Jonabel (Nate needs his daddyyy!)

[Isabel Mason]

Nate really deserved this.

He was always suffering because of her busy schedule from having to move around in the past to her having to miss his school things now. Isabel was trying her best but it was tough to make it as a single mother even if she did have money in the bank and a home of her own. She wasn't by any meaning of the word desperate for money but those women in labor... they needed her. She was a midwife which meant that she was pretty much constantly on call as they couldn't just go to someone else to deliver their baby.

She owed these women! But today was a special day for just her and the only man in her life. She'd called the mothers that she was working with and informed them of this and recommended that if they happened to go into labor today then to please call her assistant who was very much capable of delivering a baby in her absence. She ran her fingers through her hair and watched with a small smile as her son played on the swing set.. He always looked so happy that she wondered if he even needed Jonathan but then the dark realization came to mind that he would eventually ask about his father and she had no explanation as to why he wasn't around.

What was she suppose to say? I just didn't feel like trying to tell him? I didn't think you needed him?

She knew that Jonathan would have been a great father as he had always been a terrific dad to Cici but she just hadn't really given much thought to the idea of telling Jonathan that he was the father.. She knew that she could do it on her own and she wasn't scared to. Being back with Jonathan and raising their son would've meant giving up her freedom and she absolutely loved how much traveling she got in and she got to do it all with her little man.

[Jonathan Russel]

Jon was feeling pretty restless, what with the fact that he had Cici and Livvie that day, and Cassidy had decided to drop off Jonie out of nowhere. He didn't even have actual legal custody of his third daughter, yet he voluntarily looked after her as much as he could --being that he couldn't possibly deny his own flesh and blood, especially when he crippled her mother. Deciding that taking the little girls over to the playground would be much less of a toll on himself, and he wouldn't have to constantly be on watch on the three in his apartment, Jon sat on a bench, watching them run around and play, fiddling with his hands and just taking the time to let himself relax as much as he could in the time being.

[Isabel Mason]

Isabel recognized Cici and Olivia as did Nathaniel who raced to the twins with a big smile on his face. She was honestly curious as to what they were doing here since Esme was busy with her newborn but maybe Hudson had taken them? She glanced to the bench and nearly choked on her gum when she saw none other than Jonathan Russel. What was she suppose to do? Go and say hello? Pretend that the little boy in front of her wasn't his? Maybe this was some sort of a sign that she needed to go ahead and tell him that he was the father now and get it over with.

So, she stepped up and moved over to sit next to him on the bench. "Remember me?" She asked quietly though she didn't doubt that he would. She didn't look that different than she had in high school! He had grown up a bit but he looked about the same aside from the fact that he was even handsomer...

Was that possible? He'd been a giant stud back in the day so she wasn't entirely sure. "It's been a really long time, Jon." She wanted to assure him that she actually knew him just in case he didn't immediately find himself filled with memories of her... Of them.

[Jonathan Russel]

When Jon heard that familiar voice, his heart nearly stopped. It couldn't be-- he turned his head, raising his eyebrows in shock as he saw Isabel. Isabel, the first girl he le himself fall in love with after Esme. The same girl he let slip away after high school. He still beat himself up after that. Sure, it did give him the ability to spend more time with his daughters and focus on himself... but he did get lonely, and when he got lonely, he really wondered how things would be had they been, well, different.

He began to smile at her, softly, nodding, "Yeah... yeah it has," he blinked, "how, uh, how are you? How have things been?"

[Isabel Mason]

"Oh um..." Isabel honestly didn't know what to say to that.. what could she say? I had a baby and didn't tell you? Surprise, you're a daddy... again? "I did a lot of traveling... I lived in France, Japan, England, you name it and I probably went there.... I'm a midwife now and I have a son." She smiled weakly up at him before glancing over to the children playing.

It was one of those now or never moments.

"His name is Nathaniel..." She bit down on her bottom lip and forced her gaze to stay directly in front of her as she said something that he likely wasn't expecting. "Russel... his name is Nathaniel Russel." Hopefully he would pick up on the quite obvious bomb that she had just dropped on his lap. But what if he didn't want to be a part of their son's life? What if she waited too long and he wouldn't accept Nate?