Can I Try On My Own?

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After calming Brey down, Taraji woke up to the sound of sniffling. She looked to the side seeing Brey curled up next to her, sniffling in her sleep. "Poor baby. It'd yonna be okay Brey," Raji whispered before she got up to go to the bathroom. Seeing the test in the trash can she sighed as she bent down to grab another one. It seemed everytime she took a test it came back positive. For once she wanted to see it come up negative. She put the test on the wdge of the sink and washed her hand over her face as she waited for the results, stuck in her head entirely too much. Why was he being like that? Why didn't he do what he was going to do? What made him change his mind? Maybe Mira was the one on the phone.

As she ran through questions. Hev came around the corner. "Mama...are you okay?" She asked, walking in seeing the pregnancy test. "Ummm yeah I'm fine. What are you doing up so early?" Raji asked, letting out a sigh of relief once the test actually came back negative. "Brey been crying all night. In her sleep, in my room, in the kitchen....in here," Hev yawned out. "Yeah she's scared. Having a baby is scary shit," Raji said as she stood up, staring at Hev. "What? And why are you looking like that!?" Hev threw out. After drying her hands, she held a pregnancy test in front of Hev. "You want me to give this Brey?" She questioned, confused about what was going on.

 "You want me to give this Brey?" She questioned, confused about what was going on

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"Get over here and take the test Heavenly," Raji blurted. "For what!? I'm not pregnant!" Hev squeaked. Taraji raised an eyebrow and pursed her lips as she held her stance. "Mom come on! I'm not pregnant. Not even possible! News flash! I'm not one of these other fast ass Howards. I'm a whole ass virgin!" Hev spilled out. Brey woke up to Hev semi shouting seeing the look on Taraji's face. As soon as Brey stepped behind Hev, Raji's hand had connected to Hev's face, her hand print bright red. "I'm getting tired of your mouth Heavenly. Fix your lips to let another curse word come out your mouth and I'm beating your ass black and blue," Raji growled. She was fed up with Hev's attitude but her frustrations with Terry had her on edge already. She had no intentions of hitting Hev but she did.

Hev didn't say anything, holding back her tears. "Do you hear me?" Raji snapped. "Yes ma'am," Hev whimpered. "You're dismissed," she waved, seeing Brey with her hand over her mouth. "Mama what's wrong? I never thought I'd see you hit Hev like that," Brey pried. "I just...I don't even know. I don't know what's going on," Raji said, tears springing from her eyes. "What happened before you came home?" Brey asked, leaning against the wall. "Everything was good until someone called and I don't even know who it was. I'm just confused as hell," she answered with pure honesty. "Someone called dad? .....what if I find out? I was going to go see him today," Brey offered.

"For someone who is scared you sure seem ready to tell your father about this baby," Raji said, blowing her nose. "Oh.......no I wasn't going to tell him about that," Brey said. "Your dad is a pregnancy whisperer. It's like he just knows," Raji told her, making Brey a bit scared. "What am I going to do? I haven't even told Court. It's not even like he can come home. I'm going to go through this alone.... and then dad uuuuuggggghhhhhh MAMA!" Brey panicked. "Girl calm down. You won't be alone. You can move in here. More than enough help here. Lord knows they don't do shit. It's gonna be alright baby," Raji told her. "What about dad?" Brey asked.

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