. "Mommy is lying to Elliott…Grandma Hayden never told me."

"She never told you because Mommy made her not to tell anyone. Elliott, Mommy isn't lying to you. Drew is your daddy."

Then, Elliott jumped off the couch abruptly and faced May. Anger was evident in his eyes. "Mommy lied to Elliott! I hate you!" he yelled before breaking off into a sprint to his room. Once he was inside, he locked himself in there and jumped onto his bed.

May ran up to his room and tried opening it only to realize it locked and started to knock. "Elliott, open the door. Let me explain everything."

"No, Elliott doesn't want to listen to Mommy!" he choked back.

Hearing this, May found it futile to do anything if Elliott was going to behave like he was now. That was another thing that was able to obtain from her. When he was angry, he would throw a big fit about it and want to be alone so when he said he hated her, she knew he didn't mean it. He only said it out of anger so she didn't take it to heart. The brunette sighed. "Okay, Mommy understands that you're mad. Mommy won't bother you anymore then." With that, she walked away from his door and started to make her way to her room to start packing.

Next Day

The next day, May went to check up on Elliott. She unlocked his room door with a spare key and found him still asleep on his bed. She figured that he would be a bit calmer than the night before so she went to take a seat on his bedside. "Elliott, are you still mad?" she asked quietly. He simply turned the other way from her. "Elliott, I know you're mad but get up, please?"

He continued to ignore her, which May let it slide, and when she heard the doorbell, she sighed and left his room, closing it lightly.

When May opened her front door, she was met with Drew standing outside. "Ready to leave?" he asked.

She shook her head gloomily. "I told Elliott about us last night. You know, about you being his father and such and he got angry afterwards and since then, he's been ignoring me."

Since Drew couldn't stand seeing her like this, he decided to talk to Elliott himself. "Where is he?" he inquired.

"In his room, why?"

Instead of answering her, Drew simply walked past her and made his way upstairs to his son's room. He tried to open it but it was locked. Seems like Elliott locked it when May left his room. Drew sighed yet again and took out an old credit card from his wallet. He slipped it in between the door and started to crack the door open which he did with no problem. He looked at Elliott, who looked amazed for a brief second before he went back to his stoic self. Drew went to sit on the edge of his bed. "So why are you mad?" he asked.

Elliott stayed quiet as he just turned to his other side. Drew let out a frustrated sigh. It seems like he doesn't like it when he's being ignored by a little kid. "You're like, what, five and you have this kind of temper? Really, you have your mom's personality no doubt." Even that didn't make Elliott say anything.

So for about twenty minutes, Drew had tried countless ways to try to make his son say something. "You know you're making your mom sad with your behavior," he finally said when Elliott still refused to say anything.

The little brunet boy finally turned to his father, surprising Drew at the process. "Mommy is sad?" he asked meekly.

Drew nodded. "Yeah, she's sad that you're mad at her." When his son didn't say anything, he continued, "So why're you mad?"

Elliott sat up from his bed and stared down at his sheets. "Mommy and Grandma never told Elliott you were Daddy," he explained. "And if Elliott move away then Elliott can't see Mandy anymore."

"We don't have to leave right now, you know," he suddenly said. "If you want, we can leave when you come home from school in the afternoon," he offered.

Elliott then jumped up from his bed. "Really?" he asked excitingly.

Drew nodded. "Yup, we still need to pack up on a lot of things anyway."

He was then caught off guard when he felt a pair of arms around his neck tightly. "Thank you, Daddy," Elliott whispered. Drew smiled and hugged him back as well. After a few seconds, they let go of each other and he looked up at his father. "Can you teach me how to open the door like that?"

Drew chuckled. "When you're older, okay?"

After Elliott was done changing with the clothes May had left when she last visited him, the two made it downstairs together where May was currently packing up some pictures. "Mommy!" Elliott cried when he got to the last step. He made a mad dash towards her and gripped onto her leg. "Elliott's sorry for saying I hate you. Can Mommy forgive me?"

May raised an eyebrow at Drew, who simply smirked and flicked his hair before making his way to grab an empty box to help pack up. The brunette then turned her attention back to her son and carried him up, smiling. "Its okay, Elliott. Mommy forgives you," she said calmly. She then raised an eyebrow at his backpack. "Did you want to go to school today one last time?"

He nodded. "Daddy says we can go afterschool."

May bit her lip as she looked at the time. It was a little past the time school started but it would probably be the last time Elliott can see everyone else so May just went with the second choice. "Okay, I'll take you to school then. Drew, can you help pack up some things and watch the house?"

