Time fi you

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Karalana Campbell
April 13,2024

"Decor check. . .Everything check." Tavi said looking around the place.

"Tavi stop worrying you did a great job." I reassured her. We were now at the venue where she decided to keep the gender reveal. She told me she wanted me here before everyone else so I could see if I liked it.

When mi enter the place I was mesmerized. The girl outdid herself. As a big event planner.

"Mi want it fi be perfecto." She said wiping her face.

"It is perfecto." I said holding her shoulders. "Just calm down."

"Okay, okay fine." She said and gave me a smile. I released a breath didn't know I was holding. Think meeda haffi call Tae or something.

"So the people them weh mi invite mussi soon come a afta 5 now. . .a hope everything goes to plan." She said and I nodded. "Afta this. . .probably Monday or suh mi arrange fi yuh do a maternity shoot. Yuh belly big enough."

I nodded again cause wah else mi haffi do more than agree? There wouldn't be any point in arguing with Tavi she's very persistent. And if mi tell her no and explain why she aguh seh okay she undastan and the next day she go ask again until she get the answer weh she want. Mi nuh know how Tae deal wid her.

Anyways mi glad mi decide fi give dah friendship yah a chance. She's been a great friend, only innah book mi read bout them friendship yah.

"So girl what do you think the results are?" She said smiling excitedly. A she alone know and mi a wonda how she nuh tell mi yet cause to how she can chat. . .mi know Tae must know already.

I shrugged my shoulders and let out a dramatic sigh "Mi nuh know innuh. . .mi feel is two girls. Weh you think?" I asked.

"Hahaha. . .After the gender reveal mi will tell yuh wah mi think." I pressed my lips together, she ketch on pan weh mi did a try do.

Mi cyaah bother, mi really anxious "Tavi, mi really anxious yuh cyaah juss pinch and tell mi? Worse like how mi and Tristen innah bet. . .mi nuh waah lose annuh."

"Everybody innah bet." She said and smiled "It's gonnnaa bee exciteddd, I can't wait." She said jumping up and down.

Trying to convince her to tell me the genders is like a pencil weh nuh have no point. . .pointless! She really a stand paah business.

"Alright mek we guh get ready cause by time we done everybody deh yere." She took my hands leading me to a stairs. A weh she find this yah place yah?

Mi nuh know wah she a talk bout, boh by time we done the people them reach. . .she nuh know seh a Jamaicans she a deal wid. We always late, e nuh Matta a which part yaah guh.

Mi gaah funeral and we did haffi siddung and wait pan the duppy weh a bury fi reach e church. All type a things mi did hear seh tek place wid the hearse. Suh the duppy end up late fi him owna funeral.

"A hope yuh actually have something nice fi wear annuh cause mi know yuh neva plan fi do nothing."

"Hear yah? Yuh Eva seh mi look peckeh peckeh and mash down when mia go out. Come on now girl. Come on."

"A Tru that stillz but yuh can neva know."

I playfully rolled my eyes at her.

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"Girl yuh look damn good." Tavi complimented me as she finished doing my makeup and I blushed.

"Thank you." I told her.