The Overcoming Amendment: FAME

**Amendment 6: The Hustle Continues** Chapter 1

~2 months later.~

"Hello?"

"I gotta tell you something."

"What you want?"

"Umm..."

"Hello?"

"Yeah."

"Why you blowing up my phone?"

"Cuz..."

"Cuz what?"

"I'm pregnant."

Silence.

"Davante' please say something."

"Why you telling me this?"

"Davante' don't act that way, please."

"Please what, Shanti? You sure it ain't that bum nigga's baby?"

"We never had sex, Davante."

"You want me to believe that bullshit?"

"This is your fuckin' baby! You are the father of this unborn child! I'm not lying when i say I only kissed that boy! I swear on everything, even on my unborn brother's grave! You're the one i want Davante' Contrell Phillip, okay! I'm having this damn baby and you gonna help me raise it! It's been 2 fuckin' months since we last spoke. Please, I don't wanna do this without you."

"You say that like hearing that shit come from somebody else mouth was easy to except! I'm not even sure if you telling the truth or lying about being pregnant!"

"What happened to caring and being there for each other?"

"I did care, and i was ALWAYS there for you until yo self-centered, unthankful, oblivious, unmindful, heedless, dissatisfied, unappreciative ass cheated on me! A kiss, a sexual touch, a sexual hug, being fuckin' intimate or anything similar with another person is cheating! You out there being a shone, while i'm at home, or either working my ass at Foot Locker, and at school. Ima fuckin' MAN, and you could see it without me even saying it, but you're too blind to see. BUT YO FAST ASS CHOSE TO BE WITH A NIGGA THAT DON'T EVEN CLAIM YO ASS IN THESE MOTHA FUCKIN STREETS! That nigga gotta bad ass bitch that he do claim out here, and you expect him to claim you?! Don't let them expensive ass gifts he get half price off fool yo naive, half-baked ass!"

"Why you treating me like some basic ass bitch?!"

"Cuz the 'Hustlin' Diva' that was supposed to stop walking 'round like a hoe, was doing the same shit but on the low behind her faithful ass man back. What if i cheated on you and you found out by one of my home boys? Think about that. You don't know how much hurt and pain you brought to me. You fuckin' pissed me off to the point that right now, i don't even wanna hear another word from yo lying ass mouth."

**Conversation over**

Shanti threw away the pregnancy test and covered it with toilet paper. She began to throw things around in the 3rd bathroom she shared with Ashley and Amber. She turned on the shower so no one will here her loud sobbing. She threw herself on the floor and sat with her head tucked in her arms and legs. She then switched positions with her back against the door and kicked the tub, that echoed out the door. She took off her clothes and went in the shower. She got on her knees and lied herself down in the water that ran across her brown skin. She cried so much that she became congested, her eyes were blood shot red, and her head was burning up with a massive headache. On the other hand, Davante' was lying on his older sister's couch, looking up at the ceiling, and thinking about the conversation that just ended. He began to regret what he said, but then again it was the truth and how he felt.