LOVE

PART ONE

"I think I'm pregnant." Janelle said out of the blue, causing Trinity and Sefa's wife Maya to choke on their drinks and look over at her.

"Girl what! What do you mean you think?" Janelle sighed and looked over to where Josh was playing football with his brothers and some of his cousins. Josh and Janelle had just moved into a new house and Josh had wanted to throw a housewarming party.

"I mean we haven't been able to keep our hands off each other lately and my period is late." Trinity sat up in her lawn chair and stared at Janelle.

"Did you take a test?" Janelle shook her head. "Why not?"

"Because.." She said trailing off and shrugging her shoulders.

"I mean you and Josh moved into a bigger house for a reason right?" Maya asked, arching her eyebrow. Janelle rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, better schools in this county for Xavi and more backyard space for stuff like this." She said, nodding her head towards the backyard, where damn near all of Josh's family had gathered.

Trinity rolled her eyes. "Ok if the last part was true y'all could've gotten a house with 4 bedrooms like the old house, instead yall got 6 bedrooms. What y'all need 6 bedrooms for?"

Janelle sighed and looked back over at Josh. "I bought the test. I'm just scared to take it." Trinity jumped to her feet and grabbed Janelle pulling her into the house and Maya followed them.

"Come on, take the test." Janelle let Trinity lead her to the bedroom.

"Lock the door behind you." Janelle said to Maya as she walked over to her dresser and pulled the pregnancy test out. She looked over and Trinity who pointed to the bathroom door. Janelle ground as she made her way to the bathroom.

What if she was pregnant? She wanted to have kids with Josh but what if she wasn't a good mom? What if she actually turned out to be like her mom?

She jumped when the timer on her phone went off. She wiped her palms on her tights before standing up off the toilet and grabbing the test. She let out a gasp when she seen the plus sign.

She jumped again when Trinity called her name . "J? What's taking so long?"

Janelle opened the door and handed Trinity the test. "I'm pregnant." Maya gasped and tried to contain her smile. Maya looked between Trinity and Janelle. Trinity had a wide smile on her face and was bouncing on her toes. Janelle looked scared. Her eyes were wide and she was shaking a bit.

"Janelle, calm down." Maya said as she grabbed a hold of Janelle's hands and let her over to the bed. "Here, sit down." Janelle sat down and stared down at the test in her hands. Pregnant... She was pregnant.

"What am I going to do?" She asked looking up at Maya and Trinity.

"Well for now we're going to go back outside and continue on with the party. Then you'll tell Josh and you guys will decide from there." Maya said rubbing Janelles shoulder comfortably. "Everything is going to be okay."

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Josh's face was scrunched up in confusion as he looked around for Janelle. Maya and Trinity were missing too.

"Hey, have you seen Janelle?" He asked one of his aunties who shook her head. Josh shrugged and made his way into the house, needing to use the bathroom. He decided to use the one in his bedroom. Before he could open the door he heard Trin, Maya and Janelle talking.

He knew that It was wrong to listen in on their conversation but Janelle had been acting off all day. His eyebrows furrowed when he heard Janelle ask what she was going to do. He was about to walk away when the door opened and Janelle stood in front of him.

"Josh. What are you doing?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Me? I was coming to use the bathroom. What are you doing?" He asked, peeking into the room.

"Talking." She said as Maya and Trinity walked out of the room, giving them privacy.

"About what?" He asked and she sighed. It was now or never.

"I'm pregnant." She blurted out. He froze mid stride.

"Josh?" She said when he didn't move. She got off the bed and walked towards his placing a hand on his shoulder, breaking him out of his trance.

"I uh. I have to pee." He said pointing towards the bathroom and walking in, shutting the door. Janelle stared at the closed door, she honestly didn't know how to feel about his reaction. She sighed and plopped down on the bed, resting her head in her hands. She looked up when the bathroom door opened and Josh walked out the bathroom.

"So" He said, coming and squatting down in front of her. "We're having a baby." She nodded.

"Yeah I think." She whispered. "Are you okay?"

"Are you okay?" He countered with. Grabbing her hands and squeezing them. She nodded again.

"Yeah I'm just.." She trailed off shrugging. "Scared I guess." He placed a kiss on the back of her hand,

"That's understandable J." He stood up and pulled her to her feet. He placed his hands on her stomach and smiled at her. "I love you." She smiled and placed her hands over his.

"I love you too." 

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They went back to the party after agreeing to not tell anybody until Janelle had confirmation from her doctor that she was pregnant. Which is why they found themselves at the doctor's office 4 days later.

"Are you okay?" She asked placing her hand on his knee so he would stop bouncing it. He nodded and shifted in his seat.

"Yeah, I just wish they hurry up." She laughed and looked back at the magazine she was reading.

"Josh, we only been here for 5 minutes, relax." He huffed at her and shifted in his seat again. She let out a sigh of relief when she heard her name being called. She and Josh stood up and followed the worker into one of the exam rooms.

"So I see you're here because you took a pregnancy test ?" She asked typing on the computer.

"Yes. We just wanted to make sure it's not a false positive." The nurse nodded her head and typed something else.

"Completely understandable." She turned in her chair and smiled at Janelle and Josh. "I'll be right back." She said getting up and walking out the door.

Janelle nodded and let out a breath that she was holding. She looked over at Josh who smiled at her. "You good?" He asked her and she nodded.

They both looked towards the door when it opened and the nurse walked in handing Janelle a urine cup. "The bathroom is this way, you can follow me." 

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"How long does it normally take?" Josh asked once Janelle came back in the room. She shrugged and sat down on the chair next to him.

"I don't know." She said chewing on her bottom lip. "It shouldn't be that long." He grabbed her hand and squeezed it.

"No matter what. I love you Janelle."

"I love you too Joshua." She said as she leaned over to kiss him. They broke apart once the door opened and the nurse walked in.

"Hi Ms Porter. So I have your results and you are indeed pregnant." Janelle let out the breath that she had been holding. "I sent some prenatal vitamins over to the pharmacy we have on file just make sure you take one every morning, preferably in the morning and make sure you take it with food, never on an empty stomach." Janelle nodded and smiled at Josh when he placed a hand on her stomach.

"Let's set you up for a follow up appointment." Josh leaned over and kissed Janelle on her cheek.

"We havin' a baby Nelle."

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