All That Glitters

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I stand in the mirror. "Baby." Dre says walking into the bathroom. "Yes." I crack a smile. I apply my lipstick to my lips as Dre stares at me in the mirror. "You look beautiful."

"Thank you.... Zip me up please." He tries his best to zip up my dress. "Maybe your ass got bigger." Dre says laughing. I look at my stomach in the mirror. "Oh my... Excuse me." I say walking into the bathroom. This can't be real.

I frantically search through the cabinet. "Not again." I groan. "What's wrong baby?" Dre asks walking into the bathroom. "I'm pregnant Dre." He smiles. "Baby I'm going to be a father?"

"Yes..." I hope. I walk down the stairs into the kitchen. "You look amazing." August says. "That's the least of what I'm feeling right now." A look of concern fills his face. "Why? You was just walking around here singing and shit."

"I'm pregnant." His jaw drops. "Congrats Sin." I side eye him. "Congrats? This is the same shit I was in the first time. What the hell am I going to do." I say before realizing what came out of my mouth.

"What the hell you mine like the first time? What happen the first time?" I turn my back towards him. "Kayla... Kayla isn't Dre's daughter." I say. "Sincere..." The tone in his voice says it all, I can't look at him.

"She's yours." I respond barely above a whisper. "What?" Dre voice echoes in the quietness. "Sincere."

I turn around and look at both men. "Kayla.... Kayla is August's daughter." The look of disgust on both of their faces is hurting my soul to look at. Dre grabs his keys and walks right out the door. I can't believe this just happened. My heart feels like it's breaking into two.

I walk off to the bathroom leaving August standing there. Why are you so stupid Sincere? I promised I'd take that secret to my grave. It's out now and my world is about to get flipped upside down. I'm going to lose the man I really love.

"Sincere why didn't you tell me?" I look up at August in the mirror. "You pushed me away. Go be happy. Remember that? I was in love with you August."

"Sincere if I had known she was mine I could've been playing my part, away or not. You shouldn't have kept that from me! Or Dre! He has been raising her, her entire life!"

"What was I supposed to do? He never left my side the moment I told him."

"You should've been woman enough to say something."

I turn around and look at him. "Excuse me?" I ask surprised by his statement. "If you haven't been running the damn street with niggas you knew wasn't any good then it wouldn't be like this."

"You blaming me for your mistakes? You're the one who has been holding out not me. You knew the deal back then and how I was."

"You right it's my mistake. This could be your child too unless you get sent off before then." I say walking out the bathroom. "I'm leaving. I'm not going through this." He walks out. "August!" He leaves out of the house.

Shit. Shit. Shit. Damn man. I glance up at the picture of me Dre and Kayla. The door opens and Dre walks in. "Baby I..."

"Save it Sincere."

"Dre you deserve an explanation."

"I deserve a hell of a lot more than that!"

"Baby I'm sorry. I was young and dumb. I didn't know what to do. You never doubted it and I thought it was the smart thing to do to just roll with it."

"Sincere do you love me?"

"Yes Dre. I love you with everything in me."

"Do you love August?"

"As a friend but nothing more. I realized that.. after we slept together. This doesn't make anything better but I'm sorry for that as well. Dre it's you. You're the one for me." He looks sad and it's nothing I can do to make this any better. "So it's a possibility it's his child you carrying?"

"Yes..... I'm so sorry Dre."

He sighs, "I just came to pack a bag."

"Okay." I drop my head feeling defeated. How the hell can you fuck up the best thing that's ever happened to you.

Dre packs his bag and leaves out again.

I lay on the sofa and cry my eyes out. So much for the engagement party. So much for my life. I dose off to sleep.

A few hours later...

"Sincere." I hear as I'm getting shaken out of my sleep. It's August. "Where did you go?"

"That ain't important. You were right I'm in love with you. I can't believe I let you go." He kisses my lips. "Stop! Stop!"

I push him away. "I can't do this."

"You love me Sincere I know you do. You don't have to fight it baby. We're free. We can leave this shit and go start a life of our own! Like we were supposed to do."

"August I can't. I'm in love with Dre."

"Sincere." Dre walks inside. The only thing I hear is my heart beating. "Baby I know he was a mistake but I'm willing to move past it. I can't live without you."

"Fuck outta here. She deserves to be with me. We never had a fair chance. She knows all of what you're about. She should fuck with a real ass nigga."

"You?? A jail bird? You the one that needs to be getting out this shit. She doesn't love you my nigga face it. Chance or not you lost whatever you had with her."

"What's it's gone be Sincere?!?"