Dirty Lay (19 page)

       “You fought that girl behind that loser ass baby daddy of yours?  Have you lost yo damned mind?” she yelled.

       “Mom really?  You know how I feel about Ant so I wasn’t fixing to let this bitch spread all her lies around school!  I handled that ass!” I said.

        “I’m too through with your ass!  I don’t know how many times I gotta tell you that the dude is a loser!  He ain’t doing shit and ain’t gon do shit for you and A.J.!” she yelled.

       “He will and you gon see!” I said.

       “I’m going to work since yo ass here!  You make me sick with all this bullshit!” she said as she grabbed her purse and keys and left the house.

       I was tired defending Ant to her so I wish she would just leave me alone.  If he was who I loved and wanted to be with why couldn’t she just accept it?  

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR-CARAMEL

       I woke up and saw Christian holding Christina and they looked so cute together.  He had fallen asleep on the sofa bed with her on his chest.  I thought to myself,
she will definitely be a daddy’s girl
. I reached for my cell so I could shoot Shaniqua a text to let her know I had my baby and about the chick in the doctor’s office this morning who said she was pregnant by Ant.

       Me:
Girl I had my baby this morning…a lil girl and she’s so beautiful.  I am so glad to finally have her and that shit hurt like hell!  Anyway guess what happened when I went to my dr’s appt this morning  

       Nae:
Congrats Mel…I know how happy you must be b/c I remember when that was me!  You will never guess what happened with me at school today but tell me what happened at your apt 1st

       Me:
Thanks Nae…I’m thrilled!!  So okay me and Christian was sitting in the office waiting for the doctor to call me when I caught this chick lookin’ at him.  Then she asked him if he was Ant’s friend Shine…he said yea so she said she met Ant in the mall and that he was her man and get this…THE BITCH IS PREGNANT!!  She said it’s his and she’s due in 3 mths…I was like wtf 

      
Nae:
A bitch said she was pregnant for Ant?

       Me:
Yes, she said they been dating eight months or something like that

       Nae:
WTF!!  I just beat Taylor’s ass for that shit today…then Twinkie jumped in and I beat her ass too and I got suspended for 3 days…now this…WTF is next

      
Me:
You fought Twinkie and Taylor for Ant?  Why Twinkie though?  Is she saying she pregnant for Ant too…LOL
 

     Nae:
Hell no!  But she wanted to jump in b/c Taylor is her cousin but I kicked both their asses!

       Me:
You fought Taylor even though she pregnant?

       Nae:
Fuckin’ right!  I didn’t hit her stomach...just her face
  

       Me:
Wow!  I didn’t think you would fight the girl behind Ant’s triflin’ ass!

       Nae:
Let me hit you up later…A.J.’s crying…Congrats again on the baby!!

       Me:
Ok

      
I guess she was mad at me for what I said but it was true, Ant was a triflin’ ass nigga and he had no intentions on taking care of her or A.J.  I just wish she could see that for herself.  As I looked over at Christian and Christina I was definitely blessed to have him in my life.  He was so good to me and he wanted to be a dad.  His dad wasn’t around when he was growing up so he promised to be here for Christina and I was glad about that.  He has been amazing through my entire pregnancy and he was here for the delivery too, something I wish Shaniqua could have experienced.

       Christina made a little noise and began chewing her little hand so Christian jumped up.  He held her tight as he sat up and looked at me with a smile.

       “You’re gonna spoil her ya know?” I said.

       “I can’t help it Babe, she’s just so cute!” he said.

       “Where’s my mom?” I asked.

       “She was called into work because someone didn’t show up.  She was pissed too!” he said.

       “Oh you don’t have to tell me because I know.  My mom plays no games!” I said as we laughed.

      “You wanna feed her Baby?” he asked bringing her over to me and placing her in my arms.

      “She’s so perfect!” I said kissing her little forehead.

      “Yea she is,” he said smiling at us.

