Sky picked up Rodney 5 minutes after they hung up the phone. They were on the way to the hospital.
Rodney's adrenaline kicked in after his hand was smashed into the car door. So he was just acting, with the additional groans. But it seems Cameron definitely took his anger out on Rodney, with the car door. Because he slammed it hard as hell, and his hand looks worse than expected.
As he sat in Sky's passenger seat, he noticed Sky. She had freshly applied lip gloss, she smelled like coconut, meaning she was wearing her favorite perfume Coconut passion, and she was wearing her cute casual clothes, not her house clothes. Rodney concluded that she most definitely was going to see Junior tonight.
Sky was so worried about Rodney, his hand is badly mangled, it made her sick to even look at it. She was so glad she no longer had morning sickness because she definitely would've thrown up after seeing his hand.
"You got here really fast, I was sure it would've taken you longer, because once you're in your bed there's no bringing you out" Rodney started, and Sky was confused as to where he was going with this. "Plus you smell nice, and you're wearing nice clothes, were you going out?" Rodney asked directly. Sky was creeped out at how quickly he figured her out, but if he was asking, he already knew.
"Yeah, I was going out. I was going back over to Junior's place" Sky admitted
"Why?" Rodney asked for further explanation.
"We shouldn't be even be talking about this, you hand is hanging on by a thread" Sky deflected
"No, we're talking about this. Besides, it helps, not to think about the pain. It's a good distraction" Rodney explained. "So why are you going to see Junior?" Rodney asked
"Oh just to get back on the same page about the baby. Junior and I have been disconnected this past month, so we deemed it necessary to talk it out" Sky explained telling the truth, but not the whole truth of course.
"That's all?" Rodney asked
"Yeah, just two parents trying to get together to plan for our baby" Sky assured. Rodney nodded happy she told him the truth, and that he was right about what he saw.
"Well, now that I can see, you actually want to talk. How did you hurt your hand this bad? And what were you doing in an abandoned parking lot" Sky asked as to how this all happened, Rodney froze for 5 seconds because he didn't have an excuse for why he was in an abandoned parking lot. He had to think quickly.
Rodney started screaming, which startled and scared Sky.
"Ahh! What's going on? Are you okay?" Sky asked, scared.
"I wasn't feeling that much pain before, but I think the adrenaline wore off" Rodney muttered out through groans
"Don't worry, we're almost at the hospital" Sky reassured him
Rodney had to have emergency surgery for his hand because he ended up breaking several fingers in his "accident". After surgery, Rodney was still not awake. Now that he was out of the woods, Sky decided to make a dreadful call to Junior. She had texted him a brief text earlier, telling him she couldn't come over tonight.
Junior answered the phone. "Hey" Junior answered
"Hey, I just wanted to call you and tell you that I didn't mean to stand you up. Rodney got into an accident, and I had to take him to the hospital, which is where I am now" Sky explained
"Oh. Is everything alright? What happened?" Junior asked
"Honestly, I don't even know the details. But Rodney accidentally slammed the car door on his hand" Sky tells Junior
"Ooh damn! Is he going to be alright?" Junior asked
"Yeah, he just got out of surgery, and he's still out of it. This is just his first surgery out of 3" Sky said
"Damn! Really?" Junior said surprised
"He really fucked up his hand, and if he's lucky he'll regain 98% of function in his left hand, with physical therapy" Sky explained further
"Oh my gosh, that is so serious" Junior replied
"I feel so bad, and guilty" Sky admits scratching that back of her neck with her hand.
"Why?" Junior asked
"Because I was headed over to your place, when Rodney, my boyfriend, had his accident," Sky said, explaining how she feels like she is doing Rodney dirty, by seeing Junior.
"We were only going to talk about how we feel about each other" Junior said acting innocent.
"You know we were going to do more than just talk" Sky reminded Junior
"I was really looking forward to seeing you tonight" Junior admits
"I was too. Earlier today, it felt amazing to hear that from you, it made me feel on cloud 9. But I don't want to talk about how I feel about you over the phone" Sky said, Rodney started to wake up, Sky didn't notice. He heard Sky talking on the phone, so he proceeded to fake sleep.
"I already told you how I felt when I saw you, so I have no problem telling you again over the phone" Junior said, and Sky could tell he was smiling on the other end of the line, which caused her to smile.
"So how do you feel again? I think I'm having trouble remembering" Sky teased
"Sky, I have feelings for you. I like the way I am around you, I like who I am when I'm around you. I. Like. You" Junior said making it very clear to Sky, who was blushing very hard.
