even if it hurts

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│Toni│

Walking into this apartment I was truly confused because he told me he was taking me back to his house but this wasn't the same place that I'd come to last time.

"This does not look like the same apartment you took me too the last time" I said

"That's because this isn't the same place I took you last time, this is my apartment" he said closing the door and turning the locks

"Then whose place did you take me to a couple of weeks ago?" I asked

"Oh that was Rudy's spot; I don't like bringing randoms to the place that my daughter has to sleep.

That wasn't offending at all.

He placed his daughter's car seat down on the couch and unstrapped her "Don't take what I said to heart, I don't think you're some random chick, I just didn't know who I was taking home that night" he said lifting her out of the seat and sitting down

He sounds like he get around a lot. It's not like I hadn't already known that but I thought that since he was father he wouldn't be going around having one night stands with random woman.

"So what's your daughter's name?" I asked as I walked over and at s by him

"AJ" he said

I gave him a blank face "I know you did not name her after yourself" I said

He chuckled "No she has the same initials as me so everyone calls her Lil' AJ but her real name is Adaleya" he said

"Aww that name is so beautiful, did you name her that?" his face went kind of stale at my question "Naw her mom did" from his tone of voice I could tell that his baby mama was a touchy subject for him

"Anyways, there's a reason why I'm with you right now?" I asked

"Because who wants to be cooped up in a house all day? I was just trying to get you out the house for a little bit" he asked

"So your idea was to get me out of my house just to come to yours?" I asked

"At least you're not alone in that empty ass house; it's the thought that counts damn, as matter of fact you should be thanking my ass" he said

"Thank you? Boy you better get your life. I was fine just where I was before you came" I said rolling my eyes

He held AJ closer to his chest and rocked her gently, I guess he was trying to put her to sleep since she's been whining since he came to pick her up "If you were so 'good where you was at' then I guarantee that you wouldn't have come out with me in the first place" he said

I opened my mouth to say something to him only for me to close it right back. I don't know why but I couldn't form a good come back "Whatever" I mumbled

He chuckled "That's why you can't say shit right now because you know I'm right" he said

I kissed my teeth, I no longer felt like entertaining this conversation. I scooted away from him a little bit and crossed my legs before busying myself on my phone.

Although we had set aside out differences I still felt uncomfortable in his company. I'm not sure if it's because we had sex or if it's because of what happened back when we were in high school, either way I felt weird around him.

"You know I have this strong feeling that you truly don't like me" he said

He's not my favorite person in the world as of right now but I don't dislike him, at least not like I used to anyways.

I glanced at him before looking back down at my phone "Trust me if I didn't like you I wouldn't gotten in the same car as you, let alone be in your house" I sad