      He handed me a bottle to feed her and I placed the nipple to her lips as she sucked greedily. 

      “I just texted Shaniqua and you will never guess what she did today,” I said.

      “What happened?” he asked.

      “She got in a fight with Taylor over Ant and got suspended for three days!  Can you believe that shit?” I asked.  

       “What?  She fought the pregnant girl?  Yo she wildin’ huh?” he asked.

       “She thinks Ant is gonna be with her and they will be a family.  I wish he would let her know wassup so she can see shit for what it really is,” I said with a frustrated sigh.

       “I don’t know what to say about this,” he said.

       “Me either, I’m just glad you aren’t like him,” I said.

       “Awww hell no!  Ant on a whole ‘nother level!  I keep tellin’ him he needs to grow up but he ain’t ready I guess,” he said.

       “Wow!  So he’s got two other babies on the way that we know of, does he think this is a game Bae?” I asked.

       “I have no idea but I’ll talk to him when he gets back,” he said.

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE- ANTOINE

       I had been offshore for the past four months and I knew when I got home I would catch for it from Megan because I missed the birth of our child.  I couldn’t help it if I rather chase paper than watch her pussy get stretched open by our little girl.  To be honest that is something I would rather not see because I heard once a man sees a pussy stretched like that, he never looked at it the same again.  I loved pussy so there was no way I needed to see that shit!

       I had called Luke to pick me up since my mom was at work and Megan was home with the baby.  I hadn’t even told her I was coming; I thought it would be better to surprise her.  Luke arrived right on time because the helicopter had landed about five minutes before he got there.  I hopped in his car and he took off.

       “Wassup Bro?” I asked.

       “Chillin’ Man, bout time you come back home!  You been gone we thought they had lost yo ass at sea,” he said with a laugh.

       “Whatever Man!  It’s good to be back but I know I’m gonna be in for some bullshit when I go home because I wasn’t home when Megan had the baby,” I said.

       “Yea you will and you missed a lot while you was gone too,” he said.

       “Fa real?  A lot like what?” I asked.

       “Well ya girl Shaniqua got in a fight with that chick Taylor because she said she pregnant fa you!” he said.

       “What!  You shittin’ me right?” I asked.

        “No I ain’t shittin’ you!  Not just that Caramel said Shaniqua pregnant again,” he said.

       “Damn!  She pregnant again?  She didn’t waste no time huh?” I asked.

       “Apparently neither did you since she said she pregnant fa yo ass again!” he laughed.

       “What?  Nigga miss me with that bullshit because I been gone for four months yo!  Ain’t no way they can pin this one on me!” I said with a laugh.

       “You know that just happens to be how far along she is.  She said you hit it the night before you left.  Ant when you gon grow up Man?  I’m just asking because it’s not cool to be getting these women pregnant like that.  At some point you gotta man up Bro!” he said.

       “Speaking of pregnancy how is your girl?  She had the baby yet?” I asked.

       “Yea she had two boys last month,” he said.

       “Damn!  Y’all had twins?  Congrats Man!” I said.

       “Yea she did but don’t congratulate me yet.  Let me get those DNA tests first,” he said.

       “You still think yo girl cheated on you?  That girl loves you; she wouldn’t do that to you!  Besides don’t yo boys look like you?” I asked.

       “Not really, only one of the twins resembles me the other one doesn’t look like me in the least.  The one that looks like me has my eyes, nose, I mean he looks just like I did when I was a baby.  I am not seeing those things in the other baby; I mean he’s cute and all but I still don’t think he’s mine!” he said.

       “Your kids are mixed race so maybe they look like their mom’s side of the family,” I said.

       “That’s what I’ve been trying to tell him.  Just because one baby looks like you and the other one doesn’t, that don’t mean your girl cheated on you.  The baby just could look like her side,” Shine said.

       “They’re still young though Bro, wait a couple of months and then maybe his appearance will start to change and you’ll see the resemblance,” I said. 

