This a story of how Taraji and Fantasia fell in love on the set of The Color Purple. They have trials and tribulations and dealings with people who don't want them together, will they weather the storms to come? Will love conquer all?
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Today was my birthday and all I wanted to do was go to work and get the day over with. Fantasia made me a wonderful breakfast and I ate most of it, she wasn't very happy about that but she didn't say much about it. I had just gotten dressed for work and was about to head out of the room when Tasia walked back in.
"Mama, I have to go."
"You not going to come to work with me?"
"No, I have to fly out to Chicago. Tyler is sending his private jet right now. Me, Megan, Mekhi and him have an interview:"
"Where?"
"He didn't tell me, it was impromptu." I sighed. "I'm sorry baby, I know it's your birthday but I will be back. It takes two and a half hours to get there and back and I'm not staying around for anything else. I will FaceTime you. Have you taken your medicine?"
"No, not yet." She went to go get my medicine and poured the pills in her hands, I had three different medications, four including my pain medicine. "I need that one too."
"The morphine? Baby are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Okay." She handed it to me and I put it in my purse. Her phone started going off, the caller ID read T.P. She handed me my medicine and went to grab the water bottle on the table on her side of the bed and handed it to me. I sipped from the bottle and took my medicine while she answered her phone. "Hello... Yeah, I'm about to leave the house now... What, no I can't." She looked at me and I already had a feeling what was being said. "No, listen it is my wife's birthday and I-"
"Baby it's okay."
"No it's not." She told me, I grabbed her hand and we walked out our room and down the stairs. The twins were in the living room watching cartoons. "Alright, alright. I'm leaving now... Okay, see you soon. Yeah no problem." She hung up the phone with a roll of her eyes.
"Just go, you're an important part of the movie baby you gotta go."
"Yeah, but I hate that I'm leaving on your birthday. He booked two different interviews so I won't be back until tomorrow."
"Oh."
"I'll call you when we land and after each interview, don't stress out today. You know I worry about you I need you to take care of yourself while I'm gone."
"I will."
"I don't want a repeat of last time when I was gone and you weren't eating and you were going through changes that you didn't tell me about, I have to know everything." I smiled. I loved how much she cared for me. I grabbed her neck and pulled her face close to mine.
"I promise to take care of myself." She smiled and pulled me close closing the space between us.
