After a few weeks of what Jaquella needed a break from, her belly was finally starting to peek through her tight clothes just a bit now.
There was a slight bump and still a good amount to hide it with all the baggy clothes she had stored in her closet.
Nevertheless, she never thought in a million years that she would get pregnant at this young age, at this wrong timing.
Yet she thought she and Trevor were safe all along.
They made sure that they were protected well enough before having sex. It just seems so sudden that it happened. Maybe the condom broke, Jaquella couldn't remember which specific day it happened.
Once she found out that the second she was expecting a baby, she completely disappeared from social media and never replied to any of her friends since she and Trevor confronted about the allegations.
She knew that it wasn't good she wasn't responding to her friends' messages, but she feared for their reaction.
Sure they were mostly Trevor's friends, but she didn't want the unexpected looks of disbelief and disappointment. It was almost the same for her family as well.
Jaquella knew too much of her brothers enough to expect their reactions. They would be surprised at first, but slowly rage starts to erupt and they make something a big deal.
However, after a week of no appearances in the public eye, she was able to finally tell her family the truth, to her dad, mom and brothers.
It was emotional and heartbreaking at first, with tears streaming all over, left to right, but thank God, they supported Jaquella in every way possible.
Although the second she walked through the family's home, Fiona and Tyler apparently noticed how Jaquella looked different.
They came to a realization that she was pregnant, the way her body was still developing over time. Her brothers didn't even recognize or know until she explained everything.
From finding out about the allegations in the article to confronting Trevor and ignoring the public eye, it took so much of Jaquella's energy to rely on herself from so many things happening at once.
Her family was so proud of her. Of course, they would do anything to keep the secret, just for the sake of Jaquella. She suffered enough, and once the public eye exposed the story, she wouldn't know what she'd do.
Everything about it hurts her. She wished that she could talk to her best friend for once and all, but she couldn't. She had to do this for her own sake, her health.
Tabitha was her best friend for almost a decade, and the fact that Jaquella couldn't step out and encourage herself to explain everything, of course, she was upset.
Fiona and Tyler knew Jaquella was doing the right thing. She's just too young to even process this whole situation. It happened so fast as well.
She never thought that she'd end up pregnant at the age of nineteen, let alone her boyfriend who has some serious allegations that happened a year ago.
Twenty-twenty-two had already begun and it was a new year for everyone. But maybe not for Jaquella. She was starting to hate it. She was hoping that this new year was to find herself again.
Maybe not anymore.
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Believe it or not, Jaquella had entered a whole, different realm she felt so much calmer and better when she wasn't in the spotlight.
However, it sucked that she couldn't be able to spend a little bit of time outside on her own. But knowing the paparazzi were hectic, she couldn't stand them, not alone a single second surrounded by them and their flashing lights.
Jaquella never knew how keeping her pregnancy secret was the best feeling ever. It was clearly the best thing she had ever had to do.
She still hasn't told Trevor or any of their friends that she was, of course, except her family. She was afraid, to be honest.
As time slowly passed, the tension on her shoulders disappeared, and Jaquella thought nothing but the baby in her belly. The quieter everything got, the calmer she became.
Although she spent more quality family time with her older brothers, their girlfriends and wives and lastly, her parents in a quiet, peaceful small place Jaquella knew where to remain comfortable and calm.
But she couldn't help but wonder what something had been bothering her. It didn't take her long to realize what it was that hiding her pregnancy from Trevor, especially when he was the father of her baby.
It was a bad thing.
However, what happened with Trevor and finding out about what he did, Jaquella couldn't seem to look past it. There was no way that she could ever face him again.
Every time she thought about him, her entire day was either wasted or ruined. She'd burst into uncontrollable tears and wonder what happened if she hadn't seen those articles.
Of all those times she spent with Trevor, of course, she was upset. More than what she can explain. She would be lying if she didn't say that she missed him so much, it pains her.
The love they held together was none other than something they unconditionally shared, but Jaquella felt as severe agony as Trevor did.
Even without her devastating him in the same way he did, Trevor wanted to take Jaquella back no matter what.
