Paris

Ch 16 - Walking Contradiction

"What are you doing?"

"It depends."

"On what?"

"On what you think I'm doing."

"I'm pretty sure you're trying to hide a chocolate bar in the Bible."

"I'm pretty sure you and I are living alternative lives."

I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose, before extending my hand. "Hand over the chocolate Dori."

"But, but," she stuttered, before her bottom lip quivered.

"It's not working this time round. That's the third chocolate bar you want to eat and it's only been ten minutes since you finished the last one," I reminded.

"It's a craving?" she lied.

"Hand it over Mama Dori," I said sternly.

She smacked it into my palm. "Fine! But I'm not talking to you."

"I highly doubt you're going to last that long, but good luck," I replied.

She scowled. "This is the part where you beg me not to ignore you."

"If only I was sure you were actually going to," I countered.

"I don't think I want to have a baby with you anymore," she pouted.

I shrugged. "Good luck getting rid of Nemo."

"I don't think you get how any of this works," she said, glaring at me.

I chuckled. "Oh, I'm aware. I also know that I'm better at this than you are."

"Whatever happened to keeping your girlfriend happy?" she asked.

"Guys realized that we too have rights in a relationship," I joked.

She raised an eyebrow. "Is that so?"

"Mhmm," I said confidently.

"Then maybe you should get together with them and have one of them be your girlfriend!" she snapped before leaving the room.

I smiled to myself as I got up and headed to the bathroom for a shower. When I was done, I got dressed before going downstairs. I was itching to go out, and having her mad at me gave me the perfect opportunity to do so. I got downstairs and I could hear the girls laughing in the kitchen.

"What did you do to her?" Connie asked me as I grabbed my car keys.

"Nothing," I said innocently.

"Mhmm. So, she's cursing you for nothing?" she asked.

I shrugged. "I don't know. I do know that I'm heading out to get her some flowers."

She laughed. "Smart man."

I headed out and drove to the jewellery store. I don't know why, but I felt like really spoiling my baby mama. She was going through stuff, and even though I've said it, I wanted to actually show her that I mean it when I say I'm here to stay.

I hadn't really seen much of her mom, and she told me that the woman had locked herself up in her room. She was hurting, that much I could see, but she also didn't want her mom to still be around.

Except I wasn't about to kick the lady out.

I've made some stupid mistakes in the past, but even I'm wise enough to know that kicking out my child's grandmother would be colossal, despite how temporarily happy it would make my girlfriend.

Besides, I truly have no qualms with London's mother. I mean, I've been around people like her all my life. I've been hated by people like her before, and there's one thing they all share in common- they know nothing about me.