Michael's POV:

I pushed Jackie into our game room at the Encino compound, as he toppled over I couldn't help but spew cuss words and send a few jabs.

"Why the fuck didn't you stop?" I shouted.

Luckily for me the sounds of the many games and the shut door muffled our sounds so the rest of the family couldn't hear this.

"She didn't want me to stop" Jackie laughed as he sat up.

I knew she would never ever want Jackie, she wouldn't do that to me. Just seeing them together made my blood boil, but I had to put myself in her shoes.

How did she feel seeing me, the father of her baby, once the love of her life, now hugged up with her cousin!

I knew I shouldn't have listened to Lydia, I just wish none of this happened.

Just to see the look of fear in her eyes when she begged Jackie to stop, made me want to break his neck.

Brother or no brother.

"Why do you care, so much?" Jackie asked fixing his clothes.

I looked at him with a straight face.

He's acting as if Tayler and I weren't together for over a year, as if we weren't joint at the hip, as if she's just another streetwalker.

All of a sudden Jackie's laugh was heard over the games.

"THIS IS TOO GOOD. I KNOW WHY YOU CARE SO MUCH! HA! That's your baby isn't it?" he said.

The rage and the frustration beat the guilt that boiled within me. No more, I'm not hiding anymore.

Look at where this hiding and denying has gotten me, nowhere. All I have gotten is more guilt packed on guilt and a head full of worries. Now my baby boy will grow up without his father.

When Jackie didn't hear me confirm or deny it, he quickly stopped laughing and looked in my eyes to read them.

"The baby is yours, isn't it?" he slowly asked again.

I looked down at the rug, noticing the pattern I never noticed before or never cared to. Its funny how we notice things at the wrong times. Right now my eyes followed the pattern of the rug, trying to avoid Jackie's orbs.

"Are you stupid?! When were you going to speak up and say something! This girl is running around telling people that someone raped her and you did it! You lied to all of us!" Jackie shouted.

When Jackie saw I wasn't going to open up my mouth, he came closer to my face.

"ANSWER ME!" he shouted.

I'm so sick of people, yelling at me. Something snapped in me and before I knew it I lashed out.

"YES HE IS MINE! I love her, you think I wanted her to lie! It wasn't my idea, but she was trying to protect me. She was trying to protect me and I couldn't even be there for her! I'm so sick of everyone telling me how my life is going to go, I'm so sick of being pushed around like a damn kid! Well it is time for me to man the fuck up and own up to my mistakes. That baby growing inside of her is mine! and its because of me denying him for so long that he won't even know his father its because of me being scared, his mother is alone! As far as I was concerned I would have never said anything because in a way I didn't want to end up like her! I didn't want Joseph to snatch away what we worked so hard for! But you know what? To hell with all this I love my child and I love his mother and no matter what Joseph says I will be there for them both!"

I stood tall with my head held high.

This is the first time I could vent without crying.

It is right here, right here in this moment where I truly feel like a man.

I was tired of Joseph telling me what to do, LaToya telling me what to do even though she was right, Mother telling me what was right regarding Jehovah, and Tayler forbidding me from seeing her or our child, no more!

As my breathing calmed I waited for Jackie who was stunned about what just came out of my mouth.

He did the unthinkable, he took one more step closer to me and held me in his arms.

"I'm so sorry, I apologize for touching her and I especially apologize for not being there when you needed me. You didn't have to do this for us, you know our brotherhood is much more important than singing, we would've been there for you." Jackie let go of me.

"Don't you ever be afraid to come talk to me."

I nodded at Jackie's words.

"I have never been more proud of you than in this moment." Jackie cracked a smile, which made me smile back.

"So what are you going to do?" Jackie asked as he leaned back on the pin ball machine.

The million dollar question. I talked big shit just then, and still don't know what to do.

I didn't want to disappoint Mother and didn't want the wrath of Joseph coming down on me, but the thought of my baby boy outweighed any guilt, shame, and sadness that would be brought on by this confrontation.

I scratched the back of my head, indicating to Jackie that I simply just didn't know.

"What you need to do is make things right with Tayler. During our session this girl could not get that song right, but as soon as you walked in she hit every note and she sang with so much passion, that alone showed me that girl still loves you. She might've told you today to stay away from her but I promise, you hold this girl heart like no one. If you love her show her you do. Stop giving her empty promises, chicks hate that. I know Joseph might make you feel scared, but damn it he was there for all of us, he believed in us, and he made our dreams a reality. You have the chance to do the same thing he did, but be a better father to that baby. Be the man you just showed me."

