KAMERON

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"What the fuck, Kameron!"

I look up to see Keith helping Tana up. I furrow my eyebrows.

"Why the fuck are you defending her? She cheated on me and tried to blame her abortion on me, she comes back and ruins our gender reveal!", I say.

Keith holds Tana tightly to him. What the fuck is wrong with him?

"You two are better together than you and Amelia. Why can't you see that? Break things off with Amelia and just be with Tana." Keith says.

"No! Why are you so hooked on getting Tana and I back together again? Do you want to sleep with her or something?", I yell.

Keith gets silent. Oh fuck. Of course. Why did I notice it before?

"You're him. You're the guy Tana was sleeping with behind my back. It was your baby.", I say.

"If you would have just accepted taking responsibility then-"

"Fuck you, Keith! You want me to be with her so you can fuck her behind my back because if you tap very together now the media will tear you apart. You're my manager! My friend and you...You're fired. I don't want to see either of you again. You both can go to hell. Get the fuck out of my yard. Now.", I yell.

Keith tries to explain himself but I don't want to hear any of it. My own friend, business partner, messed around with my ex-fiancé while she was my fiancé. My blood began to boil and the next thing I knew my fist came in contact with Keith's face.

My brother-in law and Dad came rushing over getting them out of the yard. I turn around where everyone is staring at me. My mother looks pissed off.

"I told you she shouldn't be here. Why don't you ever listen to me, Kameron? I love you son but sometimes you're a big dummy. Things with Amelia are already patchy and I think this sealed the deal. You have two good things right in front of you and you're letting it slip. You're being a man that your father and I didn't raise you to be. You're losing yourself and who you are.", My mother says to me cupping my face.

"I'm not ready. I'm not ready to be a father or a partner. I'm scared that I'll mess up more than I already have. I don't want to mess my son up.", I say.

"Kameron, no one is ever really ready until it happens. Once your baby boy is born, everything seems to vanish. Amelia needs you, that baby needs you. Go fix it before it's too late.", she tells me, dropping her hands and walking away.

I swallow hard then turn around, walking to the house and inside. I stop when Daniel appears in the door way.

"You're a dumb ass. Do you know that? They are leaving, Kameron. They are going back home!", Daniel says to me.

"Listen I'm sorry I ruined things for you and Maddie I-"

"I'm going with them. I'm not moving there but I am going with. Spend some more time with Maddie. Listen Kam, I'm scared too. I'm scared of commitment and love but I know Maddie is different. I know in my gut, my body, and soul that she's different and it makes me want to be different too. I don't want to sleep with a different woman every night.", he says, cutting me off. "So, I'm going with to know Maddie more. To know her family, her best friend. Hell, someday down the road if Maddie and I get serious I'll get to know your kid, even if you don't get the chance too. If you're still too scared to.", Daniel says.

"Daniel you're my best friend.", I say.

"Which is why I'm calling you out on your shit! Why I am being honest. We are best friends but I want to be happy with Maddie. And I think she's the one and I'd choose that a million times than to go back to my old ways, my old life. I want to be the way you should want to be with Amelia.", Daniel says.

I stood quiet.

"You're having a son, Kameron. Go love his Mama and go be a father to him. Teach him how to be a good man and teach him how to love a woman the way you love his mother.", Daniel says and walks past me leaving me alone in the doorway.

I make my way through the hall and peek into the kitchen where Amelia is holding ice to her hand. Maddie isn't around so I take it as my cue to go in. Amelia looks up at me with a half smile.

"We're leaving tomorrow morning.", she says.

I nod. "Yeah I know. Amelia I'm sorry."

She shakes her head. "You've been saying that a lot lately.", she says.

I'm an idiot. I fucked things up and I know its too late to fix things.

"I'm having a son.", she smiles.

I'm? Not we?

"You?"

"I would say we but you wouldn't believe me anyway.", she replies.

I would do anything to turn back time. I would hug her tightly and tell her that I am here for her and the baby. I wouldn't freak out the way I did.

"Can I show you something?", I ask.

Amelia nods. We gets up and follows me upstairs to a spare bedroom. I open the door to reveal white walls with paintings of zoo animals.

"Oh my.", Amelia says.

"Maddie told me about the crib you saw the first few days you both got here. I've also noticed the google searches. I got it for you. For him.", I say.

Her eyes lit up and hope filled my body.

"I'm sure he'll love it. Whenever we come to visit so you can see him.", Amelia says.

The hope ripped away. She's still leaving.

I fucked up. I fucked up so bad.