Chapter 46

Sophie pov

"What is wrong with you" I shouted at him.

"What you think is wrong with me, you're trying to take my son away from me" he snapped at me, pushing the plate on the ground. The plate shattered as it startled Matty and he started crying.

"Fuck sakes will you calm down" I snarled at him as I picked him up.

"Give him to me" he snapped holding his hands out.

"No" I answered as he started to get worked up

"Give him to me Sophie" he shouted as I took a couple steps back. I was starting to get scared, I'd never seen him likes this except for when Matty 'died'.

"NO, I will not. I'm not giving you our son when you're like this" I snapped as I took a couple steps back.

"I'm not gonna hurt him" he laughed at me still holding out his hands. "Give him to me" he said sternly as he clenched his teeth.

"I already told you, you're not going anywhere with him in this state" I stated as he groaned and tried to take him from me as Matty started crying even louder. I was starting to get anxious as he was pulling at my baby's arm and Matty's face was getting redder. Then out of the blue I hit him as hard as I could and ran into Matty's room locking the door.

"Shhhh baby it's okay, you're safe mummy's here" I cooed him as tears started falling down my cheeks. I've never seen Chesney use that kind of rage and force. I started sobbing from the shock.

"Soph… don't cry…. please I'm sorry" he said from behind the door.

"Go away, I'm not opening the door" I snapped.

"I'm not expecting you to, look I am sorry, I don't know what came over me…. I'm just scared" he said as he glided down the door sitting down on the other side.

"What do you think I'm feeling right now, you were pulling at him Chesney" I sobbed as I thought of what could've happened.

"I know I'm sorry…. I don't want to lose him" he admitted.

"You're not, I just…. I want Sian to be part of my family, but that doesn't mean you won't be anymore" I told him.

"Look it's not I don't like Sian, we've actually become close, but I don't want to share my son with anybody else but you" he said sadly.

"I'm sorry, but we both knew that it would be like that eventually" I replied.

"Yeah, I just didn't think it would've been this early. I thought it would've been in a couple more years, where he would be older and he would have two stepmoms but you and me as you know real parents, but now that he still a baby, Sian will play a big role as I real parent. I don't know how to cope with that, you're starting a whole new family with her and I don't know where that leaves me" he said as I sighed. I never thought of that, if I Ches' would be getting married and I heard his girlfriend saying she would be his second mummy, I would blow up too.

"I'm sorry, you're right. I still want Sian in my family though, I understand how you're feeling, how I would feel it happened to me, but I guess I'm being selfish right now" I answered truthfully. I heard him huff.

"He's still my son though, and if I have to fight you to keep him, I will" he snapped as I heard him get up and slam the door. I sighed in relief that he was gone.

…

Sian pov

"I should go" I said as I saw them fighting. It didn't feel right to stay, I had to get away. She had to sort this out on her own.

"Sian no" she said as she came closer to me. I just wanted to hold her tight and tell her I wouldn't let anybody hurt her, but this was her battle not mine.

"I'll be back, I meant what I said I'll never leave you, but you need to sort this out. This is between you and him" I said as I cupped her cheeks and kissed her gently.

"Cute" I heard Chesney say as we pulled out of the kiss. I sighed when I saw his face, it was so angry.

"I'll see you later" I said as I rushed out of the apartment. I ended up in the local pub at the end of the street.

"What'll be love" the woman behind the counter cheered.

"Uhm just a cuppa tea please" I said as I went and sat down at a table.

"Here you go love, anything else" she asked as I forced a smile on my face.

"No… thanks" I said as she went on with her work. I sighed what did I do, I just caused so much trouble for Sophie. God I can't even imagine what she's going through right now. And ches', I hurt him and he's right Matty's not my son, he probably thinks I wanna take him away from me.

I had been circling in my tea for what seemed hours. When I finally took a sip out of my tea, I realized it turned cold and crunched up my face.

"Here" I voice sad as another cup of tea was put in front of me. I looked up and saw a blond girl hovering beside the table.

"Thanks, but you don't need to do that" I said to her as she shook her head.

"No I wanted to, do you mind if I….." she said gesturing at the seat opposite of me.

"Sure" I smiled as she sat down in front of me.

"You looked like you needed that" she said pointing at the cup.

"Yeah I did, thanks" I sad as I took a sip out of the cup and the hot fluid rang through my throat.

"You wanna talk about it…. sorry if I'm to forward, you just seemed like you could do with a good chat" she stated as I nodded.

"It's complicated" stated as she nodded.

"I'm sure I'll manage and it might help. Sometimes it's easier to talk to a stranger." She stated as I nodded, I looked up and sighed.

"You're gonna think I'm crazy" I said to her as she smirked. The same kind of smirk Kathy had,…. Kathy I should go talk to Kathy I thought as I got up. The blonde looked confused.

"Sorry I didn't mean to push you" she said as I smiled at her.

"No you didn't, you just reminded me of a good friend. I need to go talk to them, I'm sorry" I said nervously.

"That's fine, I was only trying to help" she said as I nodded. I was about to turn around and head out but I stopped my tracks and turned back. She raised her eyebrows.

"I'm Sian" I croaked out.

"Sadie" she replied as I smiled.

"Thanks Sadie" I said as I left the café.

…

"Sian what are you doing here, we're not expecting you for another week" Gertie said as I entered the grounds.

"I know, but I need to talk to Kathy" I pleaded with her.

"Sian you know you're not supposed to come back until you're supposed to, it compromises your treatment" she said sternly as I pulled my puppy eyes on her.

