SUMMARY...
Amber and Gray have been neighbors through childhood and college. When her son meets a man and his son, that is close to his age moving into their building. Her son starts getting along with the other boy soon after. They have know idea that they are living in the same apartment complex. When they do meet after a couple of months, she cant tell him she bared his child 12 years ago from drunken one night stand at the end of their first year of College. When she woke up the next morning, she is mortified at what she had done and quickly leaves, doesn't go back to her education in Magnolia. Instead runs away to Clover town to where her twin brothers moved to after attending Schooling. Years, later she returns back home and opens up a flower business.
She doesn't come home alone, her ex boyfriend and step father to Josh tags along with his partner Rouge. Sting wanted to follow Amber to her home town. He didn't want a distance relationship with Josh or her, and has overseen to Amber's well being when she has her anxiety attacks.
Since from a young age she has been in love with him, but hidden her feelings. Amber is slightly heavier then most women and is self conscious of her body. She gets bad anxiety attacks of the way she thinks of herself or if someone talks or looks at her differently. Her life growing up wasn't always so wonderful with her parents always fighting and the abuse she gotten from her mother, because she never wanted more children and she blames Amber for not pursuing her music career. They ended up divorcing and the children stay with there dad. When the days got so bad at her house, she would sneak away to go over to Gray's at night and crawl into his bed. Unless it was occupied by a other girl.
Gray doesn't concern himself with outside appearance of women. He finds what is in the inside that counts. When he sees Amber again, the feelings he had for her reassurance. He couldn't tell her because she saw him as a playboy surround by women. They were always so close growing up and could tell each other anything. Gray couldn't help her in dealing with her mother, but allowed her to come to him when needed too.
Now that they have reunited again. Will Gray show her that is she beautiful no matter the size of her body. Be able to help with the abuse she still receives from her mother. Will she be able to tell him he has a son, if he doesn't figure it out first. Also, not be so scared to be loved and feel love.
When the boys find out they know each other, they make a pack to get there parents together. Josh has always wanted to see his mom happy and Shawn wants a mother since his is no longer alive. How can they push the two together not knowing that there is a secret attraction between them.
NOW THE STORY
A young boy was running down the street after being let out of school. He was in a rush to get home to play his newest game on his ps4. His father Sting bought him the game system and his partner gave him the game. His mother wasn't to happy thinking that he will spend way to much time playing on it instead of doing other things. So far he has listen to his mother about doing his chores and keeping up with his homework.
He looks at his watch that he gotten for his birthday this year. "I have to hurry, can't wait to play my game. I can stay up late tonight since it is a Friday."
Josh was growing like a weed, like his mother has told him. He had her hair color, eyes and smile. She had said, that his body frame is like his dad's. Josh has always wanted to know who he was, but she would never tell him.
He was turning the corner to run into his apartment complex when he bumped into a other kid. The box he was holding landed on the ground. "Hey watch it." "Sorry, I am in a hurry."
Josh stands up to brushes the dirt off his pants. "I have to get home."
He looks down and see a younger boy who had raven blue black hair and brown eyes. "Want a hand to get up."
The other kid reaches for his hand and Josh helps him up. "What is you name kid."
"Shawn, and you are a kid too."
"Yeah, I know that. How old are ya?"
"I am almost 11." He points his thumb to his chest.
"Cool, I am 12. Are you moving in?" He sees the upturn box on the ground with toys that had fallen out.
"We been unpacking for awhile now. That is my dad over there."
Josh sees a tall man who looks so much like his son. "Dad! Come here."
The man turns his head and sees his son talking to a other boy. He walks on over. "Hey." Waving his hand at them.
"What is up Shawn?"
"This kid is living here too."
"Nice to meet you, My name is Gray and what is your name?" He holds out his hand for him to shake.
"Josh, nice to meet you too."
Gray looks at the boy he had indigo blue hair and green eyes. His smile reminded him of a person he once knew. "You live here alone Josh." He says in a teasing way.
"No, I live with my mom."
"Where is your dad?"
