Savi-
Carly and Lizzy helped me with the groceries. Thanksgiving was next week. Getting home, there was a man dressed in a fancy suit.
"This is Savannah Reyes", Aaron said.
The man looked at me and then down at Ava. I looked at Carly.
"Can you take Ava upstairs please", I said.
She nodded. Ava followed Carly and Lizzy.
"Can I help you?", I asked.
"These are for you", he said, handing me a file.
I put the bags I had down and opened the file. It was from Eric, he was asking for full custody of Ava.
"All you need to do is sign there and I'll take her", he said.
"Are you fucking kidding me", I said.
"I'm just the messenger", this guy said.
"Now after all this time", I said to myself.
"You need to sign the bottom, if you don't this it will go to court", the guy said.
"Then I'm letting it go to court", I said, handing him the papers.
I walked off. The guy tried to follow me, but Aaron and another security guy stopped him.
"If you try to follow her, we have a right to call the cops. These are private apartments", I heard Aaron say.
"You won't win Savannah", the guy yelled over Aaron and the security guard.
I got upstairs and took a deep breath. Ava was with Carly making dinner. Lizzy came over to me.
"Who was that?", she asked.
I started crying. She hugged me.
"You have to calm down, stress isn't good for the baby", she said.
She took me to my room and closed the door.
"Eric wants custody of Ava. He thought I would just sign the papers and hand her over like nothing, he's fucking crazy if he thinks I'm letting him near her", I yelled.
"You have to call Seth or Dean or Roman. Someone who can help you", she said.
"No, I can do this on my own", I said.
"Savi, your barely getting by as it is. Your rent is past due, your lucky the manger is giving you by the end of this month to move out and you still have no where to live", she said.
I stopped her.
"I'll get another job if I have too", I said.
"Your pregnant, you can't get another job Savi", she said.
"I'm not asking him for help", I said.
"He loves Ava and if he can help then why not", she said.
"Because I can't see him, I just started to move on", I said.
"You will never move on, you love him", she said.
Roman-
Dean and I got to San Diego, heading to Lizzy's apartment. Lizzy and Carly had said they needed to talk to us about something.
"Did they say what it was about?", I asked Dean.
"Just that it was about Savi", he said.
I nodded, getting to her apartment we went up. She opened the door and Carly was sitting at the kitchen table. Dean went over to her and kissed her. I kissed Lizzy.
"So", I said.
"Eric asked for custody of Ava", Carly said.
"What", Dean said angry.
"He thought Savi would just sign over her rights and that he could just take her, but she didn't sign them", Lizzy said.
"So what does this mean now?", I asked.
"It means they are going to go to court and fight it out, but Savi can't afford it and I tried talking her into asking Seth but she's so stubborn", Lizzy said.
"We can help", Dean said.
Carly shook her head.
"We tried she doesn't want our help either", she said.
"We have to help her. Its not just the custody thing, her rent is past due and she needs to find another place to live", Lizzy said.
"I'm gonna call Seth", Dean said.
He got up and tried calling him.
"He has his phone off", he said.
"The wicked witch probably has him doing something", I said.
"How is that going for him?", Lizzy asked.
"He doesn't talk to us much. He's really been depressed, he misses Savannah and Ava", I said.
"She misses him too. She might not admit it but she does, Ava too", Carly said.
"Who picks up Ava from school?", Dean asked.
"Savi", Lizzy said.
His shoulders fell.
"I want to see her but I don't want Savi to tell us to go away", Dean said.
"Maybe you can see her from a distance", Carly said.
"That's better than nothing", Dean said excited.
The next day, Lizzy let us know Savi was going to pick up Ava. We sat in our car and watched as Savi walked into the school, something a little different about her but not being able to put my finger on it.
"There she is", Dean said excited.
"Is it me or did she get taller", I said.
"Yeah, fuck I can't do this Rome. I miss my munchkin", Dean said.
"I miss them too", I said.
"Savi better let us back into their lives soon", he said.
"We can ask again, maybe she'll change her mind about letting us see Ava", I said.
Dean leaned back into his seat.
"At least she's using the car", he said.
I nodded. My phone rang, Seth's name popping up.
"Hey man I got your text about Savi and her apartment. Its paid and their gonna take the rent from my account every month", he said.
"Savi isn't going to like that", I said.
"As much as I hate it, I had TK put his name on it. So if she askes who paid its gonna say TK", he said.
"There's also something else, I didn't want to send it in a text", I said.
"Hold on Rome", Seth said.
Silence. I heard mumbling and then him sigh.
"I have to go Roman, but I'll talk to you soon", he said.
He didn't sound like himself.
"Ok man", I said.
Savi-
Getting home, TK was in the lobby waiting.
"Hey", I said.
"Wow, your, your pregnant", he said.
I looked down and you could see it a little. I put my hand over my barely visible bump.
"Yeah, two months", I said.
"Congrats, I'm sure Seth was happy", he said.
"If only he knew", I said.
"Hey Savannah", Aaron said.
"Yeah", I said.
He handed me an envelope.
"Wait these say paid, I didn't", he stopped me.
"No he did", he pointed to TK.
I looked at TK and waited for him to say something.
"It wasn't me Savi, it was a friend and now you don't have to leave your apartment. Please accept this", he said.
"TK", I sighed.
"You want to keep Ava from Eric, then take this and keep her safe", he said.
"Who's the friend?", I asked.
"That I can't tell you, just know this friend is doing it out of the goodness of his heart", he said.
We went towards the elevator. All three of us getting on.
"So you haven't told Seth", he said, pointing to my bump.
"Nope", I said.
"Savi, is that such a good idea? He should know", he said.
"Please not you too. Can someone just please be on my side for once and understand that I don't want him to know", I said, almost in tears.
He nodded.
"I can be that friend, I'm on your side", he said smiling.
"Thank you", I said.
"Mommy are you ok?", Ava asked.
"Yes baby", I said.
Getting inside, Ava went to turn the tv on. I sat down at the table with TK.
"So whats up?", I asked him.
"Just wanted to stop by and say hello, also see Ava", he said.
"I should have listened to you", I said.
"About?", he asked.
"When you said I hope you made the right choice. I should have picked you", I said.
He shook his head.
"You did make the right choice. Colby loves you and he loves Ava. Whatever he did forgive him and ask him to come home, you need him right now", he said.
"I can't do that", I said softly.
"Why not?", he asked.
"He's having a baby with his fiancée", I said.
TK sighed.