The Father of My Child is My Bully

Chapter 6

I've finally arrived home and crash on the sofa. I can't believe this is actually happening. I feel like this is all a dream and that i could wake up any moment. As I lay there, I stare at my phone, wondering if I should make that call. I dont know if I had the guts to call them. I grab my phone and press on contacts.

10 minutes later

"Yeah, and he was just so nice and understanding" I say as i shove the next spoon of Ben and Jerry's in my mouth, which kind of gave me a brain freeze. As I squeal on the sofa in pain, Katja decides to speak. "I think it's good that he was being nice, but... don't you think it was i bad idea to let Daniel spend the night at Henry's?" I look up at her and shrug. "True. Don't you remember how he was in highschool? He was so irresponsible. Are you sure you're son is safe around him? Cause I'm not." Says Mia as she starts to poor more wine into her glass. "I remember, but he's like... 24 now and he seems like a totally changed man." " Yeah, he SEEMS like a changed man. Doesn't mean he is."Mia adds. " But I couldn't possibly say no. They were so happy together." I say as i stare at my ice cream. All I can think about was the smile on their faces when they played together. The thought gave my heart a warm feeling. " Riele, stop smiling to yourself like a freak" Mia says out of nowhere. I must of spaced out. "Shut up" I say as i look away. I'm very sure that I was blushing. The girls ended up spending the night at my place. I had a strange dream that night. It was actually more like a memory or flashback.

                                 FLASH BACK

I'm sitting at my desk looking out the window. The teacher wanted us to write down what we would name our children. I didn't think the topic was strange because that teacher has an obsession with babies. "What about you Riele?" I look to the direction of the high pitched voice and see my teacher standing right infront of my desk with a big smile on her face. "Come on, what would you name your son" I think to myself. It was something that i had never thought of befour. I smile apears on my face once i have thought of the perfect name. Just as i open my mouth to speak, Henry talks over me. "She will never have to worry about kids. Come on, who's gonna want her ugly ass" As he says that, Henry and all his friends start laughing. And when i say Henry and his friends, i mean pretty much the whole class. I felt a burning sensation in my chest as tears started to gather up in my eyes. "Mr. Jones detention!" Everyone instantly stop laughing and the classroom was in complete silence as the teacher asks me again. "D-Daniel" I say quietly as i look down at my thighs and play with my fingers. "Huh, what kind of a stupid name is D-" Henry stoped talking and sat there completely frozen as his face turned bright red. It seemed so strange for him to act like that. After class Mia comes up to me with a cheeky smile on her face and says"Hey. I know why Henry was acting like that in class. Wanna know?" By then, I wasn't really interested but i still listened anyway. It turned out, that on his paper he chose Daniel as a son's name too. Mia was able to see his paper because she sat next to him.

END OF FLASHBACK

I wake up on the sofa with Mia resting her head on my lap and Katja leaning on my shoulder. I smile as i see the two of them sleeping soundly. I look down at my watch and see the time. It was 11o'clock. I rest my head back down on the sofa and close my eyes again but quickly open them once I remember that Daniel has a play date at 12:30. I jumped off the sofa and run into my room. I got ready at the speed of light and as i ran out of my bedroom, I saw Mia and Katja waitting at the front door with smug looks on their faces. "What?" I asked as i rush over to the door with haste.

"We're coming with you" Says Katja with her arms crosed. I guess I have no choice. After a long drive, we arrive at the grand mansion. As i Jones my car in the drive way, I decide to give them a little speech. "You two, stay in the car" I say with a deadly look on my face. "But i want to meet Henry again too" Katja says with puppy eyes. "Yeah, and i want to talk to him." Says Mia trying to look as innocent as posible, but i could still see her red horns pocking out of her head. I get out of the car without saying anything and walk over to the front door. Before I was able to knock, the door opens and reveals a happy, smiling, energetic Henry. I stood there awkwardly for two reasons.

1- I still don't know how to act around him. The whole father of my son thing was still new to me.

2- He looked too happy and I was used to a grumpy, rude Henry, not a male version of Snow white. Where as, if he started singing, birds would start dancing around him. It almost seemed like he lived in a world where there were sun shine, lolly pops and rainbows everywhere. I'm just a bit shocked. "M-morning" I say weirdly, avoiding eye contact. "Good morning" He says, still smiling and signaling for me to come in. I walk in hesitantly. He takes me up to where Daniel was sleeping and I couldn't believe my eyes as i walk into the bedroom. "What have you done to my child" I ask as i walk over to the bed where my son was laying down in an oversized t-shirt and had lip stick scribbled all over his face. You mean our child" He says proudly. I look back at him in shock as my jaw drops and touches the ground. In my head I'm comparing the Henry who tried to punch me in the stomach to get rid of the baby to the Henry now, standing right infront of me. " Illuminati comfirmed"I mumble. "Hmm, what did you say?" "Ha... n-nothing" I say and giggle as i turn to Daniel to wake him up. "Dany Boo" I say in a quiet, sweet voice as i shake him a little bit. He finally wakes up. "Mummy...Daddy...Good morning" He says sweetly with a smile on his face while hugging me. I look back at Henry and my eyes widen at what i saw. He was crying.I start to panic. "Daniel, go and wash your face" I say as i lift him up from the bed and force him out of the room. After shutting the door, I rush back to Henry. He's leaning against the wall and hugging his knees. It was at this moment when i began to feel my worst. The only reason he is suffering right now is because of me. As i watch him bury his face in his legs, i decide to speak. "Henry-" "It's ok"He cuts me off as he stands up and wipes away his tears. He starts to walk away but i grab the end of his sleave to try and prevent him from leaving. He stops walking but doesn't turn around to look at me. I don't why, but I grab him and hug him from behind. At first he does nothing, but then he turns around and hugs me back tightly as he rests his cheek on my head.

