The doorbell rang and I looked over at it sadly. I opened the door and looked over at his family. The mom had blonde hair and was rather small while his dad was taller and a bit chubby. His brother was also tall with brown hair and glasses.

"You must be the Way family," I said.

"Yes, I'm Donald, and you're Frank," his dad said.

"Gee!" I called.

There were footsteps and Gee ran over. He looked at the people nervously and Donna started crying when she hugged him.

"H-he's small," Donald remarked.

"Yeah, he was stunted because of malnourishment," I said.

Gee cried, squirming out of her arms. He hugged me tight and I sighed. I bent down to his height and smiled sadly.

"Alright, Gee, you're gonna go and have a lot of fun now, okay?" I asked. "Like when we went on tour, you're gonna travel really far and see so many new places."

"Okay, let's go," Gee said, pulling me out the door with him.

"No, no," I said. "You're gonna go without me. You're gonna have a lot of fun. You have Squilly and Seb Seb and your binkie."

I put his paci in his mouth as his lip quivered.

"And you still have your little flip phone so you can call me whenever you want," I said. "I'm gonna miss you so much but you're gonna go have fun with your family now."

I kissed his forehead, handing Donald a pink suitcase. Donna took Gee's hand and I watched them all get into the car, driving away. As soon as the door shut I broke down sobbing. I went upstairs to Gee's room, curling up in his bed as I cried into his pillow.

"Hey, Frankie," Jamia said quietly. "They picked him up already?"

I nodded, looking up at her. Jamia laid beside me and and I wrapped my arms around her as I cried.

"Hey, it's gonna be okay," she whispered.

I nodded when my phone rang.

"H-hello?" I asked.

"Daddy!" He cried. "I'm scared. These people are taking me away from you."

"No they aren't, they're your family, you're gonna go live with them now," I said.

Someone in the background on his end said something and he hung up. I sniffled quietly, sitting up.

"D-do you think you can get us a show soon?" I asked. "I think now I can really just start focusing on my music career."

Jamia smiled and nodded, holding my hand.

"But...I think I kinda just wanna lay here with you for a little longer," I mumbled.

I wrapped my arms around her, my head resting on her shoulder as I fell asleep.

Mia was still there when I woke up, running her fingers through my hair.

"Thanks for staying here with me," I mumbled.

"Of course," she said.

I kissed her cheek, smiling as I wrapped my arms around her.

"You're the best, I love having you in my life," I said.

"Come on, I think that you should go downstairs," she said. "When did you eat last?"

"Yesterday, I was too sick to eat at all today," I said.

"It's already three in the afternoon," she said. "Come on, I'll go make you something."

She took my hand and brought me downstairs. I sat on the couch while she cooked. My eyes glanced over and I frowned when I saw Sebastian sitting on the couch.

"Oh, Seb Seb," I muttered.

I hugged Sebastian sadly, laying down on the couch. Jamia came back with a bowl of macaroni and cheese. She kneeled beside me, running her fingers through my hair.

"I know you're upset, Frankie, it's perfectly understandable," she said. "We all miss him, sweet little Gee is gone now."

I nodded my head, closing my eyes.

"Come on, sweetheart, it's time to eat," she said. "You've gotta eat, Frankie."

I sat up and Jamia turned on the tv. Teletubbies automatically turned on because it had been playing last and my lip quivered.

"Frankie, it's okay," she said quietly. "You know that it's going to be okay. He is going to go live with his family, people who have been missing him for almost twenty years now. He's gonna be with his family and he's gonna be happy."

"I know, I'm just gonna miss him," I said quietly.

"We can go visit sometimes," she said. "And maybe when you do a tour around the country then you can stop by in California to visit him because he's right in LA. He can come to your show where you'll perform and he'll just spend the entire time napping and complaining."

I chuckled softly. "He really does that when he's at my shows?"

"Yeah, he does," she said. "It's a lot cuter than it sounds."

"Speaking of, at the last show of tour did he, like, wander off or talk to some random drunk people at all?" I asked.

