The Help (2)
So like maybe angst but happy ending, as always..
Word count: 2,506
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I made my way to my best friends house. I had called to give her a heads up but she didn’t even care. It was stupid that I had this much sadness built up in my chest like I’ve had my feelings hurt from Luke before but not like this.
When I pass Jaxton’s school, I felt every emotion succumb me. I started to bawl as I just gripped the steering wheel tighter. It didn’t fucking help when I heard Luke’s voice come over the radio, fucking Youngblood. I slam my hand into the volume and it turned off completely.
I come to a halt outside of Megan’s house, I wipe off my tears and grab my purse. I open her door and locked it once I was in. “Y/n?” Megan’s voice comes from the kitchen and I make my way there. I see her sticking two spoons into a carton of cookie dough ice cream. She takes my hand as she leads us to her couch.
“Max is asleep so cry all you want, he’s a heavy sleeper.” She refers to her fiancé and I nod. I take a huge bite of the ice cream before letting my ass breakdown.
“Scarlett wanted to see Jax tomorrow and you know how much I dislike her because of every time she lets him down. I was telling Luke this and he just defended her, he snapped at me and it broke my fucking heart.” I try to choke back the sobs as I turn my head to the side.
“What did he say, babe?” She asks and I wipe my tears off. “That I wasn’t his biological mom and he’d never be my birth child, so I had no say in it.” I put my palms on top of my eyes and let myself sob harder.
“I guess I am so upset over it because I’ve always subconsciously considered that Scarlett would just waltz back into Luke’s life and take both of them away from me. So in the end, she did.” I hiccup it out and she was rubbing my back gently, I just to steady my breathing.
“C’mon eat some ice cream so you’ll calm down, take some time to relax.” She coaxes and I take a nibble of some ice cream.
The irrational fear I had over Scarlett was stemmed from me starting off as Luke’s best friend. I had always had a crush on him but I never stepped in, I had fallen for someone so my crush surfaced. I never imagined I would end up in the spot of his girlfriend or a mother-figure, not that it mattered now.
“I think Luke probably feels guilty about the court situation, I know you’re going to jump to the fact of how he chose to do it and she put herself in that situation. It’s just that you’re only seeing it from your side as the girl who is taking care of Jax and is in love with Luke. You’re letting your momma bear side of you affect how open-minded you usually are. You’re personalizing it because you fear that you aren’t enough for either of them.” She voices and I would literally pay her to drop out of her psychiatry major.
“I know I’m being close-minded but how could I not when it comes to Scarlett?” I ask and she grabs my hand softly. “You’re his mom Y/n, it may not be by a natural source, but he is your son. I doubt that he enjoys hanging out with her rather than with you. You kiss him goodbye and went to the mother&son dance with him. He didn’t invite Scarlett, he invited you. I’m sure he loves to eat your French toast and make sure you’re the one who packs his lunch. Y/n he technically is yours.” She soothes and I take a deep breath in.
“I just don’t understand why Luke would say that.” I nibble on some more ice cream. “How many times have you ever had an argument with someone and you said something you instantly regretted because of something you didn’t mean?” She asks and I shrug, I knew where she was going with this. “A lot,” I mumble and she nods. “I’m not saying that he was in the right but he is your boyfriend of 3 years. If he didn’t want you in his life, he wouldn’t ask you to stay in his or his son's life. I know this for a fact because he literally interrogated me when I first came over.” She jokes and I smile at the memory.
She puts the lid back on the ice cream, she stands up and extends her hand to me. I get up with her and we go back into the kitchen. “I brought some clothes down earlier so that you could change into them.” She points to the chair and I just decided to change in here, she already said that Max was asleep.
“I want you to go to sleep on the couch and rest, you deserve to just sleep peacefully. I’ll go get the blankets and some pillows.” She says and I nod, I lay on the couch and stare up at the ceiling. She comes back quick and I stand back up to re-adjust. We both say our goodnights and she turns the light off on the way out.
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“Y/n, y/n.” Someone was shaking me awake, for a second I forgot the argument and I just assumed it was Jax. My eyes pop open and I see Megan’s figure standing over me.
“What’s up?” I groggily ask and she hands me the phone. “Luke is on mute but he’s called me twice now because there’s something wrong with Jax.” She says and I sit up quickly.
“Luke?” I ask frantically as I sit up, I was hardly asleep now. “I’m sorry for bothering you right now but Jax has been crying and screaming for you, it’s been 20 minutes now and he won’t calm down. Please come help me and I’ll be out of your hair.” He sounded helpless and I could even hear the yells. “Okay, I’m leaving soon.” I hung up the phone and passed it to her.
“Jax is freaking out, I’ve gotta go,” I say as I grab my other clothes and I throw on my shoes.
The drive home felt like a blur but then again I was probably driving too fast. I pull into the driveway and was almost a foot out of the door, I run up the steps and get my house key ready. When I opened the door I could still hear the yelling. I bound up the stairs and l see Luke pacing outside of his door.
“Luke?” I grab his attention and he looks up, his eyes were littered with tears and heavy bags underneath. “I know you didn’t want me to call you but I need you, he wanted you to do the thing that always helps.” He pulls his curls and I nod.
“Jaxton, sweetheart?” I ask and he couldn’t hear me over the cries. I sit beside him on the bed and touch his hand softly. “Jax?” I ask and the sobs quietened, he opened his eyes that were screwed shut.
