Unexpected

22.

TATUM POV

Trying to have a nice time out. But with these people in this god forsaken town.. Michelle was beyond pissed off. For good reasons too. Glancing at Ava in the back and she was watching her iPad.

"She's so lucky you grabbed me cause her face would've been in a plate of grits" Michelle said.

"Just relax... Ava doesn't need to sense you're upset" I said.

She nodded "you're right".

"So do you want to go back home?" I asked.

She sighed "if chad is there alone then no. He's too creepy for me".

"Would you rather me go back with you? Maybe I can stay there until Whitney comes home?" I offered.

She shrugged but nodded afterwards. We got back to Whitney's home. We walked in to see Whitney was home. Michelle smiled "the only time I'm happy".

"Oh Tatum hello..." she said.

"Hey Whitney" I smiled.

Chad came from the other room "oh look who's back! Hopefully Michelle wasn't too much for you".

Michelle didn't even laugh nor smile at what he said "that's not funny".

Whitney cleared her throat "hey chad and I were discussing dinner... then I said I'm not cooking so how about we all go out".

Ava jumped "yay! We get to eat out again".

"Yeah I guess so" Michelle said.

"How you Tatum?" Whitney asked.

I shrugged "sounds good to me".

Whitney smiled and walked out the room. Michelle stretched "I'm going to take a small nap".

Ava followed behind Michelle to their room. Leaving chad and I.

"So Tatum I must ask... how did you bag Michelle?" He asked.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"You know... Whitney is a looker but Michelle is a beautiful woman. How did you bag that?" He asked.

"Who uses the word bag? Second, Whitney should be your concern. Not Michelle" I said.

"I love Whitney but I'm just curious" he said.

Ignoring him and his questions I went to find Michelle. Standing in the doorway she noticed me "you can come inside". Walking deeper into the room... she was in the bed. Ava was next to her watching her iPad.

"This bed is big enough to hold three people with room... unless you feel weird" she said.

With nothing said I joined them on the bed. Ava was in the middle of us. This felt right.

"By the way you were right about chad" I said.

She glanced at Ava who now has her headphones on deeply focused into whatever she was watching.

"Right? He's not right" she said.

"Yeah he asked me how I bagged you. I mean he's marrying your sister but he's asking me how we got together" I said.

She shook her head "I want to tell Whitney but she probably won't believe me".

Grabbing her hand into mine and caressing her fingers gently "if he gets out of line one more time I'll take care of it. Then you can tell Whitney everything".

I always had a habit of calming Michelle down when she got upset or anxious. Be hire I knew I she was sleeping. Ava closed her eyes and was asleep as well.

Leaving them in there tucked in. Opening the room door and closing it. "My man Tatum! You leaving already?" Chad asked.

"Yeah they're sleeping so.." I said. But realizing chad was close to the room. Something about him doesn't sit right with me.

"Well I'll see you tonight then" he smiled.

I nodded.

"Don't worry about them I'll keep my eye on this room" chad winked.

"Chad let me say this one time and one time only cause god knows I hate repeating myself. If you touch Michelle or our daughter in any inappropriate way I will make sure to break both your legs. Understand? Michelle is mine and will always be mine. She doesn't think you're funny with the corny comments. You're marrying Whitney! Keep it that way" I warned.

Chad had nothing to say. He quickly walked the other way. Making sure he was far away from the room door. That's when I left.

Hmm... I didn't trust Chad. Neither did Michelle. I'll have to convince her to come stay with me instead. At least Ava would have her own space.