His whole life, all 23 year old Tatum knew was pain. When he was younger his mother would inflict pain on him in every way imaginable. With no father or immediate family he was forced to endure all that was thrown his way. All Tatum knew was hurt. N...
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"Hi mommy." Olivia said happily as she climbed down the stairs that led right to the kitchen where her mother Gina was making breakfast.
"Good morning baby girl. How you doing?"
"I'm good."
Olivia was dressed in a gray oversized school hoodie and tights with her brand new Ugg slippers that just came out in black. Her natural hair was in a puff on the top of her head.
"I heard you throwing up last night. You ok?" Gina asked her 17 year old daughter.
All Olivia could say in her head was shit. She had threw up back to back three time last night. She hasn't yet told her mom about her being pregnant because she knew how she would respond.
"Uh yeah it was just the pizza I had ordered for Amari last night before you came home."
"You sure you feeling ok today to go to school? You only have these last two months then you're a graduate."
"I'm good mama." Olivia faked a smile.
She hated lying to her mom. Hell she didn't even order a pizza for Amari last night. She just said that because she knew her mom worked a double last night and half the time she would come home to Amari just leaving which she didn't seem to mind because she trusted Olivia to do the right thing.
"Well alright. I'm working another double tonight so I'll be back home when you're leaving for school. Tell Amari don't be in my house all types of night." She teased as she grabbed her coffee mug and headed out the front door.
"Shit." Olivia blurted out and used the sleeve of her oversized school hoodie to wipe away her tears.
She felt dumb for getting pregnant. She wasn't even sure if she wanted a child or if Amari even wanted kids. Being truthful she was about two months while past the abortion phase so it was either woman up and say fuck school or adoption.
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"I'm outside." Amari said into her ear after she answered his phone call.
She said nothing and hung up the phone grabbing her plate of a banana bread muffin and fruit & a bottle of apple juice. She left her school bag in Amari's truck so she just had to grab her food and her mini messenger Balenciaga bag.
Her emotions was all over the damn place. She wanted to tell Mari he was gonna be a dad but she just couldn't pull herself to do it.
"No kiss?" He teased once she got in the front seat, placed on her seatbelt, and started to eat her breakfast.
She gave a closed mouth smile and leaned over to kiss his cheek.
"Ooook." He said suspiciously as he turned up the radio to blast Nudy new album and drove down the road with one arm on the wheel and the other on Olivia's lap.
He pulled up to the school and she said a soft bye then climbed out the front seat forgetting her handbag on mistake. Her mind was just on the pregnancy and what she was gonna do.
"Shit." She said frantically and turned on her heels, practically running out the school doors to get to Amari before he left.
He stood on the side of his car with his legs crossed at the ankle and all black fall wear covered his body. He was carrying her gray book bag and left her purse on the front of his car.
She smiled genuinely for the first time that day as she walked towards him.
"You forgot some shit in the car ma." He laughed.
"I'm sorry. My mind just everywhere. I got some real life shit to think about." She stood of front of him, looking up in his brown eyes.
"You good? We can go back to your crib if you don't wanna be here." He said as he pulled her to hip and kissed her forehead.
"Nah I'm fine this time baby. I gotta get my education." She smiled as she grabbed her bags and turned on her heels.
"Aye." He said causing her to turn around.
"No kiss again?"
She laughed as she walked back to him and kissed his lips this time. His tongue slipped inside her mouth which she happily accepted. His hands went to her bottom that spread.
"Boy move." She laughed as she pulled away from him.
"I love you." He said.
"I love you too." —— "You never told me how it went when you told Monty you was leaving." Olivia said with her legs draped over Amari's as they laid beside each other.
"It went aight. He said if I ever came home I had a job with him. Told me to let him know if I need help with some shit."
"Good. You know if you wanna graduate and get accepted into college you gotta start coming to school more babe."
"I know. I just missed like three days."
Olivia looked at him like "boy lie again" while he laughed at her face.
"Not even close to three days. Go talk to Mrs. Janet to see if she could waiver a few of your absences."
"I gotchu beautiful. So you ready to tell me what was wrong with you this morning?"
Before she could respond, her mom bust inside her room with three pregnancy tests as she looked at Olivia with tears in her eyes and asked,