Mia's P.O.V

"Whats taking so long!?" I shout as i throw my head back on the the seat. "Well you know, she is picking up her SON from his FATHER'S house. Of course they will have some talking to do" She says as crosses her arms. I absolutely hate it when she goes into mum mode. Maybe it's something that runs in her family. I roll my eyes and look at the window. As i look around at his house and garden, my eyes start to twitch and my whole body starts shaking. "That's it!!" I shout as i open the door and start speed walking towards the front door. "Mia" Katja suddently appears out of nowhere and starts to follow me as she complains about how i should mind my own business. I ignore her and continue to walk to the door.Just as i reach for the door bell, the door opens revealing a very cute Danny. "Aunty's!" He shouts with his arms wide open. Katja walks up to and picks him up in her arms and starts kissing him all over his face as he giggles and laughs. I smile and giggle as well, but my face drops and turns serious again as I remember my true objective of coming out of the car. I turn around and see Riele, who was looking at me with her arms crossed, smiling so hard it looked like her face would crack if she stopped. And behind her, stood Henry, looking like he had all the life sucked out of him just by looking at me. He genuinely looked scared. But I'd expect him to be, because me and Henry have a little bit of a history of our own.

FLASHBACK

I decided to stay after class and work on my art project a little longer. I start to wash up all the brushes because I'm done with my painting.

Suddenly, i feel arms wrapped around my waist and someone resting their head on my shoulder. "Henry" I say as i turn to face him. He instantly grabs me and starts kissing me. He was being so rough and it didn't take long for him to shove his tongue inmouth. I place my hands on his shoulders and push him of me to break the kiss while catching my breath. He goes and leans on the wall. "coming round my house tonight?"He asks with a smirk on his face. As much as i want to, I have to deny. "Sorry... i can't. I promised Katja I'd help her with her homework" He frowned and took my waist "Come on" As he says that, I start to shake my head. He rolls his eyes and exits the classroom. I was left standing there confused at his reaction. After packing my bag, i go out of the classroom and start walking down the hall. "She ain't coming?" I hear a male voice. "Nah. I was surprised because she's one of my easiest ones. But I'll just call up one of my other bitches" I hear another male voice. It sounded a lot like Henry. My heart started to beat really fast as i start to peek around the corner. I saw Henry laughing with one of his friends. I feel a hot liquid rolling down my cheek. I knew he was a bit of a playboy, but...I didn't know that was how he though of me. I fall to the ground and start crying, but i continue to listen to their conversation. "But listen to this. She even lets me bully her best friend. Hahaha. That stupid bitch." He starts laughing hystericaly and they began to walk away.

THE NEXT MORNING

I walk through the school halls with my chin up high. I start to see a circle of people and I go closer out of curiosity. I see a gap between to people standing at the front and i was able to see what all the commotion was about. I saw Henry slap Riele in the face, then he threw her against the lockers violently. She hit the lockers hard and fell onto the ground. She stayed there on the floor and couldn't manage to get up. WHY ISN'T ANYBODY HELPING HER?

It was at that moment, I felt an anger building up inside of me like fire, thunder and lightning. I fell so fearless. "Henry Jones!!" I scream as i run towards the crowd. Everyone looked back at me, including Henry. As they see me getting closer, they make path for me to get to where Henry was. I reach Henry and punch him in the face. He took a few steps back and I started shoutting. "Just who the hell do you think you are hitting her like that!!!? What happend!? You two used to be best friends!!!" I then turn to the crowd watching us. "And you guys!!! Why weren't you guys helping her!? You were all just standing there, watching!!" The whole hall was in silence as everyone surounding us looks at the ground in shame. I turn back to Henry because i was NOT finished with him. "If you ever lay a hand on her, EVER again, I swear to god i will rip your face off!" I turn around to Riele and see Katja with her,helping her up. I walk closer to them and turn around to say one last thing to the crowd. "And that goes for all of you guys too" I point at the crowd. " If any of you ever lay a hand on her or hurt in the slightist of ways, you will have to awenser to ME!" Everyone starts clapping and cheering me on as Henry stands the frozen in shock.

END OF FLASHBACK

And that was the day i built some back bone. That day, the soft, fragile Mia that let everyone walk all over her died, and the new Mia was born.

I look over at the so called 'CHANGED MAN' infront of me and put on the most fake smile I possibly could.

"Hi Henry. Long time, no see".