How Do I Get Him Back?

Chapter 6

      Amina kept tossing and turning. Something just didn’t sit right with her. She hasn’t heard from Anthony since earlier in the day. “Where was he?”, she thought. She hoped that he wasn’t with another woman. She hoped that she wasn’t losing him. Amina did her best to be optimistic. She went into the kitchen, grabbed a snack, turned on the television and got back in the bed. She then fell asleep. 

        Anthony was still at Rachel’s home. He woke up, got dressed, kissed her on the cheek and told her that he was going to call her later. She was asleep so she didn’t hear him. As soon as he got home, he showered and got in the bed. He waited for Amina to get home from work to spend some quality time with her. He also figured that she was worried about him. He didn’t want her to have a panic attack. Hours later, Amina came home and saw that her man was home. She kissed him and woke him out of his sleep and also hugged him. She missed him so much. For the whole day, they watched movies, ate, talked, had sex, then went to sleep. 

        It was the middle of the night and Amina woke up throwing up. She wasn’t sure what was wrong but she hoped it was nothing serious. She decided to ignore it for now but if it kept happening, she would go see her doctor. 

        The next morning came and Anthony’s phone kept going off. Amina heard it while getting ready for work. She wondered who it was but decided not to assume since she learned her lesson the first time. Instead, she just woke him up, letting him know that his phone was ringing . He looked at his phone, turned the ringer off and went back to sleep. Amina was kind of relieved and kissed him then left for work. Today was Friday and it was her early day. She couldn’t wait to get the day over with. An hour later, Anthony woke up, showered and got dressed for the day. His phone kept buzzing and ringing. He looked at his phone to see who it was. There were 8 text messages, 5 missed calls and 2 voicemails left by Rachel. “What did she want? What was the emergency?”, he thought. He dialed her number and called her back. When she picked up, he immediately asked, “Yo, wassup? What’s wrong?”. “Umm, we gotta talk. It’s really important. Come over as soon as you can”, she told him. 

        He hated hearing the words, “we gotta talk”, because it’s always something bad. ‘Umm okay. I’ll be right over”, he told her. Anthony was really nervous because he wasn’t ready for any more negative news. 5 minutes later, he arrived at her house. He knocked on her door. Before she answered, Rachel was pacing back and forth. How was she going to tell him that she was born a man? She didn’t know how he was going to react to that. She definitely wasn’t ready for the consequences. She said fuck it and let him in. Rachel/Richard was really nervous. She opened the door and Anthony immediately sat on the couch ready to get this conversation over with. “Hey, how are you?”, she asked. “I’m good, thank you. But wassup, talk”, he said. “So umm, we’ve been chilling, vibing for the past few days. And I’ve enjoyed all of the time spent with you”, she started. “Where are you going with this? Is there someone else? Are you married? Have kids? What is it? Get to the point”, he told her. “No, there’s no one else. No, I’m not married and no I do not have any kids. But I don’t know how you’re going to react to this”, she said. Anthony was getting annoyed because she kept stopping. “Rachel, spit it out”, he demanded. She swallowed. “Umm, Anthony, I was born a man. My real name is Richard”, she told him. “What the fuck did you just say? You were born a what? You waited until you slept with me to tell me this?”, he asked. All the anger he brushed to the side came back and built up some more. He stood up slowly and paced around. He couldn’t believe the news he just received. Two seconds later, his hands were around Rachel’s/Richard’s neck. Rachel tried to fight him off but Anthony was too strong and it was too late. Anthony let go, looked at her and left to go home. While in his car, he started sweating. “What did I just do? What if someone finds her?”, he thought. He had to tell Amina but she was also going to be pissed. Again, he had to figure it out. 

        Meanwhile, Amina was at work and kept running back and forth to the bathroom. She felt nauseous. One of her coworkers asked her if she wanted to leave early to go home but she declined the offer and said she was fine. But she did call her doctor, Dr. Williams, to come in for a walk-in appointment since it was urgent. She told Alicia, her coworker, that she was going to the doctor. When she arrived there, Dr. Williams was already ready to see her. “Hi Dr. Williams' ', she greeted him. ''Hi Ms. Richards, what seems to be the problem today?”, she asked. “Uhh, I’ve been feeling so queasy lately. Running back and forth to the bathroom to throw up. I don’t know if it’s something I ate or anything else'', she told him. “Ahh okay. Question, when’s the last time you had sex, Ms. Richards?”, he asked. Amina laughed and answered, “Last night”. “Did you use protection?”, he asked. “No, I only have sex with one person and that’s my boyfriend, Anthony '', she answered. “Well Amina, the only answer I have for you is that you might be pregnant. That’s a main symptom of pregnancy”, he explained. Amina had mixed emotions because she wasn’t sure on how Anthony was going to react to it. She wasn’t sure if either one of them were ready for a baby. She smiled. “Can I take a pregnancy test to confirm it?”, she asked. “Of course, I was actually going to recommend it”, he responded. He gave her the pregnancy test and she went into the bathroom. She handled her business with the test and came out. They sat there for a few, waited and gave it some time. 7 minutes later, they looked at the test and Dr. Williams was definitely right. Amina Richards was pregnant and has been for 1 month now. “OMG, I’m having a baby”, she said. She started crying. “Ms. Richards, why the tears? Aren’t you happy?”, he asked. “Yes I am. These are happy tears' ', she told him. “Thank you doctor. I gotta go home and tell my man. I’ll call you if anything Dr'', she also told him. “No problem Ms. Richards. Congratulations”, he responded back.