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Epilogue
3 years later
Angela looked out the window and sighed. She finally was going back after 3 years instead of 3 months.
Things weren�t planned like she thought they would be and she had to stay longer. When she found out that she was pregnant she didn�t dare to go back to London and to face her friends. It kept getting harder to tell them that she had a son and when he was already one year old she finally dared to tell Sophie and Scott, who were married by that time.
She asked them to not to tell anyone and now Bryan was 2 years old.
She finally dared to go back to the others and to show them Bryan. Scott and Sophie would pick her and Brian up and they could stay at their home. She was very nervous about meeting the others again, she had lost contact with them all.
Angela took Brian�s hand so he wouldn�t get lost in the crowd and walked trough the airport, searching for Sophie and Scott.
� Angela!�
Angela turned around and smiled when she saw a pregnant Sophie, hand in hand with Scott.
� Sophie!�
The two girls hugged each other and began to talk about the things that had happened the last year.
� Uh-hum�
Angela turned around to Scott and smiled.
� Scott!�
Angela hugged him and smiled when he squeezed her hand.
� Brian darling, meet aunt Sophie and uncle Scott�
A little boy came behind Angela and he gave Sophie and Scott a hand.
� Ello auntie Sophie and uncle Scott, it�s nice to meet you�
� Aw, hello sweetie, it�s nice to meet you too! Would you like to see your new house?�
Brian smiled to his new aunt and took her hand and followed her to the car.
� Hey! Someone is stealing my woman!�
Angela laughed at Scott and looked with proud to her son.
� Yeah, all the women fall in love for him�and I try to keep him inside as much as possible, but it doesn�t help�
� It�s good to have you back girl!�
� It feels good to be back again�did you tell anyone I came back?�
� No, I didn�t, I thought you didn�t want to?�
� You�re right, thank you!�
� You�re welcome!�
At Scott and Sophie�s house
� So tell me�how�s everyone?�
Sophie and Scott looked to each other before answering.
� Well, everyone is fine�but they are kinda angry at you because you didn�t keep in touch with them�
Angela looked down, thinking about her friends.
� I understand that�but I hope that they�ll understand me too, maybe they do if they meet Brian�
� Yeah, maybe�Brian is such a cutie, so if there is someone who can let them forgive you then it�s Brian!�
Scott shrugged and it was obvious that he wanted to say something.
� What�s wrong Scott?�
� Well�I hope that you don�t mind, but we invited the boys and girls for dinner tonight�
� Well, okay�I mean, I have to see them once, so why not tonight?�
� Yeah, the sooner the better�but if you want to cancel it�they don�t know that you�re here, so��
� No, it�s okay, are they all coming?�
� Everyone except for Ritchie, we thought it would be better this way��
� Thanks for that! So�how�s he doing?�
Scott and Sophie looked sad to each other.
� Well�he has been better. After you had left he went depressive and he had his ex-girlfriend to take care off also. He decided to marry her and a while later he found out that she was lying about her pregnancy, she wasn�t pregnant at all. He tried to live with her, but gave up a couple months ago and he�s divorced for a while now�
Angela looked surprised to Scott and didn�t know what to say.
� Well�that�s sad to hear�
� Yeah, it is��
� Mammy, mammy!�
They looked up to see Brian entering the room.
� What�s wrong hun?�
� I can�t sleep�
� That�s okay, I think that you have had enough sleep anyway�
� Thanks mom!�
Brian hugged Angela and Sophie and Scott smiled by the sight of that.
Scott walked to the door when the doorbell rang.
� Uncle Scott?�
� Yeah?�
� Can I come with you?�
� Yeah, sure�
Scott wasn�t surprised to see Kristen, Helena, Laura, Malou, J, Abs and Sean when he opened the door.
� Hello!�
� Hey! And who are you, little boy?�
Malou looked surprised to the little boy next to Scott.
� I�m Brian and you are my auntie Malou!�
Malou looked confused to Scott and he laughed.
� Don�t mind him, he thinks that everyone is his aunt or uncle�
� Aw, how sweet! He looks familiar from somewhere��
Scott smiled, Brian looked a lot like his mom.
� Come on Brian, back to the livingroom�
The others followed Scott and Brian and once they were in the livingroom everyone was in shock.
� O my, Angela, is that you?�
Helena was the first one who said something.
� Yeah, it�s me�
Angela looked uncomfortable to the others, hoping that they weren�t too angry with her.
� Angela! Omg, that has been a while! How are you girl? Wait�don�t say anything before I have hugged you�
Laura hugged her friendly and looked happy to see her, just like the others. Everyone hugged Angela and wanted to know how she was. Angela was happy that everyone reacted so happy and it surprised her how much she had missed them.
