The Slip Up!

Epilogue

Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, August 28th- 6:58 p.m.
Taylor POV

I walk into the restaurant where I'm meeting my ladies. "Hello, welcome to Perch. Reservations?" I nod my head informing her of the name our reservations were under. She leads me to a private section, but I stop in my tracks as I see my ladies sitting there with Jerrika. Before I can turn around Te'a notices my arrival. "Hey Tee, right on time. Take a seat pa." I hesitantly sit at the round table looking around at each of them. "I know you weren't expecting Jerrika to be here, but we felt that she should be present since we share kids now." I nod understanding her logic.

The waiter comes and takes our drink orders before giving us time to look over the menu. "So, wassup?" I ask, wanting to remove the awkward silence. "You look good Taylor." Jerrika bites her lip staring at me. I don't even give my ladies time to say anything before I'm speaking, "Look Jerrika, don't be disrespectful to my ladies. This ain't that kind of party, they brought you here to be cordial. If you can't respect them and be grown then you can leave now." She looks surprised that I spoke up, but nods her head anyway. "You're right, my apologies Taylor. I didn't mean to be disrespectful, I was just saying." I hum at the bs she was spitting out.

After that the waiter came back with our drinks and we put in our order. "We would like to be cordial with you, Jerrika. We love Jayla like she's our own and we are thankful that you let us spend time with her. We would like to keep getting her every other weekend. Maybe we can even celebrate her birthday together. She mentioned that she wants to go to DisneyLand Animal Kingdom. Maybe we can take the trip as a family." As Normani was talking I could see a shift in Jerrika's demeanor, she was softening up.

"I would actually like that. I'm honestly sorry for everything I've done and the drama I may have caused between you all. It's just that I love her too and my feelings took over. I won't ever cross that line again because I can see how much my daughter loves you all and her being happy is my main concern." After her speech our food is placed in front of us. For the rest of the night we remained cordial, engaging in a nice conversation and making plans for Princess' birthday.
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4 months later, Saturday- 7:53 a.m.
Val d'Isere, France
Taylor POV

I stir awake to a lot of bouncing on the bed, "Wake up ma, it's Christmas." Aspyn's voice makes me groan while rolling over, it's too early for this shit. Small hands grab my face causing me to open my eyes. Nolan is right in my face, mouth spread wide in a grin, "Up ma, presits." I chuckle at his gleeful face, sitting up to stretch. "It's presents baby boy. But okay, let me get up." I correct the now two year old, moving him from on top of me in the process.

I was on tour for the past three months and didn't fly in until late last night. My fiancés thought it would be a good idea to keep me up all night and morning with their sexapades. Yelp, that's right I'm engaged to the three most beautiful women on the planet. A month after they let me back into the house I proposed.

I was tired as hell, but I got up anyway heading to do my morning hygiene routine. Once I finish I follow the voices downstairs where my family is. "Good morning ugly duckling." Zendaya greets, I flip them all off because they just found that shit hilarious. We rented out a cabin for Christmas and had the whole family out here, even Jerrika came. Everyone's parents and siblings were in attendance, it was a true family event.

After our little dinner, my ladies and Jerrika really put effort into being cordial. Now they've started to develop a friendship and I was very happy about it for the sake of our kids. It was good being on great terms with them all, it was always good vibes when we were together.

I barely sat down before the kids started to rip into their gifts. Everybody was satisfied with their Christmas gifts, me included. Once the gifts were all opened and the paper was cleaned up, we moved into the kitchen to have our traditional family breakfast. Our moms cooked and this shit was bussing, deadass. We chill, playing around with the kids and their new toys.

I smile taking in my surroundings, this was the good life and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm glad my one slip up turned out to be a blessing instead of a curse. I gained a daughter and a friend, I also built a stronger bond with my ladies. I wouldn't change a thing if this was the outcome each time.
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Later that night we found ourselves sitting around the campfire making s'mores. We had the music softly playing in the background and the kids were covered in chocolate and marshmallows. "How was your tour bookie?" I roll my eyes at the nickname. "Mommyyyyy, I'm too old for that nickname. Tour was great though, I had a ball." Christian speaks up next, "I saw you jump your crazy ass in the crowd." He laughs and my mommy gasps at the new information and I get ready for her dramatics about my safety.

"You did what?! Why would you do that bookie? Did you hurt yourself? You could have, lord. Don't ever do that again." Me and my mama both groan as she rambles on. "Jesus woman, she's grown enough to crowd surf." We all laugh as they go back and forth about my "safe choices'' until Te'a speaks up.

"I have an announcement." We all quiet down waiting for her to talk, "I'm pregnant. Four months to be exact." Marsai and Ryan squeals in excitement and everyone joins them in congratulating Te'a. I'm just stuck in shock while Trevor, Myles and Riele look at me with goofy smiles. "Another one?" I accidentally blurt out loudly, making Normani and Alyssa shoot a glare at me.

Quincy and Justin both smack me in the back of my head and I try to smile, but I'm sure it looks more like a grimace. "Well, you should wrap it up. Clearly you don't know how to pull out." Aunt Kelly pops my little sister in the mouth at her blunt reply. "Language Amandla." She smacks her lips, grumbling under her breath.

"I mean uhh, twelve kids. It'll be okay. Right?" Aunt Bey laughs shaking her head. Ain't this some shit. "Good luck Charlie." Lyric and Jahking say at the same time, immediately causing everyone to laugh. I even had to laugh at their goofy asses. I'm going to need some kind of luck to handle all these damn kids. But it'll all work out and be worth it in the end. I really love this shit, I love it here.
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The end. Thanks for reading my book. It was my first, but not my last. I already have a new book in the works that I'll post soon.
Be safe out here.