"Now she hasn't slept in weeks
She don't want to close her eyes cause she's scared that he'll leave." Franki J
Braylon POV
When I got to the mansion cars was everywhere. I already knew what was going on because Lewis and Jayden called me and told me about Naunies birthday celebration. After finally finding a place to park I parked and started towards the house.
When I got in music was coming from the backyard. I stepped out and people were everywhere.
"Uncle Bray!" Micah yelled running over to me. I picked her up and kissed her cheek.
"Braylon man. Glad you could make it." Lewis said dapping me with Micah still in arms.
"Hey sweet pea." He said pinching her cheeks a little. I was just about to ask where Naunie was when Quay and Jayden walked up to me.
"Wassup man." Jayden asked dapping me up.
"Wassup." I said back. Before turning to Quay. "What you doing here man?" I asked.
"My girl is here bruh." He said referring to Meisha. I'm glad they got back to together.
"That's wassup. But I really just want to see Naunie. It's been three months too long." I said and all three of them looked at me with the same look. The look of knowing something. I furrowed my eyebrows.
"Where's she at?" I asked putting Micah down. Then Jayden, Quay, Lewis and even Micah all pointed in the same direction. The direction led my eyes to a table full of women. At least 30 of them. I searched the table for her red hair. While doing so I saw my mom, Camille, Meisha, and Tati. Then our eyes met. She looked different. Her hair wasn't red anymore but instead it was blonde and black and it was her actual hair.
I started over there.
"Don't do anything stupid son. Understand that there is a reason for everything." Lewis said as he held my shoulder. Why he said that? I continued walking until I reached the table.
"Hey baby." I said to Naunie as I swallowed hard.
"Braylon." She said standing up. And it didn't hit me until then that her hair wasn't the only thing different, but her once slim frame was now that of one that carried a baby. She's pregnant.
Everything around me started the
add up. To what her dad just said. To the boys looking at me like that. To what my mom said earlier this week. To the reason why every time I went to get Micah I never saw Naunie.
She pulled me into a hug and I held her waist away from me.
"Got something you wanna tell me Keandra?" I asked into her hair.
"Please don't embarrass me. Step inside so we can talk." She said looking up into my eyes with tears in hers. I was livid but I didn't show my ass just made my way into the house. She followed behind me. When we got inside she closed the door behind her and we went up the stairs towards her room and closed the door.
"Okay before you get upset let me explain." She said.
"I am upset! Explain what!? How you're pregnant with my fucking child and couldn't even so much as pick up the fucking phone and tell me!?" I yelled. Tears were streaming down her cheeks but at this point I didn't care.
"You act like you played no factor in this! Maybe if you hadn't gone out and gotten another girl pregnant, I could have came home that day and we could have found out together !" She yelled back through her tears.
"So that makes it okay to keep something like this from me Keandra!? You can't justify this!"
"No I can't! And I won't! But you have to admit that what you did was wrong! And accept the fact that I did something wrong too and move on!" She yelled.
"How many times you want me to admit it!?" I yelled louder slamming my hand on her dresser causing her to jump back. "How many times did I call you!? How many times did I tell your family to tell you how sorry I was!?"
"I know and I'm sorry." She said still crying.
"Don't be. I can accept that you're pregnant. And I can also accept that it's mine. And I'll be there for it from this point on. But I don't forgive you and I won't move on." I said and pulled her birthday gift out my pocket and put it on the dresser. "Happy Birthday man." I said and with that I left.
Naunie POV
He left. I opened the little box with the ribbon on top. And inside of it was my dream 8,000 Neil Lane engament ring.
All I could do was cry.
I laid down on my bed and that's just what I did. After hours of crying I heard people leaving. Soon there was a knock on the door. When I opened it Ms. Tanya, Simone, Camille, Tati, and Meisha were at the door.
I let them in then closed the door back.
"How you doing?" Camille asked.
"Horrible." I said and showed them the ring.
"Oh my gosh, he was going to propose." Tati said damn near in tears.
"And I ruined it by keeping this away from him." I said and began crying again.
"He'll come around. I promise you he will. Just give him some time." Ms.Tanya said.
"Where's Micah?"
"She left with Braylon."Meisha said.
We all laid here and eventually fell asleep.