"I have no father. Well I do somewhat have a dad, he has know me since I was a baby."
"Oh, that is fine."
"It is, he treats me like his own son, and so does his partner."
"To have two dad's is great." He gives him smile showing he doesn't mind hearing what he has to say.
"I see them all the time."
Shawn starts to pick up his toys and puts them into the box. Josh puts down his back pack and starts helping too. When everything was put back in. Josh looks to the younger boy. "I can help move you in?"
Gray ruffles his hair. "Thanks that would be very kind of you."
"My mother wouldn't be happy if a simply walked away after causing Shawn to drop his box. I was planing to play my game."
"Game? What kind of game." Shawn was curious to know.
"Got a new game for my ps4. Can't wait to start."
"You have a console, that is awesome."
"Do you want to come up and check it out." Shawn looks up at his dad pleading for answer.
"After we move in ok."
"Ok dad." He beams at being told he could go.
"Josh, you don't mind carrying in some boxes?"
"No sir."
"Call me Gray."
"Can I take my bag up to my room first." He lifts it up to show them.
"Sure, tell your mom where you are."
"I will, We are up on the fourth floor." He shows with his finger the balcony.
"How about that, Josh. We are right below you on third." Gray looks up shielding his eyes with his hand at the brightness of the sun.
"Really? Cool. I'll be back in a few." The boy runs inside the complex and heads up in the elevator.
"What a good boy and you looks like you made a friend already."
"He is 12, dad."
"Only a year apart. Come lets get all this in before it gets dark." He goes to gather a other box to take up.
"Alright."
The door opens wide with it banging on the door stopper. "Mom! I am home."
"You are home in record time."
"I wanted to play my game."
"You have to sweep the kitchen floor first."
"Mom, I can't do that right now, I have to help Shawn."
"Shawn? A friend from school?"
"They are moving into the complex, right below us."
Amber looks out the window. "I didn't even see the moving truck." She sees the boy reaching in the truck to grab for a box.
"I bump into Shawn by accident and cause him to drop his box. I want to help them move."
"What a nice thing to do." She goes over to him and gives him a hug.
"You are the one that taught me to be nice to everyone and take responsibility for my actions."
"Wow, I am shocked to hear that, mostly I get eye rolling from you."
"Can I go and afterwards Shawn comes up here to play."
"As long as it is ok with his parents then I don't mind."
"I didn't see the mom, but he does have a dad."
"Maybe she was inside already unpacking"
He shrugs his shoulders. "I guess, will find out soon. I am leaving my bag in my room." He releases himself from his moms hold on him. Heads to his room to put his bag on his bed.
"Be careful with unloading what they have. You don't want to go breaking something that is precious to them. She stand in bedroom doorway. Making sure he has heard her.
"Mom, I am strong." He flexes his muscles showing off for her and she laughs.
"Do not let a heavy box land on your foot." She looks at his feet and he is wearing his sandals not sneakers. "Should change your shoes."
"Don't need too."
She puts her hand on her hips and gives him the mom look. "You will do as I say or you will not be playing any games tonight with Shawn."
"Moooom."
"Now go over to your closet and take out your runners." She folds her arms waiting for him to do as he is told.
He yanks his closet door open and picks up his shoes and plops down on his bed to put them on. "Thank you listening. It will be much easier on you wearing them."
"Can I go now?"
"Be back for supper." He runs past her out his bedroom door and makes a bee line to the front. "One more thing, Josh." He stops in his tracks. "What?"
"Tell them if they need anything they only need to ask."
"I'll tell them." Then he leaves banging the door close.
She shouts at him. "Josh the door."
She could only make out a sorry then he was gone.
Amber walks to her kitchen to start getting supper ready. "Hope these neighbors are better then the last ones. They were party animals and stay up way to late."
Josh makes it back down to ground level and sees Gray in the truck. "My mom says it's ok. She also says if you guys need anything to go ahead and ask."
"Tell her thank you and I probably take up the kind offer of hers. If you are ready Josh this box is for you. Shawn went up with a other one."
