Shortie - Jayson Tatum

Thirty Eight.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year my lovely people. Hope y'all been enjoying this time of year.

My gift to y'all. A nice little update. Meant to have it up earlier but the game was on.

It might be all over the place but I hope you enjoy and excuse any mistakes.

Naomi's POV

December...

I walked into Deuce's school with Chayse in his stroller. Today is his birthday and he thinks me and his dad are at an away game. We're surprising him.

Starting with me picking him up early and we'll meet Jayson at a restaurant for lunch. We already spoke with him this morning, wishing him a happy birthday before he left for school.

"Ma ma." Chayse said.

"Yes baby?" I acknowledged him but wasn't even looking at me.

I went into the office and waited to be greeted. The receptionist was on the phone so I didn't want to interrupt.

"Mhm. Bye bye." She hung up. "Thank you for waiting. How can I help you?"

"I'm here to pick up."

"What's the child's name?"

"Jayson Tatum Jr."

She looked at me weird. "I'll be right back. What's your name?"

"Naomi Tatum."

She took a couple minutes then came back with another person. "Who are you to Deuce?" The person asked.

"I'm his step mom."

"I see. Unfortunately we can't release him to you. You're not on any of his forms."

"Really?"

"Yes ma'am. Now I don't want to accuse you of anything but we cannot give you the child."

"Give me one second." I stepped to the side to call Toriah.

She picked up after the third ring. "Hey, did you pick him up?"

"No girl I can't even get Deuce."

"What, why?"

"They said I'm not on his forms."

"That can't be. We added you."

"I thought so."

This is my first time picking him up myself. Usually it's his mom, sometimes Jayson, his grandmother, or even Sam.

"Can you give them the phone? I filled that out at the beginning of the school year."

"Not you sounding like my momma. I'm putting you on speaker." I chuckled and walked over to them. "This is his mother." I didn't really want to give them my phone.

"Could you guys check one more time? His contact form was updated at open house."

"Hold on one second and I'll double check."

"I even took a picture of it. I'll send it to an email if I need to." Toriah said.

A couple minutes later, the second person that was brought out to speak with me, came back.

"We found it." She smiled.

"I'll see you later T. Thank you." I chuckled.

"You're welcome girl. Y'all have fun." She laughed with me and we hung up.

"Sorry about that. I guess no one filed it correctly."

"No hard feelings. I understand. You're just doing your job and making sure the kids are safe."