The female waitress nodded before she walked away with the menus leaving both Malia and Ryan alone in the table, creating an awkward silence between them, but after a while, Ryan spoke up.

"So, um…" Ryan finally spoke up, "Did you raise your son alone?"

"Yes, I have raised my son Ralph alone..." Malia replied with a smile on her face, "Well, I got help from my friends, and my grandmother, but..." She said, "Most of the time I did it myself."

"Must be difficult for you to raise him." Ryan said as he leaned forward with his elbows on the table.

"Well, raising a child is an awful lot of work..." Malia replied, "I had to play the role of his mother and father to raise him." She said, "I know at first I thought he was a mistake, but when I look at him, he's a blessing." She said before she leaned forward with her elbows on the table, "And honestly, I'm not regretting to having him as my son..." She said with a smile on her face, "I'm happy that I had a wonderful son."

"You are really a strong mother, being able to handle both work and home." Ryan said with a smirk on his face, "You're really a smart, tough, talented, and incredible girl in the universe!" He said making Malia to blushed slightly and she couldn't help but crack a smile.

"Should, I feel complimented?" Malia asked as she couldn't help but crack a smile.

"Yes! You're that good." Ryan replied as he gave Malia a smile making Malia to blushes and smiles slightly in embarrassed.

"You really think so?" Malia asked and Ryan gave her a nod, "Thank you for the compliment." She said as she wasn't looking at him.

"Who is Ralph's father?" Ryan asked and Malia looks at him nervously.

Malia froze as she literally stopped breathing for about ten seconds as she stared at Ryan with a shock on her face while a dozen thoughts ran through her head. Then, Malia looked around to make sure no one could hear them and started to speak very softly.

"It is a..." Malia whispering hesitantly, "A difficult subject to discuss."

"Why?" Ryan asked now curious.

"I..." Malia said as she rubs the back of her head while she was a little nervous, "I... I was... I was raped by members of the Imperium of Man." She said as her voice was expressionless, but her hesitation let on her apprehension to share such a personal story while Ryan was in shock, "I was captured during the war, and they tortured me and abused me."

"Oh... I'm..." Ryan said as he was shock by her unexpectedly traumatic story, "I'm sorry." He said as he looked at her in the eyes, "You have no idea how terribly sorry I am." He said before he stayed in silent as he didn't know what to do, and he didn't know how to fix it.

"You have nothing to be sorry for..." Malia replied as she smiled at him, "What happened to me back then is not your fault."

"So, Ralph is half human and half Burmecian?" Ryan asked.

Malia give Ryan a nod, "He looks full Burmecian, but he's half human in blood."

"He knows about this?" Ryan asked and Malia shakes her head slightly.

"He doesn't know anything about this..." Malia said, "For him, his father died during the war." She said, "The only ones who know about this are my friends, my mother, and my grandmother."

"Are you going to tell him?" Ryan asked

Malia took a deep breath before saying, "I... I'm not ready to tell him yet."

"Malia, he deserves to know." Ryan said as he took her hand with his.

"I know he deserves to know, which is why I'm going to tell him when I'm ready." Malia replied.

"And when will that be exactly?" Ryan asked.

"I don't know." Malia said as she looks away.

"You better know, Malia..." Ryan said, "What if he finds out and –"

Malia's eyes widen in fear, "A... Are you planning on telling him?"

"No! Of course not. I promised you that I won't say anything. But that doesn't mean he can't find out about it through some other way." Ryan said, "He's going to figure out about his origin eventually."

"I know, I know. But I just..." Malia said, "I want to keep it to myself first."

"Are you sure that's wise?" Ryan asked, "How is he going to react it –"

"I know how he's going to react..." Malia replied, "You don't need to tell me!"

"Okay... I'm sorry." Arizona soothes, patting her hand, "I understand."

Malia gave Ryan a smile before the waitress appears with their foods. The waitress places their foods down to the table before she walks away. Malia began quietly eating her bacon and cheeseburger, and Ryan does the same with his plain hamburger. While they were eating Malia looked at Ryan and saw how much he had changed over the years. Ryan then looked at her and gave her a smile. After a few minutes, both were done eating, Ryan paid for their foods and then they both walked out of the restaurant with Malia's arm wrapped around his. They walked for a while making small talk until they finally arrived at Malia's dormitory, so they turned to faces each other.

Malia chuckled, "I really enjoyed our date tonight."

"Me too." Ryan replied.

"See you tomorrow?" Malia asked.

"Sure. Bye, Malia." Ryan said as he waved his hand before he walks away.

Malia smile before she turned around to face the door of her dormitory, and then she swiped her key-card through the card-reader and a green light flashed on the device with a clicking noise. The door slides away and Malia walked inside to the dormitory before the door slide shut itself and the card-reader green light turned red.

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The End.

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Part 1: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/31112335/

Part 2: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/31126802/

Part 3: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/31171093/