The boy holds out his hands to receive it and Gray gently puts into his arms. "It's not heavy?" "Not at all."
They spent the next hour unloading the truck and piling the boxes into the rooms they were selected for. Both boys were very tried of going down and coming back up and putting the box away. "My feet are killing me." Josh takes off his runners.
"Mine too." Shawn takes off his as well.
Gray hands both boys a drink. "You did very well, thanks for all your hard work."
He then hears Josh's stomach growl. He lifts up his eye brow at him. "Somebody is hungry." Josh felt his cheeks go hot.
"Want to have supper with us Josh, we are ordering in tonight. Having pizza." He shows the flyer for Pizza hut. "Can get chicken too, tell me what you like."
"My mom is making us supper. I have to go up soon to eat it." The food they were having wasn't going to be as good as the look of the pizza on the front of the paper."
"There is always next time now that we are neighbors. Shawn will be going up to your place after he eats."
"Dad, I am getting hungry can we order now." Shawn lays back on the floor putting his arms behind his head.
"I'll make the call. "
"I am going to my place and eat. I'll see you later Shawn." He gets up from the floor and grabs his shoes.
"Thanks for getting our things inside Josh, your mom has a good son." Gray pats him on the back. Josh liked hearing the praise coming from someone he barely met, but he has instantly taken a liking to Gray and Shawn.
Gray goes over to the door to let the boy out of the apartment. "Don't hesitate to ask us for anything as well. I work during the day, best time to come over will be after 3pm."
"I will let my mom know. What is your job?"
"I own a start up company and we produce Ice wine." Josh sees the letters on the boxes and it's from his company that there stuff was put into.
"My mother drinks wine it helps her with her anxiety at times."
"She gets anxiety attacks?"
"Occasionally yes, if the pills she takes doesn't work."
Gray frowns at hearing that. "Make sure she doesn't take them at the same time. I had a friend that suffer through that. It took a long while to bring her down. Haven't seen her in a long time."
"I don't think she does." Josh was starting to worry at the possibility that she could.
"You must not worry yourself of your mother. She is grown up and knows the dangers to mixing things together. What does your mother do? Is her work stressful that makes her drink."
"Nah, she owns a flower shop."
"A place like that should be calming for her."
Josh was now standing in the hallway and slowly making his way to the elevator. "Mom loves flowers she brings them home a lot and grows them on the balcony."
"Maybe I'll be able to smell them from below. Have a good supper. Bye Josh."
Josh waves bye to the son and father standing out in the hall. "Come up when you are ready Shawn."
"I'll bring a slice of pizza to give to you when I do." He gives him thumbs up.
Josh goes into the elevator and heads on up to his floor. Gray and Shawn go back into their apartment. "I'll phone for the food, you Shawn start unpacking your boxes."
"Dad do I really have too. It's been a long day." He starts slouching as he makes his way over to his bedroom.
"The quicker that is done, the sooner you can have Josh or your friends over."
Shawn starts unpacking and his dad makes a order for pizza. He puts in extra pizza for Josh and his mom too. He got the feeling from Josh that whatever he was going to eat, but not turn out good. When he was done on the phone he starts unpacking the kitchen ware. His mind starts to think of a certain person. "I wonder where she is now. Last time I saw her was at that college party, and the next day she was gone"
He puts plates and cups into the cupboards and the sliver ware in the drawers. "For her not to say anything to me or leave a note, letter behind. I was mad at her for very long time. We were friends were we not Amber?"
A half hour later they both sat down to eat and enjoy the pizza and chicken. They were able to eat everything and when they were done. Shawn was already asking to head up to the floor above. "Mind you manners ok. Here take this pizza up to them too."
"But dad Josh would have eaten already."
"He might of just to please his mom. Take it and see what he does with it."
He takes the pizza off the table and starts going to the door. "Be back at 9, that's bed time. You are going to be zonked.
"What if I fall a sleep up there."
"If you can't stay awake any longer come home before you do fall asleep."
Gray gives his son a hug before he goes. "Have fun."
"I will dad, Josh seams ok."