"No, I kept him by my side the whole time," Jamia said.

I frowned as I ate quietly when Jamia changed the channel. We watched tv for a little while and I set my bowl down on the coffee table when I was done.

"I'm gonna...I'm gonna need to pack up Gee's stuff and mail it out there," I said. "And he forget poor little Seb Seb. Do you think that the plane has left yet? I can maybe make it to give him back his stuffie. He's never been on a plane before, he's gonna be freaking out. If he doesn't have Seb Seb he's gonna have a complete meltdown."

"I'm sorry, Frank, but their flight left ten minutes ago," she said quietly.

I nodded my head, sniffling quietly. I went downstairs and picked up my guitar, grabbing my notepad.

"You writing a song?" Jamia asked, sitting down on the couch next to me.

I nodded, strumming a few random chords before I sighed.

"I don't know," I muttered. "I can't do it. My heart hurts."

Jamia reached over, holding both my hands in hers.

"Frank, you're gonna be okay," she said. "I know you're hurting now but you're gonna be okay, really. It's hard to lose someone you thought was going to be in your life permanently."

"I-I bought a new house for him, I spent days decorating and finishing his bedroom," I said. "And I even bought him a Christmas present. He has never even heard of Christmas. I-I was so excited to decorate the tree with him and to wake up with him on Christmas morning and open presents with him and make those little tree shaped pancakes for him like how my mom used to do when I was little."

"That's so sweet," Jamia said.

I nodded my head, sniffling quietly.

"A-and I was gonna get him little Christmas themed matching pajamas and I was gonna have my own matching pair and when it snowed I was gonna take him sledding and make a snowman with him and...and now I won't be able to show him all these things," I said.

"Well, his new family can show him what Christmas is," she said.

"But I doubt they pull all the stops for Christmas, the other kid is seventeen it's not like he believes in Santa," I Said. "They don't know to show him all these stuff. They don't know how to take care of him at all. I-I should've written something out for them. I should've put down all his likes and his dislikes and just how to take care of him."

"They'll be able to figure it out just like how you figured it out," she said and I nodded. "Gee is going to be fine."

"I know, I'm just protective of him," I said. "I don't want him getting hurt."

Jamia kissed my cheek gently and I smiled.

"Mia, I was thinking and I don't know...it may be irrational but I feel as though the house is gonna be so empty and I will be so open now I was thinking that maybe I can keep the baby," I Said.

"You have to make sure you think this through very thoroughly," she said. "A child is a big responsibility. You're twenty two, Frank, are you sure that you're ready to have a child? You're single, young and trying to get your band to start off. A child is a big deal, they require attention all day long every single day."

"But...this is a my child," I said quietly. "You know, I made this little human and I...I want to be able to watch them grow and I want to show them the best music and I want to teach them guitar and teach them to sing. I want to be there for them for their first school play and their first science fair and first time they lose a tooth. I wanna watch them grow up and go off to college where I'm probably going to cry as I watch them leave. And I want to watch them get married and have my own little grandkids."

"You're gonna be an amazing dad," Jamia said. "Whether it's in nine months as a single dad or nine years when you're married and settled down. And if you choose to keep the baby now then you are going to be a great father to them. Even if you don't know quite what you're doing you'll be able to figure it out. Gee was a struggle for everyone but within just a few days you knew exactly just how to handle him and take care of him. You'll be able to take care of a little baby no problem in just a few days. Kids are hard but you're just so caring and loving."

I smiled, wrapping my arms around her.

"I just want this baby to grow up happy and healthy," I said. "And I know that they would be so well off just being adopted by someone else but, like, I just imagine me missing their entire life and all the big moments like their first steps and their first words and it makes my heart ache. I haven't even put them up for adoption yet and I already regret it."

"You're gonna be so amazing," she said. "I know that it's going to be perfect with whatever you choose. Giving your kid up for adoption is really hard but it's up to you to decide what's actually best for the child, even if that means missing the milestones."

I nodded my head, resting my head on her shoulder as my heart ached and mind spun.