I held Jayden's car seat in my hand as I rode the elevator upstairs to the loft. As the doors opened I could hear Jalen's voice.

"Nigga stop coming in my shit when I'm not here" I said as I stepped off the elevator "Imma change the code on yo ass"

"I told you I was coming up, you should've texted back" He replied with his eyes glued on the game of 2K he was playing.

The car ride had put Jayden to sleep so I didn't even want to take him out of his car seat. I just left him alone and sat the car seat on the floor near the couch.

"You got lil man for the week?"

"Yeah" I replied walking over to the fridge for a bottle of water.

"Aye bro I gotta talk to you about something" I said plopping down on the couch.

"Wassup"

"You think he mine?" I questioned.

"What?" He asked with a laugh glancing over at me for a split second. "Awe damn you serious" He said paused the game. "We on some real shit right now?"

I nodded my head yes. We've had this conversation months ago when I told him that she was pregnant but we never revisited the discussion since.

"Yeah man. Whatchu think?"

"Imma keep it a hunnid, he look just like Syd it's hard to even tell for real. Like he don't look like you but he don't don't look like you at the same time"

I nod my head in agreeance with him. "I just did a paternity test"

"About time." He scoffed "You should've did that shit as soon as she pushed his ass out."

"I know ion even know why I put it off for so long. I was just trying to convince myself that he's mine but then Sydney got to talking about how I should be there for her and shit. It got me thinking like she tryna use this baby to get back with me."

"Duh nigga we've been telling you this shit for months now" Jalen laughed, "She know you did the test?"

"Nah" I shook my head "If the results come back and he's mine ion want her to think I was just tryna find a way out and keep him from me"

"How long the results gon take?"

"They said I can pick up the results in a few days"

"So if he ain't yours whatchu gon do? You gon get back with P or you done with that?" Jalen questioned pressing play on the game.

"It ain't up to me" I shrugged my shoulders "I couldn't even reach out if I wanted to. She blocked me on everything and changed her number" I laughed shaking my head.

Jayden was starting to wake up from his nap so I went to grab a bottle out the fridge.

"Better apply some pressure. Call her momma, text her daddy." Jalen joked "You want her number? I still be talking to Michelle every now and then I can get it for you"

"Nah I'm straight" I said sitting back down on the couch before taking Jayden out of his car seat.

"You sure? She been looking fine as hell lately on the gram. She got that grown woman look to her now"

"Chill out"

"My fault" He chuckled.

"Lemme see her page though"

•Paris' Point of View•

I unlocked the front door and waltzed inside my parents house. Everyone was still out so I made myself comfortable on the couch.

I kicked off my shoes and reached for the remote on the coffee table and turned on the television. I flipped through the channels for a while before deciding to watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

I could hear keys at the front door so I glanced back and in walked my dad.

"Yeah that house is freshly on the market. We can schedule a showing for some time this week" He said to whoever he was on the phone with.

"Hey daddy" I said waving at him.

He nods his head and gives a slight wave before heading straight upstairs to, I'm assuming, his office. I laid down on the couch, resting the back of my head on the arm and got even more comfortable.

I was about halfway through the episode before my dad joined me downstairs.

"You coming from class?" He asked walking over to the couch and sitting down on the opposite end.

"Yeah"

"The people at the office love the painting"

"Good, I needed that out of my house" I replied.

I gave my dad the painting I bought from Quincy's art exhibit. I just got tired of seeing it on my bedroom wall. It was a constant reminder of what could've been. When I would have guys over, I would glance over at the painting and now I'm stuck thinking about him all night. I had to get rid of everything that reminded me of him.

"Ya know you never told me why y'all broke up?" My dad stated raising an eyebrow at me.

"Eh it doesn't matter anymore. That's old news" I shrugged my shoulders focusing my attention on the tv.

"So are you gonna take that internship in New York for the summer or are you gonna be an idiot and turn it down cause you don't wanna be in his city?" My dad asked me.

"Yup, call me boo boo the fool," I replied with a laugh "I don't know though. It's good money and if all goes well it's a guaranteed job after college but you know I don't wanna leave home and I definitely don't wanna be in New York"

"You don't gotta accept the full time job but you're definitely doing that internship ion care." My dad shrugged his shoulder "Think you turning it down because of a nigga." He scoffed reaching for the remote and changing the channel to ESPN.

"What he do? He ain't put his hands on you or nothing right?

"Nah" I shook my head and started putting back on my shoes.

"Well damn what he do? He got a baby don't he?" My dad said jokingly. I just faked a laugh and stood up from the couch.

"Anyways, I'll let you know what I decide. I'm finna head home"

"Don't wait too long. My boy Tyrone said he can have one of his apartments out there ready for you"

I nodded my head, "I'll have an answer soon" I grabbed my book bag and headed out the house. I walked over my Jeep and climbed inside tossing my bag to the passenger seat.

"If I ever made you angry girl just know that it get better over time" I sang along with Yung Bleu as I drove. I stopped at McDonalds and bought a 20 piece nugget meal.

I pulled into the driveway and hopped out the car. "Don't go build a life without me cause your mine still" I sang as I walked over to the front door. I rang the doorbell and waited for Jacobi to open the door.

"Wassup" He said as he opened the door.

"Hey" I invited myself inside, "I got you some nuggets" I said heading straight to his room. There was smoke in the air and on the tv was a paused game of 2K.

"But what kind of sauce you get though?" Jacobi replied sitting down on the bed. He grabbed the blunt out of his ash tray and sparked it up.

"Sweet and sour, duh." I said sitting the bag down on the bed. I kicked off my shoes and walked over to his dresser to grab something to change into.

"You staying the night?" He questioned as I pulled off my jeans.

"Yeah unless you don't want me to" I replied turning around to look at him.

"Nah you good. I was just asking"

"Ain't no girl gon run up in here and beat my ass while I'm sleeping right? If I can't stay tonight it's cool." I laughed pulling my hair back into a ponytail.

"Nah you cool," He laughed "You'll easily beat her ass"

I looked at him with "are you serious" look. "I'm just playing" He replied and we both bursted out into laughter.

"You're irritating" I rolled my and sat down on the bed. I reached into the bag and grabbed my box of nuggets and handed him the bag with his nuggets and fries inside.

"I see that fresh haircut. That lining crispy as hell." I said looking at me.

"It's something slight" He smiled rubbing his waves.

"Ooh okay beard looking fresh too" I kept gassing him up, "That's definitely getting wet up tonight" I smirked at him before stuffing my mouth with a chicken nugget.

"Not you tryna be seductive with a chicken mcnuggets in your mouth" Jacobi chuckled shaking his head at me.

"Is it working?" I laughed raising an eyebrow at him.

"Dip it in the sauce I'm tryna see something"

I dipped the sauce slowly into the sauce while keeping eye contact with him. We looked at each other for awhile before bursting out into laughter again.

"Aye we gotta chill" Jacobi laughed shaking his head.