When the door closes on his boy, Gray goes into the living room. "Best to set up the t.v. Need some background noise to help while I unpack."
She looks at he box in her hand and can smell the aroma of the pizza. "Your dad give this to us?"
"He said it's for Josh, if he didn't like the food you made."
Amber turns to the dishes in the sink she had burnt the rice and the fish was under cooked. The veggies where still hard in the pot because she didn't turn on the element. Today wasn't a good day for her. She had attack before closing up her shop and she had to call Sting to come get her. A unruly customer didn't like the flower arrangement that her flower assisted Lucy did up. She ended up doing it herself and had to deal with his attitude. Josh had to settle for cereal for supper. "Here you go Josh. Eat away. Shawn tell your dad thanks."
"So he was right, you didn't make anything good." Shawn smirks knowing his dad was right.
"I can cook on certain nights, but had bad day at work."
Josh puts the box on the table and opens it up. "Are you ok mom?"
"Yes, I had to call Sting."
"Dad was here?"
"He could only drop me off, he had to go pick up Rogue. He will call you over the weekend to make plans for next week." She gets out a plate and grabs some napkins and puts it in front of Josh. Two glasses of milk gets filled up and puts it's on the table as well.
"Here Shawn have a glass of milk while you wait."
"Thanks Josh's mom."
She blushes a little bit and Shawn thought she looked cute. "Forgive me, forgot to say my name. Amber Fernandes. You can call me Amber."
"Can't I call you Josh's mom?" He picks up his milk and takes a drink.
She stands there at the table and think about the question for a min. "I see no problem with it. It's what suits you the most and what your most comfortable in saying."
She smiles down at the two boys. "Enjoy your food, I am going to have my bath." She kisses the top of Josh head and does the same to Shawn. He was taken back at first but then didn't really mind it. She goes into the bathroom to start putting water in the bath.
"Don't be freak out at that Shawn, mom does that to all of my friends."
"It's fine. I kind of miss it. My mom use to do that to me before died."
"You have no mother?" He puts down his slice of pizza and eyes him.
"She got really sick a few years ago. She is in heaven now."
"I am sorry that your mom is gone."
"I miss her, but I still have my dad."
Josh eats a few pieces and leaves the rest for his mom to eat. He knows that she will not eat anything and wait for tomorrow morning. He puts a note on the pizza box and puts it in the fridge. He takes Shawn into his bedroom and starts playing his game and hands him the second controller.
The bubble bath was wonderful and she was enjoying soaking in the tub. She had push play on her stereo to listen to a cd. The bathroom was filled with violin music and it was calming her nerves. "This piece of music is very lovely. Should buy the sheet music and play it in the mornings."
Each morning before Josh goes to school either her or him would pick out what she would play on the violin or piano. Amber has learn at a early age to play both instruments by her her mother. At times her mother was happy with her and other times not so much. She would ridicule her or hit her for being alive. When the days got horrible and frighting she would sneak over to the next door veranda from hers and climb into his bed. There were other times when she would go over there and other girl was sharing his bed. Then her nights would be spent outside on the roof of her house or venture around town. Where she was found the next day by Gray or one of her brothers.
She brushes a tears from her eyes. Those days were traumatizing for her and caused her to have doubts by the way she looks. She looks at her naked body in the tub. "I am not a size ten and I am not even x1 in clothing. I know I am big for my body."
She pinches the extra fat at her sides. "There were only two guys in my life that took me to bed. One was drunken night that ended with me having Josh, to which Gray does not know about him. I had to many beers that night, I can't believe I can remember it. The other guy was Sting, started dating him when I was in Clover. I was pregnant at the time and then my job brought me back home. Sting came along with me and well things transpire and no longer are together. We remain good friends even finding out he was gay."
The body wash gets poured on to a lufa and she scrubs away on her body. She breaths in the freshness of the minty scent and continues to cleans all the way to her feet. There was a knock on the door as she pulls the plug. "Josh?"
"Shawn says he is going home, he can't keep his eyes open."