       “I guess.  But real talk Bryan looks like me but Bryson looks like a whole ‘nother person.  I’m gonna wait a few more months and then I’m gonna get one of those home DNA tests from Walmart and give it to them.  I hope they are mine because I’m not sure how I will act if they aren’t,” he said.

       “I hear ya Bro!” I said.

       “So guess what!” he said.

       “Damn!  What now?” I asked.

       “Shaniqua having twins and her mom wants to get in your ass!” he said.

       “Da fuq!  That girl pregnant again?  I swear when I got involved with her I did not know she was a ho!” I said shaking my head.

       “Did you hear what I said?” Luke asked.

       “What you mean?  I heard you said the chick is pregnant again with twins!” I said.

       “Yea she is but she says the babies are yours!” Luke said again.

       I almost spit out my drink when he said that Shaniqua said I was her babies’ dad.

       “Well she lying!  I ain’t those kids dad and it’s fucked up how every chick that seems to find themselves pregnant lately suddenly blame me for that shit!  I ain’t those kids dad!” I yelled taking another drink to the head.  I was tired of people blaming me for the shit they got themselves into. 

       “I think they are Bro.  That girl loves you; she fights for you, she argues with her mom over you, she wouldn’t cheat on you!  You need to man up or just wrap it up when you fuck!” he said.

       “I don’t like condoms; that shit feel like it’s cutting the circulation off my dick!  I think I’m allergic to the latex or something.  Why can’t they use protection?  Why should it always be up to the dude to wrap shit up?” I asked.

       I was glad when that nigga pulled up to Megan’s house because I had enough of his shit. I gave him a hundred for his gas and time and got out the car.  I walked to the door and put my key in the lock, turned the knob and walked in.  The house was quiet as I went in search of Megan.  I found her lying down in the bed asleep.  I went down the hall to the nursery to check on the baby.  She was asleep looking all cute in her lil pink outfit.  It was hard to believe that she was a month old already.  I went to take a shower before I greeted Megan because I figured she was probably tired so I wanted her to rest a little more.

       After I was done washing all that offshore stench off me I grabbed a towel and dried off.  I wanted to fuck Megan so bad but knew that she wasn’t cleared from the doctor yet.  I decided to get dressed and go see what the fuck was up with Shaniqua.  I wasn’t sure if she was home or at school but I remembered she said her mom was home with A.J. so I was gonna check the school first. 

       I arrived at the school at 10:45 in the morning and went to the office.

       “May I help you?” the receptionist asked.

       “Yes I need to see Shaniqua Castle, she’s a senior here,” I added.

       “May I see your ID please and you will need to sign in on that blue sheet!” I reached in my pocket and pulled out my idea and handed it to her.  I also signed in on the sheet she asked me to sign. 

       She handed me back my ID and asked, “Who are you to Miss Castle, Sir?”

       “I’m her cousin and this is an emergency!” I said as she dialed an extension and asked for Shaniqua to be sent to the front office.

        “She’ll be right with you,” she said.

       I stood by the door waiting and after about four minutes she came into view.  She wasn’t huge but she was definitely bigger than the first time she was four months pregnant.  She had her head down and when she picked her head up and saw me she had a huge smile on her face.  She ran up to me and hugged me so tight.  I hugged her back even though I wasn’t sure what was gonna come from this visit.

       “Is there some place we can talk?” I asked.

       “Yea c’mon,” she said leading the way while pulling my hand.

       The bell rang and suddenly the hallway was filled with students hustling to get to class.  I followed Shaniqua to a spot outside the cafeteria and we sat on one of the benches.

       “I’m so glad to see you!” she said as she stood up and kissed me on the lips.

       When she sat back down on the bench she looked at me and asked, “Why do I get the feeling you’re not happy to see me?”

       “Because I just got home and found out that you’re pregnant again and saying that your baby  is mine; I had to come and see if you were really pregnant!  But I’m confused as to how the baby can be mine when I was offshore all this time,” I said.

