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I raised up out of the water and sucked in air.

I always dreaded the cold, air conditioned walk back to the hotel room after getting out the pool.

After the whole yacht situation, I kind of left the city for a short vacation.

The last time I came back from vacation (besides my short lived rehab stay), Corbin hung himself in my dorm room.

I wrapped three towels around myself and went up to my room.

After showering, I decided to go to the spa and get undressed all over again.

I wanted to get my bones cracked, a massage, and I wanted to get in the sauna.

My chiropractor introduced herself to me.

That's when the idea of neck cracking and sudden death hit.

She promised to be gentle to not scare me.

All in all, the way she treated my bones was orgasmic.

Then the hot massage after that was the icing on the cake. 

I fell asleep on the table.

And then I ended up paying for an extra hour because the original time had passed too soon.

Lastly, I went into the sauna for twenty minutes before I felt half dead.

I had to drag myself up to my room after that.

I ordered a manicure and a pedicure up to my suite.

I was having a good time so far. It felt nice to cater to everything all in one day.

Jahir called me on the phone.

"Hello?" I responded, yawning.

"Hey, you okay?"

"Yes. I just went to a spa, and I'm back in my room now. I'm about to get my nails done"

"Alicia-"

"I don't want to talk about it". He sighed, and I bit my lip. "I'll call you later"

"Okay. I love you."

"I love you too" I hung up.

After that whole yacht thing, Jahir's mother gave him absolute shit about being with me.

She yelled and yelled and didn't even give him the opportunity to defend himself.

In her defense, I was not a nice, wholesome church girl.

She threatened to stop paying his tuition and take away his house.

He led her on to believe that we were no more.

Nathan suggested that I be as understanding with Jahir as he was with me.

I was fucking with his livelihood. 

Corbin called me.

As soon as I answered, my mother started calling.

"It's taken care of. The nigga is all broken up in the hospital. I got your ring back. It's nice." Corbin said.

I didn't ask for anything to be taken care of. I was just upset over the ring.

"Thank you for getting it back. You didn't have to do it."

"You're welcome" He said. "I'm a cool ass stalker. You coming back in four days?"

"How are you able to keep up with my reservation? And no, I'm coming back tomorrow. I miss my parents, and I want to be with them."

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The Next Day

"Jahir stopped by" My mother told me.

I crunched down on my chip slowly.

She gave me a look, and I ate it faster. "Sorry"

"Ali, I'm going to ask you something. And I don't want you to freak out"

"I don't know about that one"

She turned away from me, and dug through a bag.

A box slid over to me.

"You didn't even ask anything. You just passed a pregnancy test right over."

"You've been gaining a little weight"

"I'm not as stressed as I used to be, and I'm well fed" I countered.

"Ali. . ."

"I'm celibate"

"Oh no you're not. We went shopping together, and I saw all those little sets that you got"

I smiled. "I'm a stripper"

"You're not fooling anybody Ali. When I was your age, your father-"

"Don't wanna hear it. Don't wanna hear it."

She smiled, but I frowned because that's gross. "He can still get it"

"That's nasty. I don't want to think about any of that stuff" I said.

"Then let's think about the test"

My dad walked in, dumping the last of a bag of chips in his mouth. "Did she take the test yet?"

"Dad!"

"Dad" My mom mocked with a smile.

"Well we want to know" He said.

So I dragged myself to the bathroom.

My mother was two steps behind me.

She waited outside until I unlocked the door.

Then she waited in the bathroom.

"I don't know why you think that we're not being safe" I said.

We've only had two condom slip ups, and I took a plan b both times.

"I didn't say that you weren't. Nothing's one hundred percent" My mom defended. "I just suspect it, Ali"

"I won't look. You got me all nervous now" I said.

"Can I look? Or do you want your dad to do it?  Or do you want to call Jahir?"

I could make Jahir a dad.

He could already be one.

"I don't know"

She got up and peeked at it before leaving the bathroom all together.

What type of shit?

I got up and looked for myself.

The fact that I was in-fact pregnant shocked the hell out of me.

I felt weak and sick.

My mom came back into the bathroom. "Ali, did you want a baby? Why do you look so hurt?"

I took a look again.

"Oh shit, I read it wrong!" I let out a deep breath.

I had to sit back down after that one.

My mother looked upset.

"You wanted a baby?" I asked her.

"Oh, no. You and your relationship are nowhere near ready for one. I bet your dad five hundred dollars"

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