Leon just smiled and kissed her sweetly. She buttoned her jeans and grabbed her hoodie putting it on as they walked out of the room. They made the appointment for next month and left. As they waited for the elevator Jaylyn started crying again. Leon pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her. Jaylyn wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face in the curve of his neck. He held her tightly scared to let her go. He didn't ask what was wrong because he knew she was scared. Leon drove down the highway as fast as he could. Dangerously cutting off cars.
When the elevator opened he looked up and slowly walked him and Jaylyn in. She let him lead her so she walked backwards because she didn't want to leave his arms. Leon leaned against the wall still holding Jaylyn against him. He noticed some of the older people throwing bad looks at her. She looked a lot younger then she was and just came off the maternity floor. He knew what everyone was thinking. Jaylyn looked about sixteen when she was really nineteen and he looked 24, his age, which didn't look good on them. He just threw daggers at whoever was looking at her in a mean way but she didn't seem to notice and just tightened her hold on Leon.
They had a long way down to the first floor. Jaylyn calmed down and was almost asleep. She was having trouble sleeping because Leon wasn't there. When they got to the first floor they walked to his car hand in hand. He opened her door for her and closed it when she got in. They drove home in a comfortable silence. When they pulled into Jaylyn's driveway they both sat there quietly.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you." said Jaylyn looking at her hands in her lap. "I was scared that you would freak out or something and leave me."
"I would never leave you. I don't know why you would think that." said Leon watching her avoid all contact with him.
"Then this thing with Nicole happened and I made Mia promise not to tell you so please don't be mad at her."
"Move in with me." said Leon without thinking.
"What. . I can't. When I told my parents I was pregnant, they decided to send me to my uncles in Boston." explained Jaylyn looking away from him completely letting the tears fall down her cheeks.
"That's why you need to move in with me. I'm not having someone else take care of you and my baby. You're not moving across the fucking country." shouted Leon not seeing when the problem was.
"If I move in with you my parents will disown me Leon. They are all I have right now." said Jaylyn calmly.
"You have me. What about Mia. . Vince. . Dom everyone else. You have all of us. What am I suppose to do knowing I have a child clear across the country that I'll never be able to see. My child is not growing up without a father." shouted Leon.
"I'm sorry. You can see the baby. You can come visit us in Boston. . Well the baby or when I come to visit my parents." she said.
"So it's that easy to leave me and take my only child with you." said Leon to calmly.
"I'm sorry. . But my parents want me to go to Boston so the baby can have a better life." said Jaylyn hiding her tears as she got out the car.
Leon peeled out of the driveway and headed the opposite way of his house. Jaylyn went inside crying and this time she couldn't stop.
"How can she do this to me." he shouted at himself. "She knows how much a family means to me. How is she just going to take my only child away from me."
Leon's mind and attention were elsewhere as he beat into his steering wheel. He didn't even notice the car in front of him hit his breaks until it was to late.