He simply nodded as he continued to pack the dishes in the kitchen. "Just hurry so you can finish packing."

At school, May entered the classroom with Elliott to explain to the teacher that he would no longer be attending school there because he was moving. Mai, the teacher, was saddened by the news but wished May luck at a new city. When May left, Elliott went to his usual seat, which was next to Mandy. "Okay, class, we have a change of plans today," Mai announced, catching their attention. "Since Elliott is going to move today, we're all going to make a goodbye card for him, okay?"

They all nodded and Mai went to get the construction papers for them while Mandy was still shocked and devastated with the news. Then she turned to the boy next to her who was staring down at the table. "Why didn't you tell me?" she asked, tears brimming in her eyes.

"My mommy just told me last night. I'm sorry, Mandy, but you can come over afterschool," he suggested.

"I can?" she asked.

He nodded and grinned. "Of course, my mommy will let you stay for a while. Now smile, you don't look nice when you cry."

At that, Mandy managed to crack a smile and a small giggle. That day, the two ended up playing with each other during recess time rather than with their usual big group. They played soccer together and he was able to see Mandy happy, which made him happy as well.

Meanwhile

"Hey, Drew, where are we going to be living at?" May asked as she carried the box to the moving truck which was parked outside her house.

He smirked and flicked his hair. "That's a surprise, June."

"My name is May! M-a-y, it's not that hard to remember you know!"

The smirk stayed plastered onto his face. "What do you mean not that hard? There are twelve months. How the hell am I supposed to remember your name when there are eleven other months?"

By now, her face was already fuming red. "Well at least my name isn't the past tense of draw!" she retorted.

"That's the worst retort I've ever heard."

"You know its original, Drew," May said smugly. "Can you help me bring this box to the truck? It's heavy."

"What's the magic word?" he taunted.

May shot daggers at him while he just smirked at her. "Can you please help me bring this box to the truck?"

He grabbed the box from her hands. "See, now was that so hard to do?" May opened her mouth to something but he said something else. "Oh, and you look nice today."

The brunette looked taken aback for a second before a blush crept itself to her face. She turned back to the house and grabbed another box as he carried one to the truck. 'Stupid Drew, stop making my heart beat so fast.'

When it was time to leave at the afternoon, Leaf picked the two up and Elliott told her about the move and how he wanted Mandy to be there when he left. The older brunette agreed to let her daughter go over and she decided to go over too as well to see May one last time.

They walked and once they got there, a big white moving truck was outside. Elliott ran inside the house with Mandy following close behind. Leaf simply giggled to herself and took her time getting there. When she was there, May was seen giving a hug to Mandy while Elliott was standing next to her. She saw Drew motion her over to him so she followed her order. "What's up?"

"You haven't told him, have you?" His tone was serious so Leaf knew he wasn't playing around at all.

She shook her head. "No, I haven't told him anything and I want it to stay like it so promise me you won't tell him anything. That applies to Paul and Ash too."

He stared at her and then sighed. He and her friends knew very well how badly she wanted him back but she didn't want to bring back the horrible memories to him. Drew would've told Gary a long time ago if it wasn't for Megan always being with him and if he never brought her up. "Fine, I won't tell him anything. But I'm just going to tell you one thing. They're getting married three months from now. You still have time to change your mind about telling him."

She shook her head. "I made a promise I would leave him that day. If he wants to remember now, he has to do it on his own," she stated firmly. "Besides, he probably wouldn't believe me if I told him anyway," she said sadly.

He patted her head. "Don't worry, he'll remember somehow. The guys and I can stall the wedding date too if it makes you feel any better."

Leaf managed to smile. "Thanks but I don't think it would be necessary. Seriously though, don't let Ash or Paul tell him, got it?"

He sighed. "Yes, they can't tell him either. I'll tell them too if you want."

"Thank you," she said happily before going to give May a last hug. "I'll miss you, May. Visit us okay?"

The sapphire eyed brunette giggled. "Don't worry, with Elliott, I think we'll be here every weekend," she mused, making the other brunette laugh. "I'm going to miss you so much, Leaf."

"Me too, May, but it's not goodbye forever. We'll see each other like every week right?"

May smiled. "Yeah, we will." She then looked down at Mandy. "Bye, Mandy, I'm going to miss you so much. Don't cause your mom too much trouble, okay?"

"Okay, Mandy will promise Aunt May because she asked nicely."

"Come on, June, we have to get going," Drew called from the doorway with Elliott.

May resisted the urge to yell at him and walked her way to the door to slip on her shoes while Mandy and Leaf stalked closely behind. Both of them gave Elliott a hug before he left while Mandy held back the tears. "Don't cry, Mandy! I promise to visit a lot and I will call you everyday too, so you can't cry, okay?" The little boy held out his pinky finger and she managed a small smile.

