sequel to "Westside" read that first!
Dylan Jessica Caldwell is a 17 year old gang leader. But she has a secret. Her mental health is not good. No matter what she looks like on the outside, she's always having an internal battle with herself.
Ryder...
"Hey hey hey," I rub Dylan's back as she throws up. "It's okay baby I'm here."
She sits against the tub, chest heaving.
Say it say it sa-
DON'T SAY IT
say it
"Y'know, if you weren't pregnant right now, it would be me making your breathing fast," I grin cheekily at her while she brushes her teeth as I sit on the counter next to her.
She starts laughing and oh my god. I will never get over how beautiful her laugh is. Or how beautiful she is. I can't believe we're having a baby either. Although I do feel bad for getting her pregnant because I know how rough that can be. I watched my mom be pregnant with Emberlyn and Evelyn when I was little and it was hard.
"Dang Kia quit kicking me so much," Dylan laughs. "Your daddy and I will teach you how to fight don't worry love." She walks into her closet while I sit on her bed texting with my mom.
All of a sudden she gasps.
"Princess are you okay?" I ask.
"Yeah, it was just a big kick," she calls from the closet. "So are we going to look at stuff for her room today Ry?" I nod when she walks out and I smile.
"You look beautiful mi amor," I kiss her forehead. I love when she wears her hair down and straight because it's more natural. Like, she looks beautiful always of course, but when her hair is down I can also play with it more easily.
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(minus the backpack and cross necklace)
I take her hand and we go downstairs. Everyone else is in LA right now at the meeting, but Mrs. S didn't want Dylan to travel with the baby, so of course I stayed with her. They'll be there for a few days so we're gonna use that time to research safe baby shit and get her room ready.
I also have a surprise for Dylan. I called Reggie's dad, who does woodwork, and asked him to spell out Kiara. So she's gonna have her name in her room too.
I know at first Dylan was scared, but that moment of "oh shit can I do this?" hasn't hit me yet. I just know that me and Dylan can do it. We both had shitty childhoods, so we both know that this baby will be treated well. Plus we have the support of her parents, my mom, her brothers, my sisters, and our friends.
"Oh my god look at how cute this is!" Dylan runs over and shows me some baby themed picture frames. I laugh as she runs through the store. I look at some cribs and whatnot, even though Kiara will most likely sleep in the room with us.
Dylan bought a giant bed for that reason. I'm not even kidding. I'm glad she did though, because otherwise I'd be constantly freaking out if Kiara was okay.
"BABE!" I yell and Dylan runs over. "Found a baby monitor thingy."
"Perfect!" She claps her hands. "Also, you think these would be easy to install around the house?" She shows me baby proofing things and I look.
"This one would be simpler but these are better," I hold up the second one she gave me. She grabs the easier ones and puts them back on the shelf as I follow behind her, laughing.
"Look at this cute dresser too!" She exclaims. "It has removable handles for when you start walking little girl," she rubs a hand on her stomach and I just smile at her as she continues adding furniture to her list.
"Okay," I laugh. "Princess, we've been here for two hours. Let's get this stuff ordered to the house okay?" She sighs but nods happily. We go to the checkout counter and wait in line.
"Is that all?" The lady working asks and we nod. Dylan swipes her card before I can register that she just bought all the furniture for the baby.
I'll have to remember to shove cash or something in her wallet later.
We walk back to the car and drive to another store. We start looking at colors for her room. We finally decide on a dusty rose, partially since her middle name is Rose, and go with white and black decor.
We wait as they mix the paint and when they're done, I pay for it and we walk back to the car and drive home.
In the last few months of senior year, our media teacher made all his students start a youtube channel. I pull out the camera and set it up on the dashboard of my car while we're in the driveway.
"Yo yo yo! Welcome back to another addition to the vlog," I begin. "I am here with my amazing and beautiful girlfriend Dylan."
"Wassup," she holds up the rock and roll and roll sign and we both start laughing.
"Ok so," I rub my hands. "Dylan I have sort of a surprise for you. So, you know how I've been working on that song for the past week like nonstop?"
She nods slowly.
"Would you like to hear it?"
Her eyes widen. "YES YES OF COURSE!" She squeals. I press play on my phone and the acoustic guitar starts.
I know we're just eighteen And now we got a family I can't wait to see How our relationship grows
I know we've had hard pasts But look at how we've made us last I know if we get through that We can conquer the world
Cause you and me, Yeah we were meant to be Just easy, baby yeah don't you see You and me, we got this baby
I stop the track and look at her. She's crying.
"Don't cry," I hug her and she laughs.
"I love it Ry," she grins. "And I'm sure YouTube will love it. Get ready YouTube because when we do the music video, there's gonna be an EPIC surprise," she winks.
"Yes ma'am," I grin at her. "So anyways, yeah that's a teaser for a new song I'm playing around with. Let me know what y'all think and...yeah. Watch the music video for Game of Cards on Saturday at 3pm PST. Adios motherfuckers!"
"Cíao!" Dylan giggles before I shut the camera off. Then we go inside and she flops on the couch.
"You okay?" I ask.
"My hormones are crazy. Kiara, stop fucking with me and let me be in peace please," she begs. I jog up to my old room and set the baby monitor, baby proofing stuff, and a couple other small things on my dresser. We also already have a rocking chair, diapers, and a changing table being delivered in the next week or so. I walk downstairs and grab two apples from the kitchen.