"All right, but be quick. She's at the medical centre getting weighed" she said as I grinned.

….

"Rabbit" I almost screamed as she jumped when I embraced her.

"Sian?" she said as I hugged her.

"What d'you doing here" she smiled as she hugged me back.

"I needed you" I murmured as she pulled out of the hug. She seemed so nervous all of the sudden. "What's with you" I asked as she started pacing.

"I need to pee" she moaned.

"well then go to the bathroom" I stated as I saw her expression.

"I can't" she mumbled.

"Why" I asked bewildered as she looked at the office door and the other shoe dropped.

"Kathy" I hissed.

"I'm sorry" she moaned.

"Don't give me that, go to the bathroom now" I snapped at her as her eyes pleaded me.

"But…." She whimpered.

"No, Kathy you don't get out of here by pretending. You think Wittmore won't see past this, it's the oldest trick in the book" I stated as she looked down.

"I know" she mumbled.

"Plus it doesn't work that well, you drink a ton of water to gain water weight but it doesn't work like that" I stated as she nodded and headed for the loo.

…

"You okay" I said as she came out of the office.

"Yeah…. I gained 2 pounds" she beamed as I grinned at her.

"Kathes that's great, see you don't need water to make you gain weight" I said as she hugged me.

"Now come on tell me what's going on" she said as she led me to the living room.

"I missed it here" I mumbled.

"Really, I would much prefer to be on the outside" she stated as I smiled. "Now what are going on, are you and Sophie still fighting over the marriage thing" she asked as she rubbed her fingers against my hand. I had come here to cry on Katy's shoulder after me and Soph had broken up, thankfully I didn't run into anyone or I would've had to explain what I was doing here…again.

"No no it's not that…. we made up actually" I stated as she grinned.

"Told you it would be fine, you both just needed to get your heads out of your bums and see the other ones sided" she grinned at me as I lowered my head.

"Kathy I asked her to marry me last night" I smirked as her eyes almost popped out of her head.

"Wha whaaat" she screamed as she jumped in my arms and hugged me. "OMG what made you change your mind" she asked.

"I dunno, I just did. I realized that I wanted Sophie" I stated as she smiled at me and hugged me again.

"So why are you here, did you come all the way just to tell me that" she grinned as I shook my head.

"No, I… well we decided that I wanted to be part of her sons life" I smiled as she furrowed her brows.

"Yeah…. Aren't you that already" she stated as I chuckled.

"No I meant like a parent" I stated as her mouth fell open.

"Well well Sian Powers getting married and starting a family, I didn't think I'd ever see the day" she sniggered as I nudged her.

"Matty's dad heard us talking about it though and he kicked off" I stated as she gave me a sympathetically smile.

"Well I can't really blame him, he is his son." She stated.

"I know but, me being a parent to Matthew doesn't mean he won't be" I stated as she smirked.

"Sian, you and Sophie are getting married and starting a family, the bloke's probably scared that he won't be part of the family package anymore" she stated as I nodded. "To him it's like you two are pushing him out" she stated as I smiled.

"Thanks Kathy" I stated as I hugged her.

…...

"Soph" my voice echoed through the apartment. I started to panic as the apartment seemed empty. "What if she left" I thought and sighed making my way over to my bedroom. I noticed Sophie's close hadn't been touched. I frowned, she wouldn't just go out him her pj's .

"Sophie" I murmured again as I tried to get into Matty's room, but it was locked.

"Ches" I said a bit louder. I heard Matty cry and a switch went off in my head. "Chesney, Sophie" I shouted, but no movement at all. "Okay I'm going in" I thought as I tried to force the door, but no luck. I quickly made my way to the bathroom and took out a hairpin. I stood back in front of Matty's door. I kneeled down and laughed at myself. "I haven't done this since I was 15" I thought as I started picking the lock pushing the key on the other side out and the hairpin in.

"Click"

"Finally" I mumbled as the lock finally gave in. I opened the door quietly and saw Matty; he stopped fussing when he saw me.

"Sia" he mumbled happily as I picked him up and hugged him.

"Hey where's your mum" I said as I scanned the room. I spotted a figure behind the door opening. I gently put Matty back in his cradle and walked towards her.

"Sophie" I whispered as I came closer to her. She was sleeping. I tucked some strands of hair that were blocking her face behind her ear and stroked her face. After a couple of minutes she jolted gripping my hand fearfully.

"Hey it's okay, it's me" I said as she eased her grip on my hands and opened her eyes.

"Sian" she whimpered.

"Yeah… hey what happened" I asked as she threw her arms around me and put her head in my hair.

"We had a row and he was pulling at Math…. He was hurting him, I…..I" she whimpered nervously as I held on to her.

"It's okay, he's gone now" I said stroking her back. "You're okay now" I said as she kissed my neck.

…

"Here" I said to her as I handed her the cup.

"Thanks" she said as she snuggled into me.

"Soph…. maybe, I shouldn't be a parent in Matty's life….. I'd be happy to be aunt too you know" I joked tried to lighten the mood.

"NO, I want you to be there …. I …." She started rambling.

"Okay, okay I just don't want to cause any more trouble" I stated as I pulled my arms around her.

"You're not" she mumbled as I kissed her head. She pulled her head up and kissed my lips gently, I rested my forehead on hers as we pulled out of the kiss.

"What we gonna do then" I asked.

"I dunno, but if he wants a fight… he'll get one" she stated as I felt a bit anxious, who was I to be the cause of summit like this, that's not what I wanted.