May 10
Beyonce sat on the kitchen counter, legs swinging in front of her. There wasn't much to do; she damn near cleaned the whole house. "I'm hungry." As if someone was listening to her, Beyonce hopped off the counter and went towards the fridge, pulling out a yogurt.
She stocked up her fridge with yogurt because apparently that's all her child wanted. Last night she found herself waking up three times just for some yogurt, and even if it wasn't the pregnancy but actually the stress making her eat so much, she wasn't going to deny the food.
It was soon going to be Mother's Day, and this year the family was supposed to go down to Houston to visit Beyonce's family. Now she would either be stuck at home alone, or going down to Houston alone. Either way she didn't feel like a mother. She was alone in a huge house with nobody to call on. This is how young women without a care in the world live. Not a wife and mother.
As she sat back on the counter and ate her yogurt, memories began to flood her mind. That's the only thing that's been keeping her company, her memories. She liked reliving the happier times, it kept her mind away from the negative situation she was in now.
"Alexis put that down." Beyonce said looking at her daughter from the corner of her eye.
"No." Alexis said with a smile.
"I'm not playing with you girl, don't make me get your daddy."
"Daddy." Alexis said clapping. Beyonce rolled her eyes and looked towards the balcony where Shawn was.
"Babe, I need you in here." She yelled. He walked towards her and Beyonce pointed to Alexis. "Tell your daughter to leave my vase alone before I really show her who is boss."
"Fine, come on baby; let's go get you some apple juice." Shawn said picking Alexis up. Beyonce leaned her head back onto the couch and took a deep breath. She couldn't handle this child, it was like Alexis had one purpose in life, make her mother crazy. "Ah man!" Shawn yelled.
"What now?" Beyonce asked.
"The juice spilled all over the place." Beyonce reluctantly stood up and walked into the kitchen. The floor around Alexis and Shawn was covered in juice and he was trying hard to keep Alexis away from it.
"Come on Lexi, leave him alone." Beyonce said pulling her daughter away. She had just learned how to walk so she was using it to her full advantage trying to get her feet to splash the juice on the floor.
"Juice." She said pointing to her mouth. Beyonce placed her in the high chair and went over to get her sippy cup. She poured the rest of the juice into the cup and went back over to Alexis.
"What do you say?" Beyonce asked handing the cup to her.
"Thank you." Alexis said with a smile. She stuck the top in her mouth and held onto the cup for dear life. She was addicted to apple juice.
"Now I understand why she hates it so much." Beyonce said shaking her head. She got off the counter and walked towards the phone, dialing a familiar number. "Hey Kelly, you in the mood for company?"
"Sure, I'm all alone anyways."
"Great, I'll be there in a little bit." Beyonce said hanging up. She put a smile on her face as she got ready to head out towards Kelly's house. This is why Kelly kept two houses, one by Beyonce and one by her family. She knew they would come in handy, and they sure did, especially in Beyonce's case.
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"He tried to look up my skirt yesterday." Kelly said with a laugh. Beyonce had come in after Kelly's young neighbor harassed her all the way from the car to the front door.
"I was so shocked. How old is he?"
"Four!" Kelly said as they both began to laugh. "His mom is oh so proud of him." She said sarcastically.
"My son better not turn out like that, Shawn would whoop his ass." Beyonce said rubbing her stomach.
"Shawn? Please, Shawn used to look up skirts and dresses too, and he was grown, so he has no room to talk."
"Shut up!" Beyonce said laughing. Kelly shook her head and grabbed a grape off of the fruit plate in front of them. "So Kelly, when do I get to become an auntie?"
"When Solange has a child." Kelly said sitting back. Beyonce rolled her eyes and rested her head on Kelly's shoulder. "Nope." Kelly said.
"I didn't even say anything." Beyonce responded.
"But you were gonna."
"You don't know what I was gonna say though!"
"Yes I do, the same thing you've been saying for a year now. I'm not ready for a child Beyonce!"
"Well when are you gonna be ready? I'm getting old; I can't be running around after your kids when I'm 80."
"Why do I have to have kids? You got your own kids to run after." Kelly said with a laugh.
"Whatever, you're gonna have kids soon anyways." Beyonce mumbled. Kelly pushed her head away and looked at her. "Oops." Beyonce said covering her mouth.
"I'm gonna have kids? When?" Kelly asked in shock.
"I don't know. I just remember telling you about them in a dream, but I didn't see them or anything." Beyonce said quickly.
"Bitch and you are just now telling me? Why didn't you call me when you had the dream?"
"It was late!" Beyonce said defending herself.
"No excuse, my doorbell and phone both work all day. You could have used one of them, or hell, even both."
"But isn't this a much better way to find out, you know you're excited." Beyonce with a smile.
"I'm mad that you found out I had a child before I even got myself mentally prepared to even think of having a child." Kelly said staring off into space. Beyonce put her arm around her and propped her feet up onto the table.
"So, what are you gonna name them?"
"Them?" Kelly screamed. Beyonce placed her hand over her mouth again. "What the hell do you mean them? How did I go from having one child to having a whole 'them'?" Beyonce shook her head.
"I really need to learn how to shut my mouth." She said looking at Kelly. "The truth is, when I said I mentioned your kid in a dream, I said 'them,' so that means you will have more than one by the time Alexis goes off to college."
"That gives me like two weeks to get my body and my vagina ready!" Kelly yelled.
"If it makes you feel better, after I have this baby, I'm having two more." Beyonce said with a smile. "And one of them ends up being Kelly."
"Really? You name a daughter after me?" Kelly asked in excitement.
"Yup, my youngest. I saved the best for last."
"Aww, now I love you again. Come here!" Kelly said throwing her arms around Beyonce. They both just laughed and hugged until the front door opened. Roy walked inside and went over to the couch. "I can't believe I'm having a baby." Kelly said. Roy immediately began to panic.
"You got a baby in you?" He yelled.
"No no no, we're talking about a dream Beyonce had. I'm not pregnant right now." Kelly said with a smile. He placed his hand over his heart and took a deep breath.
"You had me scared for a minute. I thought I was losing the good sex years, woo boy!" He said walking off. Beyonce and Kelly busted out laughing as he disappeared into the kitchen. Although Beyonce was going through her own crisis with Shawn, she was still able to find happiness within her circle of friends and family.
She was going to be okay. Everything was going to be okay. This gave her hope.
