My Baby's Daddy

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Dinner

Hayden's P.O.V*

I shopped in Wal-Mart for diapers and some clothes. Brandon sat in the cart playing with the strap of my purse. I put two packs of diapers in the cart and moved along. I wish Drake could do this for once. He's the laziest guy I know.

"Excuse me, but you dropped this." A guy said from behind me. I turned to see Darren Reed, Drake's best friend. He's nicer than Drake, but he's still rough around the edges.

"Hey Darren." I said.

"Hey Hayden. I didn't recognize you. Shopping for baby stuff?"

"Yeah. Brandon is getting bigger and bigger everyday. It feels like I'm constantly buying clothes for him."

"He is getting pretty big. He could almost pass for a two year old. How has Drake been treating you? Any better?"

"You know him. He doesn't care about anyone but himself. We haven't been getting along at all since he's been out. I think it's getting worse. I hate him, honestly I do."

"Why? You loved him once. There had to be a reason you loved him."

"I loved everything about him, up until he lied to me about his extracurricular activities. After I had Brandon, we grew apart and he was put in a jail cell."

"Sounds like a pretty good reason to me." He smiled.

There's no doubt that Darren will probably tell Drake everything I said, but what does it matter? Drake probably won't care what I think anyway.

"What are you doing tonight?" He asked me.

His question took me by surprise a little. "Taking care of Brandon like I always do. Why?"
"Come to my place for dinner."

"You're Drake's best friend. It wouldn't be right."

"Then we'll invite Drake."

"That would be a chaotic dinner."

"Come on, give it a chance. I'll restrain Drake if I need to."
"Fine. I'll give it a try."
"We'll pick you up at 7:00."

"Alright."

After paying, I went home. I'm not really sure if Darren just asked me on a date or not. I wouldn't date him though. He's just like Drake, only a tad better. Darren sells drugs and smokes them only because he hasn't gotten caught yet. I don't want to report him because I don't want to get involved in his "work".

I got in the house and put Brandon down. He immediately walked over to one of his toys and began playing with it. I went upstairs really quick and put the clothes and diapers away. The doorbell rang and I went downstairs to answer the door.

I answered the door and was taken into a hug. By the grip, I instantly knew it was Kristie.

"Hey! I haven't been to your house in forever." She said, coming inside. "Brandon!" She went over to him and picked him. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and set him back down.

"What are you doing here?" I asked. "I figured you'd be hanging out with Joey today."

"You're my best friend. I can hang out with you too. Summer is almost over and I told him I'm spending the rest of it with you. I'll see him in school. For now until school, it's just you, me, and Brandon. So tonight I was hoping I could stay over. My parents are going through a bad argument and I want to get out of the house."

"I have plans tonight."

She gasped. "With who?"
Should I tell her about the dinner? She'd be upset and try to talk me out of it. But I've already said yes on going.