Imani's POV
I gathered myself and came out of the bathroom.
"How you feel baby?" Mrs. V asked.
"Better." I nodded.
"Good, I think we need to get you some food and-"she was cut off when the door opened and my mom walked in along with my sister.
"Hey Baby." My mom said.
"Hey Mommy." I hugged her tightly.
"You okay?" She asked me as she held me and I nodded.
"What's going on?" She asked me seeing Brandon.
She knew that things between us weren't good.
"Um, he found me." I said.
"Where were you?"
"In the bathroom of my apartment. In the tub." I said.
She sighed and pursed her lips. "Why Imani?"
"You know why ma." I said and she sighed years forming in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, you know your father he's gotta come around."
"I'm not begging him anymore." I told her. "I tried, I tried hard."
"You got a baby now, a baby that's gonna need to know the love of a man."
"The baby's father will be there." I said and she shook her head.
"Can you really count on him?"
"You can't be serious with this conversation." Mrs. V said.
I moved holding my belly from the side and shuffling slowly to the bed I sat, putting my foot up to tie my shoes.
"Why can't I?" My mother said
"Because he's been here." Mrs. V said.
"He left her too. Let's not forget that."
"He ain't gonna leave his child. That's the man that I raised. He will always take care of his responsibilities."
"So there's more? Another baby mama-"
"Please! Stop this fussing over my head. Brandon has been there for me and when he wasn't it was because of what I did."
"This is dysfunctional mess. You're not married, yet alone together and what you gonna do? Have a baby? And you wanna grow your child up in that way? You don't know that life Imani, you had both your parents."
"And our baby will have both its parents as well. Whether we are together or not this is our child, we laid down, made him or her and I wanted it. If we not together, so what." Brandon said.
"Imani think about this before you make the biggest mistake of your life."
"What do you want me to do huh?" I asked her tears falling out of my eyes. "If Brandon is there or not I'm gonna care for my child. Isn't that what a mother is supposed to do?" I asked her.
"I don't wanna talk to you, please leave me alone." I said and pulled my leg up groaning as I felt the pain run up my side.
She shook her head. "I want what's best for you."
"I'm not giving my baby away, and I'm not having an abortion." I said.
She shook her head. "You're not stable. Stabbing yourself and what not because of words. How you gonna have a baby?"
"Get out." I said. "Just go, please go." I told her.
She looked in my eyes and I shook my head turning my face. Before I knew it she was out of the door and I began to cry.
Cry because I was so nervous about being a mom, my body was hurting and I wasn't so sure that I could do this. My parents were completely against me having a child. I sat in a pool of my own tears and Mrs. V and my sister held me. My sister kissed my head and played in my hair while Mrs. V talked to me, telling me I was strong, and this wasn't something that I should be upset about.
After a few minutes, I couldn't cry anymore. My eyes felt sore and I felt like I would die if I had sobbed one more time.
The doctor came in, made me sign myself out and told Brandon to follow him so he could gather my clothes I came in with.
"Imani, we don't doubt that you're well. We just want to be sure, and have you stay with Brandon for a bit."
"Mrs. V I can't do that." I said.
"This isn't just about you sweetie, this is about the three of you now. We'd all feel more comfortable if someone was around more to help you, to be there for you and honestly I think this is good for y'all relationship." My sister said and I nodded.
"He wants me to?"I asked her.
"Yeah." She nodded. "He wants to make sure y'all good."
I nodded. "Alright."
I knew that in my moments, I could get a little stupid and I didn't want my baby to be effected negatively by my foolishness.
Brandon came back in the room and sighed coming over to me. He put my foot up, trying my shoes and put his hand out to help me stand.
"You not even three months pregnant yet and you got me tying your shoes already." He smirked causing me to chuckle.
"Yeah? Well I plan to give you a run for your money for doing this to me." I said.
He nodded, "I bet." He said and took the travel bag from me.
"Alright ma, you good?" He asked her and she nodded.
"Perfect."
"And you Naomi?" He asked her.
"I'm okay. Just wanna make sure she's good." She said referring to me.
"I'm fine." I told her and she hugged me and kissed my cheek.
"We gonna go get a bite somewhere. Y'all wanna join?"
"Me and baby can't afford to eat anymore. My doctor said I'm getting too big." Naomi pouted and I shook my head.
Naomi was huge for her little body.
"Yeah, and I cooked at home for your father. You two go on, we will see you." She waved her hand and I nodded.
Brandon I were the last two to walk out and he brung around his truck putting me in.
"I forgot how high it is." I groaned a little.
"You good?" He asked and I nodded.
He got in, put his seat belt on and began to drive. The silence in the car was what I expected; awkward.
"Brandon." I said.
He looked over at me and then back at the road. "What's up?"
"I just wanna say Thank you-"
"You don't have to thank me its my job."
"No, let me finish." I sighed. "Thank you for not giving me a hard time about the baby. If you had, I don't think I would have been able to handle it." I said.
"I wanted to have this baby. I feel fucked up about the way I found out about it but, it was meant to happen like that you know?"
I nodded. "If I could take it back I would." I said. "And that's about everything." I said.
"Let's not talk about that okay? We need to focus on our child first." He said and I nodded.
"Okay." I said.
I had to accept that from him, he didn't have to be so nice to me. He could have asked me to leave, or gave me a hard time about our child being his but he didn't. It reminded me of one of the reasons I love him.
I wanna fix things, I just dont know how.
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Hey Loves! I've been gone. Planned to update Monday and its Thursday 🙄. A lot has been going on.
Let me say to you all that if you never ever remember or take what I say into consideration take this.
1. KNOW who you are dealing with! Know his or her friends, family members. Know what he treats his mom like.
2. Energy is transferable. Don't be around or with (romantically or not) someone who is always negative.
3. Always, always make sure you make what YOU want clear.
4. Don't settle. It's so easy to settle and its so hard to say what you deserve or possibly may need as far as a mate
5. Don't fight for someone who isn't willing to fight for you. Your time/energy and love is precious. Don't give it away leisurely. Be stingy!
That's for all the ladies dating and stressing. Remember you have power and control. Don't be afraid to talk, and say what you want. Dating is hard. Don't make it any harder. Be clear about what you expect out of the relationship, what you want and if you want titles even if it feels like he's your boyfriend. That's not good enough for you because you're better than that.