Rodney who was witnessing Sky's reactions to whatever Junior was saying on the phone, made him very jealous. Before Sky could respond to Junior Rodney started pretending to stir awake, in a way that Sky would notice.
When she did notice, she said "I'll call you later, Rodney is waking up" With that, she hung up on Junior, and walked over to Rodney's side.
"How do you feel?" Sky said as she shifted a chair next to his bed and sat down.
"I feel okay, the drugs are helping a lot though. But seeing you makes me forget the pain I'm in" Rodney said, and Sky smiled.
"Aww, that's so sweet. I'm glad they fixed you up" Sky said looking into Rodney's eyes.
"I'm grateful to have you. I don't know if this is me or the drugs talking, but I'm so glad to have you as my girlfriend. Here you are 5 months pregnant, and you got out of bed to take me to the hospital. You mean so much to me, and I just wanted to tell you that I love you" Rodney confesses to Sky, who at the moment didn't know how to react or what to say.
"Ooh, Rodney. I- I'm so lucky to be loved by someone as nice as you. Um- I- look! Your water bottle is low, I'm going to refill it, you must be dehydrated" Sky excused herself out of the room, to get out of that awkward situation. She went to the ice machine to get more ice. Sky knows she doesn't love Rodney, but it's a shock to hear that Rodney is in love with her. Sky is conflicted because she has feelings for Junior, but she doesn't want to hurt Rodney, someone who has been nothing but kind to her. She feels so guilty for getting a relationship with Rodney, before figuring out how she truly feels. But the way she feels when she is around Rodney is not comparable to the way she feels for Junior.
As Sky was walking back to Rodney's room, she overheard some nurses talking, and she slowed down to listen.
"Did you hear about the boy who slammed his hand in the car door" One nurse spoke?
"Yeah?" The second nurse replied
"I heard that the way his fingers were broken, there was no possible way, that his injuries were not self-inflicted. The kid literally shattered one of the bones in his fingers, it takes a lot of force to do that to yourself, let alone by accident" The first nurse explained
"What do you think really happened?" The second nurse asked
"I bet it was a drug deal gone wrong. He probably didn't have all of the money for his distributor, and his distributor taught him a lesson by slamming the car door on his hand" The first nurse guessed
"Girl, you've been watching way too much Power on Starz" The second nurse laughed at her ridiculousness. Sky was confused, why was Rodney lying about his hand? What really happened? Sky was very confused.
Sky walked back to Rodney's room with his full water bottle, where she was met with two police officers, standing in the room with Rodney.
"Hello, officers. What's going on?" Sky asked Rodney.
"These officers are trying a get a statement from me, but I told them it was an accident," Rodney said
"Then why don't you tell them the truth," Sky said, Rodney, looked shocked at Sky's suggestion. "I know that you didn't slam your own car door on your hand, and some nurses say that there was no way you did it to yourself," Sky tells Rodney. At this moment Rodney had to think fast.
"Tell these officers the truth, so they can catch the person who did this to you," Sky said honestly just trying to get the true story from Rodney. Sky pulled the armrest of the hospital bed down, so she could sit closer to Rodney, and Sky placed her hand on Rodney's hand to make him feel safe.
"I dropped off my girlfriend, I got a call from my friend Cameron. He asked to meet me at some abandoned parking lot, so we could talk. When I arrived he was there waiting for me. I didn't know why we were meeting, but I soon find out it was because he wanted to tell me that he is in love with my girlfriend Sky" Rodney started setting the scene of his lie.
Sky's eyes widened shocked at the news. She was also very confused because she's never even talked to Cameron. Whenever she's seen him he's very reserved and to himself.
"He goes on to tell me how they have had a relationship behind my back, and he's trying to come to me man to man," Rodney explained lying his ass off. Sky sat there very shocked at this information
"I obviously did not believe him, but then he told me private details about my girlfriend, so I assumed he was stalking her. When I called him a stalker and asked him to never go near Sky again, that's when he got violent. Of course, I did call him a few more names, but there's no need for repeating them. We fought, but he overpowered me, that's when he took my hand and slammed it in my car door" Sky was perplexed, the story was very elaborate, yet confusing.
"So why'd you lie and say it was an accident?" One of the officers asked
"Because we were both fighting, and it was in the heat of the moment" Rodney lies
"Okay, sir. That's all the questions we have for you. Get well soon" With that the officers left the room.
"Oh my gosh, why didn't you tell me Cameron was obsessed with me?" Sky asked, confused. Rodney sat there quietly and couldn't answer. He was drawing a blank as to how to make this lie convincing.
