Siyamu's pov:
We made our way to Joburg in the early hours of the morning. They made me get dressed in a free flowing floral dress,with a blanket over my shoulders and a doek. To think that it's so hot,I wanna cry. I'm currently sitting on the couch with my two aunts after we've just been let in. I'm looking down the whole time because my aunt's told me that I shouldn't look anyone in the eye. We're sitting with Thando's mom here and she's beautiful as always. I haven't seen anyone else
"Yebo mama,thina singabaka Tshabalala. Silethe nansi indodakazi yethu uSiyamthanda uzobika isisu,yena usikhombe kumfana owalaykhaya(yes mama,we are the Tshabalala's. We have brought our daughter Siyamthanda to make her pregnancy known,she has told us that it's a boy from this home)" Aunt Nomvula says. I see a smile on the woman's face. Where is Thando?
"Neli,Sne!" she shouts " ingabe imuphi loyo mfana?(which boy is that?)"
"uThandolwethu ma" I utter my first words since I've gotten here. Nelisiwe and Sne make their way here,greeting us and my aunt's answer because I'm here dying of heat. I'm not even a sweater but here I am sweating now.
"Go call your brother Thando. Also bring juice and scones for us" she says to them as they nod,walking away. I surely didn't miss the ugly look Nelisiwe gave me. What's wrong with her?the ground could swallow her up for all I care. A few minutes pass by before I hear Thando greeting and asking his mother why he was called
"Hlala phansi mntanami(sit down my child)" he sits down looking confused as to why I'm here "uSiyamthanda uzobika isisu futhi uthi ingane eyakho,uyavuma yini?(Siyamthanda has come to make her pregnancy known and she says the child is yours,do you agree?)" his mom says. I could feel his eyes on me,making my palms sweat
"She's pregnant?" he asks still confused. Don't look at me like that,I'm also confused here.
"Yes" his mom answers him
"Yes the child is mine" he says and I relax a bit,I thought he'll just switch up on me and deny the paternity of this child,if there even is a child. "Cela ukumtshontsha kancane(can I please steal her for a while)"
"Mthathe(take her)" Aunt Thandi says. I stand up following him to his room. It's only now that I see that he's limping. The whole time back there I was staring at the floor.He locks the door
"Are you okay ?let me see your thigh,phela this is mine" I tell him. He chuckles before pulling down his sweats revealing his big thighs and that's not the only big thing but asikho lapho. His Calvin Klein underwear showing itself here too. The other thigh is bandaged. I touch it feeling sorry for him. I don't like that he's in pain
"How?" is the first thing he asks
"Isn't it obvious? We slept together without protection and I wasn't on contraceptives"
"So you lied to me?" his voice,I couldn't understand whether he was angry,hurt or both "but the pregnancy test came out negative"
"What pregnancy test?"I ask acting stupid
"I told you that you can't hide anything from me"
" I don't even know if I'm really pregnant"
"So you came all this way to tell my family that you're pregnant and you're not even sure?you really want this don't you?" he laughs,not the 'you are a joke' type of laugh. The type of laugh that relieves you from stress but I don't find any of this funny
"But you don't,if there's even a baby inside me,I don't want it" I sit down,taking off this heavy blanket,feeling the breeze that hits from the open window,nice.
"Ayibo Siyamthanda,how can you say something like that?this is our child you're talking about" he says making me regret saying what I said but I mean it. I don't want to be a mom,I'll make a bad mom
"What if I lose the baby again?" I ask him. He clears his throat
"You won't and if you do,I'll be with you every step of the way"
"You see, I'll still lose my baby and slip back into that dark place again" I challenge him. He walks towards me,closing the little space that divided us until I can feel his hot breath on my earlobe
"You'll still be mine at the end of the day and if we can't have kids, we'll adopt them" he whispers making my insides flutter with joy.
"So do you still love me?" I ask looking at him with a bright smile,I'm truly happy now but I still have to go to the doctor to confirm. Funny how I wasn't in the mood a minute ago and now I feel like super woman
"Who" he pecks my lips "wouldn't" another peck "love" peck again "all of this?"
"Let's go before the elders think we're making another baby" he laughs at my statement because his mom is just,wow. I put on the big blanket on my shoulders once again. He steals a kiss before we leave the room,telling me how much he loves me. We make our way to the sitting room again and his mom looks up, smiling. They're laughing at whatever Aunt Thandi said. I sit down,Thando does the same
"Hayibo Thandolwethu Sangweni,this is a women's thing. Get out of here" his mom says looking at him,he's even drinking her juice. This dude is just unbelievable, I'm holding in a laugh when he starts sulking saying abo "wena ma you don't love me anymore" he winks at me before leaving the room
"Ayibo these kids,bacimelana amehlo la phamb'kwethu(they are winking at each other infront of us)" Aunt Nomvula says clapping once,making us laugh
"Sesizocela ukuhamba ke thina ngoba ikude indlela ebuyela eNewcastle (we would like to leave because the way back to Newcastle is far)"-aunt Nomvula.
"Let me walk you guys out" his mom says standing up. He blows a kiss at me as I walk towards the door and drunk-in-love me blushes my way to the car. He's just so...perfect for me, everything about him. We get in the car and I drive us back to Newcastle. I've got to find a gynaecologist and I've got to find it fast.
