Although that sounded good, Rainey couldn’t do it. The only reason she came over at all was to give Von a much needed apology. He didn’t deserve being disrespected, and he definitely didn’t deserve the cold shoulder that she was giving him. Von had been too good to her for that. Once her mother and step-father found out what happened, they were pissed as well. They told her how selfish and ungrateful she was, and they were right. Whatever happened with her and Mia had nothing to do with her Godfather. When she called him, and he told her that he was home alone, she rushed right over to apologize to him face to face. She was hoping to be gone by the time Tre came home, but it was too late.
“I wish I could, but I have somewhere else to go,” Rainey lied.
“Okay, well maybe you can come back tomorrow. I’ll save you some,” Von promised.
He walked Rainey to the door while Mia and Tre sat at the island waiting for him to return. As much as Mia couldn’t stand Rainey she was happy that she came to see Von. He’d become so accustomed to seeing both of them every weekend, and he was really missing Rainey. Von didn’t know what was going on, but he was paying for the mistakes that Mia, Tre, and Rainey had made. It wasn’t fair, but it was out of Mia’s control. Rainey was the one who started a war that she couldn’t win. For years, Mia ignored the comments that Rainey would make regarding Tre. After all, they were only fourteen years old when she started lusting over their eighteen-year-old God brother. He had an older girlfriend at the time and lots of other girls on the side. He never paid them any attention and Mia was fine with that. It wasn’t until she turned sixteen that things started to change. Tre would say little things to her, but she just thought they were harmless compliments. Then one day out of the blue, he told her that he wanted her as more than just a friend. Mia was scared to death at first, and Rainey didn’t help the situation out very much. She kept telling Mia that he was going to dog her out because she was so young and inexperienced. Rainey was the reason why Mia took so long to give Tre a chance in the first place. She was scared to death of falling for him only to have him break her heart. Rainey was sexually active, but Mia was still a virgin. She didn’t want Tre to take her virginity and leave her full of diseases like Rainey said that he would. That was why Mia made him get tested before they had sex. Then when Rainey and one of their other friends got chlamydia from the men that they were with Mia was happy that she did. Rainey never did like them being together, but she tried to keep her jealousy under control. It was her who had the huge crush on Tre, but he wanted Mia instead. After seeing that Tre and Mia were getting serious with each other, Rainey started checking for Duke. It only made matters worse that he never wanted her like she wanted him.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m so sick of all this foolishness between y’all. I just don’t get it. One day we were all good and happy. Then Mia and Rainey are fighting like cats and dogs the next. Now I know that they had some problems at school or something, but I don’t understand why you have a problem with Rainey Tank. I just want to know what the hell is going on around here,” Von fussed when he walked back inside.
“I don’t have a problem with her,” Tre replied.
“Well, that’s not what she’s saying. She said that you don’t speak to her anymore because of Mia,” Von said looking between the two them.
“That damn girl is lying. She knows why I don’t mess with her no more,” Tre answered.
“Everybody seems to know what’s going on except for me, but I do know that something ain’t right. All these secrets and lies just don’t make no damn sense. What ever happened to honesty these days?” Von fussed.
“I hope you don’t think Rainey is honest,” Tre remarked with a frown.
“All of y’all are up to something. And from what I can see the two of you seem to be the ringleaders,” he said pointing back and forth between Tre and Mia.
The two of them just looked at each other as if they were thinking the very same thing. It was now or never. They needed to tell Von what was up and the sooner, the better. Tre nodded his head at Mia right before she started to speak.
“I do have something that I need to tell you, Von,” Mia said as she nervously fidgeted with her fingers.
“No shit,” Von replied sarcastically.
Mia’s palms were sweating like crazy, but she wasn’t backing down.
“Don’t just sit there playing with your fingernails, open your mouth and start talking,” Von insisted.
“Okay, but please don’t be mad at me Von. I know you’re going to be disappointed, but I don’t want you to hate me,” Mia said as a few tears cascaded down her face.
“Hate you?” Von asked in a voice laced with hurt. “Mia I could never hate you. Lamar and Moonie might have created you, but you’ve always been just as much as my baby as you were theirs. I just need you to talk to me, so we can move past whatever the situation is. What’s going on baby?”
“I’m pregnant,” Mia blurted out quickly.
Von felt like the entire earth had stopped spinning on its axis. He grabbed onto the counter and lowered himself into a chair before he hit the floor. He was expecting Mia to tell him something, but that was not at all what he expected to hear. His baby having a baby was not the news that he wanted to receive. Mia was supposed to be going to college. She wasn’t supposed to be walking around pregnant for one of these lil no good ass niggas on the streets. Babies were supposed to come later, but apparently that wasn’t a part of God’s plans.
“Mia no,” Von mumbled with a lowered head. “I thought you were on birth control or something.”
“I was, but Moonie took forever to make me another appointment. By the time I went to get another prescription, they told me that I was already pregnant,” she cried softly.
“What about condoms Mia? You should have been using protection if you knew you weren’t on any kind of birth control. You’re eighteen-years-old, and you should know better. Don’t try to blame Moonie when all of this is your fault.”
“I know Von, and I’m sorry,” Mia cried harder.
Von got up and walked around the counter to hug her. He was hurt, but he really didn’t want to upset her.
“Stop crying baby. There’s no need to be sorry. The damage is already done. Does the baby’s father know?” Von asked.
Mia only nodded her head, but she didn’t say anything. She had her head buried in Von’s chest as the tears continued to flow.
“So what are you going to do Mia?” Von questioned.
“What do you mean?” Mia asked lifting her head up to face him.
“I mean just what I said. You’re pregnant, but you still have choices,” Von replied.
“What kind of choices are you talking about?” Tre asked with raised brows.
“Do you want to have this baby Mia?” Von asked.
“Yeah she wants to have it,” Tre yelled.
“Shut up Tank,” Von demanded.
Tre’s jaws clenched in anger, but he refrained from saying what he wanted to say.
“Now I don’t believe in abortions, but that’s not my decision to make. You know I’ll help you with this baby as much as I can, and I’m sure that Moonie and Lamar will too. I just need to know how you feel about it. Do you want to have this baby?” Von asked again.
Mia didn’t get a chance to respond before Tre was yelling once again.
“Hell yeah, she wants to have the baby. I don’t even know why you’re asking such a stupid question. She ain’t having no abortion, so I don’t know why you brought that up,” Tre fumed.
“Tank shut the hell up! This don’t have shit to do with you,” Von argued.
“It has everything to do with me when she’s pregnant with my damn baby!”
Stay Tuned For the Conclusion of This Series:
Creepin 3: A New Orleans Love Story…..Coming Soon
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