Roman-
Getting home from practice, I heard the girls talking in the kitchen.
"Does he know everything that happened in California?", Paige asked her.
"No", Willa said.
"Hey, I'm home", I said.
They both looked at me.
"Hey Ro", Willa said, coming over to me.
She kissed me. I looked at Paige, wondering what happened that Willa hasn't told me about.
"Did I interrupt?", I asked.
Willa sighed.
"What did you hear?", Willa asked.
I shrugged.
"Oh you know what, I forgot I had to do something, upstairs", Paige said.
She left the room and I looked back at Willa.
"So what happened?", I asked.
Willa shrugged.
"Keep in mind that I thought you and Rosa were together", she said.
"I don't think I like where this is going", I said, sitting down.
"There was a guy. Paige took me out clubbing", I stopped her.
"You went clubbing? While pregnant?", I asked.
"Ro, I know okay. I made a mistake, but I didn't drink", she said.
"You went clubbing while pregnant that's bad enough Will", I said angry.
She looked down sadly. I sighed.
"I'm sorry, keep going", I said.
She sat beside me.
"He was hitting on me and well one thing led to another and we ended up back at my apartment. He didn't mind that I was pregnant", she said.
"Please don't tell me you slept with him?", I asked.
"No, I didn't but it was going that way, till I felt Mya kick. It was the first time I felt it and I took that as a sign. I stopped him and he didn't want to leave, Paige came in with a bat and scared him off", she said.
I cupped her face in my hands.
"Did he hurt you?", I asked.
"No, thank God", she said.
I kissed her forehead.
"Paige and I were just thinking back to those days, since I won't be her roommate anymore. I was planning on telling you because I felt like it was important for you to know", she said.
I nodded and squeezed her hand.
"Anything else I need to know?", I asked.
"Paige also took me to see male strippers. She said it would make me happy", she said.
I chuckled. Male strippers wasn't Willa's thing and neither was clubbing. I did always have to drag her to house parties.
"And did it?", I asked.
"No, it just made me realize the only man I ever want to see naked again is you", she said.
"Good, because you're the only woman I ever want to see naked again", I said, kissing her nose.
"That's it on my part, you know about my bad moments", she said.
I nodded. She was being completely honest with me. An open book, now it was my turn.
"Why did we hurt each other that way? I honestly don't know why I hurt you. I protected you from everyone except me", I said.
"Roman", she said softly.
"No, let me finish. I love you and I messed up, I never meant to push you aside when it came to Rosa. I should have made more of an effort and I kicked myself every day for not doing it. I lost you and I was angry at you for going back to Sami. Then you were going on with the wedding and it pissed me off even more. I wasn't planning on going, but Joey reminded me that you were still my best friend and no matter what, I said I would always be there for you", I said.
She nodded.
"I'm sorry for everything that I did or said that hurt you. I know that I have a lot of groveling to do still, but just know that I would never, ever do anything to hurt you like that again", I said.
She smiled and kissed me.
"There's one more thing", I said.
"You slept with someone", she said softly.
"No, no I told you, I haven't been with anyone since you", I said.
She nodded.
"A few weeks before your wedding, I found out about this test Rosa could do while still pregnant. I had her do it and the results came in a week before your wedding. I knew I wasn't the father when I showed up to your wedding. I could have told you then, but I didn't want you staying with me because of the results. I wanted you to be with me because you loved me", I said.
"Rome, you should have said something", Willa slapped my arm.
I chuckled.
"I left Sami because of you. The second I saw you standing at the door wanting to see me, I already made my choice. I freaked out and just left, because like I said I thought you had Rosa and I did love Sami, but not in the way I thought I did and I couldn't marry him knowing I was in love with someone else. Someone that I couldn't have", she said.
"So if I would have told you about the baby?", I asked.
"I would have taken your hand and asked you to run away with me", she said.
"We could have avoided all of this", I said.
"It sounds crazy when you say it out loud like that", she said.
She left because she didn't want to feel like she was coming between Rosa and I. I took her hand and kissed the back of it.
"I wish I would have told you then", I said.
"I'm sorry too", she said.
"For?", I asked.
"Not coming back as soon as I found out about Rosa. For keeping my pregnancy from you. You had every right to know and I'm sorry. If I could go back and change things, I would have called you and told you as soon as I saw those plus signs", she said.
I smiled.
"We both did things we could have done differently, but we didn't. All we can do now is make up for it", I said.
She nodded.
"I love you Willa and I want to be with you for the rest of my life. There was a reason you saved my life that day, God was introducing me to the love of my life. I want to marry you, hell tonight if I could, but I'll wait as long as you need. Now, do you want to still marry me?", I said.
She placed her arms around my neck.
"Yes, I do still want to marry you. You've always been my one Rome, since we've met. I wish I would have had the confidence to tell you when we were younger", she said.
"That doesn't matter anymore, you have me now and forever", I said.
She smiled and nodded.
"I love you Roman", she said.
"Not as much as I love you gorgeous", I said.
I stood and lifted her into my arms.
"You think Paige will watch Mya for a few hours?", I asked smirking.
Willa giggled.
"Let me ask", she said.
I set her down and she ran upstairs, putting my bag in the closet. I made my way up to my room. Paige had Mya's diaper bag on her arm and Mya in the other.
"Have fun Tarzan, don't break her", Paige said.
I chuckled.
"Take care of my daughter", I said.
"Duh", Paige said, going downstairs.
Willa popped her head out of our room.
"You seem very excited for this", I said.
"Well you haven't been with me in a few days and our talk today was great. I just really want to feel you connected to me", she said.
"I can do that", I whispered, pulling her into me.
I closed our bedroom door.
"So, where is Paige taking Mya?", I asked.
"For a walk, she's safe with Paige", Willa said.
I nodded and laid her back on our bed. She moaned.