       “Well let me start off by saying I’m having twins so it’s babies not baby.  And don’t you remember that night you came by to see A.J. for the first time and we fucked for four hours or so, that’s when I got pregnant.  My God!  After all this time and everything that has happened between us, you still don’t trust me!   I can’t believe you!” she cried.

       “I’m just sayin’ that I didn’t hear anything about you getting pregnant until I got home.  Why didn’t you call me?” I asked.

       “Call you for what?  So you can ignore my calls or let them go to voicemail?” she asked.

       “It’s just a shock to come home and find out that you’re pregnant again,” I said.

       “Yea and my mom is pissed!  She wants me to put you on child support,” she said.

       “Child support?” I asked.

       “Yes she said it’s time for you to take care of your kids and you know what?  I agree.  It isn’t fair that my mom is busting her ass to support her children and yours.  I love you Ant but it’s time for you to do your part,” she said.

       “What’s that supposed to mean Shaniqua?  I never asked for any kids!  You trapped me with children and now y’all wanna take me to court for child support!  Are y’all that broke that y’all gotta come for my pockets?” I asked.

       “Wait a fuckin’ minute here!  I never trapped your ass!  This was a big a shock to me as it is to you!  I loved you, fuck I still love your triflin’ ass but I can’t do it by myself!  Why should I bear full responsibility for OUR KIDS?” she asked.

       “Because it was your choice to get pregnant and have kids not mine!  I didn’t want this shit!” I yelled.

       “Oh my God!  My mom was right about you all this time!  All this time I’ve been defending your ass because I love you so much! But after all this time I just realized that you ain’t shit Nigga!  I’m seventeen years old, a senior in high school with no job, a six month old at home and two more on the way and you think I asked for this?  You have got to be kidding me!” she said.

       This was the first time I had seen this side of her so I knew that while I was gone her mom and her lil sidekick Caramel were planting shit in her head.  She would have never spoken to me or acted like this towards me if they weren’t interfering.  I looked at her as she twisted her neck and pointed her finger in my face and I wondered what the fuck was really going on.

       All of a sudden the door opened and here comes the squealer herself, in the fuckin’ flesh.  I knew it was a mistake to come here but I had to straighten this shit out.

       “Well if it ain’t the deadbeat daddy and his trusty sidekick!” Taylor said coming to where we stood.

       Could this fuckin’ day get any worse?

       “What the fuck do you want Taylor?” Shaniqua asked.

       “I ain’t tryna start nothing with you Shaniqua.  I just wanna know when my baby’s daddy is going to come see our daughter Bria.  I mean she is almost three months and you haven’t come over yet!” Taylor said.

       “Girl please you and I both know that kid ain’t mine!  You just like everybody else tryna trap a nigga to take care of your kid because you don’t know who the daddy is!” I said.

       “Wait a minute muthafucka!  I know exactly who my baby’s daddy is and it’s yo bitch ass!  Now if you want a DNA test that’s fine; I will gladly give you one because I don’t have a damn thing to hide!  This is your baby and you can either help me take care of her voluntarily or I can see your ass in court you son of a bitch!” Taylor said.

       “Bitch please!  You will have to take a DNA test before I give you one fuckin’ dime!  I don’t have time for these fuckin’ games y’all be playing!  I’m a grown ass man, in case y’all haven’t noticed and I have way better things to do than fuck with y’all! I said.

       “Bitch?  Muthafucka who you callin’ a bitch?  You know when I first met you I thought your ass was cool but had I known you were this fuckin’ triflin’ I woulda never spoke to your ass!  Shaniqua I feel sorry for you and even sorrier that we actually fought over this nigga!  If he is your man I feel super sorry for you because you have three kids by this muthafucka!” she said and then she turned her attention back to me and said, “See you in court MUTHAFUCKA!!”

