He’s a Thug, but He’s My Thug

Chapter 14: Annah's Anatomy

I was in the hospital for a few days after I learned about the miscarriage. My father was my doctor while I was there so he told me "As a doctor I'm telling you, no s*x for a few weeks just to be safe, but as your father I'm telling you to not have s*x until you're married." I rolled my eyes and replied with a simple "Yes, Daddy." While I was there, Tyree came to visit me everyday and every day he gave me a present. The first day was a huge teddy bear, somewhat similar to the one he gave me on Valentine's Day except this one was my two favorite colors. Blue and green. The second day he brought me a bouquet of red roses. That was my favorite flower. The third day he brought me a bucket of goodies: Reese's minnatures, Snickers, sour gummi worms, gummi Life Savers, Lemon Head Chewy's, Skittles, Turtles, and some Milky Ways. Every time he came he would give me a kiss on the forehead and tried to cheer me up. Before he would leave he would kiss me again and tell me, "Baby or no baby, you're always beautiful and a great person! You could say I had the best guy friend ever, because he was!

Caine came to visit every day as well but he wasn't much company as Tyree. His daily routine went like this: He would come in and say "Hi, Annah," no "Hi, baby," just "Hi Annah". He would kiss me on the cheek and try to avoid eye contact with me and would always look at my stomach. He would sit in a chair next to my bed and talk to me for a good twenty minutes. He would sometimes make eye contact with me but would break it after 5 seconds and stare at my belly. After being with me for 20 minutes at the most he would get calls from "clients" and leave out the room to talk. It would really annoy me. His "clients" didn't have a miscarriage and have to lay up in this hospital bed, I did! If he really was my boyfriend like he said he was, he would say "f**k my clientelle, my baby more important!" He would then come in after he got off the phone and kiss me goodbye, still avoiding eye contact and not come back 'til the next day. Then he would repeat his routine.

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK

"Come on in..." I said to the door and in came my dad. "How you feeling today?" He asked me. He wasn't in his work clothes so I knew he was talking to me as my father and not my doctor. I told him I felt better than I did the other day. He sat in the chair next to my bed and said "Good." There was an awkward silence before he said "Glenda wants to know if she can come see you..." I rolled my eyes. "This b***h!" I thought to myself. "Tell her that her company is not wanted." I told him. He sighed deeply and said "She's really sorry, Banannah!" (That was his nic name for me by the way). I looked at him sideways and said "Tell that to my dead fetus!" He shook his head and told me that tomorrow would be my last day in the hospital and I could leave the morning after tomorrow. I nodded my head and their was another awkward silence before he broke it. "So, where did you meet this, this Hane?" Knewing he was reffering to Caine I corrected him and said "His name's Caine, Daddy and I met him at school." He looked as if he was disappointed in me but at this moment I didn't care because I was disappointed in him for letting his wife thug me out like that! "So, how long you've been together?"

"About almost two months now."

"And you're already giving it up to him?" My dad asked more in anger and sadness than curiousity. I just shook my head at him and ignored his question. Realizing he wasn't getting a response he stood up and walked out the room before slamming the door. "Petty." I said scooting more underneath my covers to get more comfortable. Not too long after I got comfortable I heard another knock at my door. "Come in." I told them. It was Caine, right on schedule. "Hi, babe." I said leaning my head back. "What's up, Annah?" Here we go. He came over and kissed my lips for the first time in a long time and I kind of smiled. "Happy much?" He asked me. I nodded at him and smiled a little harder. Maybe he was going back to his old ways. I looked him up and down and saw my man was looking good today. He had on a black Chicago Bulls snapback from Mitchell and Ness with a black V neck, A light blue jean jacket, camo pants, his Bred 11's that looked like he had just got out the store today but he had when they first came out, a gold chain and one gold earring in his ear. He also decided to put his golds in and wear his all gold watch with the white diamonds in the face.

"Babe, you look good today." I told him. He looked down at what he was wearing before grabbing the bill of his hat and smiling at me. "I know this Shawty!" He said to me. I laughed, "Don't get cocky now!" He shook his head and laughed. "I get out soon." I told him. He looked up at me and said "When?" I told him the morning after tomorrow and he nodded. "That's good baby!" He said looking at my stomach again. That's it. I can't take it no more. "Can you please stop looking at my stomach?" I asked him. He continued to shake his head and said "I can't help it, baee'!" I looked at him and said "It's bothering me, baby!" Still staring at my stomach he said "Well, its bothering me that my baby is dead!"

