S'pose To Be

t w e n t y - f o u r

Véronique

"Oh my God." I've been staring at the pregnancy test for about ten minutes. I can't believe that I'm pregnant again.

"Vera!" Dominique yelled, knocking on the door. "Vera, open the door." I smiled to myself, then walked over to open it. I squealed.

"Oh my GOD!"

"Shhhhush!" She covered my mouth & closed the door behind her. She took the test from me. "Oh my god." She looked up at me.

"What?" I asked. "What!?" Okay, now I'm worried. She gave me her test, which caused me to scream. "OH MY GOD!!!!!" I squealed, jumping around her. She laughed. "I got a pregnancy buddy!" She covered my mouth again.

"Vera, you really gotta chill." She shook her head, smiling. Then she sighed. "What am I gonna tell Dig?" She moving her hand. "After Jettie, I doubt he'll want anymore kids." I sighed as well.

"You? Me!" I shook my head. "I did tell you he's the reason he can't see Mandy, right?"

"That's different, he actually loves you." She told me. "And you're not a hoe..." She paused. "...anymore." I nudged her as she laughed.

"Asshole!" I laughed as well.

I'm so happy that I'm pregnant again. With Gavin, the love of my life, my soulmate, my other half. My only fear is knowing the baby will never know or be able to meet their big brother. After a certain point in my life, I didn't even want another kid after what happen to my sweet sweet Jettie. But this is what he would have wanted...to be a big brother, for mommy to be happy again, for me to finally be with Gavin.

"What?" The guys said, looking up at us as Dominique & I stood in front of them.

"Fuck I do this time?" Gavin sighed. Niq & I looked at each other, then gave them the tests.

"No!" Dig laughed, pulling her into his lap. "You serious?" I looked down at Gavin to him smiling to himself.

"You okay?" I asked him. He got up & pulled me with him into the kitchen. "Gavin?"

"Marry me."

"What?" I giggled. He got down on one knee.

"Baby, marry me." He said again. "I've been waiting for the right time to do this, and now is just as good as any. Marry me." He pulled a ring out of his pocket. I gasped. "You all I need babe. Starting a family with you is all I ever dream about."

"Yeah.." I pouted, trying not to cry.

"C'MON MAN!" Dig groaned. "Not in my kitchen." I giggled as Gavin stood up & put the ring on my finger.

"EEEEEEPPP!" Dominique squealed as we kissed, then she hit Dig. "Why can't you be that romantic?"

"Oh my god..." He groaned & walked off.

Dominique

"Baby, be forreal." I followed behind him. "When's the last time you've ever been romantic?" He opened his mouth. "Aside from before we break up?" He groaned.

"Niqqqq.." He whined, sitting back down.

"I'm just saying." I said, sitting in his lap as Vera & Gavin walked back in. "We've been back together for almost a month now and the only semi-romantic thing you've done was get me pregnant."

"I'm saying..." Vera scuffed, looking over at Gavin.

"What?" He looked at us, then back at Vera. "I just proposed." He pointed back into the kitchen. She rolled her eyes & looked over at me.

"We can always go on a double date...?" She shrugged. Dan & Gavin both groaned.

"Perfect!" I squealed & jumped up. "Cause I need a new outfit, maybe two." I looked over to Dan pulling his wallet out his back pocket. He gave me his black card. I took it from him, smiled & walked off with Vera. "Come on, we can stop by and get Liyah too. I need my little shopping buddy, plus she's gonna freak when I tell her she's gonna be a big sister." We laughed.

That weekend

This is perfect. I didn't expect the guys to go all out for this date. The way they acted when Vera & I brought it up, I just thought they'd book at restaurant. They've got this whole set up at Dan's family beach house by the water. I swear Daniel can be the most absolute romantic thing on the planet but he never knows when to be.

"Baby, this is beautiful." I smiled, looking out into the ocean. "Just the thing I needed after the day I've had."

"What happened?"

"Your girl working my nerves all day, then I told you I had to reschedule my Doctors appointment because my stress level was just above average levels..." He just smiled. "...and then Odell fuckin freaked me out and said that he was going out of town so he couldn't keep Liyah this weekend." Gavin laughed behind me. I hit him.

"Don't start Anthony!" Vera told him. "The couch looks mighty comfortable tonight." He looked at her, then walked off. "Mhmm.." She winked at me & walked off behind him.

"What about you?" I looked up to him just smiling at me. He pulled out the chair for me. "What?" He shook his head, still smiling as I sat down.

"I went to see Jet." He kissed my head, then walked around the table to sit down. I closed my eyes & smiled to myself. "Told him he was gon be a big brother two times over." I looked up at him. "Just stayed with him all day, til bout a hour or so ago." I smiled.

"I miss my baby." I smiled, thinking about all the things that make them so much alike that I hadn't noticed until now. "I hate that he can't be a big brother like he wanted."

"We'll see him again soon." He smiled.

"Not soon enough."