Chapter twelve

April swept up the hair into a pile before bringing the trash can over. Being the only one left in the hair salon she was a little startled when she heard the bells above the door chime. She leaned the broom against the barber's chair and turned toward the door.

"I'm sorry but we're closed."

Bam came around the corner and went up to her "It's me Ape."

"Oh Bam!" She smiled and gave him a hug "What are you doing here?"

"Well I came to talk to you. I'm glad that you're the only one here right now." He said as he looked around "Oh and I thought that while I was here… would you mind touching up my roots?"

She looked at his hair and saw that his dark brown hair was starting to grow back. She grinned and nodded "Sure. Have a seat." She patted the back of her chair

He sat down and April went into the back room to mix up the bleach for his hair. As she did his hair Bam started telling her about everything he had been going through in the past few weeks. He told her about his job at Fairman's and about how Angela was "teaching him to skate". April couldn't help but laugh over that part. Bam told her about Sara being the mother of his baby and how they ran into Sean while on their date.

"Ok Bam let me wash out your hair." She said before pushing the back of the chair back over the sink

Bam closed his eyes for a second as the warm water rushed through his hair. He looked up at April and saw her grinning at him.

"What?"

"Oh nothing. Just that those eyes of yours. I just can't get over seeing them brown like that."

He smirked "How about my blonde dreadlocks?"

"Those are certainly something else Bam. Definitely will take a while to get used to seeing them on you."

"Yeah." He snickered

"So… Bam… you seem to like this Sara quite a bit." She grinned

"Yeah…" He sighed "It sucks too…"

"How come? You don't think she likes you as much as you like her?"

"It's not that… I'm sure she likes me the same… Mom I think I'm falling in love with her but she… she likes iAaron/i. And it's so hard."

"Yeah… I can understand." She grabbed a towel and placed it behind Bam's shoulders as she brought the chair back up "What are you going to do Bam?"

"About Sara?" He sighed "I-I'm really scared… I'm planning on telling her the truth about me but I don't know how. And once I do tell her… how is she going to react? What if she won't want anything to do with me after I do tell her?"

"Bam…" She sighed "I think the best thing you can do right now is trust your instincts. And if this Sara really cares about you then you'll be able to work things out after you tell her."

"God Ape… this is the hardest relationship I have ever been in. I don't want to lose her. Because if I lose her I'll also be losing my child. But the thing is, if I don't tell her, but she figures it out on her own, she'll get hurt because I had been lying to her this whole time." He closed his eyes and rubbed them "I have to stop thinking about this so much. It's giving me a headache."

"Bam just relax. Why don't you go home and clear your head of everything, get a good night's sleep and then when you're ready just talk to Sara."

Bam sighed "Yeah I guess I should try that. I just hope it all works out."

"Knowing you, Bam, things will work out the way that they should."

"Ape I really hope you're right."

They both stood up and Bam wrapped his arms around her. She rubbed his back a little as they stood there in the embrace. Bam slowly pulled away from her.

"Thanks mom… for everything."

"You're welcome Bam." She lightly squeezed his shoulder "You let me know what happens with Sara."

He nodded "Of course. I will."

He hugged her again before turning away to leave the salon.