Minnelli Love Stories

Finding a Compromise

October waltzes in and Mia decides to resign. But before she does, she calls in sick to throw off suspicion. During this time, however, Stone gets a letter directly to his desk. Denver DNA Center

On the behalf of the client, Master Roman A. Henderson.

Person tested: Stone A. Minnelli

Is 99.9% the father.

Stone sat back in his chair and shook his head. He lets out a humorless chuckle.

"What's so funny?" Royce is going over numbers on his iPad. Stone shows his twin the letter. "Grey told yo silly ass that was yo baby. Outta all the bitches we done fucked in our lifetime, high school, college and now, none of them hoes got pregnant. You smash Mia one time and she's pregnant with a green-eyed kid." Royce rolls his eyes.

"I just don't remember any relations with her. I felt he was..."

"Soo..." Royce looks over his glasses at his twin. "Go get yo family nigga, damn."

Meanwhile, Mia sat on the sofa in her apartment in part disbelief. Both of her children will be a Minnelli.

"You sure have done it now..."

A few days later, she is heading down the steps with her bookbag on her shoulder.

"You really wasn't going to tell me? You let the center mail it to my job bruh!" the growl in his voice made her jump.

"I didn't have a choice." She places her hands on her hips. Her usually flat stomach is a little round.

"And because of this you wanna resign." Stone observes her. "You're pregnant again." It's not a question.

"I am." She sighs. "I was going to tell that part. I just wanted to know for myself if you were Roman's father." She bounces from foot to foot.

"But mailing it? I thought we were better than this." His tone catches her off guard. Mia is sad now. Maybe it's the pregnancy?

"I need to process some things, Stone." They are walking alongside each other now. "This is all too fast. I have a five-month-old son and now I'm pregnant again...that's not something you can bounce back from Stone."

"You acting like I wouldn't be there for my children, Mia." He is rightfully offended. "You acting like you in this shit completely by yourself! I am here!"

Mia stops and twists her lips. "I realize that I was wrong for not having an open conversation about having a DNA test, but I really wanted to know for myself. I apologize for this." The cold air rips around them. "Come by later, I'm going to class and then to pick up Roman from daycare." She is grateful for the escape now. Stone is not pleased by the abrupt ending of their conversation but nods anyway.

Ms. Laveau stands at the door with Roman with a smirking smile. "The boy's father has made himself know eh?"

"I'm sicka you and your powers, Ms. Laveau. Yes, and I've done something awful. I got him swabbed without him knowing."

"Testing de man without he permission, chile? I knowed you was crazy but chile! De disrespect chile!"

"I know...I just wanted to know before I...fell for him."

"Ye was gon do dat anyway. And now ye havin he second behby? Chile." Ms. Laveau shook her head.

"Leave de chile alone, Magicia!" Mika Minnelli peeps around the door. "Leave her be I say. Dis be me new family soon. And we must mind our business, cousin."

Mia smiles at the woman gratefully and took her child home.

"They'll get it together. Roman will make sure of dat." Mika vows with a witch's smile.