"Latch"

Somebody Else

Over the next few weeks, I haven't had anymore encounters with Shawn, and Myla was still being a bitch.

I had my first prenatal appointment, in which both the baby and I are doing well, but I text Myla while I waited to see the doctor and she never replied back.

I've just been completely over her dragging the issue.

Aside from that, me and Aaron, the guy I met at Aroma, had been on two dates and hung out a few times here and there.

He's 25 years old, with a 4 year old son, and works for a construction company.

Although he's 5 years older than me and have a child, he seemed to be a pretty cool guy that I didn't mind being around.

We mutually like each other, but I didn't tell him about my pregnancy, nor the real reason why I'm staying with August.

He was just under the impression that I recently got out of a bad relationship and that I was staying with August because my apartment was being renovated.

I didn't have any intentions on jumping into a relationship with him... not even sharing a kiss, but I know if I want to remain his friend, I would have to tell him the truth eventually.

I was already a week and a half over 2 months, and my little baby bump was starting to sprout.

The best thing to do was just tell him the next chance I got and get it over with.

If he wanted to discontinue seeing me, then it was fine.

I stood in front of my closet mirror, holding up different shirts to my chest, to decide on what to wear on my night out with Aaron.

"I'm goin out wit Toya in a few.", August said, sticking his head through the cracked door. "Knuck comin by to drop some stuff off so just listen out for him."

"What time is he supposed to be comin, cuz I'm goin out too.", I said, while looking at him through the mirror.

"Where you goin? ", he asked, walking into the room.

I shrugged my shoulders. "To grab a bite to eat."

"You goin wit Aaron? "

"Maybe.", I replied to him sarcastically.

"You still ain't tell him you havin a baby? "

I turned around and looked at him. "You sure askin alotta questions... Why don't you just tag along. "

"I would. Just name da time and place.", he said.

I rolled my eyes. "I bet you would.", I said, as I made my way to the bathroom.

"Enjoy ya lil date 'Emmy'! I'll see you later on.", he shouted from the bedroom.

August called himself giving me a new lil nickname, 'Emmy', combining my first and middle initials M.E.

After he left out of the room, I closed the bedroom door and went back into the bathroom to shower.

I put on a burnt orange babydoll dress that was tight underneath my bustline and flare at the bottom, with some black flats and my cropped jean jacket. I wore my hair straight, grabbed my black Chanel bag, and left the house to go meet Aaron at Friendly's.

When I got there, he was already sitting at a table, so I went over to join him.

He stood up to greet me. "Hey, you look nice.", he said, hugging me.

I smiled. "Thanks."

I took my jacket off and sat across from him. "I didn't take too long, did I? "