I may have simply nodded, but Jackie words did register with my heart. I wanted to show my son the love and affection I never got, I want to teach him how to love everyone, appreciate life, and to be happy. Best part of it all I want to teach him how to be a man.

"Next, after that you have to come clean about this whole situation. I'll keep it to myself, but you have to tell the truth. Lying hasn't gotten you anywhere. Mother might be disappointed, but when has Mother ever stopped loving us or supporting us? Never and Joseph is never satisfied with anything, so who cares." Jackie noticed the uneasy look on my face and changed the subject.

"Look I support you bro and I'm here for you, but what you two did is down right wrong. What if her parents decided to pursue this made up man who raped her? An innocent man could've been jailed, think about how her parents feel. They can't protect their little girl? How does that make them feel?"

"I understand Jackie, please I have a lot on my mind right now." I explained.

"Welcome to the world of being a man where you have to own up to your responsibilities." Jackie smirked at me.

I sat there and chewed on my bottom lip, he's right. I have to be honest and come clean. I am sick and tired of these games, if I want to be in my son's life I will make myself be in my son's life. And I will come clean, I made this bed now I have to lie in it and now its my turn to protect her from her family and my family once they find out the truth.

I jumped up and quickly made my way to the door.

"Where you going?" Jackie asked me.

"I'm going to go get my girl"

With that I left Jackie and I proceeded to go get my girl.

(End Of POV)

Once the door shut behind Michael, Jackie had that same uneasy feeling come over him. He shook it off and grabbed the bottle of pills that sat in his coat pocket.

Jackie opened the top and grabbed two white pills and downed them as fast as he grabbed them.

Meanwhile...

Tayler's POV:

The pain intensified so much, I thought taking a nap would subside the pain.

But I was wrong! I feel like it has gotten worse.

I laid there rubbing the pain and occasionally whimpering.

I got up, walking around my room, well more like limp. For a minute I felt better, but it came back and the pain was much stronger. I felt around my stomach to find the position of the baby, but I couldn't tell. The pain and the confusion caused me to grow frustrated so I hunched over my bed and cried.

Because I slept so long I slept till 11:30 and Donna and dad are in bed I don't want to wake them.

God please make it stop, I begged over and over again.

I cut the TV on to distract myself from the pain.

The jokes of Fred Sanford soothed me a little, but I whined when the pain suddenly came back.

45 minutes later:

I was covered in sweat, though my AC was blasting, my eyes were red and my nose was stuffy from crying.

To take my mind off the pain, I came up with the idea of soaking in the tub. As the tub filled up I begin coaching myself through the pain.

"God please if you get me out of this, I won't make another one. I'm sorry!" I said hoping God would actually take the pain away.

"Ok if the pain gets worse call your Dad and Donna"

"Oh no what if something is wrong with the baby, just think positive there's no blood, he's fine"

I slowly stripped my clothes off and laid in the hot water and laid my head back.

"Ahhh just what I needed." I said.

Though my stomach ached a little I felt better.

I closed my eyes when I laid my head back and I rubbed my tummy.

25 minutes later:

The pain started back up again and I clenched the sides of the tub.

I whimpered out a groan.

I accidently knocked something that laid on the side of my tub, I was in too much pain to see what it was.

I felt like I needed to push.

"Oh God no, not here." I pleaded.

I feel something coming out and makes the water warm a little bit.

I stood up as best as I could.

I grab the towel.

"Owww! Donna please wake up! please come." I shouted.

I was so scared.

I cried out loud till both of them came bursting in the bathroom, while I sat on the toilet.

Donna brushed my hair back and I laid my head in her stomach and my dad rubbed my back.

"What's wrong? What happened!" Donna asked me.

"I'm in so much pain" I managed to get out.

I begin to cry.

"Shhh stop it now tell us. What are you feeling?" Donna asked me.

"So much pain. Oh God! its here in my back and around my lower abdomen." I yelled.

She gave me her hand and I squeezed but not too much where I hurt her.

"Sweetie I need you to stay calm and breathe because the baby is coming" Donna explained to me.

"The baby is coming!" my dad and I shouted.

Oh God, not now!