It’s Complicated (Part 9)
Trevante Rhodes x Reader
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A/N: I know its been a minute since i posted the last chapter so you might have to reread it to catch up. There’s a time jump (2 years) and flashbacks (the bold words) but hopefully ya’ll like it. Also i was thinking about doing another chapter instead of this one being the last one I don’t know yet.
You laid in bed exhausted not wanting to get up so you laid the staring at the ceiling. A few moments later you heard little footsteps running to your room. Suddenly Kayla jumps in the bed snapping you out of your thoughts.
“Mommy wake up my recital is today.” She says jumping on the bed.
“I’m up! I’m up!” You tell her. “We still have a few hours before we have to leave. So how about we eat breakfast then I can take you to get your hair and nails done so you can look extra pretty.”
You get out of bed and prepare for the day as you and Kayla leave to get breakfast. After breakfast the two of you go to the nail salon. As you walk in Kayla ran straight to the shelves of nail polish as you talked to the receptionist.
“What color do you want.” You ask walking up to her.
“I don’t know there are so many colors.”
“How about pink or red or blue.”
“I want pink with glitter.”
“Okay pink with glitter it is.”
As you waited for Kayla you get a call from Trevante.
“Hey wassup” You answer.
“Hey! What are you up to?”
“Nothing much at the nail salon with Kayla getting her ready for this ballet recital.”
“Yeah so about that-”
“What?”
“Something happened at work so I’m gonna be here a little later than I intended.”
“Oh okay well that’s fine. Are you gonna be able to make it to the party after?”
“I should be but if not I’ll let you know. I’m sorry tell Kay I’m sorry too and I’ll see her later.”
You hung up the phone and watched as your daughter sat and talked to the nail tech about her recital.
After spending a couple of hours at the hair and nail salon you and Kayla make your way back home to finish getting ready. As you drove home you talked to her about being excited and and how she’s gonna be amazing. You were getting ready to say something when Kayla interrupted you.
“Is daddy coming tonight?”
“Ummm no he’s not he had to work so he might not be able to make it.” You tell her as you glance in the the rear view mirror and back at the road.
Other than the music playing in the reading the car ride became silent. You instantly knew that Kayla was upset about Tre not coming to her recital.
“Listen daddy told me to tell you he was sorry and that he’s gonna try his best to make it.” You said as Kayla remained silent the rest of the car ride home.
You sat in the audience at the recital waiting for it to start. Watching as people made their way to their seats. Moments later the curtains open and the ballet began your eyes immediately went to Kayla and you smiled as you watched her perform. Once it was over everyone stood and applauded as the dancers bowed and walked off the stage.
A few minutes later you and Kayla were reunited as you hugged her and complimented her you turned to walk out Kayla let go of your hand and started running.
“Daddy.” She said running towards Trevante.
“Hey baby girl.”
“Hey!” You said walking up to them.
Trevante handed Kayla a bouquet of flowers as the three of you walked to your car. You got into the car as Trevante helped Kayla in and went back to his car. When you got home you started setting up for Kayla’s party that you were throwing for the other dancers from the recital. As you did the decorations Trevante picked up some food.
You and Roman sat in your bedroom for hours talking about everything that happened and what you were gonna do.
“I love you Y/N. I do but the fact that you lied to me after all these years.”
“I didn’t lie to you Roman.”
“Yeah you’re right. You didn’t lie you just failed to mention that you’re bosses fiancé is Kayla’s dad.”
“I know I should’ve told you but everything was going great with you and me and I didn’t wanna jeopardize my job.” You stopped. “Look I take the blame for everything that’s happened I’m sorry but can we at least try to work this out.”
“At this point I think we should take some time and think about what we’re gonna do next.” Roman said as he sat next to you.
“How long is ‘some time’. Is it a few days, weeks, months or are we done for good?” You asked.
“I don’t know we’ll just have to see what happens.”
You sat on the bed crying as Roman packed some of his things and left.
You hadn’t been back to work since the incident so you were surprised that Ava called you.
“Hello.” You answer.
“Hey Y/N. Umm do you have a minute so we can talk it’s kinda important.”
“Yeah sure. What’s wrong?”
“I just wanted to let you know that I’m leaving the company.”
You sat quietly and began to speak but Ava interrupted.
“It’s not what you probably think, I’m not leaving because of what happened. I actually had been planning to leave for a while.”
“Oh.” Was all you could say before Ava continued.
“I’m taking a job in New York so next week will be my last week here and then I’m off to New York.”
“That’s amazing Ava! Congrats!”
“Thank you! But before I leave I wanted to ask if you’d wanna take over for me. I feel you’re one of the few people here that gives a fuck about your job and knows how to get shit done.”
“Oh my God Ava! I honestly don’t know what to say.”
“You don’t have to answer or even accept the offer, I just wanted to ask you so you would have time to think it over.”
“Yeah I’ll need some time to think about it and I’ll call you when I have an answer.”
“Okay I guess I’ll talk to you later then. Also Y/N I know it’s not my place to say this but I think you should try to talk thinks out with Tre. He’s probably the last person you wanna talk to but you two have a daughter together and I think he needs to be in her life. And considering that we’re getting a divorce he’ll still be in LA so you don’t have to worry about long distance.”
“Ava I’m so sorry.”
“No don’t be honestly it’s for the best. But please take what I said into consideration. The job and Tre being in Kayla’s life. And if you haven’t already call Roman I talked to him yesterday and I think you two need to work things out. At least one of us should get a happy ending out of all this.”
“Thanks Ava, I will.”
During the party you watched as Kayla played with her friends and as the adults talked. You went to the kitchen to grab some food when you felt someone come up behind you.
“How are my girls?” The familiar voice said as he put his hands around your waist.
You turned around to meet Roman’s eyes.
“We’re doing fine. I though you weren’t coming back home for a couple of days.” You say kissing him again.
“Yeah I know but I missed my wife so I’m back now. I can always go back to Georgia to see my family plus you’re close to your due date and I don’t wanna miss that.” Roman says rubbing your stomach.
Trevante and Kayla make their way into the kitchen as you and Roman were talking.
“What’s up Rome!” Trevante says as he grabs something to drink.
“What’s up.” Roman says as he makes his way to Kayla to give her a hug.
“You look beautiful Kay! Here I have something for you.” He hands her a small box and watched as she opened it.
“What is it?” You asked.
“A charm bracelet with ballet shoes and and ballerina.” Kayla says looking at the charms. “Thank you Roman.” She says hugging him again.
She hands you the box as she goes back outside to play as Trevante follows behind leaving you and Roman to talk.
“That girl is a handful.” You laugh.
“And in a few weeks we’re gonna have two.” Roman says smiling.
“If this one is anything like her we’re really gonna have our hands full.”