After Aaron had carried Mellie to the couch and Mia grabbed a blanket to cover her over, they made their way to the balcony which had become their refuge to all the madness happening in the apartment. When they took their seats and Mia lit up a cigarette, he looked pensive when he asked, ‘Do you think I would make a good Dad?’
Mia was shocked for a moment, and took a long drag before even thinking about her response. In fact she took a couple of drags before responding and silently cursed she didn’t bring the bottle of tequila out to take a few swigs of that too. ‘I don’t think we are automatically good with parenting, it’s something we learn and something we take from our parents as guidance. My mom use to tell me that when she had Jack, Mellie and I, and was pregnant with Zach, she was all alone and she had no idea what she was doing. Now, even though I would never tell her, I think she did a pretty great job, even though I’m a bit fucked up.’
Mia looked at the concentration on Aaron's face and said softly, 'Why do you ask?'
When Aaron went through his own explanation and thought process, Mia finished her cigarette and immediately lit up again. If after this she wasn’t a chain smoker it was going to be a miracle.
It wasn’t often Mia took the hard line with Aaron. She wasn’t firm with him usually, and had a problem saying no to him, but this was important. He had to know this wasn’t something he could flake out on, and she knew he could be like that as he had broken her heart so many times before. ‘Just think really carefully Danger... because once you say it, you can’t take it back and you have to be there for everything, not just the good stuff. Everything.’
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