What Is Life? [Finished]

Chapter 22

Everyone sat in the car silently. Shawn drove as Bri, Bry and Jamal sat in the backseat in that order. Bri would glance over at Jamal every now and then and she knew her dad was glancing at her through the rearview.

Bri's first kiss didn't go all the way as planned. A simple game of truth and dare was what Shawn caught the end of. 

Bri would look down at her hand majority of the ride. They arrived at Jamal's house and he undid his seatbelt.

"Thanks for the ride Mr. Carter." He said.

"Yeah." Shawn said nonchalantly. 

Jamal glanced at Bri smiling and she smiled as he got out. Her smile faded when she noticed Shawn looking at her through the rearview. She went back down to looking at her hands.

Shawn drove home.

"Why we so quiet?" Bry asked.

"Because we're being quiet." Shawn said.

"I know that but-"

"Bryan." Shawn said glancing in the rearview mirror.

After that Bry shut up and stayed quiet for the rest of the ride. They finally got home and Bry was the first one to go upstairs. Bri was half way up and still knew her dad was in the foyer.

"Dad." She called out.

"Yeah." Shawn said.

She came back down about three steps to actually see his face.

"Are you gonna tell ma?" She asked nervously.

She knew she could smooth this over with Shawn. Explain everything, say daddy a few times and everything would be fine but with Beyoncé she may need Jesus to come back and start snatching souls.

"No." He said and she exhaled. "You will."

Bri stood there with a blank expression and the nerves she thought left her body came right back.

"Go upstairs. We'll talk later." He said and started walking towards the living room.

Bri frowned and went towards her room. She laid down and her phone went off.

From:Jamal🏀🏆

Sorry if I got you in trouble 😔

To:Jamal🏀🏆

It's okay, it was worth it. 😊 but they might take my phone or something so pray for me 😫🙏

From: Jamal🏀🏆

🙏

Bri ended up putting her phone on her night stand and laying down while sleep overtook her body.

Shawn sat in the living room trying to finish watching the game but he just kept replaying what he saw in his head. He tried to keep in mind that Bri was fourteen and he knew the boys were coming but she just turned fourteen. He felt he kept his composure well enough. He didn't know what to say to her so he opted out waiting for Bey to get home.

Beyoncé had finally got home and hour later. She walked in with a sleeping Blue. She heard the TV in the living room and expected to see Shawn and the kids but only saw Shawn and he looked spaced out.

"Shawn." Beyoncé said walking into the room.

Shawn snapped out of it and looked over at her.

"Hey babe." He said as she sat down.

"Hey." She said as they shared a kiss. "Where are the kids?"

Shawn picked up Blue and laid her on his shoulder.