Seeds of Jealousy

Brian



“You’re what?” I stutter out.



“Pregnant and you are the father” She looks so happy. Like she’s been planning this.



“We didn’t fuck, Dee, and if my memory serves me right, it takes sex.” I look at Justin who looks just as shocked.



“I did the same thing you did for Lindsey. I took your sperm and had it injected into me,” she said snidely.



“I had to sign papers for that. I didn’t fucking sign shit for you.” She hands me the papers, showing my signature. MY SIGNATURE!



“You fucking forged my name, Dee. That’s fucking illegal!” I look at her, moving back as I sat down.



“I understand you are pissed,” she starts out.



“You have no fucking clue what I am feeling. Wait, how did you get sperm?” I look at her.



“I snuck in and took one of the condoms from the trash can,” she snidely remarks.



“Dee, what color was the condom?”



She looked at me like I grew two heads. “Yellow. Why?”



I look at Justin who looks at me before getting up and moving to the window.



“So how do you feel about being a daddy for the third time?” She looks like she did nothing wrong.



“I don’t know. Wait, that’s a fucking lie. I do fucking know. I know exactly how I am feeling. I gave you an out after you told me what you did to Justin. Yes I was feeling angry and betrayed and totally shocked,” I began.



“Brian…” she tries to cut in.



“No let me finish. I mean how could you use Brianna like that? Your own daughter, OUR own daughter. Because she is my daughter, I couldn't just exclude her from my life all together, so I let both of you stay in the loft below us. Because I was not willing to lose my daughter.”



I look over at Justin.



“When I started to see you and Justin get along better, I thought ok, she was no longer a threat to us. We were fine but now, after this stunt, I know I should have never let my guard down again.”



Looking at Justin once more, I wonder how he is feeling. I mean that was HIS condom full of sperm that she took. I wonder when this will all start to become too much for him.



“Dee, I think you need to go home. Right now, this is too much for us. We need time to think things through,” I calmly tell her, though inside I’m practically screaming it.



“Okay, no problem. Just know, I did it because….”



I didn’t let her finish. “I don’t fucking care why you fucking did it. You need to go home, Denise. NOW!” I don’t mean to yell. Fuck, yes I do.



She gets up and thinks twice before kissing me. “Later, Brian. And Justin, please, don’t hate me for this. I just go after what I want, just like you.”



I see Justin finch. “Denise!” I shout.



“I’m going.” She walks out with a smile on her face. I know Justin feels the same way I do; we want to knock it off her.



“Justin, come here.” I walk over to him, wrapping my arms around him. He turns in my arms.



“Tell me what you are thinking,” I say softly.



“Pretty much the same thing you are,” he whispers.



“Sunshine?” I run a hand down his cheek.



Justin



“I was mostly shocked when she admitted she’s pregnant, and one of us is the father. I knows neither of us had sex with her to get her pregnant. I looked at you and could see you were as shocked as I was,” I tell him.



I remember just a few minutes ago turning my head back to look at Dee and I saw she was still smiling like she was happy with herself. That she had thought she managed to succeed in breaking us up.



“I should have never gotten so relaxed with her, try to befriend her or to make her life easier. Even though she made my life a living hell since she first arrived here. When you first suggested that they live downstairs, I knew I wouldn't complain because this way you still got to see your daughter, and I wasn't about to come between the two of you,” I whisper.



“Justin. I know you love her too.” he tells me.



“Yes, I love Brianna, too, just like she was my own. But I hated her mother with a passion as she continued to live downstairs. I know you don’t understand, Brian, but at the time I thought she was getting along with me because she was actually sorry for what she did. But after this stunt that she just pulled I now think she was only talking to me because it was the only way to still be in your good graces.”



“I know she hasn’t been easy to get along with Justin. I’m sorry,” he tells me. “Justin you know…”



“I know that it’s mine Brian. I knew something wasn’t right when we came home and I didn’t see the condom in out trashcan from when we had sex before we went to work. When I found it gone, and knew neither of us had the time to take out the trash and that the cleaning lady hadn’t been here today, I knew someone else had to take it. But why someone would take it was the part I couldn’t figure out.”



He looks into my eyes. “After ruling out the usual people, I figured it must have been Dee, because she had both the time and the key to do it. And let’s not forget, the motive. I know she must have thought it was yours.”



He nods his head. “How do you feel Justin?”



“You mean about her mothering my unborn child? I hate the feeling. I wish it wasn’t her. But what can we do? I will love it. No WE will love it and I know from the look in Dee’s eyes, that she has no idea that it was my sperm in that condom and not yours.”



He pulls me into him. “I’m sorry Justin.” He whispers.



“Not your fault Brian. Hey look at it this way. At least all these kids have the same blood. I mean Brianna and my child have the same mother. Gus and Brianna have the same father.” I shake my head slightly. “I just don’t want to think of it right now.” I sit down on the couch.



“Sunshine?”



“Fuck Brian, I’m going to be a father.” I take a deep breath.



“And the fun thing is, we don’t have to tell Dee until AFTER the baby is born. It will do her good to have the kick in the ass when she finds out it was your sperm and not mine. See, and you thought the color condom joke was lame.”



“You got me the yellow for my birthday. Then as a joke I got you blue ones,” I reply.



“To match your eyes.” He leans in to kiss me. “We will get through this together. And just in case, we will have a family emergency dinner at Deb’s tomorrow. Without Dee or Brianna. I don’t want her to hear this just yet.”



He looks down as I lift his head. “Shall we ‘act’ as if we are fighting?”



“No, I will just sort of move the other way, letting you spend time with her. Justin just because she doesn’t know doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the doctor’s visits. It’s amazing. I did it with Gus.”



“Thanks Brian. I love you.” I kiss him.



“I love you, too, Sunshine.” He kisses me deeper. Smiling to ourselves, we think about how this will all come to bite Dee on her ass.