Yours Truly

Chapter 4

Mindy's POV

We drove in silence. Iris has a lot to sort out now, and I'm she wants to keep the baby, the Iris I know would never give up on her child. The guy we met in the hospital must me the father, I'm not sure what happened, but after everything she's gone through Iris deserves better. I've know her since kindergarten. She's the kind of person who never gave up on life even after seeing all the ugly a child shouldn't have seen.

We got home and I decided to call Jason because I didn't like the idea of keeping him in the dark. If there's something going on with Iris he'd definitely wanna know, and I'm not gonna be the one to take that right away from him.

"Iris, I think we should tell Jason."

"Yeah, I know."

She looked lost, I can't bear to see her this way but I can't really keep this from Jason. So, I called him.

"Jason, can you stop by my place for a while? There's something we need to talk about."

Jason sounded confused because I don't usually call him here but he still agreed, "sure, be there in five."

Iris went back to her room. I give her space, but I am as anxious as she is, I always hoped something really nice would happen and that would change her, bring light into her life again, but instead, this had to happen.

I heard a knock on the door, I open it at once and see Jason standing there. His grin melts away my anxiety, I jump into his arms. It's the coziest place in the world, my heart beats louder as I snuggle closer into his embrace.

"What are we supposed to do Jason? I don't know what to do anymore."

"I don't know what you're talking about but I can say for sure that whatever you decide to do would turn out right it the end."

Classic Jason who trusts me with all his heart, what did I even do to deserve this man. He's simply perfect.

"It's not me, but Iris. She'll tell you what happened". I tell him and break out of his embrace to go call Iris.

"Iris, Jason's here." I say as I open the door to her room. She walked out and took one look at Jason, I could see her determination falter for a second there, but she managed to tell us everything.

"Are you sure about this, Iris?. You know, raising a baby is not exactly a walk in the park." Jason said.

"...I know. I haven't thought things out, but I'm keeping the baby, it's mine". She said, we knew Iris would keep the baby, so I said, "you know we've got your back, right? No matter what you choose to do."

"Yeah". She said

Jason agreed to do everything he can to help ,and I decided to stay with Iris for the time being, like old times. I wanna stay with her atleast until she gets out of this hole she's buried herself in.

In school, Iris wasn't like the other kids. She never threw tantrums like we did. When the kids threw her stuff into the water in elementary school; she just stood there like a lifeless doll, she never once retaliated, even after all that bullying. She instantly caught my attention as she was the gloomiest kid in the whole class, she was a hot topic, even in kindergarten. She didn't get along with the other kids so well. She's changed a lot since then, but she still slips back into the dark place when things happen. She turns all gloomy and shuts people out for days. It's like she never quite got out of the hole in the first place.

I walk with Jason to the parking lot.

"I thought she was finally getting better, you know, when she said she was going to the bar I was happy for her. I thought she finally wants to do something".

"She'll be fine, Mindy. You know how stronge she is, and a baby doesn't seem so bad. Who knows, it might change her life, all of our lives."

Perhaps, I was too caught up in my worries that I didn't catch on Jason's words, but he was damn right.