"I bet, been a long day for him. Tell him, he is welcome here any time and wish him a good night and also to his dad."
"He is standing right here by the door mom, he can hear you."
"Goodnight Shawn."
"Goodnight Josh's mom." She giggles.
"Josh do you like music?"
"I listen to what dad puts on in the car."
"What about solo play. The sounds from a piano or violin?"
"I prefer the drums."
"Sorry can't play those."
A towel is grab from the rail and she starts drying off her body. "You play the piano and violin?"
"Been playing since I was very young." She puts a robe on and ties the belt. Then combs out her hair.
"My mom plays piece of music in the mornings before I go head off to school. Tomorrow is my turn to pick."
The door opens to the bathroom and she steps out. "If you aren't going to school yet you will be hearing me play."
Shawn yawns and rubs a eye. "Can I pick one day too."
"We will see. Time for you to go to bed. Josh take him down to he doesn't fall asleep in the elevator."
She puts a hand on each of the boys backs and push them down the hallway. Josh leaves with Shawn and they head on down. Amber walks over her piano and touches the keys. "I wonder if they will be ok with hearing my music."
The night ends with Josh saying goodbye to Shawn and his dad. "Josh, how was supper?"
"Mom's day didn't turn out good. The food was either burnt or didn't cook all the way through. Thanks for the pizza it was yummy. I left some for my mom to eat too. She ends up not eating and waits the next day."
"You are welcome and you can come by anytime to see Shawn."
"Mom said the same thing about Shawn visiting."
"Dad, she also gave me a kiss on the forehead." He points the spot on his head.
"She did?"
"Mother does it to any of my friends."
Gray puts a finger to his chin. "Will she give me one."
Josh couldn't speak for second. "I..umm."
"I am kidding. Shawn time for bed. You guys can see each other tomorrow."
They repeat saying there goodbyes again for the night. Josh goes back to his game for a bit more until his mother turns off the light in his bedroom. Gray continues unpacking and Shawn snuggles in his bed for much needed sleep.
The next morning had the Fullbusters being woken up to music coming from upstairs. Gray lays there on his bed listening to the violin being played. "She use to play all the time, despite her mother treating her the way she did. What are you doing now, Amber."
As the days turn into weeks, then two months went by in a blink of a eye. It had each families borrowing things from each other. Josh and Shawn became fast friends. Shawn met Josh's father and partner. Yet both boys parents have yet to met each other. The kids were the go between and asking how the other one was doing. They never saw when one came home or leave. Their schedules were different. Gray would leave for work early and had his son go with Josh to school. If either one of them was late, the boys would go to the parent that was home. One day change all that.
With a dust mop in her hand she was cleaning the floors apartment. Amber took a half day off from work. Gave more responsibility to Lucy, she had her show the ropes to the news member of their team. She hire a guy to work in her store, he seams enthusiastic enough about flowers and wanting to work there. She figure it would draw more attention to the female client tale to bring in some muscle and Natsu fit that bill.
As she was going around the the table mopping. A light in the kitchen went out. "Oh great, do we have any more bulbs."
She calls Josh from his bedroom. "Yes mom?"
"Where is our step ladder? Is it in your room."
"Mom, Rouge asked to take it the last time they were here. He was going to paint their living room."
"Right forgot about that. A light went out in the kitchen and I found a bulb, need a step later to change it out. Do you want to go down to Shawn and ask his dad, if they have one? If not, I'll use a chair."
"Sure mom, I'll go down." He puts down his controller and runs out the door.
She goes back into the kitchen and looks up at the ceiling. "Maybe I can just use the chair."
Gray was home early from work as well. He was looking for a bigger building to operate the company business. Everything was going well enough and business was booming. His investors was happy with his progress. If things kept going the way they are now. He would be able to pay pack the investors money and the company will be his own.
The knock at the door had him walking over and opening it up. "Hey Josh, Shawn is in his room."
"Actually I am here because mom needs something."
"What is it this time, sugar, flower?"
"Step ladder? She is changing a bulb."
"We do have one, but I am sure I am tall enough to change it for her."
