Saaliyah Moon
Pulling up to the house my car tires are immediately shot out. After slamming on the breaks and coming to a screeching halt me, Ennis and Slim are pulled forcibly from our vehicles. Ennis helps me off the ground once they realize no one else is in the car. They have my dad on his knees with atleast six semiautomatic guns aimed at his body. But his eyes are fixed on my mother and siblings on the porch. I push Ennis off me and storm in the house unable to believe how this day has completely devolved into a shit show. Ignoring my mother calling my name I pull both my siblings into my bedroom and lock the door. Pilar slums into the air chair next to the bed and scrolls his phone completely ignoring the bullshit happening around him, per usual. I drag Kataviah into the bathroom. She look at me curiously and I gesture to her purse where she keeps an emergency pregnancy on stand by. Her eyes bulge out of her head as she hands it to me. She turns her back to give me some privacy as I pee on the stick. Wiping myself and washing my hands I recap the test and place it on the counter and set a timer on my phone. I seat on the edge of the tub and wait to see the results that I already know will appear. Kat sits nexts to me and pulls me into a hug that I gratefully melt into. I know now that it was wrong of me to blame her for keeping a secret that wasn't hers to keep. My momma loves to point out how evil and manipulative that everyone else is but never stops to look in the mirror. The way her and Slim were staring at each other like no time had been lost was trifling. My siblings lost a father because she wanted to bounce between brothers. Her title as his wife the only thing keeping her from being called a hoe. The timer goes off and Kat reaches for the test showing me the two bold blue lines. I sob. I love Ennis and I'll probably grow to love this baby but I feel like a damn pregnant teenager. My life is a mess and to drag a baby into this was adding more stress that I didn't know if I could take. Me and Kat jump at the sound of arguing in the bedroom. Talior was body slamming Ennis, knocking the tv off the wall and making Slim howl with laughter.Yosef is holding his wife back from slapping the shit out of my momma as she screams about Ennis being a good for nothing drug dealer.Everybody is screaming and hollering over each other. I just stand in the doorway looking at all the chaos with a shake of my head. Bypassing they I begin packing my shit, taking off the ring Ennis got me and setting it on the nightstand. I hear the room grow quiet and feel eyes on me but ignore everybody as I fill a duffle bag and backpack with necessities and anything that can't be replaced. Handing Kat a bag she helps me press through everybody, ignoring their questions.
"You can't run away every time shit gets hard!" Ennis yes at my back. That statement stops me in my tracks. I quickly turn around and he steps back at the rage he must see burning in my eyes.
"This whole relationship with you has been hard. I've not known peace since the night we fucked. And right now I can't focus on you or whatever other bullshit comes with you. I'm about to be a mother. I need to put this child first. I told you that you need to earn me and you act like I was playing. But I can show better than I can tell you. We need some space and you need to figure out what you want. I'm going back to my apartment and I'll call you when I schedule my first OB appointment." He nods his shoulders slump as he watched Kat and my brother pack my belongings in her truck. We pile in and to my surprise I don't cry at leaving Ennis in my rearview.
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I don't realize how much I missed having my own place until I'm comfortable in my bed. Tailor makes quick work of unloading my things before leaving me in Kat alone. She acts as if the weeks of us not taking never happened as she helps me unpack and clean. After about a hour of that I feel tired and nauseous. My stomach protests at the thought of food but I know I have to eats something or risk falling the fuck out. Looking the pantry I find a can of chicken soup and heat it up while munching on a sleeve of saltine crackers. My mind wonders to Ennis and I'm quick to blame my tears on pregnancy hormones. I eat my soup and crawl into bed with my sister. She smiling at her phone and I know it's not her bitch ass fiancé he hasn't made her happy in quite sometime but before I can quiz her about it my stomach rolls and I'm racing to the bathroom and hunched over toilet ejecting everything. Groaning flush the toilet and brush my teeth which damn near causes me to vomit again. Washing my hands I drag myself back to bed, grateful accepting the crackers and ginger all my sister hands me. Spend the next nine months like this wasn't ideal but I can't fault anyone but myself. Kat pulls up a Tubi movie with the one fuckboy from BlackInkCrew:Chicago. I try to focus on the movie but it seems like every thought brings me back to him. I hate that I spend most of my time worry and thinking about him. Nobody should take up that much space in my life especially if I'm not even a priority to them. Ignoring thoughts of Ennis I vow to enjoy my life and pregnancy with or without him.
Ennis Jones
I try not to show any emotion as my family chatters around me. My body is sore but my heart feels like it's been ripped out of my chest. Saaliyah has every right to be upset but it kills me that she's not the least bit excited about this baby.
"So everybody's just going to ignore the elephant in the room or..." Jakobi side eyes Slim pointedly. I sit on the couch sighing heavily not in the mood to rehash the precarious agreement we'd come to just hours prior.
"Slim need Yah to solidify his deal with Carmichael's, by marrying her off he was securing his future and legacy. But I persuaded him to just letting her marry me and I'd take over the Carmichael's territory and give it to him." Jakobi laughs lighting the blunt that was perched on his ear.
"I see why she left your dumb ass again." The room silences everyone expecting me to spazz on his ass.
"What the fuck you say?"
"You two are conspiring on the life of another human being. Saaliyah has never asked you to come and save her. And for you to just turn around and trust a niggah that was fileting your ass just yesterday is crazy. He killed his own brother over some pussy. He can't be trusted." Slim eyes my brother smirking at his words, seemingly proud of his dishonorable actions. Nativity atleast has the decency to look embarrassed at the mention of his deceased brother.
"I think it's best if I go." She grabs her purse and heads for the door before Slim steps in her path, preventing her from exiting. He cups her face and she melts into his touch. He shudders as if he had expected to be rejected. Watching them feels indecent, as if I'm interrupting a private moment. Feeling my eyes on him Slim whispers in her ear to which she nods and rushes out the door, a blush covering her cheeks. He watches her walk away lust and possessiveness evident in his eyes.
Old freaky frog ass nigga
"I think I need some time alone with my family." Slim nods taking the hint and I'd to follow Nativity to her car.
My mom and dad are buzzing about the new of Yahs pregnancy while my siblings look at me with concern. My relationship with Saaliyah so far has been anything but traditional. I've done some many things wrong and at this point don't see a way of fixing us. Everytime I think I'm doing something with her best interest in mind I end up making a bigger mess of things. At this point I know that whatever I plan to show her that her and the family were building my top priority.
I have to make things right
A/N: I just graduated college Friday so now update will be more consistent. Thank you all for the overwhelming support it means a lot. There will only be ten more chapters in this book and then there will be a spinoff with Kat. If you enjoy this book please think about checking out some of my other works. Thank you🩷
