Loyalty (Completed)

45.

Tiana
1 week later

Pulling up to the place I'd now grown to hate, I cut my engine and got out of the car.

"Yo, T." I saw Leek on the porch with his arms opened wide and I couldn't help but to roll my eyes.

Making my way to the house and up onto the porch, I saw Leek, Zay and Dej all together

"What's up, T?" They all spoke.

"Hi." I spoke with no enthusiasm. I didn't even want to be here but I knew I had to be.

"Look at you looking all spiffy." Zay said to me and I couldn't help but to laugh. I'd had on my work outfit, simply business causal, since I'd just got off of work and came straight here.

"Is he here?" I asked, looking away from them.

"Na' he just left." Deja said, looking over my face and then down at my stomach.

"Oh." I rolled my eyes.

"Do you know when he'll be back?" I asked, turning around a little bit because I felt like she was onto me.

"Nope." She shook her head.

"But you can come inside until he gets back."

"No, I'll just-"

"Nope, come on inside." She cut me off.

"We need to talk anyway." She eyed me, standing to her feet.

I sighed deeply, knowing that I was caught now and I followed close behind her into the house.

We said nothing as we made our way into the dining room and both took seats. I watched as she looked over my face as if she was trying to get an exact answer to the question I knew she had in her mind.

"Yes, Deja." Was all I said and she raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah?"

"Yes." I said again with a simple nod.

"You kept it?" She went onto ask and I shrugged.

"Of course."

"I don't have to do what he says." I shook my head.

"Pause. He said you was the one that asked to get one."

"Yeah well he was the one that gave me the money for it." I sassed.

"He said he only gave you the money because he wanted to see if you was really gon' do it." She went on and I shrugged.

"Doesn't matter why he gave it to me. He gave it to me meaning he wanted me to have an abortion and I was close to it.."

"But I didn't, Deja." I explained to her and she nodded slowly with a smile.

"Look, Tiana."

"I know you and my brother ain't together no more and y'all hate each other and all that other childish shit. But can I please at least be happy about my niece or nephew?" She asked joking and I playfully rolled my eyes.

"Well.."

"I guess you can." I couldn't help but to smile as she did the same.

"And it's a boy. You're going to have a nephew." I broke the news to her and she gasped excitedly.

"For real?"

"Yeah." I couldn't help but to laugh at her, she was so happy. I just hoped that Dominic could take the news like that too and we could settle this like the parents we were both about to be.