The Rose From Concrete / COMPLETED

Anthony's POV

9:03 am
I still felt like I was on prison schedule. This was around the time the guards woke us up and made us make our beds. I got up and brushed my teeth. I heard my iPhone ding all the way from the bathroom. "Anthony, open your door."Aaliyah texted me. I quickly put on a pair of shorts because I only had a pair of boxers on.
I walked to open the front door and there Aaliyah was standing. She had her long curly hair up in a messy bun and she was wearing sweat pants and a sweat shirt with bunny slippers.
"Hey." She said in a quiet voice. She had looked distressed and sleep deprived.
"What's up?" I said as I opened the door wider letting her in.
"A lot." She said. "I could tell by the way you looked." I told her.

"It was one hell of a night." She complained.

"So.." I said...

"So you're a dad now." She interrupted.

"Am I?" I said sarcastically.

"Yeah you sure are." She said looking a little disappointed.

"I know you don't like Rose and all , but you could've at least been there for your kid Anthony. Dick move." She said with an attitude.
"Liyah, I get it, you obviously care about Rose a lot. That's great, but don't come over here telling me what I should do." I said bluntly.

"No Anthony , you don't understand, it's not about what you "should" do , it's about what you need to do. You're still so bitter about something that didn't even happen. You act like a little ass boy. Grown the fuck up and be a real nigga." She argued. "At the end of the day, you're still my bro and I love you, but you just need to stop being ignorant." She said.

I decided to shut the fuck up.
"Ok." I told her. "I'll do something."

11:56 am
It was almost noon and I decided to go to the hospital... but I couldn't walk in there empty handed.
What should I bring? I asked myself . Flowers? A card?...Chinese food?
I stopped at a Walmart and decided to by some flowers and a balloon.
Damn it. Was it a girl or a boy ? Fuck the balloon, I grabbed these sunflowers. I'm sure Rose wouldn't mind. Not liked she'd care either.
"Hi, can I help you with anything?" Said an employee.
I turned to look at her and slowly said "no..". The only reason I said it so slowly was because she was fine asf. She was a brownskin girl with big lips, a nice smile and a nice ass. She seemed a little frisky. You usually don't ask people if they need help picking flowers do you? I thought.
"Oh, okay let me know if you do. I'll be over here." She said in a odd , flirty way smiling.
"Okay thank you."
I purchased the flowers and made my way to the hospital.

12:37 pm.
"Hi, how are you? I'm here to see Rose Quinonez." I said to the lady at the front desk.
She escorted me to the room in which Rose was in.
"She's in here. Be quiet." She warned.
I slowly and quietly opened the door. As I walked in I saw Rose asleep in the bed. It was dark and the blinds were closed. The only light came from a lamp above a clear crate the holds babies. I set the flowers on a table next to the bed Rose was asleep in. Rose was dead asleep and I could tell she wasn't waking up anytime soon. In the corner of the room there was that lamp and under it was a clear, plastic crate holding something wrapped in pink blankets. I walked up close to it only to see a baby girl squirming around and whining in it. I couldn't believe it. I had a daughter.
She had black hair and very, very lightskin. She had her moms eyes and lips. She was whining and suckling on her fist.
"Shhh..." I said quietly. I picked her up and I was nervous because I'd never have held anything with small and precious before. I sat down in a chair admiring her. She was so beautiful. She looked mainly like Rose with the exception of her nose. I tried rocking her but she would start whining and sucking on her fist more. I could tell she was hungry. I looked around for a pacifier and better yet I found a tiny little bottle of pre-made milk. I hope I'm doing this right I thought. I fed her and by the time she was done she had fell asleep. I was so hypnotized & fascinated by her. My little princess.