"Okay, but you pinky promised," she confirmed, hooking her pinky to his.

May and Leaf watched as the adorable scene was happening in front of them while Drew just stood there awkwardly. "So, uh, not to ruin the moment or anything, but we have to get going so…" he trailed off slowly hoping May got the message.

"Okay, Elliott," May finally said. She held out her hand for him to grab. "It's time to go now, come on."

Her son held onto her hand and the two walked out of the house and to the car Drew was heading too. It seemed that the moving truck already left which meant they were going to be the last ones to arrive at the house.

Mandy and Leaf walked out hand in hand as well as the two watched the car go while Mandy had tears streaming down her face. When the car was out of sight, Leaf looked down at her daughter and bent down to her level when she saw that she as crying. "Come on now, Elliott promised to call you everyday. Don't cry, okay?"

"What if he forgets?"

"He won't because he promised, remember? Now come on, let's go home now." Since Mandy probably wasn't in the mood to walk happily home, Leaf decided to carry her daughter home while she still cried. After a few comforting words though, the little girl had stopped crying and was soon asleep.

"Leaf?" She turned around to find Gary walking towards her. "Do you need help carrying Mandy home? It's not much trouble." He added the last part in when he saw that she was going to object to that idea. "Come on, you must be tired."

Although she didn't want to, he did have a good point. She's been busy at the sandwich shop and carrying Mandy would've only made her more tired so she ended up reluctantly giving the sleeping girl to him gently. "So why is she sleeping at this time? She's usually running around."

"Elliott moved away and she was crying for most of the way home so you can't blame her for being tired." When she saw the confused look on his face, she elaborated more. "If you're wondering about Elliott, Drew found out that he was his father so May and Elliott are going to move in with him to try to get back to the way they were before."

"Oh, I see. Wait, Drew's a father?"

She giggled. "You never noticed the resemblance? Elliott's got most of his looks from Drew, you know."

"Well now that you mentioned it, they do look pretty similar. Wow, he's a father at such a young age. He's actually beaten me to fatherhood."

'He actually beat you there just a few days earlier…' Leaf mentally said.

"So Mandy was crying because he had to move away?" Gary inquired.

Leaf nodded. "Yeah, they've been friends since they were in diapers, literally. Mandy has many friends at school, trust me, but Elliott is like her best friend. It's quite adorable if you ask me though. They're always seen together it takes no genius to figure out that they'll be going out one day," Leaf said softly as she remembered her childhood. She smiled fondly at the thought of it.

Gary smiled at the words as well. "You say it as if you've experienced it before. Was Mandy's father your best friend?"

The brunette couldn't help but smile big at the memory. "Yeah, he was my best friend. Like these two, we were really close. He would get pretty cocky sometimes, a huge player and when someone made fun of him he would have this look but he had a good heart and he had his reason for being a player," she explained.

"Sounds like we're pretty alike. I'm not a player though, I just tend to get a bit cocky sometimes and the guys always make fun of me so I have a look for them." He chuckled at the mention of his friends.

By the time he said that, they had already reached home and Leaf opened the door for them. He carefully laid Mandy down on the couch and placed a blanket over her while Leaf made some lunch for them. When she was done, she handed Gary a sandwich while he was typing up his report. "Here, I made Mandy a sandwich too so, when she wakes up, get it for her. I have to go back to work."

"Wait, aren't you going to eat anything?"

She shook her head. "No, I don't get hungry that easily. Now I really have to go so I'll see you and Mandy later, okay? Bye." And with that, she left the brunet sitting on the kitchen table with his sandwich.

"Grandpa told me it's bad if you don't eat," a little boy said in a worry tone.

A little girl just stood there with her arms crossed. "I know its bad but if you eat too much, you can get fat too, duh. Besides, I don't get hungry that easily."

Gary shook his head a couple of times. "What're with these images lately?"

So, not much happened, yet again, but there was a flashback like I promised before c; I hope this will keep you guys waiting for two weeks cause that's when my next update is going to be because of finals, sadly so wish me luck on those. It's my only chance to get a 3.86 for first semester and I'm so close to it too.

Anyway, don't worry guys! I DID hint a small shipping that's going to bloom in the end of this story and I'm pretty sure you all know already. ;D And if you're a bit confused on Elliott calling Drew's mom Grandma, it's because in my culture, I always have to call elders by Grandma -insert name here- so I've decided to just do the same here since Elliott is pretty young for formality like Mrs. Hayden.

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