Chapter 3
Hey Guys sorry its been so long! I've had writers block and a ton of stuff to do! PLEASE R AND R!
Gracie came home and smiled at Dominic when he opened the door. His eyes lit up and he took Little Mia from her and closed the door behind them.
"So did you figure it out?" he asked with a smile on his face.
"Sure did!" Gracie said smiling back at him. He hugged her trying not to squish Little Mia in the process.
"Alright sweetie I'll be back, I'm going to take a shower." Gracie said and headed up the stairs.
When she got to the bathroom she shut the door and slumped against it. She started sobbing. The silent sobs where you can barely breathe and your head hurts so hard you can hardly think. Gracie stood up and looked in the mirror at her youthful face, she couldn't believe what was going on. She was barely 18 and was getting married in a week to a man 10 years older than her. Gracie had a little girl and she was his, for a while she thought she might not be, but when she looked into Little Mia's eyes she saw Dominic and that was the only confirmation she needed. She had fooled around on Dom a few times with a guy her own age not long before she had gotten pregnant, Dominic and the others had no idea, and she wanted to keep it that way.
When she was 15 she thought she was in love with Dominic, and now that she was older she wasn't sure whether she still loved him and if she ever even did. Gracie didn't know whether or not the old feeling she had for him had been just puppy love, and she wasn't even sure what she felt for Dominic now. She was confused and everything was happening so fast. She couldn't believe that a week later she was going to be tied to him for the rest of her life, she didn't know if she wanted that. God Little Mia made her happier than anything else in the world, but she knew that she loved Little Mia, there was no question. Gracie would give up her life for her daughter. Gracie just didn't know if she wanted to be unhappy with Dominic and then divorce him, she didn't want Little Mia to have to grow up with fighting parents if she didn't have to.
After her revelation in the bathroom, Gracie knew what she had to do.
At three that morning, Gracie got up before Dominic even stirred. She grabbed her suitcase which she had packed earlier and hidden along with a smaller one for Little Mia. Gracie crept to her daughter room and gently woke her up.
"Come on sweetie." Gracie said lifting her daughter from her bed and going downstairs.
"Mommy where are we going?" Little Mia asked sleepily. Her mother didn't answer.
Gracie quitley started to write a note with one hand while she held Mia with the other in the kitchen. Suddenly the light turned on.
"Baby what's going on?" Dominic asked Gracie as he appeared in the kitchen doorway.
"Dominic I'm leaving for a while." She said giving up the note, she wouldn't need it now.
"What do you mean your leaving?!" Dominic asked getting scared. He needed her what was she talking about? He loved her more than anything and had been nothing but good to her!
"I mean me and Little Mia are going away for a while, I need to think Dominic." Gracie said not looking at him.
"Mommy why are we leaving? Is daddy coming?" Mia asked her starting to cry.
"We're going on a little trip sweetie, but daddy isn't coming with us." Gracie told her daughter.
"Please Gracie, Oh my God don't take my little girl away from me!" Dominic pleaded with her holding back tears.
"Dominic I don't know if I'm ready for everything that's happening right now and I just need to get away and think ok? Please don't make this any harder than it is..."Gracie trailed off before Dominic cut in.
"This is hard on you?! Gracie, I love you and I want to be with you forever, we have baby and your taking her away from me too! You two are my life! Please don't leave me and please don't take my daughter!" Dominic said breaking down into tears.
"This is for the best right now!" Gracie said opening the kitchen door and running out into the rain which had just started to fall.
"Gracie! Please! Don't do this!" Dominic yelled running after her.
Gracie opened her car door as Little Mia started to scream.
"Daddy come with us! Daddy please! Mommy stop it let daddy come!" Little Mia begged her mother.
Gracie put Mia in her carseat and closed the back door and got in and drove away.
By this time the rest of the house had stirred. Letty, Mia, Vince, Leon and Jesse all ran outside.
"What's going on? And where are Gracie and Little Mia going?!" Jesse asked Dominic.
He was speechless and he couldn't answer for a minute. Everyone just stared at each other as they tried fruitlessly to piece together what had just happened.
"She's leaving me, and she took away my daughter." Dominic said finally sullenly. By this time he was on his knees in the mud staring at Gracie's parking space in their driveway.
"I don't understand Dominic, what the hell is going on?" Vince asked as Dominic walked back into the house ignoring his question. They all followed him.
Dominic picked up the note that Gracie had started to write.
"Dominic I'm really sorry about this. I don't think I'm ready to marry you just yet, I don't even know if I love you. I cant marry someone that I don't love and be miserable, it would be terrible for Little Mia to go through and I don't want my daughter to be anything less than happy. I'm sorry please try to understand. Know that Little Mia loves you more than anything in the world, and I'm so grateful that you and I had her, I would never change that for the world."
Gracie.
Dominic crumpled up the note and through it aimlessly towards the wastebasket, not even realizing that he missed. He went upstairs to his room as the other behind him read the note.
Dominic sank into his bed and felt the warmth of the spot where Gracie had been only minutes ago. He couldn't believe everything that had just happened and he started to drift to sleep when there was a knock on the door. He got up and opened it finding his sister and his best friends on the other side.
"Dominic we're really sorry..." Letty said not looking at him.
"I know you guys...I just need to be alone right now, maybe longer than right now." Dominic said looking into Letty's eyes.
"Alright dawg, just know that we're here for you and we love you man." Leon said to him.
Dominic nodded and close the door. He sunk back into the bed and flipped onto his stomach.
"Little Mia." He said to himself before he fell asleep.
