Broken

nineteen

Lanae
Her apartment

I walked into my apartment with Chrissy sitting on my couch with her head in her hands and smoking a blunt. I could already tell that she had been crying. I told Jordan to go in my room while I went and sat beside my best friend who was clearly in distress.

"Let me know if you need anything", Jordan spoke as he walked to my room.

"Babe, what's wrong?" I placed my hand on her back. She looked up at me with red and really puffy eyes.

"I'm pregnant" she swallowed out and pulling from the blunt again.

"If you're pregnant you don't need this." Taking the blunt away from her and hitting it myself.

"I don't even know if I want this baby" she said in frustration and a little fear.

"What? Why?" I was actually surprised to hear her say this because Chrissy was always talking about having a family.

"I'll be a single parent Lanae. It's Marco's baby and he's missing at this point he's dead. I'll be raising him alone. I don't have my parents because they are dead. I know good and well the money they left me won't last long. So what am I going to do?" Chrissy began to cry.

"I'm here for you Chrissy. I'll be here every step of the way. You're not alone. If I gotta keep the baby when I get off from work so you can go to work? I'll do that. You can't afford milk or diapers , I'll get it. Chrissy you know better than that. I wouldn't let you suffer like that. I'm your girl."

"I don't want you have this responsibility Nae."

"But I want too, and I'm not taking no for a answer" I smiled and nudged her just a little. She gave me a smile back.

"You really think I could be a mother?"

"Yes Chrissy you would be a wonderful mother." She gave me hug and thank me for being there for her.

"Soooo , I see Jordan is here". I rolled my eyes as she started laughing at me.

"We're back together" I said with a little eye roll and a shrug while trying to hold a smile back.

"About damn time. I was so sick of you being so damn depressed."

"Chillll on me, okay damn" I said while getting up walking to the fridge to see what I had to cook. Jordan must have gotten worried or bored and came out to see if things were okay.

"Y'all ight?" He ask while walking up behind me and wrapping her arms around my waist.

"Yes, Chris is pregnant babe"

"Yooo, that's wassup. Bout to have a little knucklehead running around, congrats tho shorty"

"Thanks, and don't be calling me baby no knucklehead" Chrissy popped an attitude but started laughing afterwards.

"Y'all silly, but uh look I don't know about y'all but I'm hungry. Y'all want tacos?" I asked Jordan and Chrissy.

"Oooohhh hell yeah bae". Jordan said rubbing his stomach.

"Fat ass". I picked and poked at his stomach.

"I'm kidding baby". I quickly said about Jordan started to tickled me.

"Y'all not cute, but yeah tacos sounds good because I haven't ate since before my appointment this afternoon. Chrissy said getting up from the couch. After Jordan finally stopped tickling me, I went to the sink to wash my hands. I got all my ingredients and supplies and started to cook. Chrissy came in and started to help me cook while Jordan began rolling another blunt.