- I'm going to start speeding this up which means doing a lot of month skips
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CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
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  Dre clapped Trey up the minute he got inside his moms house. His heart was in his ass cause he knew now he had no choice but to let her know. He was here now and knew it was no point of holding it back any longer.

"How you been foo?" His brother said

"I been good can't really complain."

"Besides you being in shit" he said with raised eyebrows

Dre laughed "Yeah besides that."

"Imma have a talk with you about that shit too."

"Ard. Ma." Dre called as he went to the kitchen

"Why are you yelling Dre?"

"I'm not." He laughed

"Damn near is."

"Dre!" he heard his little brother

He turned around seeing him "Wassup Malachi tell mommy stop tripping."

"Stop tripping mommy"

"Don't be copying shit he says." She said making them laugh

Dre made small talk instead of getting right into it.

"So ma I gotta tell you something."

"It better not be that you quit that job."

"Nah nothing to do with that."

"Well what is it?" She looked nervous

His brothers both listening wondering what he was about to say.

"So you about to be pissed but this girl I been messing with is pregnant."

"Why the fuck did I know you was about to say that. Why!?"

"You playing with us or you serious?" Trey asked with little to no expression

"Mommy that means imma be a uncle right?" Malachi said clearly happy

"Stop Malachi this shit ain't nothing to be happy about." She said

"I'm serious. She pregnant."

"I don't even know where to start." His mom said "Wait how many months?"

Dre sighed "Lika three. Only reason I'm telling so late cause she told me late."

"That's not that late." Trey said

"I haven't even met this girl and she's possibly having my grandchild? Dre imma kill you! I'm too young to be a grandma! Malachis too young to be an uncle! You're too young to be a dad!"

Dre was aggravated at this point "Ain't like I planned for this to happen it just did."

"That's crazy. I thought I was gonna have kids first." Trey said

"What the hell did I tell you about protection? Do you not listen to any damn thing I say? Now you're twenty and gonna have to mentally prepare yourself to be a dad. This is a lifetime commitment."

"Ma I know. I was mad about it but it's like not anything I can do but deal with it."

"Who's the girl? I need to meet her."

"So basically I just got with her and we together. I ain't bring her while I tell y'all cause I knew how you was gonna react ma. Ion want her thinking none with the way you take the news."

"I don't give a damn what she thinks. She ain't think about getting on birth control or making sure your dumb ass used a condom? She's dumb too."

"You right we both dumb."

"I can't believe you. Thing is I had a feeling someday it was gonna happen with the way you get around with these females."

"Nah me and her just never used protection. She took a plan b occasionally but I'm not even about to cap we wasn't safe at all."

"So you telling me this girl more than likely trapped you? How you know she was actually taking them?"

"Ma she ain't wanna get pregnant trust me. She dealing with other shit and she was actually considering getting an abortion."

"Wait how old is she?" Trey asked

"Seventeen."

"She's seventeen?" His mom asked "That's the girl you was telling me about last time?"

"Yeah. She'll be eighteen in two more months." He said "Oh and she was the one who was at that hospital that day and met you when I was in there. Remember?"

"Dre she is too young and in a childish state of mind... you should've been stopped getting around with that girl." His mom said

"She not childish and I'm not just saying this cause she my girl now but she mature as fuck that's why I don't see an issue with her age. But I see where y'all coming from. She do be acting too attached."

"Was y'all together when y'all was messing around?" Trey asked

"Nah. We was just kicking. We literally just became a thing like a few days ago."

"So are you gonna get a dna test done when the baby here?"

"Nah I know it's mine. She not even like that."

"Dre you don't know that. Only way we'll know that without that dna test is if that baby looks like you."

"This why I'm glad she ain't come since you asking this type of shit. You know if I felt like she wasn't being honest it's mine I would've been considered getting the test done."

"I'm just trying to make sure you're not caring for a baby that's not yours Dre."

"She not even like that but if that's what you want done I'll let her know you do not me. As much as I ain't want the baby I never questioned if it was mine cause I know I'm the only person she been with. She not one of those girls."

"I'm glad she isn't one of those." Trey said "That would've been different."

"So, like when am I supposed to see or meet this girl?"

"When you want to?"

"As soon as possible." She said with her hands clasp together "I want to meet her parents also, do they know?"

"Yeah they know. She stay with her grandma and grandpa."

"No wonder she's pregnant... seems real easy to sneak around."

Dre took a deep breath "Ma stop."

"I'm just saying it makes a lot of sense now." She shrugged

"I met her grandma she cool. She not old to the point she can't monitor what Amoura doing. I ain't me—"

"Her names Amoura?"

Dre nodded

"What's her last name? Might know her family."

"Ion know her last name."

"It just sounds familiar but go on."

