Janet
Toni and I sat back against the couch and closed our eyes. "I'm exhausted."
"I know. Me too." She said. "We're never doing that again."
"Sweetie, it was Josiah's birthday party. We'll have to do it again. Plus we have Jordan right behind him and the girls are coming." She leaned over and rubbed my belly. It had grown a lot in the last month and a half.
"I'm so happy to meet my princesses. You know I've always wanted me some daughters."
"I know." She laid her head on my lap as she continued to rub my belly.
"We're gonna do everything when you guys get here. We're gonna go shopping and get whatever you want because Mama is loaded." I chuckled and rubbed her head. "And I'll protect you all the time. No one will be able to hurt you and if they do, then mama knows people who can take care of them." I flicked her head.
"Stop talking to them like that."
"Can you interrupt me and my daughters'
conversations?" I felt a kick.
"Ohh." I winced.
"See, my babies already got my back." She kissed my belly. "My little babies. And y'all gone be my littlest babies forever because Mama can't keep knocking up Mommy like this." I laughed.
"You're funny, baby."
"It's true. Although our babies are adorable, we need to invest in some long term birth control."
"I know. That's why I'm getting my tubes tied."
"I've been thinking about that." She sat up.
"What about it?"
"Not that I want to tell you what to do with your body, but I don't think you should do it."
"Why?"
"Well, I've been thinking, what if we decide to have another one?"
"Then I can get them untied."
"See and that scares me. I've been researching this procedure. It's very invasive and dangerous. Things could go wrong. What if they mess up and you lose one of them? The death rate isn't super high but it's there. It's just not worth the risk to you."
"Then what would we do to prevent having more kids?"
"Shit, if you were definite on not having more kids, I'd get a vasectomy before you get your tubes tied."
"What if you want more kids?" She looked around dramatically.
"Who would I have more kids with? You planning on leaving me?" I laughed.
"No. I just know how important having children is to you. Plus I'm older than you."
"Eh eh. Naw. Cut that. We ain't doing that. If it ain't with you, I ain't having no more kids. I don't care who it is."
"What if you meet some dream woman?"
"You see her all the time when you wipe the drool off your face in the morning." I hit her. She held her arm.
"I'm serious. If it ain't you, then it's no one. However I don't know how I feel about staying in this abusive relationship." She held her arm and moved back from me.
"You love it here, stop playing."
"You right." She pecked my lips. "But I mean what I said, it's you or no one. So pick one; birth control, condoms, or vasectomy, because I ain't putting you in danger."
"We can do birth control and condoms, because vasectomies can go wrong too."
"Good. You think they make condoms that big." I pushed her away.
