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M i l o' s P O V
I smiled and kissed Gloria. She's so beautiful! "I hope we get married soon." She whispers. "We will babe. There's too much things going on right now, let's just think about Alice." I told her, kissing her forehead. I then, saw Michael and Shelby looking for me. "Hey, do you guys want to go outside for a bit?" Shelby asked. "Sure, just give us a minute." Gloria responded nicely. They both smiled and went upstairs and faded away. As they left, I deeply looked into Gloria's chocolate brown eyes. "Milo, can you promise me one thing?" She questions, I looked down and said, "What is it?" She notices something: I can't trust anyone. It's just so hard.
She nods her head and goes, "Nothing, you don't even trust me." I bit my lip and didn't say anything. She looked at my eyes and I really didn't like that awkward silence. I go, "I'm sorry, it's not you, it's me. I have a hard time trusting people and I can't trust anyone. I feel like they are not 'friends' as I though of it." I felt a single tear dropped in my eye. "I thought we were a team, Milo. I thought you loved me!" She replies. "I do, Gloria. I mean you don't know how hard it is to have wake up every morning to take care of the people you love. I admit being a parent is hard, I mean, I do it. I just get tired sometimes and get upset sometimes, because, nobody sees that I have a heart." I then start to cry.
Gloria, saw me crying. Sometimes when I argue with someone I cry. But she hadn't seen my cry, yet. "Milo, baby, I know it's hard for you. But, you have to trust me something. Make a promise for me, sweetheart." She exclaims, softly, holding my hands. Then, wiping my tears away with her thumb. "Okay." I told her softly. She kisses my cheek, smiling at me.
G l o r i a' s P O V
I calmly held his hands as tears were falling, he sniffled and wiped his own tears, hugging me. I hugged him back rubbing his back. "Come on, let's go outside." I told him, holding his hand. He nods his head smiling. We went outside acting like nothing happened.
We saw Alice running and ruffled Milo's hair. "Your hair is so soft, it's cute." Alice tells Milo. "Thank you, sweetheart." Milo responds to Alice with a grin. I smirked at her. "Milo, aren't you going to hang with us?" Michael asked him. "No, not now. I just want to be by myself." Milo told him in a soft voice. Michael understood so, he just left him there and went with Michael.
As I started to go with Michael, I never realize how a good person he can be. At first, I hated him, but, now, I think he isn't as bad. He's smart for his age and knew Milo for a pretty long time.
Then, I was walking with everyone else, they just kept quiet. "How come we are walking around here?" I asked. "To enjoy the fresh air, for a bit. To feel the breeze you know, Gloria?" Michael said to me. But what I realized what I was thinking was strange: getting into the war, with Milo and I being killed. I didn't know what I was thinking but, I know that I have to keep Alice safe. Milo and I knew that our little girl should be safe, and we will make sure of it.