Time fi you

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Karalana Atalyia Campbell
December 26, 2023
8:00am

I jumped out of bed gasping, I looked over to the next side to see Tristen sprawled out in his sleep. . .like mi neva a scream out. Although him sleep dead.

I then let out a sigh of relief when I didn't feel any pain in my belly.

What a nightmare but. . .it felt so real. Mi soon wake up Tristen fi we go up yaah man. . .cause mi cyaah afford fi nothing like weh mi jus dream seh happen.

I just know that I have to tell Mommy. I know her reaction from in the dream will be totally different. . .but she haffi know.

I sighed and got up, there's no way I can go back to bed now. Look how the likkle morning sleep did a get nice?

Mi guh innah e bathroom and brush mi teeth then wash mi face and change outta e nighty weh mi innah.

Wonda if mommy get up yet? Weh mi even a ask? Of course she get up, them yah time yah naah ketch her innah bed. "Early birds ketch e most worms" a weh she woulda always seh.

Mi memba all the mawning them when she used to get up and turn up the loud radio innah the house, then come innah mi room and draw the curtain then haul the sheet offa mi, bout sun nuh fi ketch mi innah bed.

E that hot mi man especially dah time deh when mi did a dream seh mi crush finally ask mi out.

That neva happen a rass.

Mi bend dung and start search the bag weh mi bring come dung yah. Mi buy waah likkle baby shirt wid sumn biut grandma write pan e and decide fi use e fi tell Mommy that. She can put two and two together and figure e out. A simple maths that.

Afta finding the cute little shirt, I held it out and smiled. After standing there  imagining my baby in it I fold it up in my hands and tucked it in my side.

Incase mi buck up pan smaddy weh annuh Mommy. . .

I took one last look at Tristen's sleeping figure and smiled, he was now cuddling my pillow. Him mussi really tired.

I exited the room and headed to the Kitchen first. There I saw my Mother sitting around the table drinking porridge.

"Morning Mammy." I greeted, taking out a chair to sit down.

She looked up from her basin and smiled at me "Morning mi daughta. Yuh sleep good?" She replied. I nodded my head.

All the gears started turning, how mi fi put e to her now? Mi waah get to the point and get it over with, mi can imagine the disappointment weh she aguh feel but that's it. . .nothing else. Mi cyaah guh imagine all the hurt mi aguh feel affa the words weh she go throw at mi.

I sighed.

"A wahmu to yuh? Last time mi check yuh have two hands. . . Guh share out likkle a the porridge fi yuhself. Yuh this a stare pan mi basin suh." She said bringing me out of my thoughts.

I got and decided to share out some. To think about e mi hungry and mi guess some hot porridge we speed up mi thinking.

I shared some of the porridge and settled back in the chair I previously occupied.

"Yuh know seh mi get up from offa five and wash? Them deh time deh yuh muss this a tun." She tell mi and mi shake mi head laughing. Yuh see wah mia talk bout.

"Then a how yuh quiet this mawning suh? Sumn a badda yuh?" She asked

"Umm. . .mi have something fi tell uh." I whispered out.