The Unusual Suspects Book 2

Dom

"I think I'm getting a little bit of anxiety." Kev said to me softly as we rode to the studio to gather up on the bus to head to the airport. That caught me by surprise.                                                                  "What's the matter Love?" I asked him.                                                                                                                       "I've never been away from her this long man." he said and I understood that.                                       "I get that. But at the same time, you've been raising her right. Plus, Ms. Gladys is there and she's got her 100% I know you probably feel like this is the end of the world Daddy, but it'll all be fine. You did everything to prepare her for this moment." I said to him.                                                        "Call me Daddy again." he said and I looked at him and we both laughed.                                                 "I mean I can always call you Daddy, but I was referring to the actual sense of being a dad since that's the role you play to her." I specified.                                                                                                                  "Mmm...so let's explore this daddy thing right quick." he said to me and I turned and looked at him. "So...after we come back from this tour, right? Let's talk about it."                                                        "About having a baby?" I asked him for clarification. He looked over at me and nodded.                  "No pressure of course, but I mean we can at least talk about it." he said to me calmly.                        "We can do that." I said to him and he smiled. Maybe the second time around wouldn't be so bad. Maybe. We rode the rest of the way quietly to the studio. When we got there, I was shocked that the only person missing was Paradox. Everybody was basically on time. I guess I thought too soon because he pulled right up after us.                                                                                                            "Thank God! Nobody was running on CP time." Rodney said and we all laughed.                                  "I'mma fine y'all asses." Charles said as he imitated Ike Turner and we all laughed again.                  "It would be more believable if Iris said it. Just saying." Dox said and we all laughed.                        "No for real." Aries said.                                                                                                                                                     "What? I am delivert!" Iris said and we all laughed.                                                                                               "Yeah okay, just like y'all looked at me crazy when y'all realized I was white, same look boo." Onyx said and we all laughed again as we started to load up on the bus.                                                     "I'm not even gonna lie, I've never been on a plane before...this shit got my stomach doing flips." Cochise said as he calmly sat back in the seat.                                                                                     "Same bruh, I've never been on a plane either and I don't know what to expect." Onyx said.          "I guess that makes 3 of us." Araya said. Damn I never even thought about that part, I was so used to traveling and being on trains, buses, planes, and all that since I was an army brat. But this had to be a different type of experience for them.                                                                                      "It'll be cool y'all, you'll get used to it. Just avoid window seats, they'll trigger your anxiety more. And you might wanna invest in some nerve pills." I said to them.                                                                    "I got xans." Iris offered as she passed them out. "Sorry babymomma, you might just have to have your man distract you." she said to Onyx.                                                                                                         "That shouldn't be a challenge, you know they be fixated on each other." Riek said and we all laughed a little bit.                                                                                                                                                                 "Jealous?" Onyx teased at him.                                                                                                                                     "I might be." he said calmly and without emotion but I knew he probably really meant that from the bottom of his heart. I hope the tribe could make it through the tour for real because this is so awkward. You could tell that Aries wanted to say something, but she ended up closing her mouth. I wish she would just speak on how she feels, but that just isn't the her thing to do for real. Kev had put his arm around me and I laid my head on his shoulder.                                                  "You good?" he asked me and I nodded. It was silent on the bus for a few minutes.                           "Alright it's oddly quiet so let's make a bet y'all." Rodney said and he turned around and looked at us since he was up front with the driver. "Outside of C-Money & Iris, who y'all think gone be the label's first wedding?" Rodney asked.                                                                                                                  "Kev & Dom. Duh!" Araya said.                                                                                                                                           "What you wagering lil mama?" Cochise asked.                                                                                                      "$100." she said as she grabbed her money and I just laughed at this.                                                          "I agree so I'mma say $200 Kev & Dom." Rodney added his $100 in to the pot.                                       "I think Dox & Onyx." Aries said as she threw in her $100 too.                                                                             "I was gonna say Dox & Onyx too." Cochise added his $100.                                                                               "I say Kev & Dom." Charles added to it.                                                                                                                       "I say Dox & Onyx." Iris said.                                                                                                                                               "I say Riek and Aries." Kev said and we all kinda looked around before the unthinkable happened. Riek had turned around and before we knew it he was down on one knee.                         "I know you know there's not a single person alive that I could see forever with besides you. Erica before any of the glitz and glam, it's been us. We've gone through our fair share of ups and downs and I cannot see myself going through it with anyone else. Everything that we've gone through has made us everything that we are. In the past few weeks, I've seen this other side of you that is rare to see and I seen that vulnerability that you're so good at hiding. But you revealed that. You can't sit here and tell me that wasn't from a place of real love. I'm never gonna just let you get away that easily. So, that being said..." he pulled out the ring. "...Erica, will you marry me?" I swear I had never seen her drop tears like this and she was bawling her eyes out and he even teared up his damn self.                                                                                                                    "Yes...yes, I will marry you." she said as he slid that ring right on her finger and they embraced each other. We all started clapping. That was the most beautiful thing that I ever seen up close. "See y'all there really is love in hip hop." Iris said and we all laughed while they were really wiping their tears.