College Diaries

31.

After hours of anticipation Ameerah finally made it back home from the airport.

"Yoo. Where Luke and my niece at?" Odell asked.

"I don't know. You should call and check on him. He didn't want to come back home with me." Ameerah said walking out.

"What just happened? Where's my niece?" Ameerah walked up and asked.

"I'm not the father... never was apparently..."

"What? If you're not the father then who is?" Ameerah asked.

"My brother."

"Your brother? I didn't know you had a brother." She said shocked.

"It's alot of shit you don't know about me."

"Clearly... but when I wanna keep things to myself i'm wrong." Ameerah meant no harm with this statement. She was just tired of everyone wanting to know every single detail of her life and she knew nothing about theirs.

"You being serious right now bro? I just found out this lil girl ain't mine and you wanna make this shit about you as always! It's always about you Ameerah. I can't have a day to myself?!" He damn near yelled.

"I don't always make things about me.. I get your upset but please stop yelling at me. People are starting to look."

"Whatever man. Here take the keys. I'll take a lyft back." Luke said storming off.

"I called Luke... he didn't pick up. What happened?" Dell asked.

"Long story short we found out he isn't the father from the child services agent."

"Then who is?" Ryan asked.

"His brother. Did y'all know he had one?" She asked curiously. She already knew the answer but she wanted to be certain to prove a point.

"He don't talk about him much but yeah we knew about him." Dell said.

"Right. Of course y'all did."

"Meerah.."

"No this not about me. I just thought y'all should know what's going on and where his head at."

"And where yo head at?" Ryan asked.

"Does it matter?"

"If I asked, you know it do." Ryan has always been the one to comfort and consider her feelings. It didn't matter if she was wrong or right. He was there regardless.

"Nah. Im always making shit about myself so I'd rather not talk about how I'm feeling."

"What? Who said that? And why you acting like that? I just wanna know wassup witchu. I care about you and you know that." Ryan said.

"I understand. I'm hurt but like I said it's not about me."

"Have y'all finished packing for the trip?" Tomorrow the crew planned to fly out to Colorado to celebrate Christmas. It's a little early but celebrating early has never hurt nobody. A trip might just be what the group needs to get back on track.