The Eye of the Storm - Sequel to The Oncoming Storm

Chapter 15

"Are... are you sure that the baby's mine?" Prince asked after a long pause. He was still in complete shock. He kept telling himself in his mind "this isn't real, this isn't real," but deep down he knew he had to come to terms with the gravity of the situation.

"Yes, I'm positive you're the father. You're... you're the last person I had sex with."

"How far along are you?"

"Three months."

"Damn. And you're absolutely positive it's my baby? You didn't have sex with anyone else?"

"Dammit, Prince! This is your baby and I'm one hundred percent sure! Three months ago was back when we were still together. I was with you and only you."

Prince felt his knees become weak all of a sudden, and he quickly sat down next to Apollonia on the couch. He could feel his heart racing inside his chest, and a perplexed look was scrawled across his face. He knew it was definitely his baby, but his brain didn't want to accept any of the facts. He sighed, "Well... what do we do?"

"I don't know, I've never been pregnant before," Apollonia said with an attitude.

"Well I've never impregnated anyone before!" Prince barked.

"Now don't get all worked up... I can go and get an abortion tomorrow and we can pretend like this never happened."

"No! Oh God no, do not abort my baby! Don't you dare!"

"Alright, calm down, I won't! I didn't want to abort the baby anyways. See this is why I needed to talk to you in person. This is too important to discuss any other way. I wanted to keep the baby, but I wasn't sure if you wanted that burden on your hands, so I wanted to check with you first before I made any decisions."

"This is my baby too, Apollonia, and I want to be a good father. I want to be there for this kid, and be nothing like my dad."

"I'm glad you want to be involved in our child's life... but, what do we do regarding our situation?"

"What do you mean by 'situation?'"

"I mean our current relationship status... how do we raise the baby when we're separated like this? You in Minnesota and me in Los Angeles?"

Prince sighed and rubbed his temples. This was too much to process all at once. "Well, first things first, I'm gonna have to tell Jess that you're pregnant with my child, and..."

"Wait! You're still thinking about staying with Jezebel?!"

"Yes, Apollonia, she is my current girlfriend. I'm not gonna just up and leave her because my ex girlfriend found out she's pregnant with my baby. I do love her a lot."

Apollonia frowned and crossed her arms. She stood up off the couch and glared down at Prince. "Well how's this gonna work then, Prince?! How are we supposed to raise our baby if we live in different states and we aren't even in a relationship?"

"Apples, we don't need to be together relationship-wise to raise our baby. I'm still the dad and your still the mom. It doesn't matter if I have a girlfriend or if you get a boyfriend. You and I will always be the baby's parents. It's not like Jess and I would ever take the baby away from you. It'll just be you and I involved in raising our kid. There's lots of families out there with children and the moms and dads aren't in a relationship together. It's not ideal, but it works for our situation. And as for the living in a different state thing... that's a tough one. But I'm sure we can figure something out. I think it's important I get back to Jess as soon as possible to let her know about everything, and maybe she'll have some idea as to how we can make things work."