"Yeah I ain't meet her grandpa yet but that'll probably happen soon."

"Chile. I don't know what to do at this point. What happened to married first?"

"Mom you know ion give a fuck bout that you worried bout the wrong thing right now. Fuck marriage."

"First of all, watch your mouth. Second, she was so damn desperate that she ended up pregnant by somebody she wasn't even ina relationship with. I thank god I had all boys, cause I swear I wouldn't be able to deal with a girl."

"Well I told you now you know."

"Can we at least see a damn picture?"

Dre went on his phone and went to their messages. He found a pic she took in the mirror showing her stomach. He gave his mom his phone and watched as she showed Trey.

"Mhm I see." She said giving it back to him "She's pretty and all but like she seems to have no type of guidance. Nobody teach her about protection?"

"It's my fault too. It is what it is. It happened ain't shit we can do about it but accept it."

"True." Trey said nodding "My bro having a kid it ain't sink in yet."

Dre laughed "Shit with me either."

"Is she having a baby shower?"

"She said she prolly not I don't know."

"She needs to have one so she can get some free shit."

"I'll tell her that."

"When you bring her over I'll talk to her."

"Bet."

Amoura had finished up her plate of pasta salad and was more than happy she didn't feel like throwing up.

"You done?" She asked Ace as she got up from the couch

"Yeah ca I get a snack now?"

"Chips or fruit snacks?"

"Um chips" he said

Amoura put both their plates in the sink and got him a bag of chips. She gave them to him before sitting back down. She checked her phone seeing Dre had texted her.

Dre💕
I'm omw home now you want me to come get you?
4:38 PM

Sure
4:44 PM

Dre💕
Be ready Im around the corner
4:45 PM

Amoura went upstairs and changed into some comfortable clothes. Some sweatpants and her uggs. She went to her grandma and papas room and let them know she was going to speak to Dre about the baby and everything.

"I'll be back Ace okay?" She gave him a kiss

He nodded "mhm hm. Bye mommy"

"Bye baby I love you."

"I love you too"

Amoura left out and seen him coming up. When she got in the car she leaned over and gave him a kiss.

"You missed me?"

"Of course." Amoura said

"So you know I told my mama right?"

"Yeah. What she say?"

"She took the news how I expected her to. I mean after awhile she stopped being mad about it but she think I should get a dna test done."

"The fuck?" Amoura frowned, looking his way "A dna test for what? I do—"

"Man relax. I already told her I know it's mine. She just don't know you that's why she was being that way. I already told her you not like that and only been with me. I'm right, right?"

"Yes. Duh. Haven't done anything with anybody else. I swear."

"I believe you. Stop."

Amoura sighed, calming herself down "I'm literally not understanding why resort to that..."

"Well my ma know me and know I been fucking random hoes. That's why she said that."

"Of course. Hoe ass."

"You don't know who you wanna be mad at."

"It's whatever. I'm fine. Least you know."

"I do. So calm down nigga."

Amoura looked at her phone and texted Emani and Jaliyah back. When they got to his house Amoura got in bed with him and started kissing him.

It wasn't long before they were both having sex. When they finished she laid beside him.

"I have to get a job soon. I been applying but I hope I still have time to fit school in also. With the one I had before it was flexible with my schedule. And I was getting paid good."

"Why you don't go back?"

"Because I'm doing nails on the side and I don't want a job that'll interfere too much with that."

"You be doing nails?"

Amoura nodded "Yeah. Two people wants me to do theirs tomorrow."

"You mind as well focus more on that."

"I am but I need two incomes at this point. I have to care for Ace and the baby now."

"You got me."

"I know and I'm glad I do but I just wanna make sure I'm straight."

"I hear you. You know if you need some just ask me."

"Okay." She mumbled "I like you better when we together. You just seem more nice and you're not really being a smart ass like usual." She laughed a little

"Cause you my girl nigga duh. I'm obligated to make sure you always feeling good."

"Awww." She gave him a kiss "I love it here."

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2 months later (April)

  Amoura walked out of the courtroom. Angry wasn't enough to describe how she was feeling right now. Dre had got into a dispute with some dude the other day and ended up shooting the guy. The cops got called because of the situation and they ended up also finding weed on him, his gun, on top of that him resisting arrest and tryna fight the officer.

She was mad because she knew one day he'd get caught since he was always so freely doing things. Always thinking nothing can happen to him. She got in the car and started it up before driving off.

Not only was she five months pregnant but mentally she needed him. She didn't feel sane without him being around. Although they had just started getting more familiar with each other she was loving it now this happened. When she was at her house she turned the car off and wiped her eyes.

She got inside the house seeing her aunt sitting with her grandma and papa.

