Marriage Before Love

17

"Hello" I answered in my raw sleepy tone

"Did I wake you up?" Maliky's voice came right through the speaker of the phone

"What do you want Maliky?" I asked in a rude tone

"I called to apologize for what I said earlier today. It was uncalled for and I'm sorry"

I didn't answer. I couldn't answer. It was almost impossible to answer. Maliky Foster apologised to me.

"Are you there?" he asked. I didn't know what to say so I just stuttered a squeaky yeah. "So you forgive me?" he asked in hopes of me saying 'yes'

"why'd you do it though?" I asked purposely avoiding his question.

"I don't know. I guess I was scared, and a little stressed out. With the babies coming and not being able to tell our parents. I'm just worried how they're going to react when they find out. I took my stress out on you and I'm so sorry."

"Maliky what you said hurts" I said starting to cry again.

"I know. That's why I called. I feel so guilty right now. Zanya you're not annoying, you're sweet and kind and you're generally a wonderful human being."

"you think so?" I asked, sniffling and wiping away stray tears.

"I know so" he replied and just as he did, someone called him. "Listen, I'll talk to you later okay" he said then hung up

"Was it Maliky" came Zane's voice, startling me

"Yeah it was" I replied when I remembered something "How'd you get inside, I locked my door"

"Picked the lock. I know you Zanya, I know that you only lock your door when you're upset about something"

"It's nothing I want to talk about. Besides, I'm fine now" I smiled to prove my point.

"Right..." he drew out "So how's my little niece slash nephew"

"What is going on in here"