House Call

Chapter 17: She Was A Friend Of Mine

Tiffany's POV

I don't know what it was, but I just had to walk away when he said yes. I was truly happy for him but I couldn't bring myself to be around all that joy in that moment, maybe it was with the disappointment of finding out I wasn't pregnant or even the struggles i was going through with Reggie, but I just couldn't stomach it. It was if anger came into my heart, why the fuck was great shot always happening to him? I deserve to be happy, I deserve love, I deserve a man like Percy. 

I made my way into the house and went into the kitchen to calm myself down. I walked into the freezer and sure enough there was a bottle of Hennessy sitting pretty on the shelf. I poured me a glass and leaned on the island when Wyatt came in.

"I's getting married!!!"

I looked up and flashed him a smile. "Yasss bro, let me see that ring!"

He smiled and came over and put his whole damn hand in my face, as bitter as I was feeling I still smiled and gently grabbed his hand. "Damn, he did good. This thing is huge, and this center stone..."

Girrllll. He did that!"

"Yes he did."

I didn't immediately look up at him but I could tell he was looking at me. "Wussup sis?" he asked

"What you mean?"

"I just got proposed to and it don't seem like you're happy for me. If you ask me, seems like you upset about something."

I tried to play it off. "What??! I'm ecstatic  that he finally popped the question, I knew it would happen eventually or later."

Bullshit. We've talked about this moment right here for years, and you said you was gonna run around like a crackhead screaming and shit. Where's the show I was promised."

He was right, I wasn't feeling any of this, but how do you tell your best friend that your upset because you're secretly in love with his man. Yeah I know, I'm fucked up but I've been in love with Percy since that time I met him and he smoked me and Wyatt out at his apartment. I didn't know at the time that he was gay and when I tried to make a move on him, he shot me down and made him move on Wyatt. I was devastated and always hoped deep within that they would breakup and i could have a shot. He was everything that I wanted, tall, fine and educated. But Wyatt was my brother, my day one, and I couldn't even tell him.

"Earth to Tiffany." he said snapping his fingers in my face.

"Oh, huh?"

"Were you listening to anything I just said?" 

"Yeah I was just.. Look, I need" I was cut off by his phone ringing. 

He looked at it and rolled his yes. "Damn, I ain't been home 3 hours and they already paging me." He slid his phone across the screen and answered the phone. "This is Dr. Bradshaw. Uh huh, well no don't do that! You just said she has edema, if you bolus her that could be catastrophic for the baby. We need to induce labor and deliver that baby immediately. Who the OB on call? No I can wait."

The look on his face was one of worry. I heard the door open and turned around to see Percy walking through the door with a face of concern, and I couldn't hello but inquire. "What's wrong with you?"

"That look on my fiance's face. Everything ok?"

That work almost took me out. Fiance? How couldn't he see that my heart on beat for him? I din;t want to give anything off, so I held my composure and answered.

"A baby is in danger because the mother has edema."

"Oouch, well the party was fun while it lasted."