The Wife

Chapter 20: Come Home

Beyoncé.

It's been a couple weeks since the whole Daniel thing and Solange is not doing great. She's scared and stressed all the time and the same goes for Kelly. I basically have been over there 24/7. I could officially move back in but Kelly insisted that they'll be okay and knowing Kelly. It's definitely not gonna be okay.

I put Faith gently in her crib. I was over yet again to check up on everyone one.

I met up with Kelly in the living room, she had her head in her hands covering her face. I tried to make out her body language.

"Baby?"

She put her hands down obviously startled by my presence.

"Oh hey, Faith asleep?" She asked I knew she was gonna act like she was fine. It was her specialty.

"Yeah. She's out" I said walking over to the couch and sitting down on the other side.

"Good"

"You okay?" I feel like I'm always asking her that.

"Yeah I'm fine"

"You sure?" I pushed. If we were gonna make this work she needed to talk to me. She's knows I'm not gonna judge her or think less of her.

"Yes Bey"

"Okay, I'm just making sure. I know how you are sometimes"

She looked me slightly offended. " What's that supposed to mean?"

"I'm just saying that I know how you are when your stressed"

"I'm fine Bey, how many times do I have to make that clear! I'm okay! Daniel didn't even hurt me! And you don't need to come in and save the day. Because there's nothing to fix! I'll be fine, damn!"  She said her voice slightly shaking.

"Kelly that's not what-"

"I'm done talking about this Beyoncé I'm not kidding"  she got up to start to walk away but I grabbed her wrist.

"Baby, just talk to me, we're supposed to working on our communication and I know something is wrong. So talk to me" I pleaded. I didn't know how to say that I needed her to open up. We promised we wouldn't shut each other out anymore.

She sighed heavily and hit her lip. " I'm scared Beyoncé" she admitted letting a tear fall down her cheeks. I grabbed her hand and led her to sit next to me on the couch.

"I'm scared of everything lately. I'm supposed to be strong, strong for this family, strong for our daughter, but I've never felt so weak in my life" she cried, I put my arm around her and pulled her closer to me.

"Baby your not weak your the strongest person I know" I say speaking to her softly. She put her head in the nape of my neck.

"I'm supposed to protect us Bey, and I almost couldn't do it!!" she cried into my neck.

"Shh, it's alright, let it all baby" I hushed her. That's when I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. It was solo who looked like she had just woken up.

"Hey" she said as she rubbed her eyes. It's literally 1:30 in the afternoon. "What's going on?"

Kelly lifted her head and looked over at Solange with tear filled eyes.

"I'm alright" Kelly said barely over a whisper.

"Bey was just stopping by to see Faith" Kelly said speaking more clearly this time. Kelly and I let go of each other and I stood up.

" I better get going, my shift starts in an hour"I say breaking the awkwardness. Had they even talked about the Daniel situation at all?

"Are you coming back later?" Solo asked.

I looked back at Kelly who was wiping her eyes.

"Yes" Kelly answered. I smiled internally.

"Alright well I'll see you two tonight for dinner then" I said as got my stuff on and got ready to leave.

Later that night.

Beyoncé.

After my shift it was around 10:00 at night. It was way past dinner but I still wanted to see Faith.

I rang the doorbell. I could see from window that the living room light was still on so someone was awake.

The door opened and it was Kelly.

"Hey" she said stepping aside to let me in. I walked in and took off my jacket.

"Hey, sorry about dinner, I should've called or texted"

"Bey it's fine" she reassured me. She seemed different.

"Is faith still awake?" I asked knowing the answer was probably no.

"No she's been asleep since 8, hopefully she sleeps all night"

"Oh well uh then I better get going sorry about all this" I said awkwardly putting my jacket back on. Kelly didn't say anything back so I started back towards the door. Well this whole trip was pointless but maybe I could ask for one more thing.

I turned towards Kelly, "baby?" I asked taking her hands into mine.

"Yeah?" She asked as she raised one eyebrow.

"Can I please come back home? I know you said you don't think we're ready for this but I need to be with you, all of you. Kelly I don't want to spend another day waking up alone, I need you and I want to be with you and live together again"

"Beyoncé I-"

I got down on my knees. Was I really about to beg right now? Absolutely!

"Kelly please, let me come home"

"Beyoncé Giselle Knowles stand up right now!"

I instantly stood up. "Kelly I just-"

"Get in here" she pulled me into the house and shut the door behind her.

"Look if your not ready then I won't but it's entirely up to you"

"Beyoncé"

"I don't wanna rush this, but I can't take this anymore, I'm ready! I'm ready for anything if it means that we can go back to the way it was, I'll do whatever it takes—"

"Beyoncé shut up" she snapped. I closed my mouth shut before I could say anything else. She pulled me towards her our foreheads touching. I wrapped my arms around her waist.

"Kelly please-" I begged as she leaned in and kissed me. I don't even remember the last time she kissed me like this.

"I want you to come home to baby" she said into my ear as she wrapped she around my neck, I don't think we could get any closer. She kissed my neck and I about melted into her kiss.

"You just gotta do one thing for me first" she quipped Letting go of me.

"What?" I asked confused.

She gave me a smirk as she grabbed my hands, I followed her to the stairs.

"You gotta do something for me first"

I knew exactly where this was going.