Forever is Perfect

Chapter 33

NICKI POV

"You really wanna go get him don't you?" I sneered.

He nodded.

"Fine.. I'll let you go on one condition."

"What?" he rolled his eyes.

"You start acting like he's not your only child." I snapped.

"Fine."

We both needed a moment to calm down, we stood there both looking off to the side towards the ground.

I took a deep breath, "we should probably.."

"Yeah." he agreed reading my mind.

We walked upstairs, by then AJ had settled himself.

About an hour later I had just made dinner. I walked into the living room where Drake was watching TV. I knelt beside him on the couch and wrapped my arms around him.

"I'm sorry about what I said." he said softly, turning to face me.

"I'm sorry too, for what I said and what I did." I replied.

"That may have been our dumbest fight ever." he joked.

"Yeah.." I sighed, "why do we fight?"

"Because we're both fucked up on the inside." he kissed my forehead.

"I love you"

"I love you more"

That night, after we tucked the kids in I laid Drake down on our bed.

"Lift your shirt." I told him.

"Why?"

"Just do ittttt" I pleaded.

He winked at me, jokingly.

"No, I just wanna see how bad I got you."

He pretended to roll his eyes as he removed his shirt. The left side of his stomach was swollen, red on some portions but the rest was black/purple and bruised. I kissed it, causing him to wince a little.

I went to get ice for it, returning to him in the same position.

I climbed onto him, sitting at his waistline as I gently dabbed the bruised area with the ice. I then pressed down on it with the ice, leaning in to kiss him.

Our tongues locked, dancing between our mouths.

The next month or so passed by pretty quickly.

Everyone came over for Lauren's birthday today. Even Thembi and Dwayne were in town.

The guys took over the living room once the game came on, so the girls wandered over to the kitchen for wine and cake. The kids; Londyn, Sade, Spirit, Jennifer, and Jordan all went to play downstairs. AJ was with the guys.

"I talked to Mama Carol." Thembi stated as she sliced the cake.

"Why?" I asked.

"She wanted to know how things were with you."

"Again.. Why?"

"Who's mama carol?" Bri asked.

"Nic's mother." Lauren explained.

"Whatever." I rolled my eyes.

"Nic she isn't a bad person. She loves you." Thembi attempted.

"How can you say that when you KNOW?"

"Nic you're just like her!" She accused.

"I would never let anyone do anything to Londyn." I said sternly.