Jamal Murray & Isaiah Briscoe: The Parallel

Chapter Sixteen

~ Isabelle's first word and first birthday
Isabelle~ 11 months old

Denver Colorado,
8:00am,

"Say Mama," Isaiah was teaching his 11 month old daughter to say Mama but only to find out she meant the Meh. "Meh," She spoke. "Mama," Isaiah tried the best to teach her how to say the first word. "Babe, I don't think she's ready," Jamal said laughing. "Let her take her time," "Okay," When Jamal was heading upstairs to get the laundry basket. Isabelle started saying the first word. "Mama!" Jamal's eyes widened with surprise when he heard his daughter say Mama.

Jamal Murray: babe did she just say Mama?

Isaiah Briscoe: Yes.

Jamal Murray: Oh my! That's our girl right here

Isabelle lets out a giggle knowing Jamal and Isaiah were both parents to their little girl.

~ Isabelle turns one ~
Kitchener Ontario
3:00pm,

They were celebrating the first birthday of their daughter since she was turning one year old. Somehow, it felt like yesterday when Jamal was pregnant with Isabelle, she would be playing, kicking and moving around in his womb for 9 months until she was excited to come out of Jamal's body. Let's just say he went through the painful process of childbirth and pushed for 4 hours. Thus, his father was there to calm him down, put the oil on Jamal's back to help get the baby's head to come out of his birth canal. All he could was scream no matter how painful giving birth to a baby was for Jamal to endure. Even pushing with his gritted teeth {The baby was on the Posterior position and Jamal had to go on all fours} "It felt like yesterday when she was ready to come out," Jamal smiled holding Isabelle in front of Isaiah Briscoe. "She was the greatest gift that we've ever received when I passed out after spending 4 hours of pushing," "Yep it does," Isaiah smiled. "You were very brave babe," He credits Jamal for staying strong while pushing the baby out despite of him having a hard time and screaming during the birth. The fans and the teammates were attending the birthday party. "Happy Birthday Isabelle," Jamal and Isaiah's parents greeted their granddaughter a happy birthday. Even Jamal's teammates had greeted the little girl a happy birthday and they gave her some other gifts like, clothes, my little pony etc. "Happy birthday Baby Belle," Jamal and Isaiah said. "We love you so much and no matter how old you get, you will always be our little girl,"

After the birthday party of Isabelle,

Jamal was always wondering if he and Isaiah would like to add another sibling for Isabelle. Yet, Jamal placed her on the bassinet to put her to sleep before they go to bed together. (No worries, the bassinet is next to Jamal so that he can keep an eye on her.) Later on, they were in bed. "So Isaiah, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" "Yes Jamal I do," He nodded. "What's up?"

Jamal Murray: you may be wondering, should we add another addition to a family member?

Isaiah Briscoe: Sure when do you want to start adding another addition to our family?

Jamal Murray: first thing I would do is stop using the birth control. Well I stopped using it right before Isabelle came along. Anyways, let me sing Isabelle a lullaby first then we can have some cuddles.

He starts singing Isabelle to sleep. The first thing Jamal would do is sing his one year old daughter to sleep in English and then Arabic.

*Master Bedroom*

Jamal wears a dark purple nightgown while snuggling with Isaiah Briscoe. All they would do is have a make out session and yet, Isaiah will do anything to get Jamal pregnant with another baby. Well of course they were the college sweethearts and now the parents to their little girl. In fact, the first thing they can do is to add a family member. In the meantime, they know that Jamal and Isaiah will have more kids. In fact, he stopped using the birth control so that he can be pregnant with another baby. Many fans had hoped they're going to have a boy.

3 weeks later,

Jamal returned to the game while Isabelle is with Roger and Sylvia at their house in Denver. When he was putting on his Denver Nuggets uniform, Jamal started to feel nauseous. "Jamal? Jamal? Are you okay?" Kenneth Faried noticed he was acting strange. "No Ken, I don't feel well, I think I'm about to vomit," He ran to the restroom and started throwing up.

*Jamal Murray background: Retching*

Michael Malone could hear the sound of the athlete vomiting in the restroom. "You okay back there Jamal?" His head coach asked. "I'm good, just had some tofu soup that didn't sit well with me last night," He got out of the bathroom stall, washed his hands and used the mouth wash to spit the vomit on the sink. However, Jamal was starting to experience any symptoms and chose to inform his head coach. "Okay, so tell me what happened?" "Coach, I'm concerned of late," Jamal knew he was acting strange. "Why? What happened?" "Apparently, I was attending the basketball practice before we have the matchup against the Boston Celtics and moments later, I started to feel dizzy, my appetite has been changing, sleep patterns were messed up and not to mention, I have been feeling like I gained an extra pound," "Oh my, did you take the pregnancy test?" "No coach," He shook his head. "Okay, how about this? Go to my office, I have the clear blue pregnancy test there and then take it," He nodded and went to the head coach's office. Afterwards, he went to the restroom to take the test and waited for few minutes for the results to come.

2 minutes later,

The results came back positive. Jamal was surprised and not only that, he wasn't having food poisoning, he was pregnant. He got out of the bathroom and told his head coach that he was pregnant. "I'm sorry coach, I don't know what to do," "Hey it's okay," Michael Malone smiled. "I'm a father too! Don't worry about it," He placed the positive pregnancy test in his locker and returned to the game.