She smiled when she saw Brian walking towards her and she waved towards him.
� Mammy, mammy!�
� Yeah Brian?�
� Can I have some candy?�
� You know the rule Brian, not before dinning�
� Okay mammy��
Angela looked to the others and she saw that everyone was looking to her.
� What?�
� Is Brian your son?�
J looked surprised from Brian to Angela.
� Yeah, he is�
� I already thought that he looked familiar and now I know who he looked like, he looks a lot like you�
� I know, he looks more like me then he looks like his dad�
� Who is his dad?�
Angela turned pale and ran off to the kitchen, just when the doorbell rang. Helena ran after Angela while Scott opened the door.
� Ritchie!�
Scott looked surprised to Ritchie, who was standing in the doorway.
� You look surprised to see me�
� I am�but come in!�
They walked into the livingroom and saw everyone except for Angela and Helena sitting. Brian was sitting in the middle and he was the center of attention.
Everyone looked surprised to Ritchie and no one saw Brian walking towards Ritchie.
� Hello little boy�
� Are you my daddy?�
Ritchie laughed at Brian and didn�t notice the others looking serious.
� I don�t think so boy! If you�ll excuse me, I�m going to the kitchen for something to drink�
Everyone looked shocked to Ritchie and Sophie tried to stop him.
� Wait here Ritchie, I�ll take something to drink for you, I have to take something for myself too�
� You don�t need to Sophie, I can take it with me�
Ritchie walked into the kitchen and looked shocked to Angela.
� Angela?�
� Ritchie?�
Angela looked just as shocked as Ritchie and they didn�t notice Helena leaving the room.
� What are you doing here?�
� I�m back��
� Since when?�
� I arrived today�
� So�how are you?�
� I�m fine and you?�
� I�m fine too�
They went silence for a while, both staring to the ground.
Angela looked surprised to Ritchie, who was mumbling something.
� So that�s why he asked if I was his daddy��
� Sorry?�
� Angela, can I ask you something?�
� Yes, off course�
� Is Brian my son?�
Angela didn�t say anything and Ritchie sighed.
� Angela? He is, isn�t he?�
� Yes, he is��
� Why didn�t you tell me?�
� I tried so many times to tell you�but it was so hard for me�you were here, in London, I was in Holland. It isn�t something you can tell over the phone or by a letter. And well�I didn�t want to fly when I was pregnant�and when Brian was born it came more and more difficult for me to tell you, I just didn�t know how to tell�I couldn�t tell you, I didn�t wanted to destroy your happy life with your wife and baby��
� I don�t have a child and I�m not married anymore��
� I know that, I have heard it today, but I didn�t know it before�
� Angela, do you know what it is to hear that you have a child? Do you know how it is to hear that you have a 2-year-old son? Do you know how it feels, knowing that I have missed the first 2 years of my sons life, the most important years off a child�s life?�
� No, I guess not��
� Then I think you�ll not understand what I�m going to do now��
Ritchie stormed off, leaving Angela behind.
Angela walked to the livingroom and saw everyone staring at her.
� What happened?�
Sean looked really worried to her and Angela broke down crying when she saw his face.
� I just told Ritchie he had a son��
Sean put his arms around her and hugged her tight.
� Shhh Angs�it�s all going to be okay�soon your problems will be over�
� But Sean�I hurt him again�I�m not even back for a day and I hurt him again�
� He�ll come back, you�ll see�he just needs a moment alone�
� Do you think it was wrong of me to tell him after 2 years that he�s a dad?�
� I�m not here to judge about that�Ritchie has to decide for himself if you did wrong and if he could forgive you�
� But when will I know? When will I know if he accepts to be a dad?�
� You�ll�soon�
� Maybe sooner then you think��
Everyone looked surprised to Ritchie, they knew that he would come back, but the didn�t expect him to be back this soon.
� Angela, I want to talk to you�
Ritchie walked to the kitchen, followed by Angela.
� Ritchie, I�m sorry that I didn�t tell you earlier��
� Angela, please be quiet for a moment and let me explain something�
� Okay��
� The moment that you left to Holland was a very hard moment for me, especially because I hadn�t told you that I loved you and that I didn�t know if you was angry or sad or whatever�Every time I looked to my ex-girlfriend and thought about the child I was getting I wished that you was the mother of the child and that I could raise the child together with you�that�s what I realized a moment ago�I can raise a child with you and that�s what I want to do�I want to raise Brian with you�
Angela looked speechless to Ritchie and she began to cry and laugh at the same time.
� Do you really want that? You want to raise Brian with me?�
� That�s what I want�
�Ritchie, you don�t know how happy I�m to hear that!�
Ritchie walked towards Angela and put his arms around her, without letting her go.
� I think I do Angs�I think I do�
The End
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