"You couldn't possibly believe Cameron and I were in a relationship?" Sky said, taking his silence, as he believed Cameron's bogus story.
"I didn't at first, but after he hurt me. He said he was going to meet up with you to have a late dinner. Then when I called you, and you showed up all cute. I was a little suspicious" Rodney lied
"What?! I don't even know Cameron. I've talked to him ONCE. And that's when Junior was introducing him to me. And tonight I told you I was going to see Junior. You have to believe me" Sky said now visibly frustrated
"Yeah and I did. But when I was waking up after my surgery. You were on the phone with someone talking about your feelings or something along those lines. Tell me, was that Cameron?" Rodney knew he was reaching, but at least this could be the way to expose whatever is going on with her and Junior.
"You were listening to my phone conversation?" Sky asked shocked, and Rodney waited to hear her response to the question he asked. "Rodney, if you're going to take the word of a sociopath, over your girlfriend. Then I don't even need to be here at all" Sky huffed. Then she grabbed her purse and stormed out of his hospital room.
Rodney cheered internally. That went perfectly, he didn't have to answer questions about the situation he made up, and the blame shifted from him to her. He has it all planned out, later he'll apologize, and blame it on the drugs for not allowing him to think clearly, and it'll all be fine. Rodney thought.
Junior was woken up from his sleep because his phone was ringing. He gets up and answers the phone.
"Hello" He answered groggily
"Hey, Junior. It's Cameron"
"Cameron. Why are you calling me this late" Junior asked confused, rubbing his eyes
"I was arrested, and I need you to bail me out. I'll pay you back immediately, but I need you to come down here get me if you can" Cameron asked
"Alright. Are you okay? Why were you arrested?" Junior asked sitting up in his bed.
"I promise I'll explain everything afterward" Cameron explained.
After that phone call, Junior was very shocked to hear Cameron was arrested. He was curious to hear what he did.
Cameron and Junior came back to Junior's apartment. After posting bail, and getting all of Cameron's things back from the police.
"Okay, we're back at my place, are you going to tell me why I had to come to get you from the police station?" Junior asked
"Yeah, I am. What I'm about to tell you, may be shocking. But I had no intention of hurting you" Rodney started
"Cameron, what's with the disclaimer? You're scaring me dude, what's going on?" Junior asked now on the edge
"Rodney is the reason I was in jail tonight. He's also the reason why you and I are even friends" Cameron begins, Junior is already lost, but continues to listen.
"Rodney and I's parents go to the same church, and we've known each other for 5 years now. To make a long story short, In high school, I got caught by the police with nudes of my girlfriend at the time. Since we were only 16, it was considered child pornography, which landed me on the sex offender registry" Cameron continued his long explanation.
"When I applied for the job at Dynasty Typewriter I left off the fact that I served time in jail and the sex offender thing. It's hard to get a job when you have that label on you. Anyway, Rodney knew about my lie and started blackmailing me. To basically be his spy. So I would report anything you tell me to him. So he'd know how to keep you and Sky apart. Usually, there is nothing to report because essentially nothing was going on between you and Sky" Cameron explains, Junior stood there completely shocked and did not see any of this coming.
"But, Rodney is obsessed with trying to keep you and Sky apart. He made me slam his car door on his hand. Because he suspected Sky was coming over here tonight. He made me break his hand to stop it. But then he tells the police that I'm the one who's obsessed with Sky, and I broke his hand because of that. So they arrested me for assault" Cameron finished, Junior was quiet, he didn't even know what to say to that. He was so confused but weirdly. All of the bad and weird feelings he had about Rodney and Cameron were true. They're crazy.
"Why is Rodney so bent on keeping Sky and I apart? We're just friends" Junior said, Cameron stared at him, like Come on!
"Junior we both know you have feelings for Sky. Plus I told Rodney you have feelings for Sky. But I want you to know I only did these things because he was blackmailing me. But if the choice is to lose my job or go to jail. I'd rather lose my job" Junior sat there still trying to understand everything Cameron just informed him.
There was a knock at the door, Junior went to answer it. He swung the door open revealing Sky.
"Hey, Sky. I thought you weren't coming tonight. How's Rodney doing?" Junior asked as Sky walked right in. He shut the door behind her
"Screw him, he's being an ass-" Sky stopped mid-sentence when she saw Cameron. "You! So it's true! You are stalking me?! Get this in your thick skull, I am not your girlfriend. And if you ever lay a hand on my boyfriend again, I will raise hell on you" Sky spat at Cameron.
"Sky, calm down. Cameron was not stalking you" Junior tries to tell Sky.