He was basically crawling into my lap and I traded places with him, I let him lay on my stomach. I let him calm down in my arms as I pushed my fingers through his hair. Every so often I hear him hiccup a bit. “Remember what we always do when this happens?” I ask and he nods. “I get my favorite books to read to you.” He whispers quietly and I smile slightly.
“You’re right, so what book are we reading tonight?” I ask and he perks up, his tiny feet start to run over to his bookshelf. I’m still amazed at how smart this boy is.
“Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes.” He tells me and I smile, I’ve listened to this book at least 10 times.
Once he reads the book to me, I could tell that he felt better about his dream. He didn’t seem so scared and anxious, so I sit up to let him lay back down.
“Are you ready to tell me about your dream or do you want to wait until breakfast?” I ask and he nods. “I had a bad dream that you left me because you didn’t love me anymore.” He says and I felt tears spring to my eyes, my heart breaking more. “Hey, you know how much I love you! You’re my favorite, more than daddy.” I whisper the last part and his giggles flooded over the pain.
“But I went to daddy’s room and you weren’t there.” His lips start to wobble and I grab his hand. “Did you only look in the room?” I ask and he nods. “Well, I was downstairs! I accidentally fell asleep on the couch, as you do sometimes. I’m sorry sweetheart.” I kiss his hand and he sits back up to be in my arms.
“Don’t do it again. I don’t want you to leave me.” He demands and I started to feel like shit about the whole fight. I knew I was his mom, I didn’t care about what Luke said at this point because I’m the one who helps him when he’s like this. I’m the one who wakes him up and usually makes sure he has his favorite bowl of cereal. Maybe I was the help but it was mostly out of love because helping is what a real mother would do.
“I won’t leave you ever again, you’re my baby.” I kiss his forehead. “Is it okay if I call you mommy? I don’t like my other mommy.” He sounded upset and I felt good even though it was a negative request. “Of course you can, you can call me mommy whenever you want.” I smile down at him and he finally lays back down.
“You need your sleep so we can get up and play,” I tell him and he nods. “Goodnight mommy!” He yells excitedly and I literally couldn’t stop smiling. “Goodnight baby.” I kiss his forehead before tucking him in.
I walk out and sit on top of the staircase, I felt Luke’s presence as he sat down beside me. I didn’t want to address the elephant in the room because I was too happy over Jaxton calling me mommy.
“Can we talk?” Luke asks and the happy balloon popped. “Yeah, we need to,” I reply and he stands up. “Let’s do it somewhere else, I don’t want him to hear.” He says and I stand up too. We both walk down the stairs and make our way into the living room.
“I’m sorry y/n, I never meant to hurt your feelings. I know I’m an awful dad and boyfriend, I just am so stressed constantly. I feel guilty for how court turned out, I just always feel obligated to let her see him.” He explains and I nod, Megan would be great as a psychiatrist. Though next time I’m going to Lauren’s house because she’ll be angry with me instead of a mellow psychiatrist.
“First of all, you’re a great dad and even though we fight it doesn’t make you an awful boyfriend. I should’ve let you handle the situation with Scarlett, it was your problem to deal with. I do understand though, I know I’m not his mom but I want to be. I want to let him know I’m here for the long run. I don’t want to just leave things like we did tonight because I just witnessed how it affected Jax.” I sigh and Luke looked like he wanted to smile but he was unsure about it.
“Are you staying?” He asks and I nod slowly. “I’m still upset about what you said but I love you, I want to work through this. I may be the help or a babysitter, but you two have made my life better.” I tell him and he scrunches up his nose. He walks towards me and engulfs me in one of his bear hugs.
“You were never the help or the babysitter, you were just his mom. I never ever want you to think that and I’m sorry I said something I didn’t mean.” He spoke as he pulled away. I was still in his arms and I could see the tears coming up.
“I’m sorry that I left without resolving anything, we made a promise a long time ago to stop leaving things unsaid or fixed. I don’t want to lose you or Jax.” I felt my lip quiver, he kisses my forehead softly and I wrap my arms around his neck to pull him into another hug.
He lifts me up and starts to make his way up the stairs, he opens the door to our room and puts me on my side of the bed. He comes around the other side and lays down, moving closer to my side.
“Are we good, like for sure?” He asks and I nod. “We’re good, I love you,” I tell him and he leans forward to leave a kiss on my lips. He pulls back and just moves me into his arms, his hand was underneath my shirt. He was rubbing circles on my hips softly, I just rested in the crease of his neck.
“Scarlett texted me after you left.” He says and it killed the mood, way to go Luke. I pull myself back to see his face. “She said she changed her mind, said she had other plans.” He states and I wanted to laugh, but I didn’t want to start another fight over her. “So What did you say?” I ask and he grins a little.
“That Jaxton already had a mom and that she needed to stop asking to come over because in the end she just lets Jax down.” He sounded so sassy and it made me laugh, but my heart was full that he called me Jaxton’s mom.
“Sassy Luke for the comeback.” I joke and put myself back in his neck. He pulled back to kiss my jawline and cheeks, he moved to my lips. He was more passionate than usual, it seemed like he was trying to prove or fix us. His thumbs were rubbing both sides of my head, I was gripping his bare hip. He pulled away and just stared at me.
“You do know I think you’re the love of my life and that I share these things with you because I value your opinions, right?” He asks and I nod. “I understand now,” I admit and he nods, he kisses my lips once more.
“Would it be cliche to propose tonight?” He asks against my lips and I groan.
“Yes, so don’t do it tonight.”
I feel like this didn’t slap like part one so I’m sorry y’all.











