The Checklist ✔ [BOOK 1 & 2]

Chapter 3

Y/N's POV

I woke up to my baby singing in the kitchen and I sat up with a smile. Normally I would wake up cranky if someone woke me up but her angelic voice always puts a smile on my face

I made my way to her room to brush my teeth and took a nice warm shower. I didn't have trouble finding something to wear because Normani stole most of my sweat suits and boxers despite her having money to buy some for herself

After doing so, I made my way into the kitchen

"I thought you had an interview?" I asked and she jumped in fright almost dropping the plate of blueberry muffins

"Gosh you scared me" she answered and placed the plate on the kitchen island before answering my question "And I did go to my interview, its now 2 in the afternoon"

"Luckily I didn't have any work to do today" I said to myself

"Lunch is ready. Afterwards we can talk" she said and I nodded as I made my way over to the island and sat down

I grabbed a plate and shared a portion that would fill me and so did Normani. It was quiet as we ate, the only sounds heard were the forks hitting the plates

In less than 2 minutes I had finished eating my food and when I looked up, Normani had a face of disgust

"What?" I asked as I wiped my mouth with the napkin

"You eat like those cartoon characters"

"I'm sorry. I only do that after smoking" I admitted

"Speaking of... I thought we talked about that?" she asked

"I know but I had a long day yesterday which is what I really needed to talk to you about"

"I'm listening" she stated as she went back to eating her shrimp pasta

"The day before when I left you to go to work, I went to this apartment and I saw my ex" I started off

I watched as she slowly sat her fork down

"I thought you only had been in one relationship before me" she said softly

"I did" I said honestly

"But your ex's dead..." she reasoned

"That's what she made us think" I responded and she looked at me confused

"Noelle is alive and she has a daughter. She's four and I can't deny that she's mine because if you saw her right now you can tell she's my kid. She's my mirror" I vented, I kept glancing at her as she kept quiet

"Last night you said I moaned her name and to be honest I don't recall and I can only imagine how you felt when I did. I would never hurt you intentionally and that's a promise, I love you too much to do that and so I am deeply sorry if I made you feel betrayed or hurt, I am truly sorry" I apologized and waited for her to respond but she didn't say anything

"She also came to my office today with the little girl and she's sooner or later gonna be behind bars, so she asked me if I could keep the child as I am legally her other parent"

"Hold the phone" Normani finally spoke up

"You have a daughter via your supposedly alive ex who is going to jail?" she questioned, summarizing hat I just said in a nutshell

"yeah..." I replied

"That is a lot to take in but I have a few questions" she answered

"Shoot" I said

"Do you still love her?" she asked an I was stuck

"Well I haven't really thought about it. When I saw her yesterday my mind was all over the place but love wasn't one of the emotions that I felt"

"You moaned her name during sex, I think that speaks for itself" she said and stood to her feet

"Babe, that doesn't mean that I still love her. I don't even know what I feel about the situation right now. But I do know that I love you and that's all that matters" I said as I followed her out of the kitchen

"But it does matter Y/N! You have a child with her, you've known her for years, way longer than you've known me. We are like animals. When they get adopted or are being cared for by their new owners they have a bond and when that owner leaves or the animal is taken away, once they reunite the feelings are sparked once again meaning they never left, they just went dim" she poured out, her eyes becoming glossy

"Normani I love you, no past relationship or child can change that. I want you, just you"

"You never ever moaned her name before during sex but as soon as you saw her you moaned out her name" she said and made her way into her bedroom

"Normani please" I begged but she ignored me and went into her closet

She started throwing my sweatsuits and boxers at me

"What are you doing?" I asked

"I need some time and space to myself okay" she said and threw my socks as well

"Why does it feel like your breaking up with me?" I asked, feeling myself about to shed a tear but I thugged it out

"I'm not breaking up wit you. I'm giving both of us some space, you need to think about where you two stand and what's best for your daughter, I wont interfere with that so I'm asking you to respect my space as well" she said and I watched as she packed her own suitcase

"But I don't want that Normani. I want us to be together"

"Don't you think I want that too?! I want you all to myself but its not likely possible if she's still around. Afterall 'she was like me but the not so famous version'. Try not to moan my name when she's going down on you" She argued as she threw stuff into her suitcase

Me being me I unpacked every single garment she placed in their and she stood there glaring at me

"Don't look at me like that our I'll fuck you into next week" I said as I eyed her from head to toe

"This is the last time for a while" she said, unbuttoning her clothes before walking over to me and latched on to my lips

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2 hour later

Normani's POV

I don't know if I made the right decision but I do know that we both need some time to ourselves to think. I had my driver pick me up and he is taking me to my parents house

After a dreadful three hour drive, I final made it to my parents home. I knocked on the door and waited and in less than a minute the door opened to reveal my mom

"My Manibear" she grinned and pulled me into her arms

The warm embrace made me crumble into a sobbing mess

"What happened?" she asked worriedly as she lead me over to the couch

"Is that my princess?" I heard dad call out

"What happened" he asked shortly after and he took a seat on the other side of me so that I was in between both my parents

"I just needed a break from everything, that's all" I summed up

"Babygirl, then why are you sobbing this heavily, something definitely happened" mom said and I told them the reason for my visit

Of Course my dad was furious but my mom was more understanding and in the midst of my venting I saw someone come down the stairs with child in her arms. She was the same complexion of me but the little girl was a little lighter

"Look, see there's grandpa" she said and the little girl pulled her face from the woman's neck and I was in a trance

That little girl was the spitting image of Y/N and then it clicked, she's Noelle

The little girl ran over to my dad and he gladly accepted her, pulling her into his lap. The little girl sat there looking over at me curiously

"Uh, hi Normani. It's nice to finally meet you" the woman said and I looked between her and my mother confused

"Mani, we need to talk" mom said

Thoughts?