Love Notes

23- Bows or Ties?

"How much longer do we have to wait Solo?" Beyoncé asked for the twentieth time since being in the room.

"A few more minutes BB."

"Okay." She responded with a dramatic sigh.

Five minutes later the doctor knocked on the door and entered the room. Beyoncé was looking at the woman, she was attractive but in her eyes nobody compared to her baby Chelle. The doctor asked Solange a series of questions as she always did. The nurse had already taken Solange's weight, blood pressure and pulse ox. Which led the doctor to get right down to business, but before the doctor could get fully started Solange's phone rang with a FaceTime from her husband James. He was excited to be able to call and share this moment with her. Today they would finally be finding out the gender of the baby. Every time they had tried before the baby wasn't cooperating, they hoped today that he or she would.

Solange smiled into the phone at her husband that she missed so much. She was saddened at the fact that he wouldn't be home for the birth of their first child. He was serving their country proudly and Solange was okay with that.

"Hey honey do you want a boy or girl?"

"I do care as long as they are healthy."

"I want a little girl."

When Beyoncé heard this she was a little surprised most men wanted little boys to play sports with, not have tea parties.

"Ba-bee, you are the only man that I've heard ever say that."

"It happens every now and then," the doctor chimed in.

As the couple talked a little bit the doctor prepared Solange for the ultrasound. She placed the cold gel on Solange's belly and began to rub it around. The doctor checked over the baby and took the measurements and approximate weight before asking everyone if they were ready to find out what they baby was. When she told them all, Solange and Beyoncé both shed a few tears. It was a special moment that Solange was grateful her husband got to share.

Leaving the doctor's office the two women headed to Olive Garden for lunch with their mother. Beyoncé had finally gotten Tina a car, a Lexus SUV that was custom painted black with red striping and black rims. Tina insisted she didn't need all that but Beyoncé wanted her mother to be riding in style. The drive to Olive Garden was short and Beyoncé and Solange were so excited about the baby's gender. It was going to be hard to keep it from Tina, so they came up with a plan to tell her that the baby still refused to cooperate. That would be the only way that they could keep it from her until Solange's gender reveal on Saturday. Parking the car and entering the restaurant Tina was already sitting at a table waiting for them.

"Good afternoon daughters. How are you? Do we know what my grandbaby is yet?"

"Hey mom, how are you today?" Beyoncé responded.

"Hello mom. Can I sit down before I answer your questions?" Solange smiled.

"Sure, I'm sorry honey."

Beyoncé and Solange sat down in the chairs cross from their mother.

"So tell me what my grandbaby is so I can start shopping and stop buying gender neutral stuff."

"Well mom you're going to have to wait a little while longer. Your grandbaby still refuses to cooperate with the doctor."

"Oh my goodness that kind of reminds me of my pregnancy with you. We didn't know what you were until I had you. You were so stubborn and still are."

"I am not."

"Uh yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with Mom on this one Solo."

"Forget yall, I am not stubborn."