A/N: hello! Thanks to everyone who still loves me after that last chapter…hopefully this one will be better.
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We have skipped ahead like…8 months. I refuse to write pregnancy chapters. They're all the same,
and boring and annoying. So I'm just not going to bother.
Ok, I originally had all this revealed in the chapter, but it didn't really fit. So here's the 4-1-1: Wilson and Tawnya didn't get married, their parents wanted them to, but she wouldn't do it. However, they do live together. Our little Billy was born a few weeks before this, and Tawnya didn't die…. yet! muah ha ha!!!
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Wilson stepped out of the small apartment and quietly shut the door behind him. He looked over the railing to see the pool in the middle of the complex. It was green and full of leaves; tiny drops of rain were falling into it causing small ripples.
That's what his life was now like, a ripple effect. One tiny thing just got bigger and bigger, and he felt like he was out of control. He put the key in the old black car that he had gotten from his mom.
His windshield wipers were squeaking as he pulled into the parking lot. He didn't even remember driving there, his mind was somewhere else.
He entered the store, and brushed the water droplets off of his sleeve. The fluorescent lights ahead hurt his eyes as some 80's love ballad echoed overhead.
He walked straight back to the freezer case in the back of the store. In his zombie-like state he walked right into someone's shopping cart, snapping him out of it.
"I'm so sorry" he said
A curly headed brunette turned around from the seat in the basket, "Wilson!" she exclaimed. Her mother looked over her shoulder from the rows and rows of cereal boxes.
She smiled at the mention of his name, but when she looked and saw his heavy eyelids and bad posture, she frowned, "hey, how you holdin' up?" she asked
He yawned, "barely"
She smiled slightly, "I know it's rough, he's only two weeks old…I promise he'll be sleeping through the night soon enough."
"I hope so" Wilson said walking to the case to grab a carton of milk, "so how's everyone at your house?" although he wasn't awake enough to show it, Wilson was very happy to be having a real conversation with an adult.
"We're good," Annie told him, "but we all miss having you around"
"Yeah" Ruthie added from the basket, "Matt has no one to play with anymore"
Wilson smiled at the little girl. He missed Matt too, and Mary, Lucy…everyone. He hadn't seen most of them in months. Matt had been there at the hospital two weeks ago, for moral support. He had been the greatest during the past nine months. All of the Camdens had.
The reverend and Mrs. Camden gave the best advice, and made sure he and Tawnya were taken care of. When people talked at school, Matt was always there to stick up for him. Mary was always there to listen. Lucy always was offering to baby sit, even before the baby had a name. The little kids were good at making him laugh.
He quickly remembered that he had left baby Billy and Tawnya sleeping at home. "I've got to get going" he said, "It was good seeing you"
"You too Wilson" Annie said continuing on with her shopping.
On his way to the checkout he ran through the pharmacy section to pick up the aspirin that Tawnya had begged and screamed for before he left.
He dragged himself to the express checkout lane and put the two items on the conveyer belt.
"Ok, your total comes to, $7.83" the cashier said with a smile.
Wilson reached for his wallet and pulled it out to discover just a five-dollar bill. He checked his pockets for change, nothing. He stared at the carton, and the little box of generic pain reliever. They needed the milk, but without the aspirin Tawnya would probably scream louder than the baby. But she would just have to live without it, there wasn't enough money.
He went to pick the box up; butt a hand on his shoulder stopped him. He turned to see Annie Camden smiling as she put a $10 bill in his hand. He opened his mouth to protest, but she simply shook her head. She walked off to another checkout lines before he could say thank you. But she didn't need him to, Wilson had become like one of her own children, and they would do anything for him.
Wilson was reluctant to use the money Annie had given him. He promised himself he was going to do this on his own. But the Camdens weren't treating him like a charity case, they just loved him.
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He entered the apartment, grocery bag in hand. He shut the door behind him and looked around the tiny room. It was dark, Tawnya was collapsed on the green couch in the middle of the room, a baby monitor clutched I her hand. He set the bag down and slowly approached her. He took the monitor from her grasp and tiptoed to the bedroom on the other side of the wall. In the corner by the window, next to the bed was a crib. He walked up to it and leaned over, inside was a tiny tiny little boy; his big brown eyes were hidden behind closed lids.
It still hadn't completely set in that the tiny life that was sleeping in front of him, was his. He was a parent, and utterly responsible for this baby for a very long time. He and Tawnya had made a mistake for sure, but at times like this, when he had stopped screaming just long enough to get a good look at him. It didn't seem like a bad thing at all.
He leaned on the edge of the crib, and the gated side slipped out from under him, it hadn't been locked the last time some one put it up. The wood made a loud noise as it hit the floor. Wilsons eyes widened as he saw the infant twitch.
"No, no please" he whispered, bargaining with the child, "please please don't cry"
He opened his eyes and looked up at Wilson. He sighed in relief, but all too soon, Billy started screaming. Wilson quickly snatched him up and held him close, "shhh, shhh please don't cry, don't wake up mommy Billy please"
But it was too late; Tawnya groaned as she rolled off the couch and stomped in the bedroom. "why can't you just sleep!" she yelled, then she saw Wilson standing there holding him.
"When did you get back?" she asked
"A few minutes ago"
"Did you wake him up?" she was angry now
"It was an accident, the gate wasn't locked, and it slid down and woke him up"
"Do you have any idea how long It took me to get him back to sleep?!"
"Don't worry about it, go back to sleep, I'll take care of it"
"I can't sleep with him screaming like that!" by now, she was much louder than Billy anyway, "I can't take this anymore Wilson! I'm tired and my head hurts! I don't want to be a parent!"
Wilson had definitely hit his breaking point, "what Tawnya, and you think I do?!"
"This is too hard!" she was tearing up she stormed out of the room, "my head hurts" she cried
"Aspirin's in the bag by the door" he called
He looked down at Billy; he was quiet now, and snuggled against Wilson. He kissed the top of his head and whispered, "I love you little guy, and I promise mom does too, she's just….tired right now"
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After dinner Mary and Lucy were in the kitchen washing dishes when the doorbell rang. Mary set the plate she was cleaning back in the sink, "I'll get it!" she called
she jogged up to the front door and opened it up.
Wilson was standing on the front porch, his eyes were all red. He'd been crying.
"Wilson?" Mary was worried, and confused, "what's wrong?" she asked
"Mary she's gone"
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DUN DUN DUUUUN!!!!