Steph was going on another orphanage visit today with the girls. She was more prepared this time as she packed some of her paints with her and some colour IG books for the kids. She also took the crocheted dress she wanted to give out. She was excited, since the last one, she had been looking forward to this one and now, it was happening. “We are here,” Emily said to Steph as she packed the car close to the orphanage.The other girls got down from the car and then Emily and Steph followed behind.“This is another one of my favorite places to come. We haven’t been here in a while too,” Emily said, as they both walked inside.“Emily,” Leslie called and she pulled her in for a hug.“I have missed you girls a lot,” she said letting go from the hug.“We have missed coming here too,” Emily said.“It’s been how many months now?” “Five month,” Emily responded.“The kids are always asking after you girls,” Leslie said.“You will be seeing more of us now, trust me,” she said.Leslie smi
Steph had slept in early after she got back from the date. She didn’t meet Mia in as she had texted her earlier that she wanted to finish up something at work and so, Steph shouldn’t bother staying up for her.Steph woke up quiet early mostly due to the repeated beeping of her phone.She rolled to the next side of the bed and picked up her phone. It was her mum.She sat up well in bed and picked the call. “Hey mum,” she said.“Hey my dear, how are you doing?”“Very well mum.”“Sorry I haven’t reached out. So many things have been going on,” Steph explained.Her relationship with her mum had grown closer than it used to be. She was glad that was better and was always now looking forward to spending more time with her.“Are you going to be home anytime soon?” She asked her“I think I want to stay with Mia for a while. Her roommate is out of town and I think I need the company too,” she explained.“That’s nice. Say me hello to Mia.”“Tell dad I said hey also,” Steph said.Steph stood fr
Steph heard a knock on the door, she stood from where she was sitting on the couch. She didn’t even ask who it was, because she just assumed it was Mia since she had just stepped out for work. She opened the door and realized that it was Oliver, she wasn’t expecting it to be him.“Hey Oliver,” she said and when she looked down at his hands, she realized he was holding a bouquet of flower.He handed it over to her and she smiled.“I just wanted to drop this and also this,” he said giving her a small gift back.“Come in,” Steph said.“I have somewhere to get to this morning, maybe I will come back after,” he said.“That’s fine,” Steph said.“What about Mia, is she in?” He asked.“No, she just left for work,” Steph replied.“Alright, see you later,” Oliver said and Steph locked the door behind him.Mia was still sitting in her car outside her apartment. She was making some calls to clients and hadn’t drove to work.She sighted Oliver as he entered into his car. He hadn’t seen him go
Steph held Mia’s hands as the machine beeps echoed in the room. It had been about 2 days since Mia was brought into the emergency.Steph stared at Mia’s face, how vulnerable she looked and she prayed silently that her friend gets well soon.Steph wiped the tears that had unknowingly escaped her face. Mia was still unconscious and hasn’t even opened her eyes yet.Oliver stood by the door as he watched Steph with Mia. He couldn’t help but feel like everything that was happened was his fault. If only he hadn’t been so selfish and wanted Steph so badly, maybe all of that wouldn’t have happened.He couldn’t bring himself to stay next to her. His conscience couldn’t allow it. The more he saw her, the more he wished he didn’t call Frank to tell him about MiaMaybe if he had just allowed her leave that day and told Steph, all that wouldn’t have happened.“Why are you standing by the door?” Steph asked, turning in Oliver’s direction.Oliver was about to walk in when his phone started to ring.
“Here, we were all so happy here. Remember how we all went out in the rain and our moms were looking for us, we all got a cold and couldn’t go to school the next day,” Steph explained with a smile.Mia stared into the pictures she was showing her. Her memory was trying to remember what Steph was telling her but it was a bit blurry.It had been a month and Steph had been trying all she could to help Mia’s memory. On some days, to Mia, the memories seem like they are going to be clear and on some other days, it is completely blank.Steph wished there was something she could do to make all the memory come back to her but there was nothing than to keep helping her.Steph had gone home to bring all their childhood pictures and sometimes she remembered some tiny details and even though it wasn’t so much, Steph was glad that there was hope.There was a knock on the door. Steph knew it was Mark, he had called earlier that he was going to be there soon.Steph was going to the orphanages with t
Steph went to the orphanage, she was always so excited to be there these days and even Lily was always so happy to see her as she always grinned and when Steph was about to go…she would hold onto her clothes tightly preventing her from leaving.“She has gotten so attached to you since you’ve been coming here,” Leslie said to Steph as they both stood looking at Lily, who was playing with her toys.Steph smiled“She is such an amazing girl,” Steph replied.“There are some people I would like for you to meet today, they would be coming in this afternoon,” Leslie explained.“Alright,” Lily said, curious about who it was and why Leslie wanted her to see them.She went about her normal thing at the orphanage and then in a couple of hours, Leslie requested that she wanted Steph in her office.She stopped what she was doing and then walked into Leslie’s office.She met a couple there, sitting in the chair directly opposite to Leslie.She wandered what was going on.The couple were probably in
It’s been about 5 months since Luna and Alex had been staying in same house together. She was already in her second trimester and might even be in her third trimester soon.They mostly behaved like strangers in the house. They never ate on the dinning together, no matter how much Luna tries to persuade Alex. He would tell Maria to bring his food to his room.On some days when Alex came down to the living room and was watching a show. Luna would sit next to him and would try to form and make up conversations but it always never worked.On most days, Alex head is thinking about Steph. How she is doing? What she is doing? Due to that, he sometimes just comes down and watches the tv series “friends” like they used to.He would smile as he watched it because sometimes, he would remember the reactions she made while they watched together and would just smile.On some days, he found himself staring at her pictures on his phone. Sometimes, almost dialing her number but he knew she didn’t real
Steph went around the space, as she monitored the decoration. Today was the day Mark was proposing to Mia. Steph excitedly went through the decorations again. She needed everything to be perfect. It’s been 4 months since Mia’s recall of events that had happened. Mark wanted to give her sometime and that was why it took that long to decide on the proposal again.Mark had requested the help of Steph for the planning of the proposal and Steph was really happy to help.They decided to do it in a hall. There were flowers on the floor spelling out “will you marry me”.There was a guy who was by the side and was supposed to play the guitar as Mia walks in.There was food prepared, the decorations was in pink and white and also red roses which lay on the floor.There was also a big projector screen that is supposed to play back pictures of mark and Mia from when they started dating.Steph felt a hand around her waist from behind and then a kiss on her cheek. She turned back and realized it