Baby Mama

1.

Cold winter New York air escorts me inside my best friends apartment building with frostbite on the top of my nose. It's so cold outside, probably under twenty degrees and I'm not being dramatic. More snow fell this month than December and January combined.

I knock twice on the door and wait for Mercedes to open it a minute later. She smiles when she sees me and steps back.

"Hell yeah, red looks good on you boo." She closes the door and swipes her long jet black box braids up into a quick ponytail. I knew when I dyed my dreads bright red she was going to like it.

After we hug and she pulls away smiling, she leads the way into the small apartment. When I take a seat on the couch next to her, I twist my body to dig through my book bag. She grins as I hand her large black plastic bags.

"I got OG Kush and Blue Dream." I tell her.

Mercedes' face lights up. She opens the bag of OG Kush first and takes a big whiff.

Every time I leave the city and come back with a bag full of goodies from the dispensary, I always come show love to my best friend since she's a felon and can't utilize the legal bud.

"Mannn..."

"I think you'll like the Blue Dream. Smell it." I say as I open the second bag and tilt it in her direction.

"I was only gonna get a half...but." She inhales the skunky weed again before groaning.

"Don't worry, I gotchu." I say, grabbing a medium zip lock bag from behind me.

"See, that's why I fuck witchu." She bites her lip and smirks.

Mercedes fucks with me for a couple of reasons. Not just the extra weed I toss her way. Yeah, she's my best friend but she can eat pussy too.

"So, my cousin just moved in wimme and she's gon need a plug. I told her I'd talk to you 'cause you be actin' brand new sometimes."

"Aight." I laugh. "And don't do that, I'm just picky with who I wanna deal with. Roll up some of this and let's smoke."

Mercedes grins as I hand her a couple of nugs to throw into the backwood.

She's a cool ass female, one of the coolest ones I've come across in New York so far. We met two years ago at a concert. She was a baddie and she knew it too. Obviously I was attracted to her flawless dark chocolate skin and the curves on her body. I'm a sucker for chocolate. Who isn't?

The sex was so good, I didn't want to play her to the side like I did with all the other females I fucked on. Her energy made it hard not to fuck with her.

"She at the market now, I'm finna tell her to pull up." Mercedes says as she flicks the lighter over the leaf.

"Aight, that's coo."

The thing I fucked with the most when it came to Mercedes is she understands the fact I don't want anything from her but good company while I smoke and some pussy and she was down for the same thing.

We couldn't be together even if we wanted to, honestly. Not when we were dating other people and she wasn't even into females like that.

"When wifey wantchu home?" Mercedes asks as she French inhales smoke into her nostrils.

"Bitch, don't do that." I laugh out loud because first of all, I'm grown. And second, I'll be 6ft under before the day I give a female the title of wifey.

"So then you got time to eat?" She hands me the blunt and inches closer towards my lap.

My insides flutter.

Another thing I love about Mercedes? She's always down to fuck...as long as her boyfriend's at work.

"Nah, but you do." I say and then blow the smoke from my lungs.

Mercedes purrs into my neck as I smoke on the wood with her hands grazing my thighs. She slides a hand down my sweats and plays with the hem of my boy shorts.

"I want to taste you, now."

Soft taps on the front door interrupts Mercedes from going down on me but I'm still wet. She groans, rolls her eyes and then reaches for the blunt.

"Don't worry, I'll get a taste later." She says and heads towards the door.

When I imagined Mercedes' cousin, a face didn't come to mind. I thought of a random girl who probably looks a lot like her cousin.

My breath hitches in the back of my throat once the girl rounds the corner slowly, hands resting on her very, very pregnant belly.

She's so goddamn pretty, my insides quiver instantly.

The girl has untainted, chocolate skin with a permanent glow, high cheekbones, plump, pouty lips and black faux locks down her back.

It's the swooped edges for me.

Goddamn.

"Sapphire, this my cousin Kasey. Kasey, this my best friend, Sapphire." Mercedes introduces us and then passes the blunt in my direction after Kasey refuses it.

"Hey." She says to me softly.

"Wassup?" I force my eyes away from her thick ass thighs and pull from the leaf.

"Obviously I can't smoke right now but in a few weeks I will." Kasey chuckles and sits on the couch next to Mercedes. I nod. I've smoked with so many pregnant females, it actually takes me by surprise that she declines.

"Girl, I know people that smoked their whole pregnancy. You sure you don't wanna hit this? 'Phire always got the best weed in this bullshit ass town."

"Nah, I'm good. I'll smoke with y'all after she's out." Kasey smiles and bends over to release her chubby ankles from the crocs on her feet.

I've never seen skin so pretty. When I say she's glowing, I really mean it. Kasey's skin looks like it could be the definition of perfection and all I want to do is touch it. She flips her locks and leans back, rubbing her belly with a small grimace on her face.

While I roll another blunt to go, Mercedes starts her own conversation with Kasey. I'm barely paying them attention but it's hard to tune them out when Kasey's voice is like honey.

"I'm finna go." I say after we're done smoking and my dinner blunt is rolled. Mercedes pouts.

"Okay, best friend." She stands with me as Kasey watches us from the couch. "Be safe and text me when you get home."

"Aight y'all."