A WEEK AGO
Letting out a deep breath, Jaquella entered the living room where her four brothers sat together on the couch and relaxing.
She quietly sat on the other side of the couch where she was facing all her brothers. Quickly as before she knew it, Braxton, her second brother, looked up from his phone and glanced at Jaquella.
His brows furrowed as he saw how stressed she looked. He leaned closer and asked, "Are you okay?" He softly said.
Jaquella swallowed hard now that her three other brothers looked at her, hard gazes that were burning through her skull.
Braxton's statement worried Nick, Manu and Armo as they each had a frown and confused expressions, wondering what was bothering her.
But Jaquella nervously let out a timid chuckle, avoiding their gazes and looking elsewhere that somehow seemed more interested.
Sometimes her older brothers were hard and difficult to deal with, but for this moment, she had to tell them what had been bugging her. She needed to be brave and finally tell them that she was expecting a baby.
"Ella, what is it?" Nick broke the silence.
Finally, Jaquella exhaled, "I have... something to tell you guys." She hated how intense it was. At this point, confessing to your brothers was much harder than it is having to explain to your parents.
She glanced at her brothers who were waiting for her response. If only they knew what was bothering her all this time. She was just scared to see their reactions.
"I'm pregnant." She whispered, almost too low that they wouldn't be able to hear her. But with the looks Jaquella was receiving, they all heard her loud and clear.
Nick and Manu both looked like they weren't too happy about the news, and Armo widened his eyes, shocked to even think about anything else.
Meanwhile, Jaquella hid her face in her hands, too ashamed to see their reactions. It wasn't easy to say that she was expecting, but at least, her brothers finally knew.
It was better for them to hear directly from Jaquella, rather than the media.
Yet footsteps grew louder and Jaquella felt the couch dip. Braxton gently grabbed his sister's hand, pulling it away from her face and glanced at her with a soft look.
He held more solace in his eyes that it was too much to handle. Jaquella slowly looked up at him and before she knew it, he wrapped her arms around her and tightly hugged her, finding warmth.
Tears ran down her cheeks, quietly sobbing against his shoulder. "I'm sorry, it was a mistake. I don't know what to do." She whispered and Braxton pulled away, gently wiping the tears off with his palm.
Armo rubbed the side of her arm as if he was soothing her down as Jaquella tried to balance her sobs in front of her brothers who were watching it all.
Nick, Manu and Armo stayed silent and thought about this situation because their baby sister was carrying a baby at the age of nineteen.
