Chapter 3 -
Haley arrived in Chicago the next morning, she wasn't tried at all, it was new feeling she loved. She knew the first things she had to do were go to an education place and register. She did that first, avoiding trying to find a place, but when she got there she was overjoyed to find out she had enough credits to graduate, the lady at the high school even called the community college in the area and because of her grades, she was accepted. Next she had to find somewhere to stay, even if she had to stay at a church for the next few nights.
Luckily she didn't. She was walking around a pretty nice neighborhood near the college when in front of her, a little boy, no older than two, who shouldn't have strayed that far away from his parentrs tripped over the curb. He immediately began to bawl, she looked for any parents, but fell for the kid immediately so she went to help him.
"Hey sweetie you OK?" She asked him as she helped him up. "Oh looks like you got an owwie. Let me see I might have a bandaid for you." She looked in her purse, first pulled out some vaseline she carried with her originally for Ryan, but she kept it with her anyway, put it on the scrape and pulled out a bandiad, it was even blue. The little boy liked it.
"Henry." A lady called as she ran really fast toward them. "Oh thank you miss, I am having such a hard time keeping an eye on both of them." She said nodding toward a little girl about five.
Haley noticed that this girl was barely older than her, she was maybe twenty two if even that. "Yeah no problem he tripped so I helped him up, I put some vaseline on the scrape, but it might still have something in it, I'd probably wash it out."
"Do you have kids?" The lady asked casually think Haley was so young.
"I used to." She said. The lady thought that she had lost her children in a tragedy, so she let it go. "I haven't seen you around before, you looking for an address?"
"43 Edworthy Street, I need a place." Haley said.
"Well you're in luck that is my house you want to downstairs suite?"
"Hey, wow what a conincidence."
"Yeah and even without questioning you I know you are the kind of person I want staying there, I want to feel safe with the kids, it just being us, I wanted a woman with us, so if you can offer the money, then I can give you a place."
"I don't have the full five hundred, I only have four fifty, I needed the rest for school." She said. "but I promise as soon as I get a job I will pay you it with interest." Haley said hopefully.
"Well you're lucky I like you, that will do." She said happily. "I'm Helen by the way, my son is heenry as you probably heard, and this is Hilary."
"Hi I'm Haley."
"Oh another H in teh house, none of us will manage." Helen laughed.
They went back to her house Haley loved the suite it was really nice. She was happy she was finally starting her new happy life.
Nathan on the other hand was far from happy, he was overwhelmed with everything, university was hard from the start, now he had to do it with a baby, it was really hard, thank god for his mother.
He got home one friday two weeks after he had originally gotten Ryan. His mom was sitting at the table she looked upset, his dad was standing by the counter, he looked determined, Nathan was worried.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"Your mother and I were talking-"
"Don't you dare bring me into this Dan, this is all you." Deb cut him off.
"Fine, I was thinking and I decided that having a baby here is not what we need right now."
"What do you want me to do?" Nathan said worried, "I can't just get rid of him." Not sure if he meant it as he didn't want to or he just couldn't.
"Well that's the problem, we have decided that you will have to move out." Dan said, Nathan was horrified. "I will pay for everything for you, you won't need to pay a thing, just focus on school. That's what you need, I've found some places that are child friendly and are nice I will let you choose what you want, but you can't stay here anymore."
"I don't want your money dad, I don't want anything from you, I will find a place myself, and you can go screw yourself."
"Nathan! You have to think of Ryan, you need money, you can't possibly work through school, raising him and making money you can't." Deb said.
"People have done it before, in fact Karen did it before, I can do it too." He said that mainly to get his dad even more angry. "I won't take handouts, I'm better than that. I will leave immediately after I find a place.
He began to search for places that night, with Ryan on his knee rocking him, he searched through the paper. Nathan figured he could use all the money people had given him over the years, before he had no reason to spend it since he had gotten everything from his family, he calculated some numbers and found out that if he got this one place, he could use the money he had in his savings for over a year before he really needed to worry about money, so for the next little while he coulkd work short hours.
He called the guy who owned the place, it was in pretty small but it was in good shape, and cheap. The guy even offered to sell it to him. "How much?" Nathan asked.
"Not much." he said.
"How much, I'm limited." Nathan asked.
"Twenty five thousand." The man said.
Nathan knew this would be better, but at the same time, he only had ten thousand. which in all fairness was really good for a guy who had never worked a day in his life.
He went to see his mom. "hey mom, OK I know that I said I wouldn't take his money, but this one guy would sell me a house for twenty five grand, but I only have ten grand from birthdays and christmas over the years."
"Don't even ask, I will help, it will be my money, not your fathers, my dad gave me twenty five thousand the day I got married and I've never spent it, he said it was for me and you, and I'm going to give it all to you, as a gift from me and my dad of course so you won't be paying it back, and you can use the extra to keep up with bills. And if you ever need money, come to me."
"Thanks mom. I apprechiate it. From both of us even though he doesn;t understand." Nathan said.
He went back to his room, and called the guy back.
"Great, when can you move in?"
"As soon as you want me to." Nathan said.
"Great, see you tomorrow for finalizations, and if you want to, go ahead, move in tomorrow." The man said.
'This is what I've been reduced to,' Nathan thought as he stripped down to his boxers for bed. 'Buying my own house with my moms money for my baby and me, what the hell happened to my life. This isn't me, I want everything I had back.' He slipped into bed and was near tears before he got to sleep, but he wouldn't let himself cry, he wasn't weak, he could show his dad.
