Ace walked downstairs and into the living room. He stopped by the couch when he heard David talking to Briana. The words didn't register until Briana left the living room. She was pregnant. And she was having Lulu's baby. He was in shock. The only thing that he knew he could do was find Drew and tell him.
He walked upstairs to check their room; no one was there. He went back downstairs and seen Shelby walking toward him. “You know where Drew is?” He asked.
“No. And he's lucky I don't!” Shelby said with an attitude.
She must know about Bre and Lulu, Ace thought before he spoke. “How are you holding up?” He asked, showing concern.
“What are you talking about?”
“I heard David talking to Bre about what she was going to do with her and Lulu's baby.” Shelby's face turned white and her mouth opened slightly. “Didn't you know?” He asked noticing the change.
Shelby pierced her lips together and quickly shook her head. She took a deep breath in and rushed upstairs.
“Oh shit.” Ace said quickly walking downstairs.
Shelby opened the door to her and Lulu's bedroom, and shut it behind herself. She cracked.
The tears start to flow once she placed her back against the door. She slowly slid down and hugged herself, not knowing what else to do.
Once you find out that the closest person to you is going to have a baby with the man you love, the only thing you can do is let go. Let go of the idea that it's just the two of you. Let go of the idea that you can one day have the 'happy family' you've always dreamed about. Let go of the thought that you can be with someone forever, because you have finally realized that, that is not going to happen. There is always something that gets in your way, and that's never going to end. You have to let go of him...you have to.
Ace opened the basement door and seen Drew and Daniel sitting at the bar. “Have you guys heard?” He asked walking over to them.
“That Lulu know's about our plan?” Daniel asked passing him a beer.
“He does?”
“Yup, and Shelby probably knows too.”
“Well that ain't what I was talking about. I was talkin' 'bout Bre being pregnant with Lulu's kid.” Ace said taking the stool next to Drew.
“What!” Daniel yelled as Drew laughed.
“Didn't you hook up with her?” He asked as the laughter came to a pause.
“Yeah—It's gross.” Ace said taking a sip of his beer.
“Does Shelby know?” Daniel asked.
“Yeah...I kinda told her, thinking she already knew.” Ace admitted.
“Looks like we don't have to break them up after all.” Drew said raising his glass.
“You're an ass. All I wanted to do was break them up. I didn't want for Shelby to have to go through this shit! Her best fucking friend is having a baby with the guy she “loves”. How would you like it if you hadda go through that?” Daniel asked standing up.
“Ain't you supposed to be her best friend?” Ace asked.
“Yeah, don't you think you hurt her just as much as Bre? After all you did want to get rid of Lulu, after she forgave you for trying to do it the first time.” Drew added.
“Don't try and make me feel guilty! You fucking lost Lulu. You really think he'll talk to you anymore? Fuck, you'll be lucky if he doesn't kick your scrawny ass.” Daniel said looking at Drew.
“You can't make me feel bad. It doesn't work. Cause I know there's someone in this house who has it worst then I do. Someone who lost their boyfriend, best friend, and 'Twin'.” Drew said with a smile on his face.
Daniel looked at him and threw his beer bottle at him. “I hope you fucking burn you fucking sonofabitch.” Daniel said walking back upstairs.
Lulu walked into Bre's room, knowing that was where she was. “We should talk.”
“There's nothing to talk about Luis. You're with Shelby and I don't want to ruin that. It was stupid of me to sleep with you in the first place, and I don't think you should feel obligated to do anything for me or this baby. My boyfriend thinks that it's his, and I want to keep it that way.” Bre said looking at Lulu, pausing from painting her toe nails.
“Bre, that's my baby. I want to be a part of it's life.”
“No. That will just complicate things, and I don't want that.”
“You can't keep me from my child.”
“Lulu. Think about it. You and I can never be together. You're better off with Shelby. You two are getting married. Just be with her and forget that me and you ever happened.”
“I can't do that Bre. I know that baby is mine. I know that I have a responsibility to it and to you.”
“No you don't. I don't want your help. This baby is going to have a man in their life that loves them and will be their father. I'm not going to do this alone.”
“I want to help.”
“I don't want you to help. You can't help me. This baby is Dan's.”
“Briana. That is my DNA in your baby. Not fucking Dan's. Sure the circumstances are fucked up, and I wish is was Shelby having my baby but I can't let you have some other dude raise my baby.” Lulu said not moving toward her.
“It's either me or Shelby. She's not going to let you have us both. Whether you're with me or not. She's not going to want to help you when you see the baby. She's not even going to be around the baby.”
“What?”
“She can't watch you help me raise my baby. So you can either see the baby every other weekend, or live with Shelby and have a baby with her. Make the right choice. Don't throw away a lifetime of happiness for a baby that’s better off without you.” Bre said staring at Lulu.
Chanel walked into the dinning room and seen Sasha and Liz sitting at the table. “Hey ladies.” She said with a smile on her face.
“Have you heard?” Liz asked.
“Heard what?”
“That's a no. Briana's pregnant, and the baby's Lulu's.” Sasha said biting her lip.
“What? No!”
“Yeah.” Liz said.
“Fuck! I just told Shibbz that no one could take Lulu away from her. That we wouldn't let that happen. Fuck!” Nellz said sitting down with them.
“We can't do anything about this shit.” Liz said sadly.
“What the fuck! We have to be able to do something.”
“We can't. She already knows. And she's not going to want to talk to us about it.”
