Atypical: Love is Strange

Chapter 14

Tahj POV 

It's finally the end of the week and luckily for me that means the semester is finally over with. That also means that Malik and I have been living together for a full week. I'm surprised I haven't done anything to annoy him yet because the way these hormones are set up, I've been nothing short of a tyrant. As I dipped deeper into my thoughts I could hear Malik asking me a question that I couldn't quite catch. "I'm sorry could you repeat that I wasn't quite paying attention."

"I asked what do you hope it is? A boy or a girl?"

"Believe it or not I would want a boy, I can't imagine a baby girl with my attitude walking around. I'd go crazy"

"Nah I want a baby girl so I can spoil her. Either is fine with me but I guess I just want a daddy's girl around."

Just hearing him say that caused the butterflies in my stomach to go into a frenzy. A daddy's girl huh? He really is serious about being a father to my child? Well I guess our child now. But what if things between us don't work out and he just decides he's had enough and kicks us out. Then what am I going to do? This wouldn't be an easy situation to handle because not only would I have to explain why Malik walked out but then that would open up a whole world of misunderstanding as to why the real father wasn't involved. All this overthinking caused me to fall into a cold sweat. Did we rush into things too soon? Was I so consumed about my own happiness that I neglected the idea that if things went south my child would suffer the most. As I felt a ping of guilt wash over me a cool hand was placed on top of mine.

"I've been calling your name for a while now, we're here. What were you thinking so hard about?" As I grabbed my purse and made my way towards the doctor's office I began to share my thoughts with Malik. "What if we rushed into this relationship? What if one day you wake up and decide you're not going to be doing this anymore? I wouldn't be mad at you because you're young and this isn't your responsibility to manage. You didn't help me create this child so you shouldn't be the one burdened. And then I-"

"What the hell are you talking about? First off I don't see this child as a burden I see it as a blessing and secondly you really have to stop second guessing me it's beginning to become a bit insulting. You're my girl now so understand I have your back and God forbid things don't work out I'm not walking out the child's life. I'm not your ex...no offense."

"None taken plus if you were like my ex I wouldn't have given you the time of day. Now let's go figure out what we're having."

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"Look at how healthy the baby is. Now Tahj am I revealing the gender today or did we want to keep it a surprise?"

"Nope Doc we're excited to find out what we're having that way we can properly decorate the nursery." She continued to move the wand around my belly until we finally landed on what i thought was a finger. "And it seems like it's a boy in there." I don't know why but instantly tears came to my eyes and as I scanned the room my eyes fell on Malik who couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear. Once we made eye contact with each other he placed a gentle kiss on my forehead and squeezed my hand slightly. The doctor wiped the gel off my stomach and exited the room so she could print our sonogram pictures. "Sorry it's not the baby girl you wanted."

"You don't have to be fake sad I know you're happy as hell. Plus nothing wrong with a mini me running around the place so either way I'm good." After making another appointment with the receptionist we made our way out the building. Once we got in his car we both instantly made phone calls. I dialed Amber's number and she picked up almost immediately.

"Damn I thought you forgot a bitch's number or something. What did I do to deserve a call from you?"

"Oh hush I just wanted to let you know that you can go shopping for your nephew now"