Haley arrived in Chicago the next morning, she wasn't tried at all, it was new feeling she loved. She knew the first things she had to do were go to an education place and register. She did that first, avoiding trying to find a place, but when she got there she was overjoyed to find out she had enough credits to graduate, the lady at the high school even called the community college in the area and because of her grades, she was accepted. Next she had to find somewhere to stay, even if she had to stay at a church for the next few nights.
Luckily she didn't. She was walking around a pretty nice neighborhood near the college when in front of her, a little boy, no older than two, who shouldn't have strayed that far away from his parentrs tripped over the curb. He immediately began to bawl, she looked for any parents, but fell for the kid immediately so she went to help him.
"Hey sweetie you OK?" She asked him as she helped him up. "Oh looks like you got an owwie. Let me see I might have a bandaid for you." She looked in her purse, first pulled out some vaseline she carried with her originally for Ryan, but she kept it with her anyway, put it on the scrape and pulled out a bandiad, it was even blue. The little boy liked it.
"Henry." A lady called as she ran really fast toward them. "Oh thank you miss, I am having such a hard time keeping an eye on both of them." She said nodding toward a little girl about five.
Haley noticed that this girl was barely older than her, she was maybe twenty two if even that. "Yeah no problem he tripped so I helped him up, I put some vaseline on the scrape, but it might still have something in it, I'd probably wash it out."
"Do you have kids?" The lady asked casually think Haley was so young.
"I used to." She said. The lady thought that she had lost her children in a tragedy, so she let it go. "I haven't seen you around before, you looking for an address?"
"43 Edworthy Street, I need a place." Haley said.
"Well you're in luck that is my house you want to downstairs suite?"
"Hey, wow what a conincidence."
"Yeah and even without questioning you I know you are the kind of person I want staying there, I want to feel safe with the kids, it just being us, I wanted a woman with us, so if you can offer the money, then I can give you a place."
"I don't have the full five hundred, I only have four fifty, I needed the rest for school." She said. "but I promise as soon as I get a job I will pay you it with interest." Haley said hopefully.
"Well you're lucky I like you, that will do." She said happily. "I'm Helen by the way, my son is heenry as you probably heard, and this is Hilary."
"Hi I'm Haley."
"Oh another H in teh house, none of us will manage." Helen laughed.
They went back to her house Haley loved the suite it was really nice. She was happy she was finally starting her new happy life.
Nathan on the other hand was far from happy, he was overwhelmed with everything, university was hard from the start, now he had to do it with a baby, it was really hard, thank god for his mother.
He got home one friday two weeks after he had originally gotten Ryan. His mom was sitting at the table she looked upset, his dad was standing by the counter, he looked determined, Nathan was worried.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"Your mother and I were talking-"
"Don't you dare bring me into this Dan, this is all you." Deb cut him off.
"Fine, I was thinking and I decided that having a baby here is not what we need right now."
"What do you want me to do?" Nathan said worried, "I can't just get rid of him." Not sure if he meant it as he didn't want to or he just couldn't.
"Well that's the problem, we have decided that you will have to move out." Dan said, Nathan was horrified. "I will pay for everything for you, you won't need to pay a thing, just focus on school. That's what you need, I've found some places that are child friendly and are nice I will let you choose what you want, but you can't stay here anymore."
"I don't want your money dad, I don't want anything from you, I will find a place myself, and you can go screw yourself."
"Nathan! You have to think of Ryan, you need money, you can't possibly work through school, raising him and making money you can't." Deb said.
"People have done it before, in fact Karen did it before, I can do it too." He said that mainly to get his dad even more angry. "I won't take handouts, I'm better than that. I will leave immediately after I find a place.
He began to search for places that night, with Ryan on his knee rocking him, he searched through the paper. Nathan figured he could use all the money people had given him over the years, before he had no reason to spend it since he had gotten everything from his family, he calculated some numbers and found out that if he got this one place, he could use the money he had in his savings for over a year before he really needed to worry about money, so for the next little while he coulkd work short hours.
He called the guy who owned the place, it was in pretty small but it was in good shape, and cheap. The guy even offered to sell it to him. "How much?" Nathan asked.
"Not much." he said.
"How much, I'm limited." Nathan asked.
"Twenty five thousand." The man said.
Nathan knew this would be better, but at the same time, he only had ten thousand. which in all fairness was really good for a guy who had never worked a day in his life.
He went to see his mom. "hey mom, OK I know that I said I wouldn't take his money, but this one guy would sell me a house for twenty five grand, but I only have ten grand from birthdays and christmas over the years."
"Don't even ask, I will help, it will be my money, not your fathers, my dad gave me twenty five thousand the day I got married and I've never spent it, he said it was for me and you, and I'm going to give it all to you, as a gift from me and my dad of course so you won't be paying it back, and you can use the extra to keep up with bills. And if you ever need money, come to me."
"Thanks mom. I apprechiate it. From both of us even though he doesn;t understand." Nathan said.
He went back to his room, and called the guy back.
"Great, when can you move in?"
"As soon as you want me to." Nathan said.
"Great, see you tomorrow for finalizations, and if you want to, go ahead, move in tomorrow." The man said.
'This is what I've been reduced to,' Nathan thought as he stripped down to his boxers for bed. 'Buying my own house with my moms money for my baby and me, what the hell happened to my life. This isn't me, I want everything I had back.' He slipped into bed and was near tears before he got to sleep, but he wouldn't let himself cry, he wasn't weak, he could show his dad.