Taking Chances

Names

There's gonna be a bunch of time skips in this cause I'm too impatient to act like she's pregnant for 9 months.

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A Month Later

We finally found out what was wrong with Mike. He was on some drug or something and it was making him aggressive. I dong on know where the hell he got it from or when he got it. I just know that he needed to stay away from it.

I wanted to tell Mike about the baby but I was still scared. It was kinda obvious now though so I think I have to. I got a pregnancy test to show him just incase he didn't believe me.

"Hey Mike" I said quietly, "wassup" he pulled me into his lap. "I have to tell you something...please don't get mad" I scooted off of his lap and sat on the bed so that I was facing him. "What's wrong" he looked scared, "I'm pregnant" I said quietly. "You're joking" he smiled, "...that's not something to joke about" he looked angry almost.

"I'm not joking" I looked up at him, "where's your proof, I think you're lying" he lifted my shirt and looked at my belly. "You could just be bloated" he said, "I'm not, look" I gave him the test. "This is fake right" he waved the test, "no it's not, Tony did an ultrasound and everything" I said fidgeting with my nails.

"I- just give me a minute to think" he looked at the test and got up. "Where are you going" I followed him, "I'll be back" he said. "Mike don't leave" I followed him down the steps, "Michael, please tell me where you're going" I snatched his keys from him. "Give me my keys Starr" he extended his hand, "please don't leave" I begged. He took the keys from my hands and walked out the door.

"I'll be back by 9" he yelled, "but where are you going" I yelled back. "Somewhere" he said as he got in the car. I slammed the door shut and went up to my room.

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I heard the door downstairs slam shut. I sat up and stretched, I looked at the time. It was 12:39, "damn I wasn't supposed to sleep that long" I said as I picked up my phone. "Bambi" Mike yelled as he came up the stairs, I didn't reply.

"Hey" he said as he came into my room, I just looked at him. "I'm sorry, you wanna talk about" he said as he laid in the bed. "There's nothing to talk about" I shrugged, "what names are you thinking of" he smiled. "I have a lot" I said excitedly, "good what are they" he pulled me onto his lap.

"If it's a girl I got: Dior, Makayla, Delta, Kamreon, Ka'lanni, maybe Kulture"I stopped and waited for him to say something, "I like Dior, what about the boy names" he nodded. "I got Michael Jr., Kyre, um Ji' vonni, I forgot the rest" I said, "I like Michael Junior" he smiled. "Of course you do" I nudged him, "how far along are you" he put his hand on my little baby bump.

"2 months, I'm surprised you didn't notice" I chuckled, "cause you was wearing a bunch of baggy stuff" he said. "I guess that makes sense" I nodded my head.

2 Months Later

"Yo, Bambi" Vallyk said from the other end of the meeting table, "wassup" I looked up at him. "I'm keeping you on research and planning" he said, "what? No that's boring" I protested. "I can't be letting you get hurt if your pregnant" he said as he passed me some blueprints.

"I'll be safe" I said trying to win him over, "there is no such thing as safe when you do what we do" Spenc said. "It won't be that bad" Arria said, "I had to do it at some point" Malissa said. "Yeah it really isn't that bad" Prisila smiled, she seemed genuine about it. Prisila's been really nice to me during my pregnancy and it seemed weird at first but then I remember that one of the other girls told me she'd warm up to me.

"Fine" I groaned, "thanks" he cheesed. "So I need to be here any longer" I sighed, "nah you're good now" Vallyk said. "Aight see y'all later" I got up and sat on a couch and put my AirPods into my ears.

I sat on the couch and waited for the conversation to be over. Mike kept glancing over at me so I turned my earbuds down and listened to their conversation.

"... we might have to drop her" Tony sounded sad, "but she's helped us so much, you can't just drop her because she's having a baby" Riley argued she looked like she was about to cry. "But she'll be in the way" Khristian argued, "how if we keep her on research and planning" Spencer banged on the table.

"She'll be taking care of a baby she won't have time to do anything else" Vallyk yelled, "if you're dropping her then you're dropping me" Jordan stood up. And then Prisila, Jayden, Alaina, Malissa, Arria, Spencer, Emanuel, Ahiella, Jasline, and Kendrick stood up. They all wanted me to stay. "Well we can't lose you guys" Vallyk said, "then you can't lose Bambi either" Lucas said.

"You have new recruits and everything this gang is getting so big and without Bambi and her smarts then we're back to where we started" Arria banged on the table she was mad.

"What new recruits" Derek asked, "those Cohen and Jiggy kids" Riley said. "How old are they" Mike asked, "I think they're like 14 and 15" Manny answered. "Why'd they wanna join" Angel asked, "I think Jiggy's mom kicked him out and Cohen was a runaway or sum I don't remember his story" Kendrick said. "And there's another girl too but I can't think about her name" Lucas said.

"Well I'll tell Starr to do her research on them and then I'll look into a little bit on my own time" Vallyk said. "Now back to the task at hand" Mike said, "what were we talking about" Spenc said as he sat down. "I don't know" Ahiella shrugged.

"We were talking about Starr" Mike sighed, "right, do you want her to stay or go" Vallyk asked Mike. He looked over at me I continued to pretend to scroll through my phone. "I-I don't know" he sounded Stressed, "I want her to be safe but we all need her" he said.

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That's all now go do y'all homework cause I know y'all have some.