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ANASTASIA
As I pulled up to Demetrius' house, I started to panic with anxiety. This is my first time in over six years that I'm finally seeing my son. Most of me felt like a shitty mother just abandoning him all of those years. I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive myself for that. 
I texted Demetrius when I got into his driveway. He came out about a minute later by himself. 
"You ready to finally see Amir?" 
"Y - yeah.. I'm just extremely nervous." 
"You have no reason to be. He's your son. He's extremely excited. You're all he's been talking about since I told him." 
"Really?"
"I swear. But like I said, don't hurt Amir this time around. You have to be present in his life from here on out." 
"I know, Meech. You don't have to remind me. I fucked up once, I'm not gonna do it again." 
"Good. Now follow me inside." 
Demetrius guided me into his house, shutting the door behind me. The house seemed quiet and peaceful. 
"Amir, come downstairs! Mommy is here to see you!" 
My heart started to race. This was the moment of truth. A few seconds later, there was my beautiful six year old Amir standing in front of me with an excited smile on his face. 
"Mommy!!" 
"Hey, baby boy! Mommy is so happy to see you, I missed you so much!" 
I picked up Amir with pure joy and hugged him the tightest that I could. He wrapped his small arms around my neck and hugged me back his tightest. I could see Demetrius smiling at the sight of us finally reuniting. 
"I missed you too! Where have you been? Daddy says you've been really busy with working around the world."
"Yeah, daddy's right. Mommy's a singer. I make music and I have to travel the world for it." 
"I know. We listen to your music all of the time. Especially when I go to sleep."
Amir giggled with a warm smile. Which made me feel even worse for leaving him for as long as I did. Kids are so lovable no matter what the cost is. 
"Really? What's your favorite song of mommy's then?" 
"Can't Let Go. I love that one!" 
"Hey, buddy. Why don't you go upstairs and grab your photo album? We can show mommy your kindergarten graduation pictures." 
"Yay, okay! I'm going into the first grade after this summer is over." 
Amir giggled once more, climbing out of my arms and going up the stairs. I then looked over at Demetrius in guilt. 
"He's so precious.. I've fallen in love with him so much already.." 
"You're supposed to. That's your son. Our son. I heard that your new tour starts next week. What are you going to do then?" 
"I can't just take him with me for the summer on the road? I'll have him back in time for when the new school year starts. My rehearsals start in two days." 
"I'll let him go with you for the summer.. under one condition.." 
"What is it, Meech?" 
"I have to come along. I don't want just any random person around my son and watching him while you're performing." 
This nigga has to be kidding me right now, right? You know what? Fine. I'm not even gonna argue with him about this.. 
"Fine. I'll talk to Maria about you guys coming along. Just don't act an ass, especially when it comes to Dominic. I really like him, Meech." 
"Mhm. Just because Amir will be there, I'll make sure to be on my best behavior."
"I'm back, mommy! These are my graduation pictures. The girl that you see next to me in all of them is my best friend Raven. She sings your songs sometimes, too." 
"Oh really? I think imma have to give Raven and her mommy a free backstage pass to one of my shows." 
I jokingly chuckled. Amir sat on my lap as the three of us sat on the couch. 
"Raven has two mommies. So you have to give it to them all. But Raven is where I used to live, in my old school. I'm going to a new school this year." 
"I know, baby. I'll try to find Raven's mommies' numbers or something so I can fly them out for you. But about these photos, you look absolutely stunning! My baby is so fire." 
"Thank you! I really wish you could have came. All of my friends' moms and dads would be so excited!" 
"I know. Me too, baby boy. But I'm taking it as they're all really big fans?" 
"Yeah! I once went to my friend David's birthday party, and they were playing all of your music." 
Amir chuckled and laid his head back onto my chest. Demetrius chuckled and looked over at Amir. 
"Mommy wants us to go along with her on her tour. Just for the summer because you have a new school year coming up. What do you think? You wanna travel with mommy for the summer?" 
"That's so cool! Yes, I wanna go! I can't wait!" 
Amir started to clap with excitement. Suddenly, my phone buzzed with a notification from Dominic. 
Dom💞; not sure if you know but you having a kid is now out on the blogs. I just thought I would be the first to let you know before you thought I had something to do with it. I hope everything is going well with little man
"You good, Stasia? You look like you just seen a ghost or something."
"I'm fine, Meech. Just stupid stuff. But I'm excited for you guys to come along with me, too. It's gonna be so much fun. I'm so happy to finally have my little man coming along with me doing what I love the most." 
It's gonna be a lot of shit going down with the media for the next few weeks.. if not, MONTHS..