As If She Were My Daughter

Chapter 2

Angel Collins

"Aye bro!"

"Angel!" 

"Collinsss!"

"Hey Angel" 

Out of all the people calling my name and me waving that last one was the one that got to me. I turned around. Winter break was over. "Hey" I said to her. "How have you been?" she asks me. "I've been.. good." i respond. We paused for a complete 10 seconds i know for a fact i counted. The fact that things were so awkward between us was not a good thing. This girl stanging in front of me was my ex. At one point i had loved her with all my heart. Then she did me so wrong. Her and my bestfriend Quan. I sat there looking at her and the flash back of last year when all this had gone down. 

-Flashback*

"Hey baby !" Tori walked in my room. Quan was sitting on my bed. We were playing Call of duty. I paused the game and looked at her then smiled. "Hey" i told her. She leaned down and kissed me. Quan got up "Iight mannn, ima go" He said gettin up about to leave. "Hey Tori " he said hugging her.  "Hey Quan" she hugged him back then Quan left out. I watched Tori close my room door then sit beside me. "Wassup bae?" i asked her. "We need to talk" was all she said, I nodded as if to say go on. "Um.. Baby, Im pregnant" She said, I didnt think i heard her right. "What?" i say. "Im pregnant" she says again. My stomach knotted up.

"HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!" I yell. "HOW DID IT HAPPEN ANGEL?!" she screamed and got up like i had offended her. "Baby im sorry sit down" I tell her holding my head trying to think. "Look im not giving my baby up" she tells me. "i know you arent" I tell her looking like she's stupid. "So ... what we gonna do?" she asks. I have butterflies in my stomach and my hands look like they are shaking. "Tori, we are in this together." i told her and she hugged me tight. Then i lowly say "We are gonna have a baby..." 

-9 months later 6 weeks before winter break*

"IT'S TIME !" Tori punches me in my side. I look at the clock which read 3:44. "UGHH baby wait " I tell her tiredly. "WAKE YOUR ASS UP AND TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL ANGEL OR IMA PUT MY FOOT UP YOUR ASS ! " she's screaming at the top of her lungs.

I get up and get the diaper bag we had packed for this moment a month ago. I grabbed my keys and slippers then helped Tori get up and put shoes on. "UGHH! " she yelled. We got into the car as quickly as possible. I drove off to our hospital. I helped her out and we walked in she was almost immediantly seen. Im in the room with her while they're giving her the meds to calm her down.

"baby you ok?" i ask her in a calm voice as she's squeezing the hell out of my hand like she's pushing now. "SHUT UP ANGEL !" she screams.  I'm quiet. 5 hours pass and she is now pushing and grunting. "1,2,3 PUSH!" the doctor says. Everytime she pushes it seems her grip gets tighter causing me to wince. About the 6 push i hear faint crying and my heart instantly melts. My baby boy was here. They wipe him off. I kiss Tori on her head. "I love you" i whisper. "We have a problem!" i hear the doctor say to the nurses. "What's wrong?" the nurse and i say.

"I think this baby has hemophilia" He says out loud. My heart sank. "What's that !? "  i yelled. "Sir i will tell you in a bit but as of right now i need blood from one of the parents because this baby is losing it quickly!" the doctor yells. I step to the nurse. "ILL DO IT RIGHT  NOW IF IT MEANS SAVING MY LITTLE BOYS LIFE !" I yell and she nods then leaves as i take a seat. "We are going to take blood from you and his mother" says the doctor. I look over at my kid then at his mom as the nurse returns with a needle prepares me and takes some of my blood.

A couple of minutes later the doctor comes over to me and says " this baby is a hemophilia.. which means that one little scratch or cut and the baby will bleed continuously. The baby's life was saved but your blood had nothing to do with it. The baby's blood and DNA did not match yours. The only way that this baby survived was because of his mother. "  i looked at his mother and yelled. "WHO IS THE FATHER!" she looked scared "What do you mean Angel?" she asks me. "THIS BABY IS NOT MINE AND I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT BEEN THERE FOR YOUR ASS ! WHO IS THE FATHER OF THIS CHILD !" i shouted at her as everybody left and took the baby. She was crying now "Quan" she said. I couldnt believe this shit. I cried. i felt betrayed. 

-end of flashback*

Tori was it for me. Tori was gonna be my wife. Until she tried to trap me. I had told Tori about me possiblily getting drafted to the NFL and she was proud for me. I thought she was my ride or die. I didnt think i was man enough to be a father.  But her and Quan went behind my back. Not only was she also with Quan but she tried to pin the fact on me that she was 3 weeks pregnant with my child. At first i was nervous about it but at the end i was there for her. Where was Quan? nowhere to be found and when she told him about his son he denied him. Quan no longer lives with me. I kicked him out since i paid most of the rent half the time. This was my house. Time to find another roommate.

"hows the baby" i asked her breaking from my thoughts. "Kamil is fine. My mom has him while im at school" she says. "That's good." I say. "Um... Angel..." she starts off. "Yes Tori?" i say. "I still want you to be in his life" she tells me. I shake my head and just walk away as she calls after me.

-4:53am*

 

Im just sitting on the side of my bed. I see this babys face everytime i go to sleep and its not Kamil's. I hear the baby whining.. and it's like i can understand... her...like she's telling me to find her and save her.