Hey Guys sorry its been so long! I've had writers block and a ton of stuff to do! PLEASE R AND R!
Gracie came home and smiled at Dominic when he opened the door. His eyes lit up and he took Little Mia from her and closed the door behind them.
"So did you figure it out?" he asked with a smile on his face.
"Sure did!" Gracie said smiling back at him. He hugged her trying not to squish Little Mia in the process.
"Alright sweetie I'll be back, I'm going to take a shower." Gracie said and headed up the stairs.
When she got to the bathroom she shut the door and slumped against it. She started sobbing. The silent sobs where you can barely breathe and your head hurts so hard you can hardly think. Gracie stood up and looked in the mirror at her youthful face, she couldn't believe what was going on. She was barely 18 and was getting married in a week to a man 10 years older than her. Gracie had a little girl and she was his, for a while she thought she might not be, but when she looked into Little Mia's eyes she saw Dominic and that was the only confirmation she needed. She had fooled around on Dom a few times with a guy her own age not long before she had gotten pregnant, Dominic and the others had no idea, and she wanted to keep it that way.
When she was 15 she thought she was in love with Dominic, and now that she was older she wasn't sure whether she still loved him and if she ever even did. Gracie didn't know whether or not the old feeling she had for him had been just puppy love, and she wasn't even sure what she felt for Dominic now. She was confused and everything was happening so fast. She couldn't believe that a week later she was going to be tied to him for the rest of her life, she didn't know if she wanted that. God Little Mia made her happier than anything else in the world, but she knew that she loved Little Mia, there was no question. Gracie would give up her life for her daughter. Gracie just didn't know if she wanted to be unhappy with Dominic and then divorce him, she didn't want Little Mia to have to grow up with fighting parents if she didn't have to.
After her revelation in the bathroom, Gracie knew what she had to do.
At three that morning, Gracie got up before Dominic even stirred. She grabbed her suitcase which she had packed earlier and hidden along with a smaller one for Little Mia. Gracie crept to her daughter room and gently woke her up.
"Come on sweetie." Gracie said lifting her daughter from her bed and going downstairs.
"Mommy where are we going?" Little Mia asked sleepily. Her mother didn't answer.
Gracie quitley started to write a note with one hand while she held Mia with the other in the kitchen. Suddenly the light turned on.
"Baby what's going on?" Dominic asked Gracie as he appeared in the kitchen doorway.
"Dominic I'm leaving for a while." She said giving up the note, she wouldn't need it now.
"What do you mean your leaving?!" Dominic asked getting scared. He needed her what was she talking about? He loved her more than anything and had been nothing but good to her!
"I mean me and Little Mia are going away for a while, I need to think Dominic." Gracie said not looking at him.
"Mommy why are we leaving? Is daddy coming?" Mia asked her starting to cry.
"We're going on a little trip sweetie, but daddy isn't coming with us." Gracie told her daughter.
"Please Gracie, Oh my God don't take my little girl away from me!" Dominic pleaded with her holding back tears.
"Dominic I don't know if I'm ready for everything that's happening right now and I just need to get away and think ok? Please don't make this any harder than it is..."Gracie trailed off before Dominic cut in.
"This is hard on you?! Gracie, I love you and I want to be with you forever, we have baby and your taking her away from me too! You two are my life! Please don't leave me and please don't take my daughter!" Dominic said breaking down into tears.
"This is for the best right now!" Gracie said opening the kitchen door and running out into the rain which had just started to fall.
"Gracie! Please! Don't do this!" Dominic yelled running after her.
Gracie opened her car door as Little Mia started to scream.
"Daddy come with us! Daddy please! Mommy stop it let daddy come!" Little Mia begged her mother.
Gracie put Mia in her carseat and closed the back door and got in and drove away.
By this time the rest of the house had stirred. Letty, Mia, Vince, Leon and Jesse all ran outside.
"What's going on? And where are Gracie and Little Mia going?!" Jesse asked Dominic.
He was speechless and he couldn't answer for a minute. Everyone just stared at each other as they tried fruitlessly to piece together what had just happened.
"She's leaving me, and she took away my daughter." Dominic said finally sullenly. By this time he was on his knees in the mud staring at Gracie's parking space in their driveway.
"I don't understand Dominic, what the hell is going on?" Vince asked as Dominic walked back into the house ignoring his question. They all followed him.
Dominic picked up the note that Gracie had started to write.
"Dominic I'm really sorry about this. I don't think I'm ready to marry you just yet, I don't even know if I love you. I cant marry someone that I don't love and be miserable, it would be terrible for Little Mia to go through and I don't want my daughter to be anything less than happy. I'm sorry please try to understand. Know that Little Mia loves you more than anything in the world, and I'm so grateful that you and I had her, I would never change that for the world."
Gracie.
Dominic crumpled up the note and through it aimlessly towards the wastebasket, not even realizing that he missed. He went upstairs to his room as the other behind him read the note.
Dominic sank into his bed and felt the warmth of the spot where Gracie had been only minutes ago. He couldn't believe everything that had just happened and he started to drift to sleep when there was a knock on the door. He got up and opened it finding his sister and his best friends on the other side.
"Dominic we're really sorry..." Letty said not looking at him.
"I know you guys...I just need to be alone right now, maybe longer than right now." Dominic said looking into Letty's eyes.
"Alright dawg, just know that we're here for you and we love you man." Leon said to him.
Dominic nodded and close the door. He sunk back into the bed and flipped onto his stomach.
"Little Mia." He said to himself before he fell asleep.