       Taylor turned around to walk back into the building and I yelled, “BITCH FUCK YOU!  I wish I had never fucked your old pig squealing ass!  Every time I hit that spot you sounded like one of Godzilla’s babies!  Bitch kiss ma ass!”

       She turned around and said, “SEE YO BITCH ASS IN COURT!”

       After Taylor left I looked at Shaniqua and said, “Do you believe that bitch?”

       “What I can’t believe is you and how you think you can just turn people’s lives upside down without any consequences for what you do!  I believed in you and I love you so much but at this moment right here, you have finally let me see what everybody else had already seen, that you are a triflin’ no good nigga who only thinks of himself!” she said.

       “Wait a minute!  For someone who just said she loves me you sho don’t sound like it!  You’re taking that bitch’s side over mine?” I asked her.

       “It ain’t about taking sides Ant, but she’s right!  You’re childish and don’t think of anyone but yourself and I’ll be damned if I’m stuck taking care of three kids while you lay low with fat girl and fat pockets!  Yea I know she had a baby too!  So how many is that?  Oh yea three by each one of us and two on the way, that we know of!  Triflin’!” she said shaking her head.

       “So what now?  You gon get together with that bitch and take a nigga to court for child support?  You don’t even like that ho and now you wanna take her side!  You chicks are crazy as fuck yo!” I asked.

       “We’re crazy?  You’re right!  I sure was crazy to think that you would change and that we would be a family.  So you fuckin’ right I’m taking her side!  I can’t and shouldn’t have to do it by myself so you leaving me with no choice!  I don’t know what I ever saw in you besides a handsome face.  When we first met I could have sworn I found my Mr. Right but you really showed me who you really are.  I’m just sorry that my kids will have to grow up without a father because I wanted different for them than what I had growing up.  It’s just funny how things take a turn for the worst when you least expect them to,” she said with tears running down her face.

       “Wow!  You gon really do me like that huh?” I asked.

       She looked at me like I was crazy for asking that question.

CHAPTER TWENTY SIX- SHANIQUA

       When I first saw Ant I was super excited to see him.  I hadn’t seen him in four months so when he showed up at my school, I figured it was because he missed me too.  But then we started talking and this muthafucka had the nerve to still blame me for getting pregnant!  I couldn’t believe him; like how childish can you be?

       When we came outside I knew he wanted to talk to me about my pregnancy but I never thought he would say the things he was saying to me.  He actually said that I planned to trap him because I was trying to take his money.  Da fuq!  Where the fuck they do that at?

       When Taylor brought her ass out her I thought it would be a repeat of our first time; another fight.  But after listening to this nigga mouth off about how women were triflin’ and broke and that was why we trapped him I had enough.  Taylor was right, he was a selfish son of a bitch and I had been a fool long enough.

       “Did you just ask me was I gon do you like that?  Do you like what Ant?  All I’m trying to do is get you to take care of your responsibilities as a father!  Don’t you get it?” I asked.

       “Why did you have to get pregnant in the first place?  Why didn’t you get an abortion?  Wouldn’t that have been the smart thing for you to do since y’all can’t afford to take care of any more kids?” he asked and I could tell he wasn’t finished when I walked up to him and slapped the shit outta him.

       “An abortion?  You selfish son of a bitch!  You would rather me kill our kids than bring them into the world to keep your ass from having to pay child support?  Oh God what did I ever see in you?” I asked.

       “Sorry maybe I shouldn’t have said that but your mom could have put you on the pill, especially since you already had one child already!  Seriously Shaniqua wasn’t one enough?” he had the nerve to ask me.

       “Why didn’t your mom buy yo ass some fuckin’ condoms?  I mean if that’s where you wanna go with this shit!  When we started fuckin’ I was sixteen or making sixteen, I’m so fuckin’ confused I don’t even know.  But I do know the bottom line is that you were the adult at twenty fuckin’ years old!  Why didn’t you take better precautions to keep me from getting pregnant?” I asked.