"Oh, so you don't think that it's not bothering me?"

"Don't get me wrong, Shawty but that s**t hit me hard when I got that call. I was hoping to raise the little shorty."

"You didn't even want this baby!"

"Chill, Shawty!"

"Naw, you chill, Caine!"

"Aye, Shawty! What the f**k up with you callin me Caine lately?"

"You said that's what your niggas call you and like I said: When you act like a nigga, I'm a treat you like one!"

RING RING RING. RING RING RING.

Caine's phone started going off right on schedule. He looked at his phone and then looked up at me.

RING RING RING. RING RING RING.

"You gone get that?!" I asked. To my surprise he shook his head and declined the call. "We finna finnish this conversation!" He said to me. I looked at him and I was somewhat pleased but that didn't change the fact that I was still upset with him. "Why are you treating me like this, Caine?" He looked at me like I was crazy. "Treatin you like what, Ma?" I folded my arms across my chest and said "You're acting like I killed our baby on purpose!" He wiped his face with his hand and said "It's just the fact that you let your step momma kill it."

"Oh, so you sayin' its my fault our baby's dead?"

"If you had just left s**t alone you would still be pregnant!"

"Caine, she disrespected the f**k out of me! You of all people should know that I won't let nobody or no one disrespect me!"

"You should of just ignored her ass Annah!!"

We were getting louder and I was not about to cause no scene in no hospital. I said "f**k this and f**k you, Caine!" as I threw the hospital blankets off of me and faced my back towards Caine so I could put on my flip flops that Nevaeh left out for me on, threw on some sweat pants and grabbed my phone and wallet out of my bag. He asked me what I was doing but I ignored him and walked out the door. I didn't know where to go at first but I was hungry so I decided to go to the vending machine. I saw that the vending machine had nothing good worth eating so I went down to the cafeteria and ordered me a double cheese burger, some cheese and bacon french fries, a banana milkshake, and a fruit salad. I may not have been pregnant but I always ate like I was!

Caine had called me after I paid for my food but I just ignored it and went to go find a table to sit at. I found a table by a window and decided to go sit there. The second I sat down Caine called again and I ignored it for the second time. After I started eating my food for a good three minutes I saw someone walk through the cafeteria door. They were tall and brown skin with red tip dreads that reached to the middle of their back that was tied up into a ponytail. They had on a Lakers snap back turned to the back, a purple Polo shirt with a gold chain tucked under the color, light blue True Religion jeans that sagged off their butt a little but not too much (just how I liked it, might I add) a jean jacket, and a pair of purple foams. "Damn!" I whispered to myself as I drunk my milkshake. I Couldn't see their face all that well but I liked their swagg very much. As I was peeping the dude walking to the cafeteria line once again Caine called and I still ignored it. Not on purpose this time, I was distracted by the dude. After he had got his tray of food I saw their face and my, he was sexy. Sexier than Caine too! He kind of favoured Future a little so you know he was bad.

Once I realized I was staring I tried to find something else to look at but I couldn't. He was just so damn beautiful! I started to focous on my food so I wouldn't be staring at him any more. "Excuse me?" I heard a deep and sexy voice say. I looked up and saw it was the dude again. I smiled a little and said "Yes, how may I help you?" He smiled and his smile was about as goregeous as he was. "Mind if I sit with you." I nodded my head and pointed to the seat. "Go right ahead." I said with a smile. He pulled out the chair and sat in it. "By the way, my name Montana" He said reaching out his hand for a handshake and said "Annah." He sat back in his chair and said "Annah huh? I likes that shorty." I smiled even harder. He was so country grammer but I liked that s**t! "What's a sexy chick like you doin sittin by yourself in the first place?" He asked picking his pizza off his tray. I shook my head and said "No reason." He nodded his head and asked why I was in the hospital. I forgot that I had my hospital gown on and said "miscarriage" as I frowned and ate some of my fries. He stopped eating and said "Sorry to here that, Shorty." I shook my head and said that it was cool. I asked what was his reason for being here and he said he just got done visiting his homeboy. He had got shot once in his shoulder and once in his arm. "Is he ok?" I asked. He nodded. "My nigga a true trooper! He'll be out tomorrow. When you get out?"

