Secret Mistake

5

DELANO POV

Today I put Gia in be concession stand today. At least I know she can't get herself in too much trouble working there. And of course she gave me a fight because she wanted to work with Bria but I had to separate them.

Needing some advice about this situation. There's only one person I could talk to.

"Hey what's up?" My friend brad we been friends for a long time. So if anyone he would be he person I would go to for advice.

"I got myself in a situation" I confessed.

"What did you do now?" He joked.

"Funny, But you remember that girl that works for me?" I asked.

"Oh you mean that girl you are in love with and she can't stand you" he said.

"Yeah her, well one of my workers had this party and well things got out of hand and we ended up hooking up with each other".

"So?"

"So... now she found out she's pregnant".

"Pregnant? As in a baby is growing inside of her?" He asked.

"Yup, and she was all into aborting it but I stopped her due to my reasons".

"Are you crazy?!. Let me guess your girlfriend has no idea about this either?" He asked.

"Nope she's clueless as always. And now Gia hates me for stopping her from getting the abortion".

"Do you blame her? How old is she?" He asked.

"24".

"Damn she's young. I see why she could possibly hate you. Now she has to man up and be responsible".

"I'm going to talk to her today. We are going to just hang out so I can figure out why she's so angry".

"Good luck. But you know what they say about anger it's a mask for love".

That had me thinking... let me find out Gia actually likes me to the point it makes her angry. Hmm...

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Gia's shift was over so I made sure I was at the time clock so she couldn't run away and go home or hang out with Bria.

"Damn" She whispered to herself when she was about to clock out.

"I figure I'll be ten steps ahead of you today" I joked.

"Yeah..." She looked very cute today. Wearing shorts with a crop top. All I could see peeking through her shirt was her belly ring. "Can we go?" She asked.

I nodded and let her walk out first. "So what do you want to do?".

"This was your plan. So ask yourself that question" she rolled her eyes.

"Hmm... how about we walk to find a place to eat? Sound good?".

She nodded and walked alongside me. She was very quiet as if she was thinking something. This wasn't the Gia I used to know. She would be very loud and funny. And now she's quiet.

"Something wrong?" I asked.

"Nope just always hungry now" she gave me a small smile.

"Don't worry where we going you can eat for days" I joked. Keeping my eyes on her I notice she took her hair down from the ponytail she had it in before. I loved when her hair was out.

"So how are things going with you and the misses?"
She asked as she's texting on her phone. Wondering who's she's texting.

"She's my girlfriend not the misses. And she's fine. Don't you find it rude when you are with someone and the other person is texting?" I asked.

She side eyed me "not really. Especially when I didn't plan this you did".

I knew if this conversation kept going she was going to end up leaving and the attitude will be here for the next three days.

We walked into the restaurant and I see my brothers girlfriend was working today. Here we go.

"Welcome to — oh hey Delano! And is this your niece ? They have you babysitting how cute" she smiled big.

Gia turned to me and looked back at her. "Who is she talking to?".

"Danielle this isn't my niece. This is Gia she works for me" I corrected her.

"Oh I'm so sorry! Nice to meet you Gia" Danielle extended her hand. Gia just looked at her and turned to me "Can we eat?".

I nodded I let her lead the way to the boothe. Standing while she took her seat first.

"What type of place is this?" She asked

"One of my favorite places they have the best burgers here" she nodded and continued to text on her phone but her facial expression didn't seem as if she was enjoying texting.

She put her phone back in her bag and put her head back with her eyes closed.

"You Okay?" I asked.

"Honestly I could be better. Especially when my mom keeps texting me stupid shit".

"I'm guessing you and your mom don't get along" she looked away from me.

"I wouldn't say we don't get along. But she constantly just— she just wishes I could be like my brother since he's the golden child. And I'm not I'm more of a free spirit".

"It's like me. I'm the black sheep of my family. My parents rather me own a company and not work at a beach and have long hair" I joked.

"I don't see a problem. Working on a beach is the best job".

"Yeah for you because you barely work. Most times you and bria are playing around".

"Well as long as you know... then I can't get in trouble" she smiled.

"Finally I see a smile! I've been waiting for that smile for sometime now. Can I ask why are you so angry lately?".

"I'm not angry at all. I'm more miserable than anything. My mom is annoying me and well I'm pregnant too for someone who I'm not in a relationship with and he has a girlfriend. So I think I have a right to be miserable".

The guilt was starting to eat me up.

"Would it make a difference if we were together?" I asked.

"Yeah at least I can say you'll be there with me throughout his ordeal. But because we are not together you'll miss most of this pregnancy. Hence why I wanted an abortion".

Rubbing the back of my neck as I thought about what she said.

"I mean when you have to leave to say take me to the hospital and your girlfriend ask you where are you going... you'll have to lie to her. This whole situation is fucked up" she put her head down in her arms.

"Listen I don't want you worrying about anything. I'll handle any obstacles coming my way" she looked up at me. I would be lying if I didn't want to kiss her right there to reassure her everything will be okay.