Enemies Without a Limit

Chapter 21

Jazzy nodded. The tears that Naomi held back earlier in her eyes were falling in rivers over her cheeks as she hugged her for dear life. How are all our lives so fucked up? she thought to herself as they both cried into each other.

"Jaz, how did this happen? I thought you and Nathan broke up last week or, or did you two conceive before the break-up?--Wait are you going to keep it? Are you going to tell him, 'cause you should--"

"Naomi." Jazzy said, pulling apart from her but staring down at the floor. "It's not Nathan's."

"Wait, then whose is it?" She watched as Jazzy bit down on her lip nervously.

"Whose is it?" Naomi asked more urgently. "Is it Miles's?"

"Oh no! No!" Jazzy reassured.

"Then whose?" Tell me!"

"It's Darryl's." Jazzy whispered.

The two words were enough to break Naomi and crush her heart as she processed them in her clouded head. "Darryl's? How is it Darryl's?"

"It was Saturday. I got into a huge argument with Nathan about him sleeping with Tameeka and he kept cursing me out and lying to me. So that night I lied and told my mom that I wanted to come see you about a project, so she dropped me off at your place and I walked over to his and then we slept together."

"You spent the night?" Naomi fumed. She never felt so much betrayal in her entire life. First her parents and now Jazzy and Darryl.

"No! When it was done I asked Miles to give me a ride home and that was all."

"How could you do this to me?" Naomi seethed.

"What? Shouldn't you be asking how can he do this to me?" Jazzy snapped, gesturing at her stomach. "I'm the one who got knocked up with his spawn child!" she defended. 

"If you hate him so much, why did you sleep with him?" Naomi barked.

"Nay, don't forget I can ask you the same thing!" Jazzy countered, "And because it's Darryl. If his girlfriend is sleeping with my boyfriend than why not return the favor? You and I both know he has a reputation for not being able to say no to any girl and if you two can agree to the deal you have with one another I figured he could do me this one favor." she explained.

"And tell me, Jazzy, just what did you hope to gain out of this?" Naomi asked with narrowed eyes.

"I-I wanted to rub it in Nathan's face. So I told him about the deal between you two and about what I did and--"

"You did what?!" Naomi shrieked, noticing that people were starting to stare but she couldn't care less at this point. It was only a matter of time that Nathan would tell Miles and this would all blow up in her face. "When did you tell him? And why? What does anything I do with him have to do with anything you did? Jazzy are you an idiot?" She wanted to wring her neck.

"I told him today and it just slipped out. I'm sorry but Naomi, you're hurting my feelings. I know I messed up in telling Nathan, but Darryl did this--"

"No! You don't get to blame this one on him. This was all you, Jasmiine! He has to deal with his dad dying and now your baby because you wanted to get even!"

"Geez, Naomi why do you care so much? I thought you didn't care about him?" Jazzy questioned with a raised brow.

Ignoring her, Naomi continued. "Well I hope your satisfied. You have a little more than 'sex with Darryl' to rub in his face now. Have a nice life!" Naomi stormed down the hall toward the exit. 

"Where are you going?!" Jazzy called after her.

"To go talk to your baby daddy!" she called out before she pushed through the front doors.