The Preachers Daughter

Chapter Nine

"Are you going to tell him?"

I looked at Annie out of the corner of my eye.

"Tell who what?"

"Don't play stupid. Are you going to tell him about the baby?"

I was trying my best to block that out of my mind and focus on the events of today. My mother tried her best to convince me not to get into the game, and when she knew I wouldn't change my mind, she made me promise her that I'd wait until after I graduate high school. She told me she wanted me to at least give her that to make her feel better about the worst parenting choice she is about to make. Well, today is graduation day and I'm more nervous that anyone should be. Not because I'm about to start a new chapter in life, but that I was stupid enough to get pregnant before I could walk across the stage.

Zy'Air came around more, which I was all for. My mother would of course never let him spend the night. One night he decided to sneak up the fire escape and into my window.

"What are you doing here?", I remember telling him.

"I kept thinking about you and I wanted to see you".

I heard someone yell "Brick, we gonna find you" outside, and I knew him being here had nothing to do with me. He was running away from someone.

"We both know that's a lie", I told him rolling my eyes.

"Zoy, you know how this life is for me".

"Actually I don't".

"Just scoot over and let me lay with you".

My mother had did what she promised and moved us into a bigger apartment. It was in the same building but still, bigger than what she had. She gave me the biggest bedroom out of the two we had, even though I kept telling her it was unnecessary. I feel like she's trying to make everything how it was when we were living with my father. And even though I appreciate her trying, that is damn near impossible.

Zy'Air laid next to me and pulled my body closer to his. He placed one hand on my butt like he did last time we were laying together at his place. I closed my eyes, wishing to get back into the sleep rhythm I was slipping into. I felt Zy'Air's hand move to another spot on my ass and I remembered I only wore a t shirt and some boy shorts to bed.

"You got the cheeks out", he said teasingly.

"Well, I wasn't expecting you to slip through my window. Otherwise, I would have put on clothes".

"Why?"

"I ...", my sentence trailed off because I honestly didn't know the answer to his question. Zy'Air has shown me he wasn't going anywhere from the moment I met him. I had no idea why I was still tying to hide myself from him. I opened my eyes and looked up at Zy'Air, who was already looking down at me. He licked his lips, drawing my attention to them. I leaned in a gave him brief kiss and pulled away, not sure what to do next. He stared into my eyes for a few dragging moments, then leaned in to claim my lips again. This time with more passion. I felt his tongue trace the bottom of my lip so I opened my mouth and let it slip inside. Zy'Air was an excellent kisser, and I felt my body reacting to his skill. The hand that was on my ass began to grip the cheek it was resting on, which for some odd reason made me feel different. Not in a bad way, but in a way that was foreign to me. He rolled me over onto my back and went from my lips to my neck and began placing kisses on it that sent shivers throughout my entire body.

"Zy ... I never did this before".

Zy'Air sat up and looked into my eyes, searching for something. Humor maybe, I don't know.