"How did it get this way?" I asked myself in the darkness of my solitary room. Kallen and I were so happy together and now he is dead and I have to raise a baby on my own.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Nokomis, may I come in." Travis's voice said from behind the closed door.
"It's open." He walked in and I continued to lay on the bed in my motionless state.
"I'm going back home. If you would have told me before that you were pregnant I never would have come. I'm sorry that I told you that we could be together. The simple fact is that I will never date someone that has kids of their own and to top it off you are fat. I was hoping that I would be able to date you long enough to get a little action and then I was gonna vanish but you kinda sped up the process." I sat up and looked at him.
"I figured that you wouldn't stay." I paused and remained quiet for a while. He leaned against the wall next to the door and just stared at me; expecting me to cry I suppose. He's not going to get the satisfaction. "Thank you for lying to me. Now get the hell out of my room and away from my house." I said. He refused to move; still waiting for those tears that aren't going to fall while he is around. "ANDY!!!" I screamed as loud as I could. It wasn't even three seconds before five pairs of feet were rushing to my door and pushing it open almost knocking Travis to the ground where he belongs. They all looked at me waiting for an explaination. I retold Travis's story and all their eyes were fully intent on him.
"So this is how you treat women?" CC demanded and grabbed Travis by his shirt colar and started pulling him out my room door and pushing him down the stairs. Travis lay at the bottom ot the stairs and cried.
"Get out of our house you piece of shit." Andy said and decended the stairs to pick Travis up and throw him out of the front door. "Nokomis, would you mind grabbing his bags and bringing them down? We will let you have the honor of booting his ass out of all our lives." I rushed to the guest room and grabbed the suitcases and started lugging them down the stairs. When I reached the doors Andy opened them up and I threw the cases out on the stoop right on top of a pleading Travis.
"Now, you have all your shit and you can get your ass off of our property. If you don't you are going to be in for a world of hurt." I closed the door and turned around. Arms immediately enveloped me and the sweet smell of cookies and menthol filled my nose. I knew I was getting ready to cry. I tried to break free of their grasps but they were too strong for me to get away. I collapsed and started sobbing.
"Shhh. Baby girl calm down. If you don't you could lose the baby." Sammi said as she stroked my hair.
"Maybe that's what I want." I managed to retort. She looked at me and slapped my face.
"Don't you ever say that!" She almost screamed at me. She grabbed my chin and forced me to look at her. "You don't mean that sweetie. You're just scared. I can tell you this; all of us will be here to help you out. You are family now. We love you Noko."