"Tomorrow as well." I replied. He chuckled. "So there's a chance that I'ma see you again tomorrow huh?" I nodded. "That's what's up, Shorty." He said winking at me. I giggled and saw him smiling at me. Just as the conversation was getting good I had got a text from Caine asking where I was at. I replied and told him not to trip. I was done being mad at him by now but I wanted to spend more time with Montana. I sat there talking and laughing with Montana for a few more minutes when Caine texted me saying he was going to come find me. I sighed deeply quickly forgetting that Montana was still at the table. "What's wrong, Shorty?" I lied and said "Nothing" as I replied to Caine's text saying "Okay." He looked me in my eyes and said, "Yo' baby daddy, huh?" I frowned and said, "Ain't no point in lying. He's more than just my baby daddy, he my man! Well right now he just a boy that's my boyfriend." "Tell me what happened" He said. I told him about how I got into it with my step-mom and how she made me fall on my stomach and how it led to the argument that me and Caine had and how I ended up here in the cafeteria talking to him. He shook his head and said, "He petty, Shorty! That weren't yo' fault!" I nodded. "He looking for me now." I told him. He laughed. Why do people always laugh at me when I be dead ass serious? "What's funny?" I asked while pouting. He laughed some more and said "Don't pout, Shorty. I ain't laughin at you, I'm laughin at yo' nigga." I nodded my head. "Well, I got to go." I told him as I grabbed my now empty tray and started to walk away but he grabbed my arm. I looked at his hand on my arm and then saw him stand up and say "You ain't gotta go, Shorty!" I wanted to smile but I couldn't. "I have to." I told him.

He looked at me and then sucked his teeth. "At least lemme get yo line before you go." I couldn't help myself by now. I had to smile. I agreed to giving him my number and he smiled back at me. He took out his iPhone and gave it to me. "Put it in, Shorty." I did as he said and gave him back the phone before giving him mine to put his number in. He did it and handed it back before saying "Just hit my line when yo' nigga ain't acting right." I smiled and said "I got you, Montana." He winked at me and went to go throw his tray away as I did too, but I went the opposite way. I was smiling as I walked out the door and ran into somebody, litterarly. I fell and landed on my ass. "OW! What the f**k?" I yelled? I looked up and saw it was Caine. Great. The second I'm finally happy his ass pops up and makes me all over again. He reached his hand out to help me out and said "Sorry, Ma! We both was walking too fast." I looked at him and grabbed his hand so he could pull me off. "What, you not done arguing with me, Caine?" I asked him. He sucked his teeth and said "I been done when you walked out, babe." I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, right!" I thought to myself. He grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to him until both of our chests were touching.

He put his hands on my hips and looked me in my eyes as he said "I'm sorry, baby. I know it ain't your fault. I was just getting cool with the fact that we were going to have a little Shorty runnin around and-" I had cut him off because I heard enough. "It's ok baby. I'm sorry for getting so mad at you" He smiled and kissed me on the lips a few times but stopped after a while. "You my baby right?" He asked me. I smiled a little and nodded before he pulled me into a hug. "Oh, Tyree was here." He told me. Was? "Where he go?" I asked him. He shrugged his shoulders and said "s**t, I don't know. He dropped off some gifts he was giving you and said he'll hit you up later cause he had some s**t to do." I was confused. This nigga ain't have no job. The f**k did he have to do? "Did you at least tell him I was leaving tomorrow?" I asked. He nodded. "Ok. Can we go back to the room now?" He nodded again. We walked towards the elevator and I saw Montana walking in the elevator. Caine was about to tell him to hold the elevator but I turned him around and kissed him. I wasn't trying to hide Montana but I didn't want Caine to find out about him. Montana was sexy as f**k but something just seemed iffy about him at this point. I wrapped my arms around Caine's neck and looked at Montana. He tried to hold the door for us but I waved him off. "Go ahead." I mouthed to him. He nodded and stood back into the elevator. As the elevator doors closed he winked at me and mouthed the words, "f**k him, Shorty!" I rolled my eyes and started to look at Caine. "What was that for?" He asked. I looked at him with a confused face. Reading my face he said, "Why you start kissing me so much? You don't normally do that unless we finna fuck." s**t. He was right. Thank God, I was quick on my feet and said "It's just my way of trying to make up with you since we can't go home and fuck." He nodded his head but something told me he only half believed me. Oh well. As long as he didn't know about Montana, I was fine with that. I mean I'm not cheating but knowing Caine, he might take it as just that.