Maya's POV

I walked out of my room. My mom and dad were fighting again last night and I heard daddy leave again. He still isn't home. I saw mommy crying.

"Where's daddy?" I asked her.

She wiped her face.

"I don't know, Baby Girl," she said.

"He's coming home, right?" I asked.

"I don't know," she said.

I got confused.

"How do you not know?"

"I'm sure he'll be back tonight."

Katy's POV

I didn't have the heart to tell her that I didn't think he was coming back this time. I made her breakfast, and she left for the Matthews' while I got ready for work.

A few days later

Maya's POV

Dad's still not home. Mom dropped me off at Riley's and I sat with Riley on the couch. It turned out that Riley's little brother or sister is coming today. They asked Mrs. Svorski to watch us so they could go to the hospital. Riley kept complaining about them having the baby.

"You're going be a big sister, Riley," I told her.

"Why do things have to change?" She asked me. "Why do I have to share my parents?"

"You're gonna have a little brother or sister, Riley," I said, wanting to cry. "Your family loves each other. You're very lucky." I hugged my legs. I don't think that my daddy's coming home.

"What's the matter, Maya?" She asked me.

"We don't know where my daddy is," I said.

"Oh," she said.

"They fight a lot, Riley," I said. "And I think he's not coming back."

"I'm sorry, Maya," she said. She hugged me, and I started crying. This was the first time I ever cried in front of her.

Mrs. Svorski came in.

"Hello ladies," she said. "I brought you some treats." She saw me crying. "Oh, dear."

I wiped my face.

"Can I have one?" I asked.

"Of course," she said. She handed one to me. "Are you alright, dear?"

I nodded. I did my best to be good that day. Riley's dad called a while later and asked her to take us to the hospital.

I saw her little brother wrapped in a blanket. They let me hold him after Riley.

"What's his name?"

"Well, we were thinking you two could help us out with that," Riley's mommy said.

"Any ideas," her daddy asked.

I looked around, trying to think. I saw a calendar, turned to August.

"What about August?" I asked. Then I looked down, thinking it was stupid.

"August Matthews," Riley's mommy said. "It's perfect."

"Yeah, I like it too," her daddy said. "What do you think, Riley?"

"Can we call him Auggie?" She asked.

"Sure," her daddy said.

"Good choice, Maya," Riley's mom said. I looked up and smiled.