I Need You

Chapter Five : "Fall In Love."

Tamir Bryant

Being a father hasn't always been easy and still isn't easy especially when your father never taught you the most important things in life. I had to learn how to become a man on my own and with the help of my mother.

I'm trying my best to be the best father to Kendrick and Kilen-- who doesn't have a father figure in her life. It gets challenging, but I'm managing. Little ole Tamir with two kids, who would've known.

"I'm scared." Kendrick stood at the top of the swimming pool steps with his floaty on along with his goggles.

I chuckled some and walked over to the steps. I pulled my arms out of the water and reached out to him. He walked down the steps some and jumped in my arms.

"For you to talk a lot of shit, you're sure scared to learn how to swim." I shook my head while he stayed quiet.

"I'm gone drown." He said when I placed him in the water while he still had his floaty on.

"I'm not going to let that happen." I reassured him as he looked up at me.

I pushed him around in the pool, watching a smile appear on his face which of course caused me to smile.

I removed him from out of the floaty so he could get on my back. He secured his arms around my neck, holding on tightly. I begin swimming on down to the deep end.

Spending quality time with Kendrick always brightens my day. Him being born couldn't come at a better time. I was honestly losing myself after getting out of jail.

Everyone that claimed they loved me, left me behind to basically suffer.I only had myself due to my homies and mother still incarcerated at the time so I had to get it how I live.

Alexus kindly moved back to Mississippi just for me to have someone by my side. She stayed down and helped me through those tough times which is why I've been trying to repay her but she never like to take any of my offers.

I'm glad I planted a seed in the right female. No shade, by the way.

"That was fun!" Kendrick said as we walked back over to the apartment from the swimming pool that the complex had.

"It was, huh. Got to take you a bath so we can get ready to pick up Kilen." We walked into the apartment, still kind of wet from the pool.

He raced to the bathroom and soon heard his loud ass using the bathroom. Finally. It's like it's been hell of hard trying to potty train him, but he's getting the hang of it.

I walked into the bathroom while he was washing his hands to run him some bath water. I then went into his room to set him out some clothing.

After I finished bathing him and putting on his clothes, I showered myself and slipped on some comfortable clothing.

"Kilen always leaving me." Kendrick fussed while I buckled in his booster seat.

"We're about to pick her up now." I laughed, knowing that he hates when Kilen leaves him.

They act more like siblings than aunt and nephew. He understands that she's his aunt but he like to call her his sister.