They hear scraping going across the floor above them. They both look up. "Mom said, if you didn't have one she would use a chair." Shawn comes out of his room to hear the noise and sees Josh standing at the door.
"She didn't even wait to see if I had one."
"Mom, can't wait for things to get done. Right now she is cleaning the apartment"
"Come on, let go and see if I can help her. Before she changes the light. They all start head up to the next floor. This would be Gray's first time going up and meeting Josh's mom. He was kind of looking forward seeing her for the first time.
Then they hear scream and a thud and had all of them running into the elevator. "Mom!"
Josh is the first one out of the elevator and runs to opened the door for them to enter. "Mom! are you ok?!
"I am on the floor by the dishwasher."
Gray hears her voice before he enters the apartment. His feet move quicker before he even tells his brain to move faster. When he goes inside he sees Josh bending over trying to help her.
"Shawn's dad is here to change the bulb for you."
"That isn't necessary now since I came crushing down off the chair. I have taken out the old one. I managed to put in the replacement bulb into the socket. Josh had looks up to see that she was able to succeed in the task.
"Amber, you should of stayed off that chair and waited for me." The words came out of his mouth as he saw his childhood friend, neighbor and someone that means a lot to him, to the point he had feelings for her at one time.
Like a slow action scene in a movie a tall raven hair man rounds the island and comes towards her. She heard his voice and slowly moved her head to see him. Her breathing quicken as he stood looming over her. He was there for her in her darkness of days and a person she had fallen in love with.
"Gray!" She puts a hand on her chest, as an anxiety attack was coming on. It's in theses unexpected occurrence that she can't control her attacks.
"Mom, are you ok." She tries to catch her breath. To be able to get out words.
"Josh my pills."
"Amber you don't need them." He kneels down beside her and she was right into a full fledged attack.
"They have gotten worse."
Her son goes to the cupboard and takes out the pills and grabs some water. He quickly moves to bring them over. With concern in his voice he hands them to his mother. "Here you go. Take them."
Both pills goes into her mouth and gulps down the water. "I will be fine Josh." She pats his hand and sees Shawn with the same expression. "Same goes for you Shawn."
"Yes Josh's mom."
"Can you stand? I'll move you over to the couch." Gray puts a arm around her waist and helps her up. He begins to walk her over to the couch and she starts limping. The pain was intense when she walks on it.
"My ankle." He goes to put his other arm behind her legs to lift her up.
"Gray don't hurt yourself."
"Amber I have carried you before."
"Please no." He stops and looks at her. Her eyes were huge from the anxiety attack. He bends and lifts her up anyways.
"You need to calm down. I remember how long it takes you to settle."
He puts her down on the couch and takes a look at her foot. He removes her sock and can tell right away that her ankle was swollen. "You have twisted it." He very gently puts her foot on the near by stool. "Need to ice it."
He was about to go over to kitchen to grab some when two other males come in the entryway. "Why is the front door open?"
Josh goes running over. "Dad, mom fell off the chair and is having an anxiety attack." Sting puts down the bag he had in his hands onto the table. Heads to the couch to see her, with Rouge coming up behind him. He sits down on the couch beside her.
"Why did you fell of the chair?" He wraps a arm around her. Sting eyes Gray wondering who he is.
"I can explain, name is Gray this is Shawn. Josh here told us that she needed a step ladder, for changing a light bulb. We were on our way up when we heard her moving a chair across the floor. We heard a crash and found her on the floor." Gray sits on the other side of her on the couch and takes her head.
Sting wanted to remove this stranger hand from her. Amber didn't seam to mind it. He left it alone for now.
The boys are looking at each other thinking what in the world is going on. That their parents know one other. Josh walks over to his mom, wanting to know if it's true or not.
"Mom, do you know Shawn's dad." She holds up her hand letting him know to give her some time. Sting was rubbing her arms wanting to hear the answer as well. Gray can't believe that she was here in front of him after all these years.
"Take in those deep breaths it will help you Amber or you can look at me. That used to work too." She turns her head to look at him. He smiles at her. He takes her hand and brings it up to his lips and kisses her palm. Sting this time did rip her hand away from him.