"Junior, you don't know him. He's the one who fucked up Rodney's hand. All because he thinks I'm his girlfriend. Rodney thinks there is something between Cameron and me, because of his obsession" Sky says to Junior, then turns to Cameron and says "You need to stay the hell away from me and my friends. For all, I know he could be here to hurt you too, Junior. You're involved with me, so be careful with this one" Sky glared at Cameron.
"I'm not stalking you, and I only slammed the car door on Rodney's hand because he asked me too" Cameron sighed
"Do you even hear how you sound? Who asks to have the car door slammed on their hand?" Sky said
"Your lying, manipulative, crazy-ass boyfriend would," Cameron said.
"Sky, sit down. Cameron was just explaining his side of what happened" Junior tried to get Sky to listen
"You actually believe this creep?" Sky asked Junior
"I believe every story has 2 sides, and Cameron's side may be wild, but I'll believe him before I believe your nutcase of a boyfriend," Junior said honestly, Sky glared at Junior. "Now, you have to listen to his explanation"
"I don't have to listen to anything" Sky backs up. "Rodney is in the hospital because Cameron slammed a car door on his hand" Sky pointed out, Junior wanted to speak up to defend Cameron, but Cameron stood up for himself.
"I'm telling you now that, that isn't the truth. So you're meaning to tell me you believe Rodney without reasonable doubt that he's telling the truth? You've never seen Rodney manipulate anyone?" Cameron said to Sky, who was actually listening to Cameron. "If you do trust Rodney 100% you can walk out the door, and I'll even open the door for you" Cameron added.
Sky stood there silently knowing a time she could recall Rodney manipulating someone. Cameron took her silence and no movement as a sign to proceed telling Sky his side of the story
"All this, because of Junior having feelings for me?" Sky asks, very annoyed and exhausted by the explanation. Cameron nodded, and Junior shook his head in disbelief. "I can't believe I ever felt bad for him" Sky groaned pissed off.
"That's his specialty, he makes you feel bad for him, then he gets you to do what he wants" Cameron sighed
"He literally tried to blame me for his hand getting all fucked up. And to find out this was all a part of his game of manipulation, makes me so mad" Sky shook her head pissed.
"At least, you know the truth now," Junior said, calming Sky down who was visibly heated
"So now what? I don't want to go to jail, again" Cameron said
"The only way for that not to happen is for Rodney to drop the charges against you," Junior said
"I'm screwed, he's definitely not going to drop the charges" Cameron sighed
"We have to confront him about this, we'll make him tell the truth," Sky said letting Junior and Cameron know she's going to help get justice for Cameron.
It had been 2 weeks later, Sky had been ignoring all of Rodney's calls and texts. She wanted him to know that she was angry at him, and she wanted him to be done with all of his surgeries, and not on any meds when she finally confronted him.
Rodney woke up in the morning to be greeted by Sky.
"Hey, you're awake" Sky smiled at Rodney.
"And you're here? I thought you were mad at me? And justifiably so, I was being completely irrational and entertaining baseless assumptions. I'm sorry, I was so in and out of it the last time we talked, I was disappointed in how I treated you" Rodney explained working overtime to manipulate Sky. "You deserve the benefit of the doubt, you've never done anything to lose my trust in you"
"It's okay. I mean they weren't entirely baseless" Sky starts and Rodney looks at her confused. "I was shocked as to how you figured it out, but you did. Cameron, sweetie come in here" Sky called out for Cameron. Cameron walked into the room and gave a devious smile to Rodney as he walked over to Sky, and kissed her on the cheek.
"I'm so sorry for my boyfriend going off on you, and breaking your hand. He can get a little possessive over me" Sky wrapped her arms around Cameron's waist, really milking it.
"Boyfriend?" Rodney questioned, catching on that Sky knows he's lying
"Yeah, we've been together for a while. He's actually the father of my baby" Sky lied with a smile
"You expect me to believe you are in a relationship with someone you only met once?"
