Amarie
"Auntie!" Trenton yelled from the backseat, "When is that this coming out of your tummy?" He asked me all the time when that thing was going to come out of my belly. It always made me laugh.
"That thing is your cousin lil nigga." Tyler said and I nudged him. "I mean, that thing is going to be your cousin Trent. It's a baby in there."
"He, or she, should be here in about three months and he, or she, is going to be the best baby ever. Little baby, that's your cousin Trenton talk about you, he has two little brothers, the twins, they're Corahn and Damien." I rubbed my belly as I talked to my child, I loved talking to him/her.
"Uh... Alrighty." Trenton brushed us off and ate some of his oreos.
Tyler prked the car and I unloaded the boys from the back seat. Jhene and Hodg asked us to watch the boys while they do some weird, probably nasty, stuff for their anniversary. Of course I couldn't deny, besides I don't spend a lot of time with my nephews. And I want Jhene to be able to watch my kid when I need her to, she won't be able to say "Remember the time you didn't watch the boys for me". Gotcha b.
Damien and Corahn each grabbed my hand, Damien on the left and Corahn on the right. I swear if they didn't wear different clothes I wouldn't be able to tell which is which, luckily Jhene doesn't like to dress them the same.
Trent grabbed Tyler's hand as we walked through the parking lot.
"Boys, make sure you always look both ways before crossing the street." I looked both ways myself before crossing with the boys. "You have to make sure no cars are coming."
"Yeah, or you'll get splattered and die." Tyler finished.
"Ty! Don't say that!" He laughed as I made a serious face.
The doors of Toys R Us rang as we entered. I grabbed a basket and Tyler put the twins in the front and Trenton in the cart. We walked through a few aisles before I began to get bored.
"Okay, Ty, I'm going next door to Babies R Us and you can stay here with the boys, call me if you need me, and don't spend too much money." I began to walk away.
"Wait, I can't watch the three of them by myself! What if something happens?" Tyler looked concerned.
"I'll be right next door so just call me if you need me and I be right over. This is great practice for you." I gave him a smile and walked away.
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Shopping for this baby is harder than I thought, considering the fact that I don't even know what I'm having yet. The employees at this store are no help at all, I've been in the store for about an hour and no one has helped me. Maybe I can get some help from someone in the store, there aren't that many people here.
I came across this pretty black girl when strolled into the bottle aisle.
"Hi, my name's Amarie. Do you mind helping me with something?" The girl was about the same height as me with long black hair, she looked like she was in her late twenty's or early thirties, but i may be wrong. She had a sleeping child that was about four in her cart and a growing stomach filled with another.
She smiled wide. "First child?"
I sighed. "Yes, can you tell?"
She laughed. "I'm Kyra. What do you need help with?"
Tyler
"Can you guys pick a toy so we can go, I'm so hungry." We've been here for more than an hour and I'm ready to go. A full hour and noting has gone wrong, I did it! "Damien, you sure you don't want to walk around with your brothers?"
He shook his head no and I shrugged.Trenton and Corahn have been running around the store the whole time, they're bebe's kids. I've been having full conversations with Damien, he doen't answer back but I'm sure he know what I'm saying.
"Oooo Dame, (do you mind if I call you that? alright.) Look at all these adventure time toys, don't mind if I do." I threw some of the toys into my basket.
"Alright i think we're done here, boys let's -- " I looked around, Corahn and Trent were gone. I turned around for one second and they were gone, just like that! "Trent, Corahn this isn't funny, let's go, stop hiding."
I must've looked around the store thirty times before I finally accepted the fact that I lost them.
"Oh gosh, your mom's going to kill me. Can't you use your twin telepathy to find your brother?! I know you can't, I'm sorry Dame."
I hesitantly pulled out my phone to call Amarie. I didn't want to do it, I thought I was doing so well, I thought I was doing good job. How could this happen? I turned around for one second, how am i going to be a good father if I can't even watch kids. I really tried.
I dialed Amarie's number, she answered on the first ring.
"Hey Ty, i found a lot of cute stuff. This girl I met in the store, Kyra, she helped me find a lot of cute stuff for the baby-- "
"Amarie, I lost the boys."
