Still In

VII

Very much so unedited so there may be some errors
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Omniscient

6:25 am, October 27 - the birth of D'Andre Bryan Jackson

After 10 long hours of labor, Tanya had finally given birth to her and Dave's baby boy. In the room currently with Tanya were Dave, Tyrell, and Tariq. Leslie and Greg had taken Daniel home with them while Tanya was in labor due to how sleepy he had gotten. Bianca left simply because nobody wanted her there in the first place. Jackson and Vanessa left due to feeling like they didn't really have to be there and Carrie left with them out of the anger she still had towards Tanya and Kianna.

Now, left in the waiting room were Kianna, Sean, Rashad, and Randy. None of them had gotten to see the baby yet but they were all too excited to leave.

Meanwhile, in the room, Tanya had fallen asleep after feeding D'Andre and Dave was just holding his son while trying to fight back tears. Tariq glanced over at his nephew and his eyes welled up. That could've been his daughter in his arms but Bianca just had to fuck things up.

"Tariq." Tyrell said. "You good man?"

Tariq shook his head. "Nah."

"I want you to know that I didn't know shit about that, Riq." Dave said, still looking at D'Andre.

"I know."

Tariq really didn't suspect that Dave knew anything. He honestly didn't think anybody knew about it except for Bianca. He wondered if the guy she had cheated on him with was the father all along.

"You wanna hold him?" 

"Can I?" Tariq asked, his voice cracking.

Dave handed the baby to Tariq and watched how he just cradled him. Both Tyrell and Dave felt terrible for Tariq. Dave couldn't even fathom how his once sweet, innocent sister could hurt him like that.

Feeling his emotions getting the best of him, Tariq handed the baby to Tyrell and left the room. Dave stood up and went to follow him.

Dave

Tariq was sitting against the wall next to the room door. I sat down next to him and put my around him. That gesture alone led him to break down. I had never really had a heart to heart with Tariq but I guess there's a first time for everything.

"What have I ever done to her, man?" He cried.

I stayed silent and just rubbed his shoulder. There honestly wasn't an answer that I could give. Somewhere in the past couple months, Bianca has gotten so heartless. I don't know why but I can guarantee you I'm gonna find out after little man gets settled in.

Tariq sniffled and lifted his head up. Taking a deep breath, he stood up and helped me up. I dusted my clothes off and he did the same. His eyes were red and still had tears in them, making it hard for me to look at him. I'd never seen anybody this hurt before.

"I'm gonna head home."

"You need me to take you?" I asked.