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I open my eyes and I'm in a bright room. I try to speak but my throats dry, to dry to talk.

"Hello" I say

My vision is a little blurry, but I can make out that I'm in a hospital bed.

I look around the room, I'm alone. Where is everyone? What happened? I remember seeing blood then passing out.

A nurse walks into the room.

"Hi, Ashley. How are you feeling?"She asks with a white smile

"Not great." I say honestly

"What's bothering you.?"

"I'm really thirsty. Why am I here?"

"Here's some water" She hands me a cup. "You were shot, You're fine now though."

"Shot? Where"? I ask looking at my body

"Your leg. You'll need physical therapy, but you should be completely fine." She smiles at me

"Where's my family."

"Talking to the police.''

Must be about Dylan.

I'm still in shock about this whole situation. I can't believe Dylan shot me because he's in love with me?

I don't even know where he got a gun from. All I want right now is to hold Ayden. I'm really thankful to be alive. I can't believe Dylan would do this and risk me leaving my baby all alone.

I don't understand why my family can't catch a break. First Zack being in a coma for 6 months, now this. What's next? I don't want to know at this point.

I hear the door creek open and my dad walks in.

"What's going on?" I ask

"Nothing." He says "Everything's going to be okay."

"Where's Zack?"

"He's being questioned by the police."

"What, about Dylan." I say

My dad sighs "they've placed him in jail until this goes to court''

"I didn't know Dylan was like this." My dad continues "He seemed off the past few weeks, but I just thought it was about Maria."

That reminds me, Maria.

"Where is she? Is she okay?"

"She's fine, I took her home."

I sigh, I'm glad everyone's okay. Even though I got shot, it could have been so much worse.

Who knows what Dylan is capable of. I'm just glad everyone's okay, especially Zack. He doesn't need anything bad to happened to him after nearly dying.

Zack walks into my room after my dad left.

"You okay?" Zack asks

"Yes" I say and smile

"I was so worried about you, It took the cops almost an hour to get there. You passed out, it was so dark I couldn't find where the bleeding was coming from."

"I'm sorry." I say "It's all okay now"

"I thought I lost you" He says with tears in his eyes

I hug him as tight as I can.

He'll never lose me, I'll always be here.

"I'm okay" I say into his neck

I wake up the next morning still in the hospital. They wanted to keep me over night just to make sure I was 100% okay. I'm ready to go home, I miss Ayden so much.

The nurse comes in holding a clip board.

"Ready to go home?" She asks me

"Yes, very." I say with a laugh

"Sign right here and you'll be set to go."

I sign my discharge papers.

"Your family's waiting outside for you." She says and pulls up a wheelchair

"Do I really have to go down in that?"

"Hospital policy" She shrugs her shoulders

I sigh and stand up, my legs still really sore, but I can walk on it.

I sit down in the wheelchair and she wheels me out to my family, which consists of Zack, my dad and Miranda.

I wonder how Miranda is feeling. Dylan is her only child, so I bet she's kind of freaking out after all for this.

Zack takes the wheelchair from the nurse and starts pushing me towards the elevator. No one says anything, you can tell there's tension in the air. Miranda is mad or upset, you can tell just by looking at her. I hope she doesn't blame me for this.

Once the elevator doors open Miranda is the first one out.

"She's a little upset." My dad says as we walk to the car

"Who's watching Ayden?" I ask not really caring about Miranda right now

"Your mother."

What?

"My mother? When did she get here?" I ask

"I called her, She can't miss everything going on in your life. You were shot, she needed to know." He says and opens the car door

Once we get home I walk into the house and take a deep breath. It's been so long since I've seen my mom, she wasn't even here for me when I had Ayden or when Zack was in a coma for all those months.

She's sitting in the living room with Ayden on her lap.

Aydens just staring at her with his big beautiful eyes, with one hand in his mouth chewing on it.

"Ashley" My mom says

"Hi" I say and go sit beside her

I instantly take Ayden from her.

"Hi, Ayden. Mommy's home"

He smiles and I kiss him, I hate going one day without him.

"I guess I should get going" My mom says and stands up

"So soon?" I ask

"Well it doesn't seem like you want me here"

"I never said that."

"It's just by the way you're acting." She puts her hands on her hips

"I just got out of the hospital, I just want to see my son" I say

I'm not going to argue with her, that's clearly what she wants.

"Okay." Is all she says and sits back down

"I'm glad you could finally meet Ayden." I say after a few moments of awkward silence

"He's a really good baby." She says and smile at him

"He is."

"Ashley I'm really sorry I haven't been around."

"It's fine."

It is fine, I've been through this a lot with me mom. Her apologizing for not being in my life, then her coming back around, then her leaving again.

It's a never ending cycle with her.

I used to get mad and argue with her about not being my mom, but now I'm a mom myself and I can't worry about the little things anymore.

I have to put all my time and attention in Ayden. I don't want to be like my mother or Miranda. I want to always be here for Ayden and never miss out on anything in his life.

"Ashley I know it's not fine." She says

"But it is fine, mom. You were never there my whole life, so there's no apologizing about it now."

"I'm just so sorry. Youree such a great mother and i never was."

"Thank you." I say

It's good to hear I'm im a good mom.

"I'm thinking of moving back. I don't want to miss out on his life like I've missed yours." She says refereeing to Ayden

"That'd be nice" I smile

I don't expect her to be around if she moves back. She's made that promise of being around more many times.

I guess we'll just have to see what happens, but I won't count on it.

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