Patricia left the classroom and leaned back on the wall. She started to cry. No, not cry. Sob. She keeled over on the floor and sobbed into her hands. Her entire body was trembling. She just lost the one thing that mattered the most to her, besides Scarlett.
"Mommy?" a little voice called. Patricia looked up and saw a little Scarlett. With pig tails. She blinked and saw a much older Scarlett. She was standing there with tears in her eyes, and looked very worried.
"Scarlett...when did you get here?" Patricia asked horrified that her daughter was seeing her like this. Please no..please don't say-
"I've been here since lunch. I was coming back to get a notebook, and I heard the door close. I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I heard you and Eddie..Why mom?" Scarlett asked crouching down, and then standing up. Patricia didn't see her push open the classroom door, and gesture for Eddie to come outside.
"Scarlett, you're just a kid. You won't unders-"
"Do NOT tell me I won't understand. I understand perfectly. You're worried that if you get back together with Eddie that my life will turn to crap... It won't, ok? I'll be fine... Look, ever since you saw Eddie again, you have been so happy... I've..I've never seen you this happy, before.. I have my own life. I'm happy. I have friends, I have you... I have a father! But this is your life, mom. And if you have another shot at happiness... then you take it. It would be stupid and selfish of me to stand in between true love. Yes, I said true love. It's blatantly obvious."
Patricia couldn't believe what she just heard. Eddie coughed behind her, and Patricia smiled. Very happy that he heard that.
Scarlett smiled at them. She pulled Patricia's hand, and Eddie's hand and put them together. They looked at each other awkwardly. She pushed them together, and they ended up kissing. Patricia giggled and wrapped her arms around Eddie. He pulled her closer. Scarlett smiled as they pulled apart. She gave them a big hug
"I love you guys..I mean..I love this family.."
Patricia just could not believe what her fourteen year old daughter just did. She just stood up to her, told her to fall in love, and called her ex-boyfriend/lover who fathered her baby, and her a family.
"I love you too, Scarlett...I mean...we love you too.." Patricia said in tears. She looked at Eddie happily and kissed her daughter's forehead. Eddie brought them closer to him. Scarlett buried her face in her dad's shirt, and cried. She mumbled something
"What was that, honey?" Patricia asked.
"I said..I love you mom and dad." Scarlett blubbered.
Eddie froze. Tears came spilling from his eyes. She called him dad. He was a dad to her now.
Patricia cried even harder. She finally had a family.
She was finally happy.
