The Game

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Lauren

I was laying in a hospital bed when my door opened and the whole crew walked in.

Ace ran over to my side. "You good baby?"

I nodded. "Yea. Umm... Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Aye yall give us a minute." He told the crew and they all left out.

"Wassup?"

"You know how I said Tisha was dead? Well I guess she wasn't and she got away."

He sighed and sat in a chair next to me.

"Im sorry." I said looking down.

"It's not your fault. I shouldn't have left you there by yourself."

"What about AJ?" I said softly.

"We'll find him hopefully."

1 WEEK LATER.....

Lauren

The doctor put me in a wheel chair just until my leg heels.

I was at the kitchen table eating a salad when I saw the mail man put the mail in the mailbox.

"Abbygail!" I yelled loud enough for her to hear me.

"What?" She yelled back.

"Can you go get the mail for me!"

She came downstairs. "Sure." She said and walked outside. When she came back inside the house she had a handful of mail.

"Thanks boo."

"No problem."

I looked through the stack of mail. I stopped when I saw my name.

"What is this?" I said and opened it. "Oh my gosh." I said reading it.

The door opened and Ace walked in sweaty. "Hey baby." He kissed the side of my face.

"Uh. Hey." I said still focused on my mail.

He walked to the fridge to get a water bottle. "What ya' reading?"

"Nothing." I grabbed my mail and folded it up.

I wheeled my wheel chair over to the counter and grabbed my phone. I called Pepper.

"Pep can you come pick me up?"
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"This big ass wheel chair." Pepper said and got it out her back seat.

I laughed and hopped in it. She wheeled me all the way into Olive Garden.

"Table for 2." Pepper told the waitress and she led us to a table.

"What can I get y'all to drink?" The waitress asked.

"Coke." Pepper said.

"Water for me." I said. The waitress nodded and walked away.

"Now wassup boo?" Pepper asked.

I took a deep breath. "I got accepted into a college."

Her mouth dropped. "What college."

"LSU."

"Well good for you." She clapped.

"No it's not Pepper. It's all the way in Louisiana."

"Here you go." The waitress sat our drinks down.

"Thank you." I said.

"What's wrong with the college being in Louisiana."

"Ace. I just can't up and leave him like that."

"I'm sure he'll understand girl."

I sighed. "Not only that... When I was in the hospital I got tested and turns out Im pregnant."

Pepper spit her drink out on me.

"Really Pep?" I grabbed a napkin and wiped my face off.

"Sorry. But your what!?"

"Pregnant."

"Awww. I can't wait. I'm gonna spoil that baby-"

"Pepper!"

"Okay okay."

"Now you see why I can't go to college? Louisiana is so far away from here and I want this baby to have their daddy in their life. But I also want to go to college and get my degree."

"I see your point. Have you told Ace?"

"No. He's still stressing over AJ. I don't want to drop this news on him yet."

"You need to tell him soon girl."

"I know."
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Ace

I was chilling on the couch when Lauren rolled in the house.

"Hey bae." I said crunching on some chips.

"Hey." She smiled and came over by the couch.

She pushed herself onto the couch next to me and put her legs on my lap.

"Ace."

"Huh?" I said with my eyes glued to the TV.

"Umm. Can you carry me upstairs please?"

"Yea." I picked her up bridal style and carried her into my bedroom.

"Thanks baby." She kissed my lips.

"Mhm. I'll be right back." I jogged back downstairs to get my bag of chips when I noticed some mail on the counter.

"Bills. Bills. Bills. Lauren London." I said reading a letter with her name on it.

I'm not the type of nigga to be nosey but I just wanted to see what it was.

Lauren

I was in Ace's bed scrolling on Instagram when he came into the room with a piece of paper in his hands.

"When were you gonna fucking tell me!" He yelled and threw the paper at me.

I looked and noticed it was my acceptance letter.

I sighed. "I just got the letter today Ace."

"You didn't even tell me you wanted to go to college!"

"Of course I wanted to! My mama always wanted me to go to college and I plan on going!"

"Fuck that." He grabbed his keys off his dresser.