Aura

Chapter Thirty- Five

Prince's P.O.V. 

Kaymari's cries filled the car as we pulled up to Pria's house. He had been crying ever since I told him he couldn't get ice cream after dinner. He had been acting up all day and I wasn't having it. I knew his mother always babied him and this is why he was acting like a little brat. 

"Stop that crying." I scolded him as I unbuckled him from his carseat. He sniffled his tears as he gave me a scrunched up face. His big round eyes were puffy and filled with sadness. 

As I grabbed his hand walking him towards the door, Pria came outside and Kaymari immediately ran towards her starting back up with the tears. 

Pria picked him off the ground and coddled him in her arms comfortingly enabling his cries. 

"Aww my poor baby... What's wrong?" Kaymari nuzzled his head into his mothers Chest as he muffled some words and pouted. 

"Daddy didn't... want... to... get... me... ice cream!" Kaymari said behind sniffles. 

Pria and I made eye contact and she quickly looked away. I examined her as she held our son. She must have been on her way out because she looked beautiful. Don't get me wrong Pria, always looked gorgeous but she had this cute little makeup thing going on and her hair was in curls. Her long Moncler Jacket was obviously hiding a dress. In my head I wondered where she was going but I knew it wasn't my place to ask and I didn't really care that much. 

"Kaymari... look at me." He ignored her orders and continued to sob. "Look at me!" He looked up at her stern tone of voice and she continued. "Crying does not make you get your way. Infact, it's just going to make things worse for you. No ice cream for a week." 

"Mommmmmyy PLEASE!" Kaymari started screaming and I sucked my teeth trying to remain calm. Pria was always the good cop and I knew it was killing her to be a bad guy for this one instant. I walked up towards her and took Kaymari from her hands. 

"Listen... stop that crying. Go inside and brush your teeth and get ready for bed and you will get ice cream tomorrow night. If you continue to cry, you going straight to bed and don't get ice cream or TV for a week." Kaymari instantly stopped crying and he wiped his eyes as I set him down on the floor. "Now give daddy a hug before you go inside and stop acting like a baby." 

Kaymari gave me a hug still with a pout face as he turned around and waddled his way inside the house where Pria's mother stood waiting to coddle him... I swear man, living with females is going to ruin this boy life. 

"Thanks for bringing him. I couldn't pick him up after work today." 

"It's no problem Pri." I said calling her by her old name accidentally. "You headed out?" 

"Yeah actually..." I examined her face again and she looked especially nice. I felt like I was forgetting something when instantly it dawned on me that it was her birthday. 

"It's you birthday?" I chuckled and she laughed lightly with me. "Happy Birthday."  

"Thanks Prince." She smiled as she started to walk off towards her car.

"Hey Pria." I called behind her and she turned around. 

"Yeah?" 

"I forgive you." She made a total 360 at the sound of my words and started to walk back over towards me instantly. 

"Forgive me?"

"Don't get me wrong. What you did was foul and it broke my heart. But I can't be mad at you forever. You did your dirt but I know how it feels to mess up and regret it." 

"Ahhh... problems with the girlfriend?" 

"It's not about that." 

"So you two are good?" 

"We broke up." 

"Oh. I'm sorry to--"

"No you not." 

"Yeah. I'm not."

There was a slight pause. 

"Look Prince, I know you say you forgive me but you will never forgive me in the way that I want you to. I do love you though and I do want you to be happy. So, if you messed up just do whatever you can to make it right before it's to late." 

"It's already to late." 

"Well... if you need to talk, i'm always here." 

"Thanks Pri." I opened up my arms and she walked into them in a feeling I had not felt between us in a long time. A hug. "Happy Birthday Shawty." 

"Thank you Prince." 

I got inside my car and watched Pria as she got inside of hers. When I started to drive off all I could think of was Laylani and how much I missed her. I had been down in the dumps lately because all I wanted to do was feel her in my arms. She blocked me on facebook, but I went on Prince's phone and she seemed like she was unaffected by everything. She wasn't posting no sad statuses, or reposting any "niggas' ain't shit" memes. She looked happy. I knew it was an act though... Or maybe it wasn't. 

Laylani's Point Of View

I held Tayanna's hair as she threw up over the sink. I hated to see her like this. She continued to regurgitate over the toilet and I couldn't help but be scared for her. She was so young. She was a baby herself. I didn't think she was ready to have this baby and I didn't think it was in her best interest either. A part of me felt like Tayanna was holding on to this baby thought to try and keep Khalil. It was so weird but it's like Tayanna is just infatuated with him. In all my years of knowing her I had never seen her like this over anyone. She was such a smart, beautiful girl. She still hadn't told him about the baby and she didn't know how to either. They had been going through it lately, because she she had found him doing little sneaky shit on different occasions. Small things like texting other females, or commenting on girls pictures on instagram. 

"I'm good." Tayanna lifted her head as she wiped the ends of her mouth and grabbed her hair into a high ponytail.

"Tay... you gotta tell Khalil." I insisted as we both sat up from off the floor. 

"I'm going to... I just don't know how." 

She was not in any way shape or form ready to have a child but I figured that I would let her figure that out herself. Who was I to judge? Was she even happy with Khalil? I wondered but she sort of tensed up whenever I talked about him so I figured, i'd ease it into the conversations when I felt it was necessary.