Devine

14

My phone rang waking me up. "Shit." I look around. Where am I? Curtis turned around. He opened his eyes. I grabbed my phone. "Hello?"

"Why you ain't home yet?"

"Let a bitch wake up first."

"Did you have a long night?"

"Not really."

"You want some breakfast?"

"Mh."

"Alright." He kissed me and I smiled. "Thank you for kissing on the phone."

"Shut up. I hope you didn't have my kids up all night."

"You're no fun. Like you don't let your kids do nothing."

"My kids are six and seven. All they need to do is read, color, watch cartoons, eat chicken nuggets and sleep, and got to school too. That's all."

"Ugh. But I let them watch movies and eat ice cream all night."

"Why would you do that?"

"Yeah it was a bad idea cause Demi got sick in the middle of the night."

"Really? I almost don't wanna let you babysit."

"Anyways how was your date?"

"It was good."

"How was dinner?"

"A little disappointed. He didn't cook but it was still good. We watched movies after and kissed a lot. It was nice.x

"He didn't cook? What did you eat?"

"It's crazy cause he has maids and chefs and guards and stuff."

"Damn. And what his house look like?"

"Like a palace but smaller."

"I can't wait til y'all get married and I go over a babysit."

"You love getting ahead of yourself don't you?"

"Mh." She got quiet. "Yeah I'm talking to yo mama girl. Say hey."

"Hi mommy."

"Hey sweetie. I'll be home soon."

"No she won't. She'll be getting some-."

"Stay home next Friday Layla."

"I'm kidding for real."

"Anyway. I'll be home soon sweetie, after I eat."

"Okay."

"Girl so you and Curtis didn't have sex?"

"No. I fell asleep like at nine. I don't think he was planning to anyway.x

"How do you know?"

"We're not even that close yet."

"Mh. Well hurry up I gotta go somewhere at twelve.x

"I'll be home before then." She hung up. I need to get up and take my pills.
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He came in. "Here you go.x

"Thanks." He sat down. "I hate that you have to go. I feel like I need more time with you."

"I feel the same way but I have a family at home." He looked sadly at me. "I feel like I barely get to see you. Maybe what once every two weeks?"

"It'll change. Don't worry."

"I hope so."
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"I'll see you next week."

"Okay." He hugged me. It lasted a while. "Curtis?" He finally let go. "Can you come back to my place?"

"No Curtis." I smile. "Next week."

"How can I make you stay?"

"You can't." He pulled me to a kiss. I push him away before this goes on forever. "I need to get inside."

"You wanna go to Walmart?"

"Bye Curtis."

"Bye I guess." I go inside. "Why y'all been out there forever?"

"I finally have a dude that's obsessed with me."

"You think that's good?"

"I don't need a lecture Layla, you have somewhere to go."

"Okay now." I go to my girl's room. "Hey guys.x

"Mommy!" They hugged me and started telling me random stuff. "Let's go to the park. I think you guys need to be outside."
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A few weeks later
I'm passed due. Joshua doesn't want to come out. This is really bad because I'm so ready to not be pregnant. I'm on this exercise ball for like a hour or more everyday. "Hey girl. You can't call people?"

"Don't distract me."

"What are you doing?"

"I was supposed to have the baby a few days ago." She sat on the bed. "Stop it."

"What?"

"Stop it. You're stressing yourself. You're gonna hurt him."

"I just want him out."

"Then do something else. Let's go on a walk."

"I guess."

"Put some shoes on I'll get shoes on the girls."

"Okay." You need to be out of me boy. I put my shoes on. Someone rang the doorbell and Demi yelled like she always does. God...I go downstairs and open it. "Hey."

"Hi. What are you doing here?"

"We haven't talked since our second date so I was wondering if you were okay."

"I'm fine. My baby is taking his precious time in there."

"Oh yeah. Well whenever you want to, we should go out. Maybe for drinks or something."

"Definitely but it'll take a while."

"That's not a problem for me." I felt a pop. "You okay?"

"He's coming." He looked on the floor. "Oh my God. What do we do?"

"Layla! You gotta take me to the hospital.*

"Me?"

"Yes!"

"What happened?"

"Joshua's coming. Bring the girls."

"Okay. You better be careful with my best friend."

"I will. Come on."
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I had to skip bc I always make it awkward

"Finally. I was so ready to see my little nephew." She caressed his face. "Look just like his cute bum ass dad." She laughed. "I can't wait til the girls see him."

"Where yo man at?"

"He had something to do."

"That dude kinda sketchy."

"He doesn't seem sketchy to me."

"You don't even know why he got all that money, why his parents so in his life, and what he meant by there's more to him than you think."

"Maybe he doesn't want to tell me everything."

"Whatever girl. He's definitely something other than a teacher.x

"It doesn't matter. He's rich and sweet and he really likes me. I don't care about anything else."

"Okay. As long as your happy bestie."