"Hey Aunt Londa." She said, trying to disguise the fact she'd been crying

"How you doing beautiful?" She asked getting up to give her a hug

"I'm doing okay, yourself?"

"I can't complain. Look at this belly. You getting big girl." She felt her stomach, making Amoura laugh a little "You showing more now."

"Ain't she?" Her grandma said smiling "And she putting some weight on finally."

Amoura gave her a side eye trying to hold in her laugh as everyone else did.

"When you gonna find out the gender?"

"My gender reveal is actually tomorrow." She said

"Uhn uhn why I didn't know about this? Girl is it here?"

"No it's going to be at this center but I'll definitely text you the address, time, and all that."

"Girl I cannot wait. What are you hoping for?"

"A boy." Her papa said making her laugh

"I'm hoping for a girl."

"Aww." She cooed "What's daddy hoping for?"

"A boy. He's adamant about it being a boy." She laughed a little

"I'm gone let you get some rest now. I know that baby tiring you out." She said

Amoura raised her eyebrows "You have no idea."

After talking a little more she went upstairs and to her room. The alone feeling made her break down. She laid back and wiped the tears that kept coming down. Right now she was fearing the worst. She didn't want to be alone during this type of time.

She especially didn't want to tell her grandma or papa about what's going on with him.

Time passed and Amoura had went to pick Ace up from daycare. All day she'd been feeling drained since earlier. After getting him she came back home and made sure he ate. While she was folding some clean clothes her phone started ringing from a number, she didn't know it but she still chose to answer it.

When she realized it was Dre she wanted to roll her eyes so far they'd get stuck.

"Why you calling me." She said nonchalantly

"Type of dumb ass question is that... why else? And why the fuck you being like that?"

"What you mean why? Like I don't even know where to start right now without rambling on. You literally are about to go to prison with all the shit you got into."

"They some minor ass charges, Amoura. It's not that deep."

"Minor? Not that deep? Are you high? What makes you think shooting somebody and tryna fight the officer, resist arrest are minor? Yeah, maybe the weed, but that other stuff no."

"I can't be on here long so if we gone talk let's get the important shit out the way the arguing ain't needed. I know I fucked up but it don't make it no better with you acting like that. Imma get a good ass lawyer and sort this shit out. Other than that you stop stressing about shit I gotta worry about."

"I want you here for everything, of course I'm stressing! Whoever you shot I even have worry about them coming back after me just cause they can't get to you. You not thinking of me that's the thing."

"Nobody coming back after you they don't know who I'm with so dead that... if you feeling unsafe go to my crib get my other gun. But besides that I called to tell you I miss you and I saw you leave out mad so yeah had to make sure you was straight. And I wanted to talk to you... hear your voice."

Amoura shook her head in disbelief "You're talking like this is just something light... are you serious right now? We supposed to find out the gender tomorrow and you won't be there you know how dumb imma look? Especially since I don't wanna tell them why you didn't show up?"

"Make up a lie and say I had a family emergency."

"Your mom is gonna be there dummy."

"Smart ass I got other family. I'll tell my mom to say it too."

"Nobody will believe that. I honestly don't even wanna talk to you right now so I'll take another call when I'm in a better mood because this shit don't sit right with me. This can turn out either good or bad and I'm more than sure it'll turn out bad."

"Fuck allat I love you."

Amoura paused. They'd never once said i love you but she had a feeling he most likely was just saying it now because of the situation they were in. So she didn't get her hopes up too high.

"No you don't."

He sucked his teeth "See this the shit... This why I don't do this shit."

"But you don't." She said louder her voice cracking in the process, she was on the verge of tears and couldn't hide it "If you did you wouldn't have me in this situation."

"I do but you ain't shit for not saying it back."

"I love you. There. You happy?"

"It's only one more minute left on here but imma just dip now cause you just blew me."

"Whatever b—" The call ended before anything else could be said

She locked her phone and went back to folding her clothes.

"Whats wrong mommy?" Ace asked coming in her room "I heard you were in the phone a little mad so I waited."

Amoura sighed "Nothing Ace I'm fine. Don't worry about that."

He came over and climbed across her, getting on the bed with her. He reached up and wiped her tears.

"You so sweet baby." She kissed his cheek "I love you."

"I love you too" his small voice warming her heart like always

She could now feel the baby moving around.

"You done woke baby up." She said

"Noooo you woke him" he said laughing

"You think?" Amoura chuckled "Prolly annoyed wondering what I'm crying about now."

Thinking about her and Dre convo switched her mood back. She felt a wave of sadness come over her. The last thing she wanted was to stress the baby out. For the rest of the day she did a lot of thinking about everything. Her mind was in spirals from the baby to him to other things. Amoura felt like she couldn't catch a break.

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