The Boxer & The Badass (Dinah/You)

forty-eight. (The Final Chapter)

After winning that fight against Zendaya my life changed. Different agents and promoters started calling me and wanting me to sign with their company. For a month straight I was on the road to different places. New Jersey, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami, and Los Angeles. These agents were offering me everything expensive cars, large amounts of money, and a bunch of other things to get me to sign with them.

But after doing my research and thinking long and hard about it now all I have to do is share the news with my family. Dad cooked a huge dinner and invited our closest family members over. He even invited Miss Evelyn over. I like them together, but dad said they're keep things on a platonic with level and that's how he wants things to stay.

As far as me, Gavin and I are still doing our little thing. He makes me happy and I make him happy, it just works. Dinah and I are back to being best friends with each other. After the fight Dinah was the first person that hugged me and told me congratulations. She was there with me in the beginning and she stayed with me all the way to the end.

Everyone at the table was laughing and having a good time but I decided it was time for me to share my big news with them. I took my knife and gently tapped it against the glass. Everyone stopped talking an turned their attention to me.

"I have an announcement to make." I said.

"Gavin got you pregnant didn't he?" Normani asked.

"Nobody is pregnant, Normani. As you all know I've done a lot of traveling this past month. I've been a lot of places and met a lot of people. And after thinking about this long and hard, I finally made my decision.

"What are you going to do Y/N?" Reese asked.

"I'm staying here in New York. The guy I talked to fits me and he's willing to work hard so that I can be the best boxer ever."

Everyone clapped for me and Reese asked, "What made you want to stay here?"

"This is my home Reese. There's no place like New York. This is the only place I know. All of my friends and family are here. Nate's gonna be living with me and I don't want to put him through anymore changes. So everyone get ready because I'm gonna be around here for a very long time." I said.

"Yasss my main bitch is here to stay!" Normani screamed.

I sat back down and continued to eat dinner with my family. After dinner I went upstairs and got my room ready because Andrew was bringing Nate over tonight. I'm nervous but I'm also excited at the same time. I'm happy that Nate is coming to stay with me but I know that taking care of a child is not an easy task. But I'm going to stay positive and do the best I can to take care of Nate. After making sure my friends got home safely I sat around in the living room and waited for Andrew to show up.

At about nine o'clock Andrew showed up. Nate who I expected to be asleep was wide awake. I took him in my arms and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "How's it going big boy?" I asked.

Nate gave me a thumbs up and smiled. "How's it going Andrew?" I asked.

"I'm doing okay." He said sadly.

"Okay. You want to check out where Nate's gonna be sleeping?" I asked.

"Sure." Andrew said.

I led Andrew upstairs to my room and showed him Nate's crib. I rearranged me my room so that there weren't any chords hanging out. I covered all the electrical outlets and put any hair products and cleaning stuff out of reach. "It looks nice. Nate's gonna be happy here." Andrew said.

"Yay!" Nate said.

We went back down stairs to the living room as sat down on the couch. I sat Nate down and he cuddled up to his daddy. Reese took Nate's clothes up to my room and put the up. Andrew handed me an envelope full of Nate's important documents that I would need in the near future. There even was the paper saying that Andrew relinquished his parental right to me and I noticed that he hadn't signed it yet.

"Y/N I don't want to sign those papers but I have to because it's what's best for Nate." Nate said.

"Take your time Andrew. I know that this isn't an easy thing for you to do." I said.

"I just feel like I'm letting him down. He deserves the best and I can't give him that." Andrew said.

"Andrew you have given Nate the best. Most guys in your situation would've bailed out but you stayed. Without any hesitation you stepped up to plate and took care of your kid. So in my eyes that makes you a great father." I said.

Andrew nodded his head and looked down at Nate. He grabbed the envelope and an ink pen and signed the paperwork. Just watching Andrew do that broke my heart, Andrew is a good guy and it sucks that things have gotten this bad. But I'm here now and I'm gonna take care of Nate.

"Hey Nate, daddy's gotta go now." Andrew said to his son.

"Go?" Nate asked.

"Yeah I gotta go. But I promise that I'm gonna call you everyday and whenever I get a chance I'm gonna come see you." Andrew said.

Nate stood up in the chair and wrapped his arms around Andrew's neck.  He poked his little lips out and kissed his dad on the cheek. Andrew pulled Nate in his arms and began to cry. I rubbed Andrew's back and got him to calm down.

"I think it's time for me to go." Andrew said.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Yeah I have work in the morning and I need some rest." Andrew said.

"Alright. Remember you can come him anytime you want. I'm gonna make sure that I call you everyday to let you know how he's doing." I said.

"Alright." Andrew said.

Andrew picked up Nate and walked around the room with him for a while. "Daddy loves you okay. Don't you ever forget that Nate." Andrew said.

Andrew handed Nate to me and gave me a hug. He walked out of the house and Nate stared at the door for a moment. Nate began looking around at house and I could tell that he felt a little strange. I'm sure that over time he'll get used to the house and everyone. Since it was pretty late I decided to give Nate a bubble bath. He splashed around on the tub and played with his little toys.

I took Nate out of the tub and wrapped him up in a towel. I laid him down on my bed and put lotion on him. While I was rubbing his tummy he started laughing and Nate has the cutest laugh ever. I put on his diaper and his paw patrol pajamas.

"You want me to read you a story?" I asked.

"Ya!" Nate yelled.

I grabbed one of the children's books off my nightstand and began reading to him. Whenever I would change my voice for different characters Nate would laugh. Reese stood in the door and said, "Sounds like you guys are having fun."

"We are. Nate wave at Reese for me." I said.

Nate raised his little hand and moved it from side to side. Reese came and sat on the bed and listened to me as I read the story. My phone started ringing and when I looked at the screen it said unknown.

I picked up the phone and said,"Hello."

"Umm is this Y/N?" A woman asked.

"This is her. May I ask who's calling?" I asked.

The woman took a deep breath and said, "This is Vanessa, Andrew's mother. We need you to come to come to the hospital."

I sat up and asked, "What's going on ma'am?"

"Andrew got shot."

(A/N)

Don't worry people there will be a sequel.

I'm sad to announce that we've reached the end of this book. It has been one hell of a journey. We've laughed, cried, turned up, and gotten ratchet but we made it through. Thank you to everyone read, voted, commented, and shared it I really appreciate it. When I started writing this story I didn't expect for people to like but you did. Now that I'm done with this book I can focus on my other stories. I don't know when I'll post the sequel to this but keep an eye out for it.

If I did one of those Google hangouts who would be interested? I'd really like to talk to you guys and get to know you more

Again thanks for reading and I love you guys❤️