"Don't touch her so casually."
Gray and Sting glare at each and Rouge had to intervene. "Sting find out who he is first before beheading him next. If Amber doesn't mind it, then it should be ok."
After awhile her breathing returns to normal and her heart calms down, the silence in the room was deafening. She then starts to answer Josh question. Gray left her side to get some ice from her freezer to put it on her ankle. "We were neighbors growing up." Josh and Shawn where siting on the floor right in front of her.
"Neighbors?"
"Remember the house that Grandpa use to live in?"
He nods remembering the time she took him to see where she use to live. "Gray and his brother lived next door. In the yellow house, and our verandas were close to one other. There were times I would pop on over to his side."
Shawn puts his hands behind him and crosses his legs. "Why did you go over?"
Gray answers it for her. "Amber didn't get along with her mom very well. She needed a place to hide out for awhile."
"Why would you want to hide from your mother?" He tilts his head to one side.
"My Grandmother sometimes can't be very nice." Gray looks at Josh and back at Amber. He wanted to know if her mom was still undermining her and abusive and hopes that she wasn't like that towards Josh.
"I thought you stopped having contact with her after she left."
"I did, but like a old penny she shown up again. Enough talk about her. Why don't you boys go play a game." They run to Josh room and he shuts his door. He knew the grown ups were going to talk.
Rogue offer his hand to Gray to shake it. "It's nice to meet you. I am Rogue, I am Sting partner and Josh's other dad."
"Gray, as you have heard, I have known Amber since we were small. We are good friends. Didn't know we were living in the same building until now."
Amber nudges Sting in the ribs to make his introductions to him. He didn't want to do it, but did it for her. "Sting, I have known Amber since she was expecting Josh. We dated for awhile and you can probably guess what happen. She is one of our closest friends, we care for her. Even though Josh is not my real son. I treat him like he is my own."
"Nice to meet you as well." He didn't want to say anything more to the blonde, because he had his arms around Amber, still calming her down. He was more then capable of doing that himself if they didn't show up.
She tries to move her foot a little and scrunches up her face. "Ugh...it's really bugging me." The ice pack falls off her ankle.
"Lets get you to Laxus, I believe he is working today." Sting stands up from the couch. She moves to the edge of her seat to stand up. Gray puts a his hand underneath her arm and Sting does the same on the other side.
She looks at the two of them. "I need someone here with Josh." Gray wanted to take her but Sting was already telling Rogue to get the car ready. He takes her hand and smiles at her.
"I'll stay here with the boys. Since I have seen you again, you are going see more of me. We will catch up on other day."
"Thanks Gray. I know Josh will be ok with you." She starts hopping over to the door, takes her purse off the hook.
"I can carry you down?"
"Do not want to hurt you Gray."
"You have not none that to me when I have lifted you up in my arms."
"If she needs to be carried me or Rogue will be right there with her." Sting zooms close to her and gives Gray a look.
"That applies to you two."
Rogue ignores the other two men sending daggers at each other and puts his hand underneath her arm. "We are ready to go, Sting. Are you coming or staying here?"
"I am not going to stay here. We can go." He takes Rogue place in holding her up. Rogue goes to push the button for down.
"See you back here soon, Amber."
"With crutches, this is going to be fourth time." Gray knew of the other times she was hurt and he stuck by her until she was better again.
"I'll fed Josh." She nods her head as the elevator door shut. Gray didn't know what Sting problem was he wasn't going to put up with it. If he feels push, he will push back. "Now to see what is in her fridge that is edible to eat.
With the help of Rogue she gets into the back seat of Sting car. "Who is that guy?" He sits in the passenger and turns his head to look at her.
"Must we talk about it? When I am in pain." Rogue starts driving down the street.
"I want to know Amber. "
She puts her fingers to her temples and takes sigh. "Do not get mad at me."
"Cross my heart."
"He is Josh's father and I just realized his son is his brother. Sting this isn't good, not good at all."