"You need to walk up, why the hell you dragging your feet?" Steven asked Carmen a week later as they enter the mall.

Carmen looked at him and huffed. He was worst then Derrick, when they be demanding you to do shit. Derrick burst out laughing. India just looked at Carmen and Steven.

"Got em." Derrick yelled out. Carmen glared at him, and walked faster.

"I don't see why we in the mall anyway, when you should be at a hideout." India said to Steven.

"I don't see why you run your mouth so much, when shit doesn't involve you." Derrick said to India.

"If it wasn't for me, you or him wouldn't  have known what was going on." India said to Derrick.

"Well thank you India, I have nothing to do with this shit either, so umm he wouldn't known what was going on." Derrick said taking a seat at the food court table.

"I just hope my shit don't get destroyed." Steven said as he sat down too.

India got word that it was going to be a drug bust and Steven house were one of the first ones to be hit.

"I hope you not thinking about going back there tonight." Derrick looked at Steven.

"Nigga hell no, I'm going to my mother house, for a few days." Steven said.

"Oh hell, Mama Lorraine about to have a fit, when she see you bring Carmen." Derrick took a sip of his drink, he saw someone at out the corner of his eyes. It was the girl he was seeing in Sumter, she was in the mall with another nigga. He felt stupid as hell, but then again, he didn't, because he didn't made no future plans with her.

"Hell yeah, you know mama, always trying to marry me off, I'm barely twenty-two." Steven shook his head.

"Hmm sound like my mama, when I brought, this dick head to see her." Derrick looked at India who rolled her eyes at him.

Carmen just remain quiet like she always do when Derrick and Steven were talking. For the past week, she was sleeping in Steven bed. Even though they have their side of the bed, she would wake up and find him on her side of the bed.

India huffed. "Umm I'm about to go shop. See ya." She got up from the table and walked away. She walked to Children's Place and looked at the baby clothes. She started to cry. Her baby would be raised up in a one parent home, like she was. That made her feel really sad for not just her, but her child too.

"Ma'am are you okay?" The sale associate asked her.

India just nodded her head, and wipe at her eyes. She went about her business, buying t-shirts, and neutral color clothes, since she didn't know the sex of her baby yet. She hope for a little girl. When she was finish buying things, she spent up to $200.

She walked back to Kids footlocker and brought her baby their first pair of shoes also. After she was done she went back to the food court.

"Damn you went shopping I see." Derrick said eyeing the bags.

"Just things for my baby." India said.

"Our baby." Derrick glared at her.

Carmen looked between them, and shook her head. Soon they will be arguing like always. That what they seem to be doing these days is arguing.

India sat down and grabbed her phone out her pocket.

"She about to text that nigga Jon, y'all." Derrick said.

"Why do you care?" India said.

"I don't." Derrick shrugged his shoulders. "I'll be back." Derrick got up from his seat with his cup in his hand and walked over to a girl who was standing close by their table. She smiled when she seen him and hugged him.

"He's disrespectful as hell." India said with her eyes watering. Steven shook his head, Carmen felt sorry for India.

"Well you allow him to do it, better take a belt and beat his ass." Steven said.

Carmen got up from the table and walked over to Derrick and the girl. The girl glared at Derrick and Derrick looked at Carmen with his mouth dropped. The girl stomped away from them, and Derrick walked back to the table while Carmen to get her some pretzels. She then walked to a clothing store and buy a belt for India to beat Derrick ass. She came back and gave India the belt. Steven laughed out loud, while Derrick looked at them with a confused look on his face.

"I'm ready to go. Let's go to the water." Steven stood up.

"Hey Steve." Steven heard behind him.

"Oh what's up, Toya how you been?" Steven gave her a hug.

Toya hugged him back and looked at Derrick who stick his middle finger up at her, "I've been good. Long time no see." Toya smiled.

Steven and Toya used to date in high school, up until their senior year. Toya moved away, with her family.

"Wow India you're glowing. How you started hanging with Steve and Derrick?" Toya sat down at the table.

"I'm Derrick baby mother." India said.

"Damn, that's shocking. I remember you two couldn't stand each other in school." Toya laughed.

"We still don't." Derrick said. Carmen shook her head. India rolled her eyes at him again.

"What you doing back here anyway?" Steven asked her.

"My fiancée and I move back here last month."

"Damn you done went and got engages on a nigga." Steven shook his head.

"Nigga your ass been cheating on me throughout our relationship." Toya snapped.

Steven mouth opened and closed it.

"Hell you stayed so." Steven said.

"Hey, baby there you are. I been looking for you." A man voice said behind Steven.

India didn't looked at the guy, no wonder he wasn't texting her back. He had a fiancée.

"Hey baby. Y'all meet my fiancée Jonathan." Toya introduced her fiancée. India had head down, and Jonathan smiled nervously.

Carmen put two and two together, and shook her head. This is the man Derrick be talking about.

"Well I would love to stay and chat, but we are on our way out. It was good seeing you all again." Toya waved and left.

"That was awkward as hell." Steven said.

"Hmm nigga who you telling, You ready?" Derrick asked Steven.

"Nigga I been ready." Steven walked away. Derrick followed behind him. Carmen stayed back and help India with her bags. Since Derrick not helping her.

"That was the guy you be texting huh?" Carmen asked her. India nodded her head slowly. "Sorry that happen to you. I'll keep that between us, wouldn't want you walking around looking stupid even though you making your self look stupid."

"Why you helping me?" India looked at Carmen.

"I'm not, I just think that you and Derrick have a chance, he just seem scared to commit." Carmen replied back.

"But you he introduced you to one of his side chicks." That left a bitter taste in India mouth.

"Yeah he did, and she does seem like his type, but he not going to leave you."

"How can you be so sure?"

"I'm not." Carmen said.

"You sure have been talking a lot lately." India said to Carmen as They walked out the mall.

"I'm slowly breaking out my shell." Carmen said.

Steven and Derrick looked back at them. They stopped walking.

"They actually having a conversation. Hmm." Derrick took a sip of his drink.

"I'm shocked too. I wonder what they talking about." Steven sat on the hood of his car.

"Probably my ass." Derrick opened the car door and sat down.

Carmen and India came to the car, and Carmen got in the front while India got in the back with Derrick.

"What you brought?" Derrick asked India, looking in the bag. "Damn you got a lot of shit."

India just stared out the window.

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I feel so bad for India.

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