My Brothers Lover

Chapter 16

Isaiah POV
"What's going on in there?" I asked Davonté as I paced back and forth. "Why can't I go in there?" I questioned him. "Man. Nadia is in there." He answered. "Why today? She ain't even 9 months!" I stated. "God wanted her to have her baby a couple of days early. You can't get mad." He said calm and collected. "Man I ain't mad!" I yelled. Davonté stood up and grabbed my arm forcing me to follow him outside. When we got outside he slapped me dead across the face. "SNAP OUT OF IT!" He yelled at me. I stared at him. He sighed. "Man, this is your child. That's your baby mama. Man, you can't be mad." He said lowering his voice. I bit my bottom lip to keep from crying. "You finna cry?" He asked. I shook my head no. He held out his arms for a hug and we hugged as he patted my back. "Man get off of me." He said brushing his clothes after the 3 minutes we hugged. "Gay?" He joked. I punched his shoulder and he punched mine back. We laughed and walked back inside.

Zoe POV
I held my baby in my hands as I sung to her. Isaiah then walked in the room. "Hey baby girl." He said kissing my temple. I just stared at him. The nurse walked back in. "Hi everyone!" The nurse said walking back in. "What an adorable baby girl." The nurse said staring at our baby. "Thanks." Me and Zay said at the same time. "So. What shall we name the baby?" The nurse asked us. "Veronica Jade Gina Powell." I said. "Such a beautiful name." She said giving me the paper to sign. I smiled and happily signed. Isaiah then took the paper and signed too. The nurse left out and I just continued singing to my sweet little Veronica. "Baby." Zay started. I just kept looking down at my baby. "Can I hold her?" He asked. I handed Veronica off to Zay. She fell asleep in his arms. The nurse walked back in. "I'm back! Here's your birth certificate." The nurse said. "Are we gonna breastfeed or not mom?" The nurse asked. "Breastfeed." "No." Me and Zay said at the same time. "We're gonna breastfeed." I said ignoring Zay and taking back my baby. I pulled out one of my breasts and she taught me how to do it. It felt very uncomfortable and partially painful. But it was fine. I was ok. The nurse walked out the room and I smiled at my beautiful baby. "Aight. Lemme hold my niece." Davonté said startling me, causing the baby to cry. "Vonté!" Nadia yelled. "Shhhh shhh baby. It's ok." I said. She calmed down and I handed Veronica to Davonté. "How you hold this thing." Davonté said. We laughed. "Like this baby." Nadia said adjusting the baby to fit Davonté. "Oh wow. My hands too big. She need small woman hands." Davonté said handing her off to Nadia. She quickly took her before Veronica slipped through Davontés hands. She held her in her arms. "Look baby." She said. Davonté quickly looked. "Not you silly. I'm talking to the actually baby." She said. We laughed. "Can I talk to Zoe alone?" Zay asked. They handed me back the baby and left the room. I held Veronica close to my chest. "Congratulations." Zay said. I smiled and looked down at my baby. "Why won't you look at me or talk to me?" Zay asked in a questioning tone. "Why weren't you there for me? Why'd you leave." I asked. "What?" He said. "Why weren't you there for me when I needed you Zay. Why, did you leave me when I needed you most Zay. Why?" I asked. I looked back at Veronica. She was sleep. "Why are you cheating with some girl named 'Aaliyah.'" I asked him. "How do you know about me and Aaliyah?" He asked. "So it is true." I said remaining calm. "Well, I mean," He started. "I need for you to leave." I said. "What?" He said. "Go. Me and Zariah will raise Veronica along with Davonté and Nadia." I said. "But-" he began. "It's done. You want Aaliyah. I'm not holding you back." I said still calm trying not to tell. A tear fell from my eye. "Fine!" He yelled. "The baby's probably not mine anyways. She's too ugly and too dark skinned to be mine." He yelled. "I'm glad you think that. So LEAVE!" I yelled. "Get out. Go! Don't look at me. Don't talk to me. I don't even wanna breathe the same air as you to be honest. So take yo' lil' ugly self and leave." I said. "Yo wasn't calling me ugly when you let me put myself inside of you." He said. "But it's cool. She ugly anyways. I'd hate to raise that rat." He said. And with that he walked out and slammed the door behind him. I sat there and cried. Davonté and Nadia came rushing in. They quickly wiped away my tears. "Forget him. These boys ain't loyal." Nadia said. Davonté quickly shot up. "You're loyal but most boys aren't baby." Nadia said. "Guys I'm fine. I just need rest." I said. I kissed my baby's forehead. "I'll see you guys later." I said. They hugged me and I hugged them both back tightly. With that, I fell asleep.