~August~
"The fuck are you doing here?" He questioned, closing the front door behind him. "Where is Bethany?"
"Nice ta see you too." I smirked. "She's upstairs with Angel."
He stared at me for a few seconds.
I stared back, quickly noticing that something seemed off about him.
He shook his head before racing up the stairs calling for B.
"Bethany? Baby? I need to talk to you."
I rolled my eyes, debating if I should be petty and follow him upstairs.
I shook my head and resumed my position on the couch in the living room.
I tried to give them privacy and let them talk, but as silent as the house is, I can't help but overhear their conversation.
"Hey," I heard Bethany say. "You're back early. I thought you were gonna be at the club for a few more hours."
"Yeah I decided to come back a little early. And I'm glad I did. What the hell is he doing here?"
I do have a name.
She sighed.
"He wants to be in her life Nate, and as her father, he has the right to get to know her."
"I understand that, congrats to him. But why the hell is he here in your house after he swore up and down that Angel wasn't his? Sounds a bit messed up to me."
I sucked my teeth.
If Nintendo don't mind his damn business...
"Can you just...calm down and give him a chance to explain himself?"
She sighed again.
She sure does that a lot.
"I'm doing this for Ang. I know how important it is for a child to have both parents in their life so I'm trying to give August a chance. And you should do the same. I know you probably can't stand his ass. That's understandable, same here."
"Well damn." I chuckled to myself.
"But right now I need you to put your issues with him aside and be civil and polite for Angel's sake, as I'm doing. Can you do that for me?"
I heard him suck his teeth.
"You don't have to explain this shit to me like I'm a child, Bethany. I'm a grown ass man." Nathan snapped.
Hold the fuck up...Who the hell he think he talking to?
Bout to make my ass get off this damn couch..
"Excuse me? What's gotten into you? Are you...are you drunk? Seriously?"
Ah, that's what was off about him.
This dude was drunk!
"Does it matter? He's here. You don't need me now, huh?"
The second I heard him raise his voice at her, I hurried up the stairs.
I found them standing in a room beside a crib glaring at each other.
Bethany glanced at me over Nathan's shoulder and he turned his head to stare at me.
"B you good?" I asked her while keeping my eyes on him.
"I'm okay." She replied softly. "Nathan and I were just talking. He was just on his way out."
Nathan's head snapped back to her.
"Really? Beth-"
"You're drunk, Nathan. You need to go home and sleep it off." She said, crossing her arms.
"Why can't I just sleep it off in your room?"He questioned.
My mouth twitched with the urge to say something smart but I resisted.
"I want you to go home and sleep it off. You're drunk and it's making you upset." Bethany said calmly. "We can talk after you calm down."
He took a step towards her and she took a cautious step back.
"Is it cause he's here that you want me to leave?" He asked in a lowered voice.
"No...of course not." Bethany whispered to him. "I want what's best for you Nate. You know I don't want to fight with you."
He reached for her hand and she let him take it.
"I don't wanna fight with you either." He weaved his fingers between hers. "I hate arguing."
I could barely contain my eyes from rolling to the ceiling.
Corny.
"I know." She mumbled as he kissed the back of her hand and said something to her.
She blushed.
I done had enough of this...
I cleared my throat loudly and she pulled her gaze from Nathan to me.
"Oh...um, August. I forgot you were standing there."
"I bet ya did." I replied dryly.
A whine canes from the crib and the three of us look at Angel.
Bethany immediately picked her up when her cries got louder and started to rock her in her arms.
Nathan mumbles something to Bethany about letting us talk and that he'd be asleep in her room.
She started to argue but closed her mouth and nodded.
He walked past me and out the door without a glance in my direction.
Yeah, you better leave.
I step further into the room but still not within arms length of Bethany.
We both stayed silent, the only sound in the room being Angel cooing.
I stared at her and immediately noticed the ways she resembled her mom.
"You can hold her if you want." Bethany said softly.
I exhaled and urged myself to step towards her.
I held my arms out for Angel and Bethany gently handed her to me.
I make sure to support her head and cradled her to me.
She whined at first when she realizes that I wasn't her mom but then she calmed down and stared up at me.
I looked down into her brown eyes, practically identical to mine.
"You don't have to be nervous. Go ahead, talk to her. " She encouraged.
I opened my mouth but nothing comes out.
I cleared my throat and tried again, but got the same result.
I looked at Bethany and half-shrugged.
"I don't...I don't know what to say to her. Maybe this was a bad idea..." I tried to hand Angel back to her but she stepped away from me.
"Nope." She shook her head. "You can do it August. Just say hi. Introduce yourself."
I exhaled heavily before focusing back on the baby girl in my arms.
My baby girl.
"Hi, Angel." I said to her.
She continued staring at me and started sucking on her fingers.
So far so good.
"Wow, you're gorgeous." I whispered. "Unlike ya mama. I guess you got the looks from me."
Bethany scoffed and I laughed.
Angel giggled and grinned, revealing the dimple in her left cheek and two little teeth on the bottom row of her mouth.
"Aye, you got tha dimple jus like ya daddy."I grinned.
I wiped away the little bit of slobber that slipped from her mouth with a bib but she grabbed one of my fingers with her little hand.
I smiled and she smiled back up at me, followed by another giggle.
I could get used to this adorable giggle.
I looked up at Bethany and see her wiping at her eyes.
"N-nothing." She shook her head. "It's just...I've dreamt about this moment for so long, and now..."
She began sobbing.
Aw hell.
I helped her sit down on the loveseat she had in the nursery and sat on the cushion beside her.
I wrapped one arm around her while making sure the other was securing Angel.
"Shhh, B it's okay. Whatchu cryin fa?"
"I-I'm just s-so happy." She cried.
"I ain't neva seen nobody cry this hard and this damn ugly when they happy." She slapped my arm and I chuckled. "Well, I'm glad I could make you happy for once."
She grabbed a tissue and wiped her face then looked up at me.
"It's not like our entire past was just negative Aug." She sniffed then smiled softly. "We have some pretty good memories too."
Yeah right.
I looked back down at Angel who's starting to fall asleep so I rocked her in my arms.
"I'm sure the bad memories outweighed the good ones." I mumbled under my breath.
"That may be true," She agreed. "But look what came from one of our bad memories."
She reached over and caressed Angel's head, who didn't feel a thing because she's completely asleep, snoring softly.
"I told you she'd love you." Bethany said with a smile as we both looked at Angel.
"Thank you." I said suddenly.
She raised an eyebrow.
"For?"
"For givin me chance after chance no matta how many times I fucked up. For lovin me through my bullshit. For my beautiful baby girl," I leaned down and planted a kiss on Angel's forehead. "And for allowin me to be in her life. I'm not goin no where, okay B? This time, I swear. Ima be here for both of my girls."
"Thank you for wanting to be in her life." She replied. "And you're welcome."
I pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head.
"I luh you girl." I mumble into her hair. "Even if you with that Planet of The Apes lookin nigga."
She laughed into my chest.
Happy New Years Eve!!
Aug finally got to meet and hold his babygirl!
How sweet....
Now time for the drama😈😈(Evil laugh)
•What is going on with Nathan?
•Was he wrong for the way he talked to Bethany?
•How do you feel about August stepping up to father Angel? Will it last?
•Any thoughts on August and Bethany?
Keep reading/voting/commenting!
~•Dana•~