Watch & Learn

Chapter 27: Confessions - Part I

"No! You're not getting an abortion." I told her. That was the last thing I wanted her to do.

"Why not? I can't take care of a baby. And if you can't take care of me, how you gonna take care of a baby? I can't do it." She told me while I shook my head. I hated what she was saying. Yeah, a baby would be hard to take care of but we could do it. I believed in her. I believed in us.

"You're not getting rid of this baby. We only have one more month left for this school year. You can sign up for online classes for the next school year. And then instead of staying on campus, you can come live with me. And don't worry about money. I'll go out and get another job if I have to. But you're not getting rid of this baby." I told her.

"But it's my body!" She argued.

"And that's my baby!" I snapped back. "I'm not letting you do this. I want this baby with you. I'm gonna be there. I'm gonna help you take care of it. No matter what our relationship status is, I'm gonna be there." I told her as tears started to slowly come down her cheek.

"You mean that?" She asked me.

"I mean it. I promise." I told her as I wiped her tears away.

"I thought you were gonna be mad when I told you that I was pregnant." She confessed.

"Why would I be mad?" I asked her as she stayed quiet. "This is just as much as my fault than it is yours. But we can't cried over spilled milk. We gotta keep going. I got you."

"Thank you." She smiled before leaning in to hug me.

"You know I'm always gonna be here for you. I'm just glad that we're able to put our problems to the side for this baby. I love you, no matter what we going through." I said.

"Me too. I love you too." She told me as she let go of me and stood up. "I'm gonna schedule a doctor's appointment for next week."

"I'll be at every one." I smiled before walking her to the door.

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Candace

Walking inside of the restaurant, I held onto Rome's hand tightly as we followed the hostess to our table. I know that these past few weeks of no sex has been hell for Rome but whenever we aren't busy, we take the time out to do something instead of sex. Tonight was dinner night. No phones, just our full attention on each other.

"Playoffs start next week in Miami." Rome said excitedly as he set down his menu. Rome always got so happy talking about basketball. I got happy talking to him about it too. Seeing him smile and be happy brightened up my day.

"That's good! I wanna come, but finals are next week." I sighed as I took a sip of my water.

"Damn, the whole team took our finals early. I wish you could come though. I might need that extra support." He said as he held my hand over the table.

"I'll watch on TV and send you good luck texts and support throughout the game." I laughed.

"You know, I'm kinda glad that you and I decided to take a break from sex." Rome told me. That was a surprise. I was never expecting to hear that come out of his mouth. I felt kinda guilty though. Rome was giving all of his attention to me and I've been fucking Will or Julian every other day. I really wanted to stop, but I couldn't find myself to do it. I really loved Rome though. I was just confused at the moment.