Tahj's POV
After walking through my apartment door I placed my keys in the designated key holder and made my way to my bathroom. This was about the 7th outing we've had this month. Dinner with Malik was something I can honestly label as productive and much needed. We discussed a lot of things with the most important topic being the baby and we are working on what we think is best which is that we stay as just friends. Well I came to that conclusion and he sort of kind of just accepted it, I'm assuming out of respect for me. That's another reason I'll always have love for him- because of how selfless he is.
Breaking out of my thoughts i turned the shower on and swiped to my music to start my playlist. As the bathroom became encompassed in Teyana Taylor's soothing voice I let the water bless me with it's calming effects. After the long day I've had nothing seems more important than the sleep that's going to engulf me. Considering I'm 7 months now I promise this pregnancy is making it impossible for me to do much without feeling tired.
Malik's POV
Dinner with Tahj didn't go the way I would have wanted it to- again. I'm grateful she's still willing to let me play role in that child's life but being an "uncle" wasn't what i envisioned. I wanted to be more of a father figure to her son. Calling him her's instead of our's doesn't even feel natural but I have to accept what she wants. I let my thoughts consume me as I opened my door and walked to my room. It's kind of hard being in this situation when I know how I feel about her and dumbing down my emotions isn't healthy for me either.
I never put up as much of a fight as I should have but I didn't want to constantly be in her ear about the situation and potentially stressing her out. After going back and forth about it I decided it was time to man up and fight for this, fight for my family. I grabbed my keys, walked to my car, and sent Tahj a text to let her know I was on my way over. My phone lit up with a message notification from her saying okay I started my engine, let my car fill with whatever music the radio was playing, and made my way to her.
I don't know why but I just felt happy as if everything was going to work itself out. It was a new found enthusiasm and it made me feel on top of the world.
Tahj POV
I don't remember when I fell asleep but the sound of my door being knocked on. I yelled out "hold on" as I fought and scrambled to get on my feet and make my way to the front door to open it. "Uh hey..." was all I could say due to my nerves getting to me. "I'm sorry to come to you unexpected like this and I know things between us haven't been the smoothest but...." I could tell the words weren't coming as smoothly as they want. "First of all how did you even find out where I lived and secondly, what do you want Tatiyana?" My feet and back were aching me and seeing this looney tune here was making my blood pressure boil. To calm my nerves I started rubbing my belly as Tatiyana found the words that made my world stop.
"I'm sorry can you repeat what you just said?"
"Malik was in a car accident, I was at my mom's house when she got the call and she was a frantic hot mess. She was incoherent, couldn't even get her words right, and just bolted out the door telling me to come get you. She left her phone in the frenzy and thank God you share locations which is helpful because that's all I had to find you." She was going on and on and on as if she didn't just say Malik got into a car accident and for them to have called is a clear indication that it was pretty bad if they called his mother. "Tatiyana stop talking and please bring me to the hospital." Once realization settled in she responded with an "alright" and I followed her out the door. After locking it I made my way into her car and headed in the direction of the hospital.
Sitting in her car was awkward to say the least, only thing that could be heard was the music and not even that considering she turned it down to a barely audible volume. "Hey Tahj.... I just want to apologize for everything I've said to you and all the pain I've caused you. I know in your situation things can't be easy and then all the things I did probably just made it all harder on you. I mean look at your life, I would hate to be in that situation. Baby daddy not wanting a damn thing to do with you, the one man who would even accept you in your state you push away and now look at what happened to him. It's as if God is trying to ruin your life. Well not God necessarily but I guess the devil. Yeah...the Devil, he's the reason your life is going to be difficult and why you're baby is going to be a bastard."
Her words stung like a thousand bees and there was nothing in the world that could soothe the pain. I mean what kind of an apology is that? "Tatiyana that's enough, pull over and let me out I'll find my own way to the hospital because I'm not going to sit here and let you disrespect me." It's as if my words went in one ear and out of the other. "You're taking everything I'm saying the wrong way plus my mom would kill me if I just left you out here like I have no home training." And with that she kept spewing foolishness out of her mouth.
"Well I guess I shouldn't say your child, a son is it? I guess I shouldn't say your son is going to be a bastard. He'll be well taken care of I mean that's why Oscar did all the things he did so his son can have a family."
"What do you mean he did all he did? What has he done besides cause me stress and make the first trimester of my pregnancy a living hell? He hasn't done a damn thing for this child and we certainly won't be a family."
"Well obviously WE won't be a family, I'm talking about me, Oscar, and the baby." Okay this girl is a different level of insane. "He's done his best to get Malik out of the picture and I know as his sister I should be sad but deep down I feel that Oscar was doing this for us. He made me get an abortion you know? So I think your son would be a nice replacement, a nice adhesive that will keep us all together."
Tatiyana's POV
Well I guess that's not all true in one of his drunken rages after he's beaten the daylights out of me- again- he was going on and on about wanting her and how he felt his only option was to get Malik out the picture. "If I get him out the way then she'll have no choice but to come back to me" or some stupid ass thought along those lines. What he didn't know was that I was still conscious and could hear everything he said. I was heartbroken but if he thought he was going to leave me after the hell he put me through then I was going to apply his same logic. If I get her out the picture then he'll have no choice but to stay with me. She seems far along enough that if anything were to happen to the baby it'll have a fighting chance. Whether it makes it or not is none of my concern if anything we can make another one of our own.
A devious look crept across my face as I looked over to her and seen hers was drenched in fear. When Oscar told me we should go back to my mother's place to apologize for everything and hash over the situation I knew it was just him trying to put his plan into action so what better time than do the same with mine?
"Tatiyana what are you doing? Pull over and let me out now! Tatiyana are you deaf? No you're not deaf you're fucking crazy. Let me out the car-" Before she could even finish I back handed her. "Bitch shut up! Holy hell all you do is talk just shut up, shut up. Do you know how annoying it is to have the man you love love someone else in front of your very eyes? Compare you to that same person constantly? Beat on you because you're not the person he wants you to be? I'm tired of it so what better way to eliminate the issue by eliminating the you." When I thought about it this was serving two purposes, I was getting my man back while simultaneously hurting him for hurting me.
I drowned out her pleads and cries while smashing my foot on the gas, if I'm going to do this I have to commit now before my nerves die down and with how much I've told her there's really no going back now. The last thing I heard was a high pitched scream before crashing her side of the vehicle in a pole causing the airbag to eject the moment I turned my head in her direction. Silence, that was all I heard.
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Atypical: Love is Strange
General Fiction"Well either you take care of it yourself or get rid of it. I'm not about to ruin my career for this shit, I should have known you were going to try and trap me. Man you're useless."
