𝖫 𝖤 𝖬 • 𝖮 • 𝖭 𝖠 𝖣 𝖤

XXII: Flaws & All

mir·a·cle:

"I have dreamt of you suspended
in amniotic fluid, your hair fanned
out and alive, long again, before the cancer.
Undying, our movements synchronised,
us, tied together at the navel,
umbilical cord and all its length tugging
at me, far as it might extend. Gregory Porter climbing
through there will be no love that's dying
here- his voice, and how it soothes you from
beyond the distant wall of this maybe womb,
the faint rhythm of a bigger heart
above us."

_ _ _

The bathroom was quiet as Tayla stood at the sink with Chris seated on the edge of her bathtub watching her silently. I couldn't even tell you the amount of times she's read the instructions on the pink box even though she's already familiar on the instructions.

Chris let a huff and ran a hand over his hair, getting impatient, "Bro, if you don't pee on that shit, I'll literally shove it up your-"

"Why do you have to be so harsh about it?!" She looked at him in the mirror seeing his frustration all over his face.

"Because we been in here for fifteen minutes already and you still ain't open the shit, Tayla. At this point, I'll hold the stick for yo ass,"

"... It's a nervous situation, I'm sorry." He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. Looking up at her, he watched as she slowly opened the clear blue package taking the pregnancy test out the box and unwrapping it from it's wrapper. She then grabbed the First Response box and did the same now having two different brands of test in her hand. "Ion see why you making me take two."

"So we can be as accurate as possible. Shit, I already got your OB on speed dial, love," He spoke and she furrowed her eyebrows while throwing away her empty water bottle that she had chugged down prior to this.

"How'd you get her number?"

"I googled black gynos in Beverly Hills. Only three popped up and I called all three asking if they had a patient under your name till I found the one." He shrugged as she shook her head walking over to the toilet, undoing her jeans and pulling them down along with her panties.

"Special," She mumbled under breath. She inhaled and put both sticks underneath, starting the process before removing them and continuing to use the bathroom. "You just gonna watch me pee?"

"I watched you push my child out of you. A little piss don't bother me," He shrugged and grabbed the pregnancy tests from her and placing the caps back on them setting them on the countertop of the sink before starting the timer on his phone for five minutes. "This one gone actually say the word pregnant, right? Cause I can't do those lines shit,"

Sne snorted and continued her business before flushing and walking over to him washing her hands.

"Clear blue does yeah. And it's only two lines, it's not hard to read."

"Mhm." He hummed staring at the test like it was going to make the time go back faster and the lines pop up.

Tayla sighed and took a seat on the side of the bathtub.

"What are we going to do with our... situation if we really are pregnant?" She questioned.

They weren't in the best living situation to welcome another baby. They lived separately. They weren't married again yet but they already knew it was going to take a few more steps until they can get back to that. They didn't have a title on anything yet regardless of the fact that Chris still calls her his wife nonetheless.