“How do you know?”
“I know Shelby. She's going to cry, break something. And then come downstairs with a smile on her face, and act like everything is fine. That's how she works. She's not going to want to admit that she's broken.” Liz said looking at Nellz.
“You think she's going to stay with Lulu?” Sasha asked after a minute of silence.
“No.” Liz said.
“Why?” Nellz asked worried.
“She always told me that she respects people that raise other peoples kids. But she always pointed out that she could never do it. She could never help her boyfriend raise another woman's baby.”
“So she's just going to call off the wedding?” Sasha asked.
“Maybe. I hope not. But she just might.”
“What if the baby's not even Lulu's? She did hook up with Ace. Maybe Lulu's not the only guy she fucked. Maybe it could be someone elses baby.” Nellz said hopefully.
“For the sake of our Shibbz, I hope it is some other guys...But Bre's not that type of person. She won't sleep with two guys in the same week or so.” Liz said as the girls sat there in silence, thinking of ways that they could help their Shibbz.
Lulu walked into the living room and seen Keith. He nodded at him and Keith walked over. “You should go talk to Shelby. She knows.” He said seriously.
“She does?”
“Yup. Ace accidentally told her. Thought she knew.”
“Damn.” Lulu said turning around.
He walked to the steps and turned back and seen Liz, Sasha and Chanel standing with Keith. “Tell her you love her.” Sasha said.
“That you'd do anything for her.” Chanel said.
“Just fix it Litho.” Liz said as a tear rolled down her cheek.
Lulu walked upstairs and took a deep breath before he walked into the room. He seen Shelby on the bed, looking at her scrapbook. “Hey babe.” He said sitting down next to her.
She looked up at him, her eyes were all puffy and red. A sign that she was crying. “This wasn't supposed to happen.” Lulu whispered, as he voice started to crack. She looked at him, unable to speak.
“I think...” Shelby started.
“You think what?” He asked as she took a picture of her and Lulu out of her scrapbook.
“That we should see other people.” Shelby finished not wanting to look at him.
“What? Shibb, I love you, and no baby will ever change that.”
“That baby is yours. You're having a baby with another women. You didn't really think I could be with you, did you?”
“Briana doesn't want me to be apart of the baby's life. She wants nothing to do with me.”
“It's too late for that. She fucked that shit up when she got pregnant with your baby.”
“Shel, this changes nothing.”
“Lulu, this changes everything. I can't be with you if you're having a baby with another women!”
“So what? You're just going to leave when things get tough?” Lulu asked starting to get mad.
“When things get tough? Things got tough when I lost my baby. Even more tough when Vici came around. And then they got tough when you slept with Briana, Moncia, and Lela. And they got tough again when I realized that my best friend wanted to ruin what you and I have. Things have been tough, and I haven't left yet. I even accepted my friends flaws, and thought that things could be fixed. But this shit can't be fixed. It's just best for you, me and your baby with Briana if you try and make that relationship work, and stop focusing on our relationship. There's no longer a Shelby and Lulu. I can't do it any more.” Shelby said walking out of the room. She walked into the hallway and ran into Ruga.
“Hey.” He said as Shelby pushed past him. “Hey Ruga, nice to see you.” He mumbled walking back into his room, and shutting the door.
Shelby walked downstairs and sat on the couch. She put her feet up and turned on the t.v.
“Hey Shibbz.” Izzy said sitting down next to her.
“Hey.” She said going ondemand and looking for a Jesse McCartney song.
“Whats up?”
“Nothing. Just found out that my Twinn is having a baby with Lulu.” She replied as Izzy's face dropped.
“Are you serious?”
“Yup. And she still hasn't told me. Ace told me.” Shelby said turning toward Izzy.
“Damn Shibbz. I'm sorry.” Izzy said opening his arms for a hug.
“Nope...I don't want a hug. I don't need a hug. I'm fine.” Shelby said standing up.
“You sure?” Izzy asked as Sasha, Chanel and Liz walked into the living room.
“Why wouldn't I be fine? It's not like the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Lulu or anything? Not like Bre just gave him the one fucking thing I couldn't.” Shelby said taking off her engagement ring.
“Shibbz, everything will be fine.” Nellz said walking over to her.
“No it won't! Nothing is going to be fine!” Shelby yelled as Bre walked to the top of the steps.
“Shibbz.” Izzy said looking up at Bre.
“Oh, did you come to tell me that you're having Lulu's baby? Newsflash I already know! And you weren't the one to fucking tell me!” Shelby yelled staring at Bre.
“I didn't know how to tell you Shel.”
“Is there a certain way you tell your Twinn that you're having a baby with her fiance? Is there? Because that sure as hell would be news to me.”
“Shel you're over reacting. I want nothing to do with Lulu.” Bre said walking down the steps.
“You should have thought of that before you fucked him Briana!” Shelby yelled as Lulu walked out of the room.
“I want nothing to do with me. I told Dan that he was the father of my baby.”
“Then consider yourself lucky that I hate him. Or I swear to God I would have told him Bre.”
“Shelby you wouldn't do that.” Sasha said.
“Yes I fucking would. She ruined my life! I hope she burns!” Shelby said, showing no emotion.
“I love you.” Lulu said walking up to Shelby.
“I can't be with you.”
“I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you Shelby Mary Shipley.” Lulu said kissing Shelby, as Liz, Sasha and Chanel smiled.
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