Love Notes

28- Trials

At the end of October Michelle was summoned to the court by the state of North Carolina to testify in Amour's upcoming trial. Even though Michelle's assault happened about a year and a half ago, the state was behind on trying cases and it took them all that time to get to Amour's case. Today would be the day that she'd have to face Amour in court. Michelle hadn't seen the woman since the day she attacked her at the church. Did she want to see her? No, not really, but she knew there was no other way to put Amour behind bars where she belonged. Amour deserved to be in prison. Michelle was a little empathetic towards Amour's son but Amour's own choices put her in this predicament. Amour chose to stalk and attack Michelle, she didn't have to but she did. Michelle had long forgiven Amour but she would never forget.

This whole trial thing had Beyoncé stressing out a little because she didn't want it to stress Michelle. Stress wasn't good for her or the baby. Michelle's belly was beginning to poke out a little, if you looked hard enough you would see the slight curve to it indicating her pregnancy. Kaleb had almost slipped and told Auntie but he caught himself and played it off really well as his homeroom teacher was also pregnant but was due in early February. Beyoncé had gone into protective Wife/Mama bear mode and was doing everything she could to keep Michelle in a calm and peaceful state. Michelle had been working but had decided to cut back some of her commitments to the school. So she limited herself to one extracurricular activity that wasn't stressful at all, yearbook. She enjoyed putting her artistic skills to use helping the 5th graders in the school create their own yearbook. She was thankful that everything was digital.

Michelle woke up with a nervous stomach full of butterflies along with feeling nauseous. She hadn't been throwing up much since she began drinking ginger tea everyday; it helped to settle her stomach. She was up early and did her morning routine before going to cook breakfast for herself and her wife. Beyoncé had heard her wife stirring but decided to sleep in a little because usually she was the one up early. After hearing Michelle leave the room she opened her eyes to the early morning sun beaming into their bedroom. She got out of bed, made sure what she wanted to wear was still hanging nicely in the closet. What she had pulled out last night was good, she decided, then headed into the bathroom to complete her morning routine. It took her about twenty minutes to shower and get dressed. Going downstairs she joined her wife in the kitchen.

"Good morning Babe, how are you guys?"

"We are doing good. I'm more nervous than anything."

"I'm glad your feeling alright and being nervous is to be expected."

"I know but I can't help feeling that way."

"It's okay to feel like that. I just don't want you to be too overwhelmed and if you begin to feel that way let me know."

It had been a long time since Michelle had even thought about Amour, and receiving the phone call and court summon asking her to testify had caused her to have a panic attack. That was the main reason Beyoncé was so overprotective of her wife. She didn't want her to have another panic attack or feel like she couldn't tell the court what Amour had done to her.

The couple sat down to breakfast together that consisted of bacon, sausage, eggs and grits. Michelle put hot peppers and then jelly on her eggs and Beyoncé wanted to gag. It was so nasty to her but Michelle and the baby loved it. Beyoncé was filled with such warmth every time she thought about Michelle having their baby. The kids were at Solange's house because Michelle and Beyoncé had to be at the courthouse early. Solange would take the kids to school. The family of four was super excited and couldn't wait to share the news with everyone else. Tina and Auntie had their suspicions but neither had confirmed nor asked if Michelle was pregnant. Michelle was super careful about what she did and ate when her Ma and Tina were around. The only obvious sign that she was pregnant was how clingy she got with Beyoncé. She always wanted to be around her wife and if she went too far she'd be calling her to see where she was. Solange had no clue, Mekhi was coming up on a year old and he had recently started walking. He was only ten months old but he got up one day and took a few steps. Then the next day he did again and he kept walking after that. He was quite the character and everyone loved him.