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Chapter 21
Aria's POV
It had been a few days and I still haven't called Ella, I keep putting it off and making excuses. Truth is I'm nervous, and scared about how it will go, but I need to do it soon Mike only has a few tournaments before the championship and they leave. I want it to go well but I'll just have to see. I finally get up the courage to call her when I'm on brake at work. I sit in my dressing room and call her.
"Hello?" She says into the phone.
"Ella, it's me Aria. I was just wondering if you wanted to meet up, I willing to hear what you have to say." I tell her.
"Oh my goodness Aria, baby that would mean so much to me, you have no idea how much I missed you and how much I regret what I did." She says to me
"Okay well let's meet at the Starbucks right outside of Warner Brother's studio in say thirty minutes. Is that okay with you?" I ask
"Even if it wasn't I would make it work for you." She tells me.
"Okay, see you then." I say as I was about to hang up.
"Okay, I love you Aria. Thank you for this, see you soon." I hang up as I shed a tear, hearing her say I love you sounded real but I just can't get my hopes up.
I walk out of my dressing room and down the hall to Marlene's office and knock.
"Come it!" She yells through the door.
"Hey Mar, I have a favor to ask you." I tell her
"What is it Luce?" She asks
"Um, I just talked to my biological mom and I'm meeting her in about thirty minutes. Is there any way we can push back filming until later today, or maybe tomorrow?" I ask
"Yeah sure, you know I'm here for you no matter what happens. Let me know how it goes sweet heart." She smiles. A lot of the cast and crew new my real story and were very understanding.
"Thank you and I will." I say with a slight smile as I walk out of her office and head to Starbucks.
I get there a few minutes early, grab my coffee, and sit down anticipating what I'm about to get myself into. I close my eyes and not a few seconds later I hear a voice but it wasn't Ella's.
"Luce, how are you, it's been a long time." They voice say, I recognize it and open my eyes.
"What do you want Chris?" I ask him
"Why so much hostility, I thought we were good?" He asks snidely
"Why are you even talking to me, don't you have a life?" I ask
"I do, and why aren't you answering my question?"
"Please just leave me alone, I don't have time for this."
"I apologized Lucy what else do you want me to do?"
"I want you to grow up and get a life that doesn't involve harassing me." I tell him just as Ella walks up.
"Are you harassing my daughter, you better leave before I make you." Ella says.
"Whatever Lucy" Chris says walking away.
"You didn't have to do that, I can take care of myself I've done it for a long time." I tell her and her face drops.
"I know and I'm sorry, I just want to be in your life again." She says
"Who was that any way?" Ella asks
"My ex-boyfriend Chris, I broke up with him and he didn't like it too much, I'm sure you know the rest. Mike told me you guys looked me up and that was huge news. The paparazzi just ate it up." I say
"Yeah I know the rest but I didn't know that was him." She tells me.
"So what do you want to talk about?" I ask
"I know what I did was wrong and I want to apologize for everything. Aria, baby I missed you so much I would cry myself to sleep. I just want you back in my life." She says to me
"I want that too, but I just don't think I can. Not yet any way I just can't trust you, you always told me since I was a little girl, that you would always be there for me not matter what. But when I needed you the most you turned your back on me. I can't just forget that, and pretend it never happen, you guys ruined my life, yet my life couldn't get any better." I say
"I'm sorry baby, I know what we did was wrong and I will never forgive myself for it. I want to get to know my grandkids and you again. I know I can't change anything or just forget what I've done, I know that, but could you try to forgive me?" She asks
"Not right now, my kids, they have wonderful grandparents who they both adore. Maybe one day, but not today. I'm sorry…" I say as I get up to leave but she grabs my arm.
"What?" I ask kind of harshly.
"Aria…" Ella says
"Aria, is everything okay here?" Holly Marie Combs my TV mom walks up, and Ella lets go of my arm.
"Yeah, every things fine, what are you doing here?" I ask
"Well I'm on my way to work and decided to go to this Starbucks instead of the one on our lot, I figured it would be less crowded since its lunch time. Now what are you doing here and who is that?" Holly asks
"I came to meet my biological mom, Holly this is Ella, Ella this is Holly my TV mom." I introduce them.
"It's nice to meet you" Ella says, but Holly just nods.
"Goose don't we have to get to work, we're filming our mother daughter scene today right?" Holly asks trying to get me out of this situation, it is true we are filming the mother daughter scene today, so it wasn't a lie and I really did have to get going I had already been here for an hour and a half.
"Yeah we should get going, I told Marlene I wouldn't be gone for that long." I say, when I look at Ella she looks really upset.
"Maybe I'll call you soon." I tell her with a slight smile.
"I would like that, have a good day." She says almost frowning.
As Holly and I walk out the door I turn to look back at Ella and she was wiping tears that were running down her face. In that moment I just wanted to run and give her a hug, but then I remembered everything she put me through and how many times I cried and she never did that for me.
After a long day all I wanted to do was go to sleep but I couldn't I had a lot to do. Plus, I had Mike's tournament tonight, so I stopped by Starbucks for the third time today. I drive straight to the field, before I left I freshened up in my dressing room so I didn't have to go all the way home.
I get there pretty quickly and tend to more fans before I find my family. When I walk up Ezra and Wesley were in deep conversation.
"Hey, what are you guys talking about?" I ask
"Well, I checked with the apartment complex and it turns out it's still vacant, which is surprising. Any way I told them I have someone who was interested and they said he could stop by tomorrow. So Wesley doesn't have to search anymore apartment he just needs a job." Ezra says
"That's great, Wesley what did you major in, cause maybe I could pull some strings." I ask him.
"Actually I majored in the filming ind…" I didn't let him finish.
"Let me talk to Marlene and see what I can do. We may have something open for you, if not I can at least put you on the watch list." I tell him
"Really, you guys are the best! I really don't know what I would do without you," Wes says with a hug smile.
"Well, we wouldn't know what to do without you either. Just because you're going to have your own apartment and maybe a new job doesn't me you are allowed to ditch us, got it?" I ask winking
"Yeah when I want a bro nigh, I get one!" Ezra says smiling.
"You got it!" Wesley says
When the game was over, like every other night fans went crazy asking for autographs and pictures we then walked up to Mike and congratulated him again. They had won all there game to date, they only had like three more. Luckily I didn't see Ella or Byron, I still felt bad for what happened with Ella.
"Hey you ready to go?" I ask
"Yeah but I have a friend who wants to meet you… Is that okay?" Mike asks
"Sure." I say
"Hey Ben come here!" Mike yells over to a kid his age, than I see Noel with him.
"Noel, what are you doing here?" I ask shocked
"Well I'm on the team, nice to see you again Aria." Noel says
"Ar this is Ben, Ben this is my sister Aria or Lucy, whatever you want to call her." Mike introduces us.
"It's so nice to meet you I'm a huge fan, how do you know Noel?" He asks
"Well besides the fact we dated…" Noel says
"Well thank you, and we don't need your input, I already had a run with another ex-boyfriend today." I say
"With who?" Ezra speaks up
"Chis, but I will tell you about it later. Mike you ready to head out, we still need to swing by my parents' house."
"Yeah, by Ben, Noel I'll see you guys tomorrow." Mike says
Man it had been a long day, I was so ready for bed. As soon as I got home I went straight to bed, I have work early in the morning.
Hope you guys liked it, thanks for reading!-XOXO Lizzie
FunFact: I only have one animal and his name is Kip, he's a border collie.