February 20 th 1991,
After Christmas and new years the things at the bakery slowed down for Jaz, the next big orders would be for mother's day in May since Jaz still kept her tradition of skipping valentines day or as some customers call it 'Happy singles day' as a holiday at her bakery , then the summer weddings season began, graduation parties, July 4th and more summer weddings and back to school treats until the holiday season began again
Now she was six months into her pregnancy her growing bump started to get a little in the way for her, bending down to pick up something she dropped no longer was a option for her, which frustrated her and made her eat a bowl of ice-cream followed by some pickles, to break down the fats in the ice-cream and to satisfy her craving for pickles too
She also began her pregnancy leave from the bakery since it was nearly impossible for her to function at the bakery with so many sweet and salty snacks around all day plus she nearly bumped her bump into one of the ovens and that made her decide to stay home for the remainder of her pregnancy too
Michael made sure he was at home at reasonable hours too, he didn't want Jasmine to have to deal with the girls all by herself the minute they were home from school, her pregnancy is tiring enough for her he figured
"Where are they?" Ricky asked Michael who was in the kitchen making some tea
"I already called the school, they're not feeling well, a slight fever and they're coughing a little, flue season you know?" Michael answered "Oh and Jaz is the same, I already called a doctor and she said all three of them should be feeling better in a few days to a week, if not I should call her again" He added and placed three tea mugs on a tray with some toast too
"Can I do something to help?" Ricky asked
"You can call the studio and tell them I'm not coming and you could tell Frank to cancel any meetings this week, my girls are more important to me, all three, possibly four of them" Michael replied
"Alright, well If you need me here to help with the girls just let me know" Ricky mentioned
"I will, thank you, for now you can enjoy your day off" Michael replied
"Ok, I hope they all will feel better soon" Ricky mentioned and made his way back to his bungalow, seeing the laundry basket was full and Al left his wet towel and washcloth on the bathroom floor before he left for work "I guess it's my turn to do laundry" He sighed and began sorting the laundry
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Later that day,
While Jasmine, Angel and Nicole were asleep, both girls on each side of Jasmine, Michael was doing the dishes from their tea and food earlier
"Um is Ricky here?" Al asked joining Michael in the kitchen
"No, why?" Michael asked him
"Because he kind of stormed off after I told him something because it's kind of a month after the time he gave me" Al mentioned vaguely
"A month after what? What are you talking about?" Michael questioned him
"Well um.. Remember we were looking for a surrogate, well we um found one and both her and we decided to go the old fashioned way first before going trough IVF with all it's included hormones and stuff, well Ricky said we had three months to get pregnant but that agreement ended last month but she said 'Please just one more time, I have a feeling this time we will be lucky' so we tried one last time two weeks ago, early February, not late January and it worked so I was super excited to tell Ricky but all he said was 'I told you you have three months until I'd consider it cheating and you know what I said about that, I hope you will be happy with her' and then he stormed off" Al explained
"Looks like the donor womb caught feelings for you and tried to get you away from him" Michael replied shrugging his shoulders, not really in the mood for all thar drama, he's got his own girls to care for, they're actually needing him with their flue, he hopes it won't do the baby any harm
"No Janet would ne-" Al gasped
"Wait Janet? As in my little sister Janet? I thought I told y'all that was a bad idea" Michael replied and gave him a look that would have killed him if looks could kill "So you knocked up my little sister? For real? And obviously you've no intension to marry her" He began with the same ice cold glare at Alejandro who visibly shook, he realized his mistake of so casually telling him about the fact he did impregnate his little sister
"But I... Please don't kill me I'm about to become a dad" Al replied while he ducked, expecting to be beat until he was nothing but a pool of blood
"You're that scared?" Michael asked, raising his brow at him
"Y-yes" Al answered, he didn't even dare to look at him
"I'm not going to kill you" Michael told him
"Oh, thank you so much" Al sniffed and got up from the floor to hug him "Thank you so much for not killing me" He continued
"Dude seriously?" Michael shook his head at him
"Sorry" Al replied and stepped back "Do you know where I can find the love of my life?" He asked
"Take a horse from the barn and ride till the far end of the property, he's probably there, I mean it's where I found him last time he got out of a relationship because he caught the guy cheating on him" Michael mentioned
"Oh fuck why am I such a fool" Al gasped and ran off
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Butterflies
FanfictionJasmine is a single mom Michael is a single dad Her husband divorced her before the baby was born His wife died while giving birth to their daughter Michael meets Jasmine a single mother and the mother of his daughter's best friend Jasmine fina...
