My mommy tells me all the time that my daddy is a very smart man but he doesn't always use his common sense and that is what gets him into trouble. She says most men have this same problem but that I won't be like that because I'm smart enough to think things out before putting them into action. When I asked daddy if mommy was right he just shrugged and didn't say anything. I don't know if I believe her though because I think daddy is a great man and he can do no wrong. I guess most boys think their dads are like superman though. Maybe it is easier to see your dads as superman than to acknowledge that they are human and that they make mistakes. Grandpa John says that mistakes are what give us character and that we can choose to learn from our mistakes and that is what spiritual growth is all about. Grandpa John is a very wise man if I do say so myself.

Three days later a delivery man showed up at Rainey's home with a bouquet of beautiful exotic flowers. There was a card attached which read I'm sorry I was wrong. She contemplated throwing the whole arrangement away but it was too nice to do that. She placed in on the granite countertop of her kitchen.

"Damn right you should be sorry" she mumbled to herself.

"Oh what pretty flowers" Kayla replied scaring the wits out of her roommate when she unexpectedly walked into the kitchen.

"Way to shave 5 years off my life Kay" the older girl held a shaky hand over her heart.

Kayla ignored her and read the card. "What's the asshole sorry for knockin you up maybe?" she was still a little bitter that Rainey had slept with John and was now carrying his child and all she had gotten was an autograph.

"Unfortunately not … he has a fiancée"

"Damn" Kayla didn't bother to hide her laughter.

"Thanks Kay" the older girl stomped out of the room.

"Do you think because you are technically carrying the man's child he could help me meet Jeff"

"The man has a girl friend" Rainey yelled from the other room.

"Yeah well your guy has a fiancée and you two still got it on in Sarge no less" the younger girl yelled back grinning.

"Mommy why is everyone yelling I'm trying to sleep and all I can hear is you and Auntie Kayla yelling?"

Kayla left to go to work and Rainey began cleaning. She had read somewhere that this was called the nesting phase of pregnancy. She had just finished mopping the kitchen floor when the doorbell rang. She wiped her brow with the back of her hand and went to answer the door. She was surprised when she opened it and came face to face with her unborn child's father.

"What are you doing here?" she asked "better question how do you know where I live?"

"Your home phone comes up Bennett, Rainey and there aren't that many Rainey Bennetts in the phone book" was his reply.

Her face flushed a little with embarrassment. She must have looked a mess to him. She was wearing an old ratty t-shirt and a pair of yellow Joe Boxer pajama pants with her hair pulled back in a bandana. He smiled when he saw her flush. There was something so cute about her he couldn't put his finger on it quite yet but he liked it.

"May I come in" he asked politely.

She really didn't want him to come in but she couldn't bring herself to be rude to him either. She stepped aside and let him into the living room of her and Kayla's townhouse. His eyes took everything in and he must say he approved of his unborn child living in the place. It wasn't big by his standards but it was warm and inviting.

"So this is where you live" he started trying to make conversation.

"Yep" she swung her arms a little at her side not knowing what else to do.

"I got the test results back" he said holding up the white envelope containing the evidence to what she had been trying to tell him all along. They had done the test two weeks prior when she had reached the 13 week point. She had researched on the internet and discovered this new DNA test where they took some of the mother's blood which she had learned contained both fetal cells and fetal DNA. John had come in and let them swab the inside of his mouth.

"And?" she crossed her arms over her chest.

"This baby is mine and as such I want to be able to help you out" he said.

"I don't need you help" she insisted "I don't even want you near the baby unless you want to be. Don't think you are doing me or the baby a favor by hanging around because you feel obligated to. What I want from you is to want to spend time with the baby"

"How do you know I don't want to spend time with my child" he emphasized the words my child and it kinda scared him.

"Well as I have said before John actions speak louder than words and from what I've seen you don't want to be here right now"

"Do have any idea how hard this is?" he asked her.

"You have no idea … you get off with a get out of jail free card because after it is all said and done you can still deny this child no matter if you know the truth. You do not have to walk around with a scarlet letter under your shirt so don't you dare sit there and tell me how hard this has been for you because it's been 100 times more difficult for me" she raised her voice a little.

"I'll tell Liz I promise you that" he told her.

She nodded but remained silent. She had never knew his fiancée's name and now that she had heard him say Liz it made this whole situation all the more real for her.

"I want to be a part of his or her life but you have to let me" he said.

"I have an ultrasound next week if you aren't busy you are more than welcome to come" she offered him an olive branch and now it was up to him to take it.