examining my face as well.
âYou aâight?â he asked sincerely.
âYeah, Iâm fine. Where we headed?â I quickly changed the subject, eager to put the whole thing behind me.
âWherever you want to go, sweetheart. You missed me?â Duke asked while rubbing my inner thigh. I smiled and nodded. He looked so damn good driving his Lex with the Clipse banging in the background.
âThose niggas couldnât have said it any better. Virginiaâs for hustlers.â He quoted the infamous words of the Clipse.
I wondered how the fuck would he know. Heâd been living off his uncle since Iâd known him. I questioned him to see if things had changed.
âHow would you know, Duke? You ainât never sold shit.â
âYeah, thatâs what you and the rest of these niggas out here think. But thatâs cool. I like it like that. It keeps my name clear. I ainât gotta prove shit to nobody, ma.â
I could tell he was getting offended, so I switched things up to turn the conversation around.
âYou got something to prove to me,â I said while untying his du-rag so that I could play in his cornrows.
âOh yeah? And whatâs that?â
âThat you canât be whipped.â
He thought that statement was very funny. âYou got a long way to go, young buck. You canât even say the word whipped until you start fucking for real.â
He was right. I couldnât get him whipped just yet, because I just got started, but little did he know it wouldnât be long. I felt like I was a natural. My body moved without hesitation. Once I got to the point that I could stand the pain, I was going to be a beast in bed, and Duke would be the first to know.
CHAPTER 10
MY BABY DADDY
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âShit!â I yelled as I checked the pregnancy test. I couldnât believe my eyes. I knew that having unprotected sex could result in an unwanted pregnancy, but I guess I just never thought it could happen to someone like me.
It had been days since the fight with BJ, but the stab wounds I received while fighting with her still hadnât quite healed. The streaking pain I felt with each motion was a constant reminder of the revenge I owed her. I hadnât come up with the perfect plan, but I was definitely going to get her back. Now that I realized she couldâve made me lose my unborn child, I was furious.
The only real thing that was keeping me off BJâs ass was her cousin. If I didnât love Ray-Ray so much, I would have sent bitches to her house that same day. But mark my wordâher day would come. Even if it took me months to get her, I knew my revenge on BJ was coming. At the moment, I had more important things to worry about, like the fact that my period hadnât come in a month, and that I was sitting staring at a colored cotton tip of an exposed pregnancy test.
I was in a sad state of denial, so I reached under the bathroom counter to retrieve the extra test Iâd purchased. I slowly removed the wrapper and sat on the toilet, placing the open end of the test-tube under the flow of my urine. Once it was soaked, I replaced the cap.
Now the waiting game, I thought as I set the test on the bathroom counter and went to watch a little TV. I hoped Dave Chappelleâs antics would make the time pass, but my stomach ached with fear as I waited the minutes that seemed to take hours. I reflected on the first test and thought that perhaps there had been a defect in it. After all, most of those over-the-counter pregnancy tests were only ninety-nine percent positive.
Two commercials later, the time was up, and I hesitantly returned to the bathroom. I almost hit the floor when I saw that plus sign in bright pink.
Oh, shit, then it must be true. Iâm pregnant! I nearly broke my neck as I rushed through the house, jumping over chairs and running up the stairs to get my phone to call Ray-Ray.
âHappy birthday, baby!â
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