Tough Love *COMPLETED*

Chap 25. • "Speculate"

Aya Weathers

"I should've kissed you. I should've told you, told you just how I feel. Next time I won't stop. I'll listen to my heart. 'Cause what I feel is real."

I quietly sang to myself as I looked through the snack isle at Walmart. F.A.M.E is one of my favorite eras, and I honestly don't know why.

"And why aren't you a singer?" I heard a somewhat familiar voice address me from behind. I turned around and Tory was standing there with a bodyguard behind him.

"I don't and really can't sing. At least, not well enough for Hollywood." I shrugged and spotted a large bag of Hot Cheetos... On the top shelf... That we all know damn well I can't reach.

"I think you got talent, ma." He complimented as he grabbed the chips and handed them to me.

"Thanks. I'd rather just stay under the radar and be a songwriter. Nobody really cares about us, which is fine by me. They know I wrote the song, they may not care, but I'm still getting paid when they listen." I told him my perspective on my profession.

"You right, Miss Thang." He chuckled and nodded, agreeing with my statement. Tory is lowkey fine as hell, even just with the way he carries himself. But I wouldn't catch myself dating him because one, I'm still with Chris, and even if we broke up, that's still the homie so it's a big no from me.

"Are you and bro good? Y'all seemed to be having some trouble in paradise." He gave me his concern as we migrated towards checkout. Did he forget that he came here for something other than talking to me?

"Honestly, I'm not sure at the moment. I haven't broken up with Chris, but I haven't been speaking to him either. It's kind of hard, you know? It's never easy to accept the person you're with could be having a kid and the person he is having it with isn't you. Now he'll have a bond with someone else that the two of us won't ever have. That's shit's painful as hell."

(A/N: I got this monologue from comments on last chapter from ItsYoGirlKiArra and Lisa_Mechelle so shout out to y'all, lol.)

"I feel you 100 percent. It was supposed to be y'all era, but now it's his and his second baby mother's." Tory explained his take on the situation, still agreeing with my feelings.

"Exactly. And I hate to be the selfish type, or the jealous type, but it's really not fair to me. Chris was irresponsible, not me. My relationship gotta be put in jeopardy because his pull out game was weak." I joked, causing Tory to double over into laughter.

"Yo, that was funny," He said while letting out a few more chuckles and catching his breath. "But nah, I get you. You can't help but being selfish with someone you're in a relationship with because you're supposed to have that bond that nobody else can compare to. But with another baby and a weird ass bitch entering in the picture, that's kinda hard."

"At least somebody gets it. And you know what makes all of this worse? I'm not even sure if he cheated or not. I'm hoping he didn't. 'Cause if he did, that baby ain't finna have a father."

I'm not that crazy to the point where I would blow up and murder my nigga for cheating. I just leave and show you I can do better.

"Didn't she have a doctor's appointment? Don't they tell you how long you've been pregnant then?" Tory furrowed his brows as I scanned my chips and a few other snacks in self checkout.

"Yeah, she had one a few days–" I stopped in my tracks.

"She had one a few days ago. And Chris was supposed to tell me how far along she was. But he didn't." I mumbled the last part, coming to the conclusion that he hid it on purpose.