Tonya's Ringtone

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How am I gone tell Momma??? I finally fell asleep.
"This has been the most boring summer so far" I said.
"I know, and we supposed to be having fun before we leave and give our life to our coaches" replied Duece.
"Have you seen Meko," I said just realizing he hadn't been around for a couple days.
"Naw I ain't seen him in a couple days," Duece responded, just now realizing also.
"Where the fu...." I began to say as my phone began to ring.
It was Tonya's ringtone. "What's up T" I said as I answered the phone, knowing she was just gone tell me to come over tonight.
"We need to talk," she said.
"Ok.  Wuds up," I said sarcastically, knowing that she wanted to talk because she called me.
"No, you gotta come over," she replied.
"Ok, I be there tonight, you cooking," I asked.
"No, you gotta come now," she said firmly.
"Ohhh you want it now," I said, knowing she did.
"I told you nigga I be killin et pussy" I took the phone from my ear and whispered to Duece.
"No we have to talk," she said again.
"Well what is it, you kinda making me nervous, jus tell me," I yelled because now I was serious.
"I'm Pregnant" she whispered but i could have swore I heard a scream.
I hung up the phone.
"Who was that" asked Deuce.
"Wrong number," I said as I was running to the bathroom to throw up.
"Bro you was on the phone for like 5mins, it couldn't have been the wrong number," he said knowing something was up.
"Wasn't that Tonya's Ringtone, and now you throwing up," he said as if he was trying to figure out a puzzle.
"Broooooo she's pregnant, ain't she?" He asked hoping I would say no.
"K.O. is she pregnant," he asked again with an expression of shock and disbelief on his face.
It was an awkward moment of silence.
"Thats what she said bu.." I started to say as Duece interrupted me.
"Then she is, don't nobody play like that" he said.
"It's probably jus a April Fools trick," I responded.
"Nigga, its June" he interupted angrily.
"You a stupid ass nigga K.O., you fucked her without a rubber, what the fuck man, you always the one preaching, and you the one that fucked up."
Deuce was out of control, I never seen him this angry. He went on for about five minutes, throwing stuff, breaking stuff, throwing more stuff, rebreaking stuff...
When he was finally finished and exhausted from all the screaming, and there was nothing else to throw, or break he flopped down on the bed and begin to cry.
"What the fuck Bro," he asked as he laid sobbing.
"Fuck" I said to myself.
Deuce never cries. The only other time I ever seen him cry is when Auntie died. I knew I had fucked up. I began to cry also.
"Deuce we still gone do everything we always talked about, we still gone go to Florida and own it, it's still gone be me and you and Meko all the way, bro, I promise," I said reassuring him that nothing has changed. Me and Deuce talked, cried, and laughed all night until we fell asleep. I was telling Deuce that everything was going to be ok and nothing was going to change...
But was it? Was everything still going to go as planned? I don't know how to be a daddy? Why did she get pregnant? Why didn't i just get a rubber from Deuce?
I tossed and turned all night, asking myself questions, just thinking "what if" and if everything I been working for up until now is over.  And most of all....

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