Flirtation III --Consequences

Hers

He always believes
Everything that I say,
So I knew
That it wouldn't be different today.

I told him I was late
Due to a childhood friend of mine,
That while she and I were catching up,
We just lost track of time.

He said that he had called me
And had gotten my voice mail,
I said that must have been the time
My friend borrowed my cell.

I felt real bad for lying,
But what was I supposed to say?
It ain't easy to walk into the house,
And say, 'I fucked someone else today.'

The next morning when he left for work,
He simply said, 'Goodbye.'
No kiss, no hug, no eye contact.
Did he know about my lie?

I fixed us a nice candlelit dinner.
He ate a ham sandwich in the den.
He said he didn't want anything I fixed,
Cause he didn't know where my hands had been."

I asked him what he meant by that,
And why he was being so cold,
He said that he'd never treated me,
Like anything less than gold.

He said that against his family's wishes,
He stood and made me his spouse,
And that he worked his ass off in overtime,
To keep us in this house.

He trusted me to go out with my friends,
To have a little fun,
And he figured I danced and flirted a little,
But he didn't think I'd screw anyone.

He asked if I remembered his cousin,
The one who just got out of jail,
"Well, guess where he's working now baby,
Yeah, that's right, the motel!"

"He called when he saw you get outta car,
With a dude that wasn't me.
Remember he was on the phone,
When he gave your dude the key?"

He said, "What hurt more than anything,
Was that when we stood eye to eye,
You told me not just one story,
But a second to cover the first lie!"

With that, he told me we were done,
And our relationship was through,
Cause he couldn't spend another day,
With someone who wasn't true.

A few weeks later we began to talk.
A month and a half, we reconciled,
Only to be hit with the realization,
That I'm carrying a child!

His

I got out of the car,
And walked into the house,
Into the furious fury,
Of my hurt, angry spouse.

All of my basketball trophies,
Were smashed up on the floor,
And my expensive new clothes,
Were flying out the front door.

The whole time she was yelling,
That I was out with some trick,
And how my family was less important
To me than my dick.

I told her she was wrong,
That I was out with my boys.
She said she wasn't stupid,
And to quit spoutin' that noise.

She said that in the past,
She had ignored all the signs,
That because she loved my black ass,
She pretended to be blind.

She said since I wasn't worried,
About my family's plight,
I could get the fuck out,
Cause they'd be alright.

That she'd been holding it down,
All the time I was playing,
And since game was what I wanted,
Wasn't no sense in me staying.

So, I pleaded my case,
And kept trying to deny,
That I did what was hurting her,
And making her cry.

But she wasn't trying to hear,
Anything that I said.
She said from that moment forward,
To her, I was dead.

Now, I'm back at my mama's,
Been here for a while.
Gotta wait another weekend,
To spend time with my child.

A once a week daddy,
Is what I'm reduced to.
She said since I was always out playing,
It's what he's been used to.

And while I hate to admit it,
I can't whine and complain,
Cause it was my indiscretion,
That brought me this pain.

And just when I thought,
I'd make it outta this mess,
I got a letter today,
About a paternity test.

So, now I sit here,
A broken man,
The cost I must bear,
For a one night stand.