| "OVERHEARD" Part 2 |
Author: CBW1986
DISCLAIMER: Story material is not based on actual events and all content (with the exception of character names) is completely fictional, as a result of creative story telling for recreational purposes only. All story material is copyrighted and all rights are reserved to the original creator.
(Tyler's point of view:) I've called Briana about 6 times now and she wasn't answering. I know she has a busy career just as I do and it's normal not to answer the phone right away, but the last two times she's sent me straight to voicemail, and did I leave one? Hell no! Because that right there, has nothing to do with a busy career...that right there, was personal. I was getting more and more pissed by the minute. The bomb that was just dropped on me got me so upset, that I cancelled my last meeting. There was no doubt in my mind that the child Briana had carried was ours. It was written all over David and Tam's faces when they were in here earlier. And now, I have so many questions --- Why didn't she tell me...? Why would she keep something like that from me...? And the nagging question that was bothering me the most was: Did she really have a miscarriage or did she get an abortion...? I may be being a little insensitive, but when you think you know everything about a person, when they keep something from you, it makes you feel...well...betrayed. Especially when that person says they love you. I called her one more time and the phone just rang and rang. I decided to text to her 'WE NEED 2 TALK'. I wait for her to text me back, but I doubt that would be anytime soon, and that just poses more questions --- Why is she hiding? What is she hiding...? Her not getting back to me, just gives me more time to think. More time to calm down. Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions too fast. I just need to know what's going on because now, all of a sudden, I feel sick to my stomach in anticipation to find out what really happened.
LATER THAT NIGHT...
Briana finally returned Tyler's call only to inform him that she had been performing in Virginia Beach and didn't know when the next time she would see him to talk to him. Tyler told her that it was very important for them to talk as soon as possible, so he told her to go to the airport, and he would handle the ticket. Tyler flew Briana down to Atlanta, had a car pick her up from the airport to drive her to his house. Briana soon found herself in Tyler's home study fighting a battle that was 3 years coming...
TYLER : "Why didn't you tell me?" (glaring across the room at Briana)
BRIANA : (looking down, quitely says) "I tried..."
TYLER : "You didn't try hard enough."
BRIANA : (looking up at Tyler) "The day I tried to tell you, we got in a big argument ---"
TYLER : "So what about the next day? Or the next day after that? Or even the next day after that?" (making big sweeping gestures with his hands)
BRIANA : "I was so stressed over whether or not I should tell you ---"
TYLER : "You had to think about telling me? That's not something you think about. I don't care what happened, you shoulda told me!" (raising his voice)
BRIANA : "Look, Tyler. I had a miscarriage before I could even get a chance to tell you or even except the fact that I was pregnant.
TYLER : "Really, Briana?" (acusation in his voice, getting really serious, crosses his arms across his chest) "Did you really have a miscarriage or is that just something you're telling everybody?"
BRIANA : (offended asks) "What the hell is that supposed to mean? What are you tryna say?" (raising her voice)
TYLER : "It's just really covienent that you ---"
BRIANA : "Are you tryna say that I had an abortion?"
TYLER : (very serious, looking Briana straight in the face) "Did you?"
BRIANA : (yelling) "Oh, my God! No, I didnt! I can't believe you would even think that!" (tears begin to form in her eyes)
TYLER : (yells) "Just like I can't believe you ain't tell me!"
BRIANA : "Tyler, I didn't tell you because right before I found out I was pregnant, you told me you didn't want to be in a relationship with me. You didn't want to get married ---"
TYLER : "And that's what makes me think ---"
BRIANA : "Think what?! That I got an abortion outta spite? Are you serious? (wipes the tears droping on her face)
TYLER : "Briana, I'm just not sure what to think at this point. (lowering his voice, but crosses he arms across his chest again)
BRIANA : "Well, you don't hafta be sure...I'm sure. I cannot believe you ---"
TYLER : "And neither can I."
BRIANA : "What do you want me to do? Apologize? (raising her voice again)
TYLER : "Well, Briana...I feel that you ---"
BRIANA : (sarcastically asks) "You feel? Feel what? Don't tell me about 'how you feel."
TYLER : "Briana, I still don't understant why you didn't tell me you were pregnant with my child in the first place.
BRIANA : "Tyler, if I told you I was pregnant after you told me you didn't want to be with me, then you would have thought that I was tryna keep you with a baby or trap you...
TYLER : "No, I wouldn't have."
BRIANA : "Yes, you would have."
TYLER : (raising his voice) "Briana, you don't know what I would have done! (moving closer to Briana) "You didn't even give me a chance!" (now yelling) "I ASKED you to carry my child..!"
BRIANA: (crying) "I was scared, Tyler. And stressed out. I lost it before i could tell you..."
TYLER : (sits down on the couch, clasps his hands together, hangs his head and shakes it) "IT."
BRIANA : "What?"
TYLER : (quietly says) "It's like you don't even care..."
BRIANA : "Like I don't care?" (repeating in disbelief as if she didn't hear correctly)
TYLER : "Yeah..." (pause) "Like you don't care." (says firmly)
BRIANA : (looks at Tyler as if he's speaking a foriegn language) "I DO care! I care so much that I was going to give you a child. I was going to give you what YOU wanted, even though you wouldn't give me what I wanted!" (raising her voice)
(silence between both of them. Briana dries her eyes and tries to get herself together)
BRIANA : (sighs a tired sigh) "Look, Tyler. It seems to me that you're still sitting there thinking that I had an abortion or that I just purposely had a miscarriage ---" (Tyler shakes his head and rolls his eyes at Briana's sarcastic remark) "But at this point, I don't care what you think ---"
TYLER : "Obviously not..."
BRIANA: (raising her voice) "Look! You're not gon' sit up here and make me feel guilty about anything!
TYLER : (looking at Briana) "Why would you feeel guilty if you didn't do anything to feel guilty for?
BRIANA : "It's like you're accusing me, Tyler. Of something I did wrong. The way you're sitting...the way you're looking at me like you depise me..."
TYLER : (very calmly and slowly says) "Briana, I feel betrayed." (tears in his eyes) "You could have told me. Given me that at least..."
(Briana cries fresh tears and Tyler sits in silence, both remorseful over the situation. Where do they go from here?)
To Be Continued...
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