"Today it's impossible, but a couple of weeks ago it was plausible?" Sky questioned
"I told you I was sorry for doubting you, you don't need to put on a show," Rodney said
"Oh, honey. This is far from a show. Cameron is my boyfriend" Sky kept pressing on
"I know he isn't your boyfriend because he never confronted me about you"
"Oh really? But you told me-"
"I lied" Rodney rolled his eyes at Sky, so obviously playing dumb. "Well I guess it's obvious that you've talked to Cameron, and now you think you know what happened"
"Here's what I know. You tried to manipulate me into believing you and make yourself the victim. But now I see the real victims are people who are involved with you"
"Hear me out" Rodney started
"I'm done listening to you. Because everything that comes out of your mouth is a lie. You broke your hand, to manipulate me. Seeing how far you'd go to get your way, is terrifying. I'm finally seeing you for who you really are and it disgusts me. I want nothing to do with you" Sky stated
"You're being hysterical and hormonal. You're not thinking straight"
"There's only one thing I want from you. That is to drop the charges against Cameron, and tell the real truth about what happened to your hand" Sky said sternly
"Or what?" Rodney tested
"Or Cameron and I go to the police and tell them you were lying about the entire situation" Sky threatened
"So what if I made Cameron slam the car door on my hand. No one is going to take the word of a convict, and a pregnant slut" Rodney shrugged, and Sky smiled.
"Okay, well I'm glad I was recording this conversation" Sky smirked pulling out her phone which was recording the interaction. Rodney shook his head and was visibly angry. "I guess they will believe this ex-convict and pregnant slut" Sky said snarkily
"This is all your fault if you would've been a loyal girlfriend, and not been pregnant with another man's baby. None of this would be happening. I know you were fooling around with Junior, while we were together" Rodney exclaimed in a fit of rage
"Now I know you've lost your mind. First off, I got pregnant before I even knew you. You knew my situation before you asked me to be your girlfriend. You're the one who said you didn't care that I was pregnant with someone else's baby, so don't switch up now. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself" Sky stated completely done with Rodney's BS. "And as far as Junior is concerned, I guess you were right to be insecure when it comes to him, because I do have feelings for him, and I have been fooling around with him behind your back" Sky smiled, happy to see the anger on Rodney's face.
"Sky, we've both messed up, but we can talk this through, and work it out." Rodney starts again
"No need. I've learned that when someone shows you who they are, believe them" Sky said and with that, she and Cameron left the room. But before going too far Sky walks back into Rodney's room and says "Oh and if it wasn't clear before, we're over" Sky smiled and closed the door behind her.
Sky and Junior were walking up the stairs to his apartment, laughing. They came from eating dinner with the gang, they had talked about weird encounters they've all had with Rodney. Junior got the keys and opened the door to his apartment.
Sky and Junior enter his apartment smiling, and as soon as Junior shuts the door behind him, Sky pulls Junior and plants her lips onto his. Junior immediately kissed her back, putting his hands on her waist, and pulling her close to him. Sky was so happy she could finally act on her impulse to kiss, touch, and do whatever she wants with Junior. It felt so good to her.
Junior removed his sweater and threw it on the counter without breaking their kiss. Sky kicked off her shoes, and they walked over to Junior's bedroom. Mainly because that is the only piece of furniture Junior had in his apartment. Junior's hands slowly roamed Sky's body, because she had revealed to him her body is so sensitive to touch. One of her symptoms of pregnancy Sky, grew to hate because she wasn't allowed to have sex or an orgasm, because these symptoms made her incredibly horny. Sky started to kiss Junior's neck when Sky accidentally pushed Junior onto the bed. Junior reacted by pulling Sky on top of him. Sky straddling Junior, Junior began to laugh.
"Am I crushing you?" Sky nervously laughed, because she is 6 months pregnant.
"No, not at all, but maybe we should slow down" Junior smiled at her.
"Maybe, you're right. We don't want anybody getting too excited, because it's not like I can do anything I actually want to do" Sky agreed, rolling off of Junior. They both lay down next to each other on the bed. Junior placed his hand on Sky's stomach, gently rubbing it.
"Junior?" Sky asked
"Hmm?" He responded
"How'd you know your feelings were real? And not just sexual feelings" Sky asked
"I don't know. It just happened one day, when I realized I liked you. When I'm with you everything is natural, I think about you all the time, and you're the first person I want to talk to when something good or bad happens. That's how I knew I felt something more" Junior admitted to Sky, who was smiling.
"I think I've always had feelings for you, but I was in denial about it because I was protecting myself. We started as friends who have sex, and I didn't want to catch feelings, but you quickly became my best friend. Someone I wanted to share everything with" Sky admits and Junior reaches out and softly grabs Sky's hand. "But I'm struggling with letting myself completely fall for you" Sky added
"We don't have to rush things with us. We can go as slow as we want. Important thing is, we know how we feel about one another" Junior reassured Sky, and Sky nodded agreeing.
"Hey, you want to turn this into a party?" Sky asked, and Junior looked unsure. "Turn on, some City Girls, and watch your daughter bounce all around my stomach," Sky said, and Junior laughed, shaking his head because he knew Sky was being completely serious.